# 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:** 224
**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:** [September 21, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4465 "2018-09-21T20:16:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Just like the thousands of boys (and girls) molested by priests didn’t call the cops. People DON’T call the cops. They’re mortified, embarrassed, and just want the whole thing to go away. and that goes moreso for kids that were ‘at a party they shouldn’t have been at 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:** [September 26, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4466 "2018-09-26T13:37:13Z")
“And the Oscar for Most Unconvincing Spin goes to…” > **[Nikki Haley: UN Laughter Not A Diss But A Sign Of Respect For Trump’s ‘Honesty’](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/09/26/nikki-haley-says-united-nations-laughter-was-prompted-by-respect-for-trumps-honesty/23542425/)** > > World leaders were “falling over themselves to get a picture with him," the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4467 "2018-09-26T14:31:23Z")
Well, hey, Haley’s spin got a LOL out of me. Takes after her bossman I guess. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4468 "2018-09-26T14:36:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “And the Oscar for Most Unconvincing Spin goes to…” > > [Nikki Haley says United Nations laughter was prompted by respect for Trump's ‘honesty’](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/09/26/nikki-haley-says-united-nations-laughter-was-prompted-by-respect-for-trumps-honesty/23542425/) > [@Nikki Haley](#): > > “All day yesterday, they were falling over themselves to get a picture with him, to talk about how great his speech was,” she continued. “They love that he’s honest with them and they’ve never seen anything like it, so there’s respect there. I saw that the media was trying to make it something disrespectful. That’s not what it was ― **they love to be with him**.” So now you are talking about the rest of the world loving our Dear Leader. Yeah, Nikki, that’s not creepy at all. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4469 "2018-09-26T14:56:27Z")
C’mon, you mean Angela Merkel didn’t totally love his candy? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4470 "2018-09-26T15:13:29Z")
[Doesn’t this violate the emoluments clause?](https://apnews.com/6d5c1b5b56e2422caad3586c04dfe981/Zimbabwe's-leader-says-he-offers-Trump-land-for-golf-course) 😕 > [@](#): > > Zimbabwe’s leader says he is willing to offer land to President Donald Trump to build a golf course in a national park teeming with wildlife. > > President Emmerson Mnangagwa was speaking to a New York investors’ forum ahead of his first address to a United Nations annual gathering of world leaders this week. > > Mnangagwa said he made the offer to Trump staffers earlier this year at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, pitching land in the tourist town of Victoria Falls. Trump is a keen golfer. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4471 "2018-09-26T15:44:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Doesn’t this violate the emoluments clause?](https://apnews.com/6d5c1b5b56e2422caad3586c04dfe981/Zimbabwe's-leader-says-he-offers-Trump-land-for-golf-course) 😕 GOP collective: Emoluments clause? Never heard of it. Sounds anti-capitalist. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4472 "2018-09-26T15:48:39Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > C’mon, you mean Angela Merkel didn’t totally love his candy? Ram’s bladder, cockroach cluster, lark’s vomit and, of course, crunchy frog! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4473 "2018-09-26T16:41:47Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’m guessing Trump is applying a lot of personal experience to this line of thought. Something like: > > I’ve done stuff like that hundreds of times. > Nobody’s ever called the cops. > Of course, by definition if I do it it’s not a crime. > Ergo: nothing to see here. “Make a note. One more thing to pardon myself for before I leave office.” ---
**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:** [September 26, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4474 "2018-09-26T20:34:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “And the Oscar for Most Unconvincing Spin goes to…” > > [Nikki Haley says United Nations laughter was prompted by respect for Trump's ‘honesty’](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/09/26/nikki-haley-says-united-nations-laughter-was-prompted-by-respect-for-trumps-honesty/23542425/) > [@from your link](#): > > Nikki Haley says United Nations laughter was prompted by respect for Trump’s ‘honesty’ That’s right, Nikki. Everyone laughs respectfully. Why, I, myself last laughed respectfully…fucking never, you putz! Nobody “laughs respectfully”. But, hey, it’s nice of you to admit that you think people laugh at honesty (even though your boss has never once tokd the truth in his life except accidentally). That shows what you–and your scummy boss–think of honesty. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4475 "2018-09-26T20:40:56Z")
Told, not tokd. It’s fun to read it as “toked the truth”, though. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4476 "2018-09-27T02:31:54Z")
Trump slanders his predecessor, Vol. MCMXVII: [Trump claims (without evidence) Obama nearly launched war with North Korea | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/politics/trump-obama-north-korea-war-claim/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4477 "2018-09-28T11:18:06Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > That’s right, Nikki. Everyone laughs respectfully. Why, I, myself last laughed respectfully…fucking never, you putz! Nobody “laughs respectfully”. Right up there with “They were saying ‘Boo-urns!’” in credibility. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4478 "2018-09-28T14:18:49Z")
