# How has Former President Trump pissed you off today? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640 "2017-01-20T17:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 177
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3522 "2018-03-15T14:49:10Z")
Not surprisingly, POTUS sets the tone for his workplace: [The mood inside the White House is the worst it's ever been, with staffers calling it 'the most toxic working environment on the planet'](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/03/15/the-mood-inside-the-white-house-is-the-worst-its-ever-been-with-staffers-calling-it-the-most-toxic-working-environment-on-the-planet/23386320/) ---
**Author:** ![Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambrosio_Spinola)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3523 "2018-03-15T15:00:24Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > It occurred to me this morning that Trump is playing a part, of course. But this time the part he is playing is very much like the waiter on, perhaps it was, _Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!_ The waiter served various things, all the while talking up how great the stuff was, its provenance, how sophisticated it is, how expensive, etc. Just like Trump talks about himself. Now, the P&TBS! episode had a reveal: the stuff was just utter crap (low quality hamburger, wine-in-a-cardboard-box, and so on). Well, that’s what Trump is doing. He’s the waiter talking up the BS. Prior to the election there was a blogger who did a review of “Art of the Deal” and made what I consider to be a [very profound observation](http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/19/book-review-the-art-of-the-deal/) about Trump (in an otherwise underwhelming essay): > [@From the above link](#): > > As best I can tell, the developer’s job is coordination. This often means blatant lies. The usual process goes like this: the bank would be happy to lend you the money as long as you have guaranteed renters. The renters would be happy to sign up as long as you show them a design. The architect would be happy to design the building as long as you tell them what the government’s allowing. The government would be happy to give you your permit as long as you have a construction company lined up. And the construction company would be happy to sign on with you as long as you have the money from the bank in your pocket. Or some kind of complicated multi-step catch-22 like that. The solution – or at least Trump’s solution – is to tell everybody that all the other players have agreed and the deal is completely done except for their signature. The trick is to lie to the right people in the right order, so that by the time somebody checks to see whether they’ve been conned, you actually do have the signatures you told them that you had. The whole thing sounds very stressful. In later life he didn’t even really succeed in developing anymore, he was just selling the Trump “brand” of himself as businessman (on TV) and to various shitty products he had little involvement with. Anyway, he’s completely used to transactional relationships where he doesn’t have to deal with the same people again and it’s okay if he lies to them or burns them. This is a completely terrible skillset to have as the President of the United States, where every public statement you make is a public record and even every private statement may not be really private and is a matter of potential national importance anyway. And where the political actors around you may change, but only on the scale of years, not deals. ---
**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 29, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3527 "2018-03-29T22:44:25Z")
By thanking Obama for leaving him SOOOOO many judicial vacancies. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3528 "2018-03-30T01:57:14Z")
Il Douche will be allowing more car pollution. What could possibly go wrong?: [POLITICO Pro](https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060077379) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3529 "2018-03-30T23:52:32Z")
Der Gropenfuerher [proclaims April “Sexual Assault Awareness Month”](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-proclaims-april-sexual-assault-awareness-month-article-1.3906175) ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3530 "2018-03-31T00:16:17Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > People who are here illegally are NOT eligible for benefits, no matter how many times he says stuff like this. Since when, did that son of a bitch care about facts, or truth, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3531 "2018-03-31T02:55:44Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Der Gropenfuerher [proclaims April “Sexual Assault Awareness Month”](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-proclaims-april-sexual-assault-awareness-month-article-1.3906175) The irony doesn’t just burn, it _chars_. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3532 "2018-04-03T15:24:46Z")
