# Does President Trump use private "goon squads"? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 15, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210 "2017-03-15T01:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/21 "2017-03-15T14:21:30Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I hear he was into receiving corporal punishment. Resulting in major bruises near his private parts. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/22 "2017-03-15T14:23:26Z")
I used to be on a Trump goon squad, so I can attest that they are very real. That was back when Trump was supporting the Clintons, I have since jumped ship. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/23 "2017-03-15T14:25:27Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Every day, I am absolutely amazed. I think the comments on this board about Trump have got to have hit bottom and can’t sink any lower in the Slough of Childish Stupidity. And daily I get proven wrong. > > Apparently, the problem is not that the folks here have hit bottom. The problem is that you keep digging deeper. Isn’t that funny-I feel the same way about the comments _from_ Trump. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/24 "2017-03-15T14:49:48Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Every day, I am absolutely amazed. “Bread goes in, but toast comes out. _What’s going on???_” —Overheard daily _chez_ **Clothahump** ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/25 "2017-03-15T14:59:37Z")
[Ew](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=goon&defid=2156895). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/26 "2017-03-15T15:50:44Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Why is this even a question? [Maybe because of statements his attorney has made?](http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-snoop-dogg-owes-the-president-an-apology-for-mock-shooting-in-video/) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/27 "2017-03-15T15:58:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [Maybe because of statements his attorney has made?](http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-snoop-dogg-owes-the-president-an-apology-for-mock-shooting-in-video/) Not seeing any relation to the question in that article. Can you quote the section you were thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/28 "2017-03-15T16:04:07Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not seeing any relation to the question in that article. Can you quote the section you were thinking of? IMO, an attorney suggesting someone owes their client an apology seems like “goon squad tactics” aimed at suppressing the artist’s first amendment rights. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/29 "2017-03-15T16:05:15Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Are you afraid they might one day reach your level? Don’t worry, the idiocy in your posts are digging with a backhoe and you’ve a huge head start. Remember that I am the one standing on top watching you dig. Fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/30 "2017-03-15T16:18:26Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Every day, I am absolutely amazed. I think the comments on this board about Trump have got to have hit bottom and can’t sink any lower in the Slough of Childish Stupidity. And daily I get proven wrong. > > Apparently, the problem is not that the folks here have hit bottom. The problem is that you keep digging deeper. YES! As evidenced by all the people who are in complete agreement with the OP’s hypothetical. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/31 "2017-03-15T16:24:40Z")
Oh good. Another Trump thread because we didn’t have enough already. Here’s your participation trophy. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/32 "2017-03-15T16:32:25Z")
[Will Christopher Steele live long enough to testify before Congress?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=821105) Why would 45 need his own goon squad when he could borrow Putin’s much more experienced guys? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/33 "2017-03-15T16:38:49Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Remember that I am the one standing on top watching you dig. > > Fuck off. Hey, shit-for-brains. The “Fuck off” is my signature thing. Fuck off and get your own. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/34 "2017-03-15T17:00:50Z")
> [@Goosie](#): > > Does President Trump use private “goon squads” to deal with people who displease him somehow? > Could he become America’s “Papa Doc”? Could Trump be the Kwisatz Haderach? Could Trump be the Black Hand? Could Trump be Mr. Big??? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/35 "2017-03-15T17:12:32Z")
Trump has known the horrible, horrible Alice the Goon for many years. > **[Alice the Goon screenshots, images and pictures - Comic Vine](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/alice-the-goon/4005-66513/images/)** ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/36 "2017-03-15T17:15:06Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Oh good. Another Trump thread because we didn’t have enough already. > > Here’s your participation trophy. There will keep appearing until the fucker is gone But, I agree, let’s try to stick to the many actual deplorable things Trump has done or said. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/37 "2017-03-15T17:33:56Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Remember that I am the one standing on top watching you dig. > > Fuck off. No ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/38 "2017-03-15T17:42:17Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Hired goons? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8t8iDdCl2Kw/maxresdefault.jpg "Hired Goons New") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t8iDdCl2Kw) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/39 "2017-03-15T19:09:50Z")
trump certainly does have private security. A guy has rich as him pretty much has to. Now calling them a “goon squad” (I’m sticking with the singular for the moment) is broadly accurate in the sense that calling any lawyer a “mouthpiece” is. In other words, just a matter of perspective. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/40 "2017-03-15T19:23:46Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Fuck off. > [@D\_Odds](#): > > No I’ll hold y’alls glasses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210.md?page=3)