# 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:** 225
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4485 "2018-09-29T14:23:35Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Also, the guy whose garden has been destroyed by a large boat and whatever efforts are required to remove it. Trump likes people whose yard wasn’t destroyed by a boat. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4486 "2018-09-29T14:24:48Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > This is what authoritarians do; they try to create a perceived state of emergency. > > We saw that this was part of his playbook in 2016 when he was losing to Hillary Clinton, and he’s doing it again. > > What we have now is a situation in which the power of the presidency, the most powerful political office on the planet, is being used to create a false state of emergency in the minds of millions of American voters. It ties in with other false narratives, such as his culture wars. He’s engendering fear, animus, and planting the seeds for something awful. Let them bring the violence. It would be refreshing for them to drop the pretense, once and for all (and to see them carted off to jail). But there won’t be any large scale violence… they don’t have the balls for it. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4487 "2018-09-29T14:27:09Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > _When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader._ – Plato > > T_his and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector._ – Plato > > … and more, he he and Giuliani are making threats that if the Party Of Trump loses out in November, or it there is actually an ompeachment, there will be violence and revolution. WTF. Like I said, bring it or shut up. Show us all what sort of nazi traitors “you guys” really are. Get it all out in the open. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4488 "2018-09-29T14:33:35Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Doesn’t this violate the emoluments clause?](https://apnews.com/6d5c1b5b56e2422caad3586c04dfe981/Zimbabwe's-leader-says-he-offers-Trump-land-for-golf-course) 😕 Sure it does, but Trump has already violated it and gotten away with it. His hotels and the licensing deal with China. Congress refuses to act on it. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4489 "2018-09-29T14:57:44Z")
> **[China Rejects Trump’s Charges of Meddling in U.S. Elections (Published 2018)](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/world/asia/china-trump-election-meddling.html)** > > Mr. Trump called a paid China Daily insert in an Iowa newspaper “propaganda.” Chinese officials said the advertising was both lawful and commonplace. One gets the sense that if Republicans lose the midterms, Trump and the GOP will blame it on China (or Russia) and then claim that the FBI and DOJ need to investigate. I wonder what happens if they decline to do so. But considering all the people of Asian descent living in this country, many of whom have familial ties to their home countries, this is an incendiary claim with the potential to do real harm to people just minding their own business. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4490 "2018-09-30T00:05:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Just what the country needs right this minute. :rolleyes: > > > [@](#): > > > > 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. > > … [Trump heads on five-state rally blitz amid Supreme Court chaos](https://a.msn.com/r/2/BBNHvHH?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare) > Well, it was getting boring being in the White House and not being the center of attention. I’d love to know the sizes of the venues for those rallies. But for some reason the ‘anti-Trump’ media never seem to want to embarrass him by reporting those facts–some of which have actually been pretty darned embarrassing. ---
**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 30, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4491 "2018-09-30T03:06:49Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’d love to know the sizes of the venues for those rallies. But for some reason the ‘anti-Trump’ media never seem to want to embarrass him by reporting those facts–some of which have actually been pretty darned embarrassing. I’m still waiting for him to come to Texas and rent Kyle Field, home of the Texas Aggies, which seats 102,000+… and have 1,000 people show up. ---
**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 30, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4492 "2018-09-30T05:30:35Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > One gets the sense that if Republicans lose the midterms, Trump and the GOP will blame it on China (or Russia) and then claim that the FBI and DOJ need to investigate. I more worried about another possibility. The Democrats win the elections. And then the Trump administration declares that China hacked the voting and they “adjust” the results so that the Republicans win. Illegal? Sure. But who’s going to enforce the law? Trump? Congress? The Supreme Court? They’re all in on the crime. Unthinkable? I would have said yes a couple of years ago. Now I’m not so sure. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4493 "2018-09-30T07:09:34Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’d love to know the sizes of the venues for those rallies. But for some reason the ‘anti-Trump’ media never seem to want to embarrass him by reporting those facts–some of which have actually been pretty darned embarrassing. Monday - Freedom Hall, Johnson City, TN. Capacity: 8500 Tuesday - Landers Center, Southaven, MS. Capacity: 8400 Thursday - Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN. Capacity: 5200 Couldn’t get the venue for Topeka next Saturday. Maybe **Baker** knows. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4494 "2018-09-30T07:15:50Z")
P.S. WesBanco Arena, the site of this Saturday’s rally in Wheeling, WV, is said to seat 5406. ---
