# 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:** 268
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5346 "2018-11-28T20:06:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > … CNN ran a live fact check on screen while she was talking. That must have been difficult to keep up with. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5347 "2018-11-28T20:08:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > CNN ran a live fact check on screen while she was talking. What she really needs is MST3K commentary on screen while she’s talking. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5348 "2018-11-28T20:12:27Z")
The alleged President of the United States retweeted a meme calling for his political opponents (including Obama and Hillary, among many others) to be locked up for treason. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5349 "2018-11-28T20:24:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The President, blushing modestly, says he’s just too damn smart to accept the overwhelming scientific consensus on global climate change: [President Trump says he's too intelligent to believe in climate change](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/11/28/president-trump-says-hes-too-intelligent-to-believe-in-climate-change/23603500/) Sanders and Trump both emphasized yesterday that the important thing is that we’ve got clean air and clean water. Deliberately blurring the distinction between pollution and climate change, of course. Once the ice caps melt we’ll have more clean water than we know what to do with. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5350 "2018-11-28T20:29:06Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Sanders and Trump both emphasized yesterday that the important thing is that we’ve got clean air and clean water. **cough** RomaineLettuceRecall **cough** ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5351 "2018-11-28T20:42:35Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Sanders and Trump both emphasized yesterday that the important thing is that we’ve got clean air and clean water. > > … > [@MovieMogul](#): > > **cough** RomaineLettuceRecall **cough** Sanders and thump meant that THEY have clean air and water. Nuttin’ to do with the rest of us poor bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5352 "2018-11-28T21:14:01Z")
Real talk, Thelma - can we stop with the “thump”? It’s just lame. If you must, I suggest you [turn to the Scots for inspiration](https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-18/glossary-scottish-insults). ---
**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:** [November 28, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5353 "2018-11-28T21:24:00Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Real talk, Thelma - can we stop with the “thump”? It’s just lame. If you must, I suggest you [turn to the Scots for inspiration](https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-18/glossary-scottish-insults). Why? Because it bothers you? Pfft. I’m fine with being thought lame. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5354 "2018-11-28T21:27:50Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > “It’s not based on facts. … It’s not data-driven,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at a news briefing Tuesday. “We’d like to see something that is more data-driven, that’s based on modeling.” > > Sarah, you ignorant bitch, what in the holy fuck do you think the climate prediction is based on if not data and modeling? > > Or is it that you want data from the future? Can’t quite do that yet you moron. > > Your ‘boss’ is basing his ‘so intelligent’ viewpoint on his oh so scientific opinion that the ‘air and water looks clean’. > > New day, same morons. Pretty good Twitter thread from one of the authors. > Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5355 "2018-11-28T21:42:27Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Pretty good Twitter thread from one of the authors. > > [https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1067450865303330818?s=19](https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1067450865303330818?s=19) > > Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk Thanks John. I mean I know these people are idiots and they lie every dam day. But… shit, I don’t even know what to say anymore. Trumps supporters refuse any facts. It’s even evident on the SDMB. And THEY’RE the smart ones. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5356 "2018-11-29T06:11:14Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Thanks John. > > I mean I know these people are idiots and they lie every dam day. But… shit, I don’t even know what to say anymore. Trumps supporters refuse any **FACTS**. It’s even evident on the SDMB. And THEY’RE the smart ones. Heh. This calls to mind a post that Doc **Mercotan** made in a thread about dizziness: [ > [@Qagdop the Mercotan](#): > > I tell my patients who are dizzy to avoid the FACTS ]([https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21346754&postcount=3](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21346754&postcount=3)) That explains SO MUCH! 😃 ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5357 "2018-11-29T07:36:47Z")
[Trump suggests he’s looking into tariffs on car imports](https://apnews.com/39b53222d41c483c885484e7f3c7fe2e). I certainly can’t see any downside or unintended negative consequences of such an action. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > Trump’s comments about GM’s plan are the latest example of his willingness to try to meddle in the affairs of private companies and threaten to use government power to influence their business decisions. > [@Trump](#): > > The reason that the small truck business in the U.S. is such a go to favorite is that, for many years, Tariffs of 25% have been put on small trucks coming into our country. If we did that with cars coming in, many more cars would be built here and G.M. would not be closing their plants in Ohio, Michigan & Maryland. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5358 "2018-11-29T14:14:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Why? Because it bothers you? Pfft. > > I’m fine with being thought lame. I dunno; I kind of liked bampot on that list. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5359 "2018-11-29T16:22:49Z")
He’s as talented an economist as he is a climatologist. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5360 "2018-11-29T16:25:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > He’s as talented an economist as he is a climatologist. Factually correct, sir! ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5361 "2018-11-29T17:40:11Z")
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I was curious about Drumpf’s claim of the 25% tax on small trucks. Turns out this is real, and it’s called the [Chicken Tax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax): > [@](#): > > The Chicken Tax is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks (and originally on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy) imposed in 1964 by the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson in response to tariffs placed by France and West Germany on importation of U.S. chicken. The period from 1961–1964 of tensions and negotiations surrounding the issue was known as the “Chicken War,” taking place at the height of Cold War politics. > > Eventually, the tariffs on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy were lifted, but over the next 48 years the light truck tax ossified, remaining in place to protect U.S. domestic automakers from foreign competition (e.g., from Japan and Thailand). Though concern remains about its repeal, a 2003 Cato Institute study called the tariff “a policy in search of a rationale.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5362 "2018-11-29T18:22:15Z")
Wasn’t there a thing a while back about Congress sucking off Big Auto by classifying SUV’s as “small trucks”? My memory isn’t what it used to be, or maybe it is, and I just don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5363 "2018-11-30T20:14:55Z")
as a federal employee every day I have to walk past[this picture](https://www.google.com/search?q=Trump+official&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXvs_F9vzeAhUMvlkKHd8VDOMQ_AUIDygC&biw=1379&bih=790#imgrc=2TPxeYTLyNplWM:) displayed prominently at my place of work. and every day I die a little as I resist the urge to punch his smiling gob right in the kisser. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5364 "2018-11-30T22:17:18Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > as a federal employee every day I have to walk past[this picture](https://www.google.com/search?q=Trump+official&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXvs_F9vzeAhUMvlkKHd8VDOMQ_AUIDygC&biw=1379&bih=790#imgrc=2TPxeYTLyNplWM:) displayed prominently at my place of work. and every day I die a little as I resist the urge to punch his smiling gob right in the kisser. Is it behind glass? Got a few white board markers? Someone that can create a diversion? I wonder how long it would take for people to notice a Hitler mustache. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/5365 "2018-12-01T04:10:23Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > as a federal employee every day I have to walk past[this picture](https://www.google.com/search?q=Trump+official&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXvs_F9vzeAhUMvlkKHd8VDOMQ_AUIDygC&biw=1379&bih=790#imgrc=2TPxeYTLyNplWM:) displayed prominently at my place of work. and every day I die a little as I resist the urge to punch his smiling gob right in the kisser. Can’t you stay late to work some night? Or at least be the last one out? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=269)