# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/421 "2017-02-10T14:48:34Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > I’ve never paid so much attention to a presidential election campaign. I remember, late the night of the election, when it became clear that he was indeed going to win, feeling nauseated and disbelieving that someone so unfit and so undeserving was being handed the greatest prize on the planet. > > In trying to stay informed on the actions of this administration, I often feel that same nausea and disbelief, as well as despair and anger. I’m literally quietly shaking as I type this. At times, even pictures of the man have me feeling hate and a strong desire for none of all this to have happened. > > I’m feeling more and more like I have to stop paying attention, just to give my emotional health a break. I’m also, however, feeling that if I do that, he wins. Does this still count as a First World problem? I feel much the same way. I’m torn between obsessively following all these threads, wallowing in schadenfreude, delighting in every Trump screw-up; and feeling the need to just walk away for a while and watch the sunrise and cat videos, for my mental health. At the moment: obsessive schadenfreude is winning. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/422 "2017-02-10T17:47:48Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > And all the bad guys, the guys spreading lies and ignorance 24/7, winning: hannity, conway, gingrich, clarke, giuliani, that angry blonde girl… They _won_. Yea, you try to raise your kids right and teach them the importance of honesty, compassion and virtue but how do you explain why a bunch of lying, cheating, hate filled jerks have all the power? If it was Romney or McCain, you could easily say you disagree with them but respect the office and believe that they are doing what they think is right. With Trump, you’ve got someone who openly brags about screwing people over and hurting others just because he can. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/423 "2017-02-11T03:45:58Z")
> [@RadioWave](#): > > Yea, you try to raise your kids right and teach them the importance of honesty, compassion and virtue but how do you explain why a bunch of lying, cheating, hate filled jerks have all the power? If it was Romney or McCain, you could easily say you disagree with them but respect the office and believe that they are doing what they think is right. With Trump, you’ve got someone who openly brags about screwing people over and hurting others just because he can. There are lots of Dem supporters who, had McCain or Romney become president, would have screamed bloody murder about the evil men in the White House. It’s only now, when Donnie has taken over, that many of them realize those were the sane Rep nomination choices. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/424 "2017-02-11T05:59:22Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > There are lots of Dem supporters who, had McCain or Romney become president, would have screamed bloody murder about the evil men in the White House. And [del]they[/del] we would have been right to do so. > [@](#): > > It’s only now, when Donnie has taken over, that many of them realize those were the sane Rep nomination choices. Not so, at least not _chez_ **-99**. Granted, Donny is a couple of quantum levels _worse_ than they had the potential to be, but that fact doesn’t retroactively make any Republican even remotely acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/425 "2017-02-11T06:54:24Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > \They _won_.\ Unbelievable, isn’t it. Dog catches car. Now what? Dog pisses on all it’s wheels and barks a lot. Screws up traffic for miles around and goes home. That’s the BEST we can hope from Trump. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/426 "2017-02-11T12:34:26Z")
Trump being a racist as president [Trump to Dems: ‘Pocahontas is now the face of your party’](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/donald-trump-elizabeth-warren-voter-fraud/index.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump taunted Democrats by telling them “Pocahontas is now the face of your party” – his insult of choice for Sen. Elizabeth Warren – during a meeting with senators earlier this week, sources told CNN. > > The President also used the Thursday meeting at the White House to again surface unfounded claims of voter fraud during the 2016 presidential election. > The sources said the Warren moment came up in the context of Trump’s impromptu analysis of the state of the Democratic Party. Trump made his comments in what appeared to be a reference to Warren’s criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions during his confirmation process. Her comments prompted Republicans to invoke an arcane rule to cut her off. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/427 "2017-02-11T12:39:26Z")
Why is it the only [cordial talks Trump has](http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/phone/news/view.jsp?req_newsidx=223761) are with strongmen leaders, but he’s a rude and threatening buffoon with America’s allies? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/428 "2017-02-11T17:12:22Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Why is it the only [cordial talks Trump has](http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/phone/news/view.jsp?req_newsidx=223761) are with strongmen leaders, but he’s a rude and threatening buffoon with America’s allies? Because bullies are afraid of those who are confident and strong. This is why I hope that in Monday’s meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister, Trudeau kicks Trump squarely in the nuts. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/429 "2017-02-11T17:21:40Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Because bullies are afraid of those who are confident and strong. This is why I hope that in Monday’s meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister, Trudeau kicks Trump squarely in the nuts. And then, _doesn’t say “sorry”_. