# 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:** 308
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6148 "2019-05-04T19:08:22Z")
I bet he can get a whole tub of gravy on one drumstick without spilling a drop. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6149 "2019-05-04T19:18:11Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Kaypro “portable” only weighed about ten pounds. Six inch screen, dual floppy drives, Motorola 8086. ran WordStar and BASIC. Back when a hard drive was twenty miles of bad road. The Kaypro II was over 20 pounds. Those _single sided_ floppy disks held just shy of 200k. And it was a miracle. (My hands can still type the WordStar commands without hesitation.) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6150 "2019-05-07T05:57:52Z")
After pardoning Dinesh D’Souza, Joe Arpaio, and two ranchers who set fire to public land as part of a dispute with the government, Trump has now [issued a pardon](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pardons-the-former-soldier-who-was-convicted-of-murdering-an-iraqi-prisoner/2019/05/06/158765f8-705e-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?utm_term=.7ba3466ee446) to a US soldier convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner. > [@](#): > > Behenna, who was an Army Ranger in the 101st Airborne Division, was convicted of unpremeditated murder in a combat zone and sentenced to 25 years after killing Ali Mansur, a detainee and suspected al-Qaeda member. Behenna, who stripped Mansur naked, interrogated him without authorization and then shot him twice, has claimed repeatedly that he was acting in self-defense. > > \ > > Behenna was then ordered to transport Mansur back to his village. Instead, Behenna took him to a secluded railroad culvert and demanded more information from him. At his 2009 court-martial, Behenna said Mansur had lunged for his weapon during the impromptu interrogation. So this guy disobeyed orders, carried out an unauthorized interrogation, and then killed the prisoner. At least, with this excuse for his actions: > [@](#): > > “I was scared Ali Mansur was going to take my weapon and use it against me,” he said then. “This happened very fast.” he is now, after his pardon, ready for a career in law enforcement. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6151 "2019-05-07T06:54:08Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Not sure where to post this, but he pissed me off [by inspiring this pathetic painting by one really fucked up artist.](http://jonmcnaughton.com/maga-ride/) I will admit that the artist is talented (except perhaps with motorcycle wheels). But look through the rest of his website, and it’s not hard to tell where his sympathies lie. Obama playing the fiddle while Washington burns, Jesus Christ being expelled from the Senate, Jesus presenting the US Constitution to the American people–poke through his website, and see some things that will energize Trump supporters, and make the rest of us say, “WTF?” Like I said, a talented artist, but his choice of subject material? He’d be a lot less controversial if he stuck to still-lifes of bowls of fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6152 "2019-05-07T08:13:51Z")
For a good laugh: [Ten Paintings By Jon McNaughton Explained](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/ten-paintings-by-jon-mcnaughton-explained): > [@](#): > > LYTA: Brianna would you like to hear my angry “politically correct” opinion of Jon McNaughton > > I love him > > almost unironically ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6153 "2019-05-07T11:00:45Z")
Is it me or does the Trump in #7 look more like Alec-Baldwin-does-Trump than like the Orange Menace himself? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6154 "2019-05-07T13:34:49Z")
Some are pretty hilarious. Like the one where Donald is patiently teaching a man to fish. As if Donald has ever dirtied his precious little hands putting a worm on a hook in his entire life. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6155 "2019-05-07T13:42:33Z")
I guess if the goal is to make Trump seem like a decent person, what other choice does an artist have other than 100% pure fiction? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6156 "2019-05-07T15:38:37Z")
Mnuchin refuses to turn over Trump’s taxes, despite the law clearly requiring him to: [Mnuchin refuses to turn over Trump taxes to House Democrats | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/06/politics/tax-returns-trump-congress-showdown/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6157 "2019-05-07T19:15:05Z")
And thereby sticks his snoot where it doesn’t belong (the request was from Rep Neal to the IRS Commissioner, as the law stipulates). It also exposes him to penalties for obstructing the request, including jail time. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6158 "2019-05-07T22:10:45Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > And thereby sticks his snoot where it doesn’t belong (the request was from Rep Neal to the IRS Commissioner, as the law stipulates). It also exposes him to penalties for obstructing the request, including jail time. And who exactly will apply those penalties… hmmmm? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6159 "2019-05-07T23:19:19Z")
