# 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:** 203
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4045 "2018-07-11T22:46:53Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > This deserves its own thread if not its own forum. Donald says Germany is totally controlled by Russia. This before he goes to Russia himself to get his marching orders. Sad! > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I literally laughed out loud when I heard this. Me, too. Also, I thought, “Hey, if anyone knows being controlled by Russia…” ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4046 "2018-07-12T03:37:21Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Me, too. Also, I thought, “Hey, if anyone knows being controlled by Russia…” +1 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4047 "2018-07-12T05:05:02Z")
In fairness to Russia, they’re probably still smarting from Stalingrad. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4048 "2018-07-12T16:51:46Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or perhaps a rich donor that supports the Bundy wing. Looks like you called it. **Oregon ranchers pardoned by Trump fly home on Pence donor’s private jet** > [@](#): > > The ranchers, Dwight and Steven Hammond, made the trip on Wednesday with Lucas Oil founder Forrest Lucas, according to a post on Protect the Harvest’s Facebook page, a nonprofit founded by Lucas. - [The Hill](http://thehill.com/homenews/396688-oregon-ranchers-pardoned-by-trump-fly-home-on-pence-donors-private-jet) ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4049 "2018-07-12T17:10:46Z")
Just this morning Trump was giving press conference from the NATO summit (or maybe it was a recording) and a reporter asked about financial obligations of member countries. Trump said something about working with countries but not financing their “debts”. But then he stopped and started in with (paraphrased) “By the way, we have the best military equipment. The best guns. The best jets. The best missiles. The best ships. Compared to the rest of the world we have the best, best, best” I couldn’t take it any more and switched to some inane, morning shock-jock crap that was way more bearable. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4050 "2018-07-12T17:19:28Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > Just this morning Trump was giving press conference from the NATO summit (or maybe it was a recording) and a reporter asked about financial obligations of member countries. Trump said something about working with countries but not financing their “debts”. But then he stopped and started in with (paraphrased) “By the way, we have the best military equipment. The best guns. The best jets. The best missiles. The best ships. Compared to the rest of the world we have the best, best, best” I couldn’t take it any more and switched to some inane, morning shock-jock crap that was way more bearable. You missed the part, then, where he was talking about how great the meeting was with the other NATO leaders, and a European reporter asked him if he was going to talk differently when he gets on his plane and starts tweeting. And he said “No, that’s other people. I’m a very stable genius.” ---
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4051 "2018-07-12T18:25:30Z")
Using that appropriately much-mocked phrase again is the most certain proof that he isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4052 "2018-07-12T21:34:08Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > This deserves its own thread if not its own forum. Donald says Germany is totally controlled by Russia. This before he goes to Russia himself to get his marching orders. Sad! He’s jealous that someone else is getting Daddy’s love when he deserves it all. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4053 "2018-07-13T00:26:11Z")
[Trump says he is polling better than Abraham Lincoln did:](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6766531/trump-may-brexit-us-deal-off/amp/?__twitter_impression=true) > [@](#): > > “You know, a poll just came out that I am the most popular person in the history of the Republican Party — 92 per cent. Beating Lincoln. I beat our Honest Abe." Of course Abe was handicapped because phone polling wouldn’t come are for another 80 years, but who’s counting? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4054 "2018-07-13T00:31:44Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Trump says he is polling better than Abraham Lincoln did:](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6766531/trump-may-brexit-us-deal-off/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)Of course Abe was handicapped because phone polling wouldn’t come are for another 80 years, but who’s counting? Next - “I’m more popular than Jesus!” ---
**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:** [July 13, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4055 "2018-07-13T01:26:37Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Next - “I’m more popular than Jesus!” Still less popular than The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4056 "2018-07-13T01:41:18Z")
Someone should mention Muhammad Ali. He seemed to be world famous and black. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4057 "2018-07-13T03:32:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > …Of course Abe was handicapped because phone polling wouldn’t come are for another 80 years, but who’s counting? It was probably an RNC push poll: “In the next election, given the choice between President Trump and Abraham Lincoln, who has been dead since 1865, for whom would you vote?” ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4058 "2018-07-13T05:06:49Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Trump says he is polling better than Abraham Lincoln did:](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6766531/trump-may-brexit-us-deal-off/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)Of course Abe was handicapped because phone polling wouldn’t come are for another 80 years, but who’s counting? What? You haven’t heard of telegraph [del]poles[/del] polls? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4059 "2018-07-13T12:12:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > It was probably an RNC push poll: “In the next election, given the choice between President Trump and Abraham Lincoln, who has been dead since 1865, for whom would you vote?” Zombie Lincoln 2020! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4060 "2018-07-13T12:54:31Z")
Although unresponsive to public opinion (or just about anything), Zombie Lincoln would be a big improvement over the Very Stable Genius (VSG). ---
**Author:** ![katgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@katgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4061 "2018-07-13T14:41:26Z")
I just watched as much as I could stand of the London press conference with Trump. It was just embarrassing. I can’t really remember most of it because his answers are just nonsensical ramblings. He managed to use the word “nuke” and then had to mention his genius uncle and MIT. He said nukes are bad and we should all eventually get rid of them. But this is the same guy who said “why can’t we use them?” not too long ago. It would be hysterical if he was campaigning and hadn’t won yet. But that horror is upon us. :smack: I can understand people being mad at Washington but that doesn’t mean you elect Howdy Doody to fix everything. There is no swamp to drain, they are cemented in place, and it’s going to take an epic catastrophe to overhaul what Washington has become. I moved to a new house and didn’t bother to get tv or cable. It helps. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4062 "2018-07-13T15:33:11Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Zombie Lincoln 2020! Hell, I’d vote for him even without the reanimation. He couldn’t do any worse. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4063 "2018-07-13T15:55:12Z")
> [@katgirl](#): > > I can understand people being mad at Washington but that doesn’t mean you elect Howdy Doody to fix everything. That’s a great line. I should write it down so I can remember it when I need it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4064 "2018-07-13T17:45:14Z")
Trump today held a press conference with Theresa May where he told a CNN correspondent he would not call on him because he doesn’t call on fake news. Then he turned to a Fox reporter and called on him because he’s from a real news source. He called The Sun newspaper’s interview with him trashing Theresa May fake news, and then The Sun published the tape of the interview. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=202) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=204)