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/430 "2017-02-11T17:38:07Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Because bullies are afraid of those who are confident and strong. This is why I hope that in Monday’s meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister, Trudeau kicks Trump squarely in the nuts. If that happens I will start a petition to name Trudeau Chief Goon (a hockey term for a player whose job is to rough up the opposing team’s players) for life. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 11, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/431 "2017-02-11T22:01:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And [del]they[/del] we would have been right to do so. > > Not so, at least not _chez_ **-99**. Granted, Donny is a couple of quantum levels _worse_ than they had the potential to be, but that fact doesn’t retroactively make any Republican even remotely acceptable. I just said they were the sane Republican choices. My vote is predicated on whomever I think will be best for the country, regardless of which tribe he represents. That said, it has been a long time (maybe never since I’ve come of voting age) that I think that the Republican party has put forth a better candidate than the Democratic Party, though some margins were narrower than others. But if you look at this years Republican Primary, the choices (except _maybe_ Kascich) all made Romney and McCain seem like good choices in comparison, and we ended up with the 2nd worst candidate (the worst now heads HUD :smack: ) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/432 "2017-02-12T03:45:02Z")
We interrupt this thread with the following. [Trump’s hole-in-one at Pebble Beach](http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/How-The-Donald-s-hole-in-one-highlighted-a-10919055.php%22). “In 1993, on the 12th green of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course, at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Trump sinks a hole-in-one after Trump struck the ball 180 yards with a 5-iron, and it bounced once before dropping into the cup.” Carry on Dopers. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/433 "2017-02-12T03:50:14Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > We interrupt this thread with the following. > > [Trump’s hole-in-one at Pebble Beach](http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/How-The-Donald-s-hole-in-one-highlighted-a-10919055.php%22). > > “In 1993, on the 12th green of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course, at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Trump sinks a hole-in-one after Trump struck the ball 180 yards with a 5-iron, and it bounced once before dropping into the cup.” > > Carry on Dopers. And even then, he was a cheap asshole. > [@](#): > > Trump justifiably recalled the shot to anyone who would listen, but apparently balked on the hole-in-one tradition of buying drinks for everyone back at the clubhouse. > > “Even at a dollar a drink, with 25,000 people, that would be expensive,” Trump told Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius. “I told them if they could prove they were there, I’d buy them a drink.” Pocket change. _old rolleyes_ ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/434 "2017-02-12T05:17:18Z")
Maybe he’d be more generous if he’d scored his hole-in-one after getting his income tax refund in a few months. Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/435 "2017-02-12T19:47:11Z")
He didn’t shuffle off this mortal coil today. Hope springs eternal, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/436 "2017-02-12T19:56:28Z")
Isn’t 1993 about when he lost a full billion dollars and thus got relief from paying taxes for the next several decades? He probably legitimately couldn’t afford the drinks. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/437 "2017-02-12T20:25:14Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > We interrupt this thread with the following. > > [Trump’s hole-in-one at Pebble Beach](http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/How-The-Donald-s-hole-in-one-highlighted-a-10919055.php%22). > > “In 1993, on the 12th green of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course, at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Trump sinks a hole-in-one after Trump struck the ball 180 yards with a 5-iron, and it bounced once before dropping into the cup.” > > Carry on Dopers. ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/l3q2AA71OaQTwvLtm/giphy.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/438 "2017-02-12T20:26:33Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > We interrupt this thread with the following. > > [Trump’s hole-in-one at Pebble Beach](http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/How-The-Donald-s-hole-in-one-highlighted-a-10919055.php%22). > > “In 1993, on the 12th green of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course, at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Trump sinks a hole-in-one after Trump struck the ball 180 yards with a 5-iron, and it bounced once before dropping into the cup.” > > Carry on Dopers. [Only a single hole-in-one? Sad!](https://www.thestar.com/sports/golf/2011/12/19/kim_jongil_once_carded_38under_par_at_pyongyang_golf_course.html) ---
**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:** [February 13, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/439 "2017-02-13T00:53:34Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > [Only a single hole-in-one? Sad!](https://www.thestar.com/sports/golf/2011/12/19/kim_jongil_once_carded_38under_par_at_pyongyang_golf_course.html) Even at that age, KJI had bigger hands than Trump has at either the time of T’s accomplishment or even now. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/440 "2017-02-13T01:01:55Z")
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