Some of his tax info [just leaked](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage). Literally contains the sentence that “year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer”. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6160 "2019-05-07T23:36:49Z")
Man, the nuggets in this article are hysterical: “While Donald Trump reported hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for 1990 and 1991, Fred Trump’s returns showed a positive income of $53.9 million, with only one major loss: $15 million invested in his son’s latest apartment project.” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6161 "2019-05-07T23:40:18Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Some of his tax info [just leaked](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage). Literally contains the sentence that “year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer”. > [@](#): > > The numbers show that in 1985, Mr. Trump reported losses of $46.1 million from his core businesses — largely casinos, hotels and retail space in apartment buildings. They continued to lose money every year, totaling $1.17 billion in losses for the decade. You really have to be some kinda special to be able to bleed money while operating a fricking _casino_. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6162 "2019-05-08T00:04:38Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > You really have to be some kinda special to be able to bleed money while operating a fricking _casino_. You do know we’re talking about DJT here. It’s quite easy to believe he ran a casino broke. Of course he ordered his staff to comp all of his budfies (read: thise who flatter him), and akse extended bad loans to them. Hmm…I wonder hiw nany of those gamblers were Russian. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6163 "2019-05-08T00:17:26Z")
Its the hidden joke in _Godfather._ Mike is talking to Moe Green about his casino losing money, and Moe asks if Mike thinks he’s skimming money off the top. “No, you’re just unlucky.” Of course, Mike knows, full well, that the immutable laws of math makes that a “joke”. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6164 "2019-05-08T00:18:27Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Some of his tax info [just leaked](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage). Literally contains the sentence that “year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer”. “Appears”. I suspect that he just does not know shit when it comes to money. A rich and low IQ kid that never figured it out. Cheating and bullying is his business model. It sort of works. Until it doesn’t. We would hope that congress would call him on running the USA like his failed businesses. Sort of like lottery winners that blow it all with out a plan. Though they are not crooks too. But two possibilities arise. 1) Where is that money, where did it go? and - 2) What type of interest may he be paying Russia. Or what other ‘favors’ does he own them. I suspect defaulting on those ‘favors’ is… problematic. Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell will be long dead before we connect all the dots. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6165 "2019-05-08T00:20:37Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Man, the nuggets in this article are hysterical: > > “While Donald Trump reported hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for 1990 and 1991, Fred Trump’s returns showed a positive income of $53.9 million, with only one major loss: $15 million invested in his son’s latest apartment project.” It’s the sequel to _The Emperor’s New Clothes_! I give you _The Court Jester’s Projects_: [ul][li]Episode 1, The Border Wall.[/li][li]Episode 2, The Invisble Tapes.[/li][li]Episode 3, The Finest Apartments.[/li][\*]Episode 4, The Best People.[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6166 "2019-05-08T00:39:10Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Some of his tax info [just leaked](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage). Literally contains the sentence that “year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer”. As I read that article I kept imagining a character from Veep - Jonah’s power-broker uncle who always shows up, just as Jonah is being humiliated, to point and laugh uproariously. I still think this is the proper strategy for dealing with the president. He should be laughed at. We should all post photos and memes on every social media outlet (especially Twitter) of people pointing and laughing at him. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6167 "2019-05-08T01:42:23Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > … I still think this is the proper strategy for dealing with the president. He should be laughed at. We should all post photos and memes on every social media outlet (especially Twitter) of people pointing and laughing at him. It absolutely is. It’s the one reaction to Trump that his fans simply cannot spin. They are helpless before it. And it has the bonus effect of lessening their support for him: the one thing toadies can’t tolerate is a weak, butt-of-jokes bully. That’s a _failed_ bully. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=309)