Trump boasts of his standing in a single poll, rising briefly above the one-time rating of the man who graciously welcomed him to the White House and who he is now pleased to call “Cheatin’ Obama”: [Trump: My approval rating hit 50 percent higher than that of ‘Cheatin’ Obama’](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/04/03/trump-my-approval-rating-hit-50-percent-higher-than-that-of-cheatin-obama/23401711/) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3533 "2018-04-03T15:30:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Trump boasts of his standing in a single poll, rising briefly above the one-time rating of the man who graciously welcomed him to the White House and who he is now pleased to call “Cheatin’ Obama”: [Trump: My approval rating hit 50 percent higher than that of ‘Cheatin’ Obama’](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/04/03/trump-my-approval-rating-hit-50-percent-higher-than-that-of-cheatin-obama/23401711/) This has stopped being pathetic attempts by a moron to convince himself the world loves him. What truly scares me is how he’s going to react when he finds out that he’s not loved, respected or even tolerated. Can you imagine the state the US will be in if trump loses in 2020? I’m talking about the 2 months between losing and the winner being sworn in. I’m betting those 2 months will be hell for this country as he gets even with all those responsible for his political demise. Just how far will he go when he finds out he’s unwanted? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3534 "2018-04-03T16:34:04Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > …What truly scares me is how he’s going to react when he finds out that he’s not loved, respected or even tolerated. … What truly scares me is the fact that in spite of everything he is/does he will continue to be tolerated, respected, and even loved. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3535 "2018-04-03T16:41:27Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > This has stopped being pathetic attempts by a moron to convince himself the world loves him. What truly scares me is how he’s going to react when he finds out that he’s not loved, respected or even tolerated. > > Can you imagine the state the US will be in if trump loses in 2020? I’m talking about the 2 months between losing and the winner being sworn in. I’m betting those 2 months will be hell for this country as he gets even with all those responsible for his political demise. Just how far will he go when he finds out he’s unwanted? That’s actually very scary considering the state of the ‘deplorables’ and sources for ‘news’… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3536 "2018-04-05T19:28:03Z")
> [@TPM](#): > > President Donald Trump veered sharply off topic at a West Virginia roundtable on tax reform Thursday, instead painting a gruesome picture of conditions at the border. > > “Women are being raped at levels we’ve never seen before,” he told the crowd. [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-women-raped-at-border-unprecedented-levels](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-women-raped-at-border-unprecedented-levels) This problem may solve itself. The Central American rapists could be stopped and raped by the Mexican rapists queued up at the border waiting to come rape Americans. I say we see how this shakes out. ETA: I didn’t bother to watch the video, because I value my sanity. How the hell do you get from tax policy to rapists at the border? This is insanity. Thanks, Republicans, for inflicting this idiot on us. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3537 "2018-04-05T20:08:15Z")
That kind of shit ain’t even Nazi! Weird thing about white folks, they seem to think everybody else is rabidly horny. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3538 "2018-04-05T20:09:21Z")
The real scary thing is that IT DOESN’T MATTER if there have been ZERO rapes by undocumented aliens (or AT ALL, really) near the border or anywhere else. That rape is at levels never seen before is the absolute truth as far as his supporters are concerned, because he said it and it’s been released to the universe. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3539 "2018-04-05T20:17:24Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > How the hell do you get from tax policy to rapists at the border? Stream of unconsciousness while off script. [He literally threw away the script because it was “boring”.](https://giphy.com/gifs/donald-trump-PQfSz3jmnYWKjyuVhO) ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3540 "2018-04-05T20:21:37Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Stream of unconsciousness while off script. [He literally threw away the script because it was “boring”.](https://giphy.com/gifs/donald-trump-PQfSz3jmnYWKjyuVhO) I so hope he starts doing this every time! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3541 "2018-04-05T20:21:49Z")
I long for a boring President again. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3542 "2018-04-05T21:12:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I long for a boring President again. I long for a President again. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3543 "2018-04-05T21:18:28Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I long for a President again. With real hands, manners and no twitter account. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/3544 "2018-04-05T21:44:31Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > With real hands, manners and no twitter account. It would be okay for this hypothetical person to have a Twitter account—as long as he or she also had a _working brain_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=178)