**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 30, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4495 "2018-09-30T07:53:50Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Monday - Freedom Hall, Johnson City, TN. Capacity: 8500 > > Tuesday - Landers Center, Southaven, MS. Capacity: 8400 > > Thursday - Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN. Capacity: 5200 > > Couldn’t get the venue for Topeka next Saturday. Maybe **Baker** knows. First I’ve heard about this. Southaven MS is just over the state line from Memphis. I guess he’s trying to suck in the Tennessee and Arkansas deplorables, too. I wonder how many tickets are left and how many of my friends I can get to order them (and not show up, of course). ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4496 "2018-10-01T03:41:10Z")
The Trump/Sessions DOJ is suing over California’s net neutrality law: [California just passed its net neutrality law. The DOJ is already suing | CNN Business](https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/30/technology/california-net-neutrality-law/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4497 "2018-10-01T05:17:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Monday - Freedom Hall, Johnson City, TN. Capacity: 8500 > > Tuesday - Landers Center, Southaven, MS. Capacity: 8400 > > Thursday - Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN. Capacity: 5200 > > Couldn’t get the venue for Topeka next Saturday. Maybe **Baker** knows. Saturday - Kansas Expocentre, Topeka, KS. Capacity: 10,000. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4498 "2018-10-01T13:42:02Z")
Trump actually says he and the NK tyrant “fell in love.” Unbe-freakin’-lievable. If Obama said anything like that, impeachment proceedings would begin within the hour: [https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/409104-trump-kim-jong-un-and-i-fell-in-love](https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/409104-trump-kim-jong-un-and-i-fell-in-love) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4499 "2018-10-01T15:39:09Z")
Should Melania start preparing a lawsuit against Un, claiming damages for transference of affections? Or should Ivanka? Or DJTJ and Eric? Or does Un’s Head of State status grant him sovereign immunity and render the issue moot? Maybe they should just all pitch in and get Un a thank-you card and a dozen roses. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4500 "2018-10-01T17:37:57Z")
Trump: She’s shocked that I picked her. @CeciliaVega: I’m not, thank you Mr. President. Trump: That’s OK, I know you’re not thinking, you never do. @CeciliaVega I’m sorry? Trump: No, go ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4501 "2018-10-01T18:50:51Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I more worried about another possibility. The Democrats win the elections. And then the Trump administration declares that China hacked the voting and they “adjust” the results so that the Republicans win. > > Illegal? Sure. But who’s going to enforce the law? Trump? Congress? The Supreme Court? They’re all in on the crime. > > Unthinkable? I would have said yes a couple of years ago. Now I’m not so sure. Sure, but as you said, it’s illegal, and he has no authority to do it for state level elections. It’s like he wants to order Florida to rename Tallahassee Trumpville. What is Trump going to do when the AGs and governors tell him to pound sand? Arrest them? Refuse to let the elected officials into the building, run Congress with fewer members? And if said AGs and governors were willing to along with it, they’d just do it on their own, without the need for Trump intervening, ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4502 "2018-10-01T18:54:47Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Sure, but as you said, it’s illegal, and he has no authority to do it for state level elections. It’s like he wants to order Florida to rename Tallahassee Trumpville. What is Trump going to do when the AGs and governors tell him to pound sand? Arrest them? Refuse to let the elected officials into the building, run Congress with fewer members? And if said AGs and governors were willing to along with it, they’d just do it on their own, without the need for Trump intervening, He can put police and federal marshals around the Capitol and White House and not allow those he doesn’t like, in. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4503 "2018-10-01T20:17:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He can put police and federal marshals around the Capitol and White House and not allow those he doesn’t like, in. OK, now people are sounding like the crazies that were always accusing the Democrats of planning to declare martial law and cancel the elections. Things have deteriorated, but to no where near that level IMHO. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4504 "2018-10-01T20:58:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Trump/Sessions DOJ is suing over California’s net neutrality law: [https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/30/technology/california-net-neutrality-law/index.html](https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/30/technology/california-net-neutrality-law/index.html) One would think that Trump would be tired by now of having his ass handed to him in court. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=224) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=226)