Trump Admin: The planet is FUBAR, and there’s nothing we can do about it, so burn all the gas you want. [From the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-administration-sees-a-7-degree-rise-in-global-temperatures-by-2100/2018/09/27/b9c6fada-bb45-11e8-bdc0-90f81cc58c5d_story.html?utm_term=.bfe8d246b149): > [@](#): > > Last month, deep in a 500-page environmental impact statement, the Trump administration made a startling assumption: On its current course, the planet will warm a disastrous 7 degrees by the end of this century. > > A rise of 7 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 4 degrees Celsius, compared with preindustrial levels would be catastrophic, according to scientists. Many coral reefs would dissolve in increasingly acidic oceans. Parts of Manhattan and Miami would be underwater without costly coastal defenses. Extreme heat waves would routinely smother large parts of the globe. > > But the administration did not offer this dire forecast as part of an argument to combat climate change. Just the opposite: The analysis assumes the planet’s fate is already sealed. So, we’ve gone straight from “Global warming is a hoax” to “It’s so awful there’s nothing we can do about it, so let the good times roll.” We are so boofed. All of us. Why did I bring children into the world to suffer through the collapse of American society and the slow-motion destruction of the planet? Every time I look at my kids I just want to beg their forgiveness. I got to see the tail end of the Cold War. In the 80s, I thought there was a decent chance we’d all be incinerated in a flash. That was actually less terrifying than seeing the planet die by inches over the course of decades. Jesus. Just, Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4479 "2018-09-28T14:23:10Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > Trump Admin: The planet is FUBAR, and there’s nothing we can do about it, so burn all the gas you want… > > …So, we’ve gone straight from “Global warming is a hoax” to “It’s so awful there’s nothing we can do about it, so let the good times roll…” Well, yeah. The objections to observations of climate change have always been about finding the most convenient excuse to do nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4480 "2018-09-28T14:49:17Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > Trump Admin: The planet is FUBAR, and there’s nothing we can do about it, so burn all the gas you want. That’s not quite what it says; it points out that the US transportation industry contributes about 3% of the global total of greenhouse gases. That means that even if we substantially reduced our transportation-related CO2 emissions the impact on climate change would be negligible. What’s more important is that the NHTSA [draft rule](https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/ld_cafe_my2021-26_deis_0.pdf) acknowledges that both fuel consumption and emissions will increase under the proposal versus simply sticking with existing rules. Negligible impact or not, that is outrageous. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4481 "2018-09-28T15:20:58Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > That’s not quite what it says; it points out that the US transportation industry contributes about 3% of the global total of greenhouse gases. That means that even if we substantially reduced our transportation-related CO2 emissions the impact on climate change would be negligible. > > What’s more important is that the NHTSA [draft rule](https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/ld_cafe_my2021-26_deis_0.pdf) acknowledges that both fuel consumption and emissions will increase under the proposal versus simply sticking with existing rules. Negligible impact or not, that is outrageous. That’s okay. When Mike Pence is president, we will re-institute prayer in schools and every day millions and millions of school children will pray that the planet’s temperature NOT rise. God will not be able to deny them. All the more reason to make abortion illegal-- 'cause we’ll need all those babies–\>children to pray in the years to come. The ones that survive, that is, in spite of no health insurance, inadequate nutrition, neighborhood violence. But that’s just the black and brown ones, don’tcha know-- does God even listen to black and brown babies when they pray? Prolly not. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4482 "2018-09-28T15:53:37Z")
Hmmmm. I’m picturing _The Matrix_, **Thelma** , only with humans as Faith Power units instead of just batteries. Oh, and the blue pill would just make you wind up in _The Handmaid’s Tale_ 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:** [September 28, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4483 "2018-09-28T21:58:07Z")
The blue pill will go nicely with the red dresses and white veils all women will be wearing. MAGA! ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4484 "2018-09-29T14:20:47Z")
Just what the country needs right this minute. :rolleyes: [Trump heads on five-state rally blitz amid Supreme Court chaos](https://a.msn.com/r/2/BBNHvHH?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare) > [@](#): > > U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday kicks off a week of rallies in five friendly places around the country, seeking to shore up support ahead of congressional elections even as the fate of his pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy remains unclear. > … > Trump > travels first to Wheeling, West Virginia on Saturday, where Republicans are trying to unseat Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, one of a handful of senators seen as key swing votes that will determine Kavanaugh’s appointment. > Trump will then hold evening rallies in Johnson City, Tennessee on Monday; Southaven, Mississippi on Tuesday; Rochester, Minnesota on Thursday; and Topeka, Kansas next Saturday. > … Well, it was getting boring being in the White House and not being the center of attention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=225)