# 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:** 346
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6909 "2019-08-23T02:11:52Z")
[Douglas Magarth?](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-struggles-pronounce-various-words-093900199.html) The rest of that article is even more embarrassing. Or it would be if Trump had any self-awareness, other than the self-worship kind. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6910 "2019-08-23T02:24:40Z")
Party on, McGarth. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6911 "2019-08-23T04:21:59Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Party on, McGarth. 😃 We used to play a language game when I was a kid. For all the nouns, you’d had “Mc” in front. So, “Let’s go to the cinema” turns into “Let’s go to the McCinema”. Or, in this case, “Party on, Garth” turns into “Party on, McGarth”. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6912 "2019-08-23T07:19:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > [Trump has over 2,000 conflicts of interest since he’s taken office: report](https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-has-over-2000-conflicts-of-interest-since-hes-taken-office-report-142507087.html) I’m sure Trump was never conflicted about any of these issues. He kept things simple by always doing whatever was best for him personally. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6913 "2019-08-23T11:20:54Z")
I would add “in the short term” to that, **Nemo**. Boy doesn’t do long term planning . ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6914 "2019-08-23T12:52:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m sure Trump was never conflicted about any of these issues. He kept things simple by always doing whatever was best for him personally. A principle to live by. Certainly works for him. \ So far no one has seriously tried to be effective at stopping him. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6915 "2019-08-23T21:29:53Z")
It’s not entirely down to his economic dumb-fuckery, but Trump’s tariffs have [helped close the Del Monte packing plant](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/del-monte-foods-closing-two-more-us-plants-laying-off-hundreds/) that I worked in from 1977-1981 to finance my education. Another blow to the small town rural Americans he claims to champion. And while acknowledging there is a leopard face-eating component to this story, I don’t think anyone thought that he would be this much of an economic disaster or that the alleged grown-ups in the GOP would be completely supine in front of the Chosen One. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6916 "2019-08-23T21:41:49Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I would add “in the short term” to that, **Nemo**. Boy doesn’t do long term planning . I’m not sure he plans _at all_. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 24, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6917 "2019-08-24T12:39:13Z")
Tan the Conman now says he was [just sarcastic](https://news.yahoo.com/sarcasm-president-donald-trump-changes-053858709.html) when he called himself the “Chosen One”. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6918 "2019-08-24T14:09:23Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Tan the Conman now says he was [just sarcastic](https://news.yahoo.com/sarcasm-president-donald-trump-changes-053858709.html) when he called himself the “Chosen One”. He probably found out what happened to the last guy that called himself “King of the Jews”. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6919 "2019-08-24T14:51:20Z")
He was kidding. Trump, I mean. [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-chosen-one-sarcasm](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-chosen-one-sarcasm) **Trump Was Just Being Sarcastic About Thinking He’s The ‘Chosen One,’ Okay?** ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6920 "2019-08-24T14:59:44Z")
You can’t mix a kidder so I knew he was messing around, but that’s a bit dangerous with all the nutters who already believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6921 "2019-08-24T15:10:07Z")
This is the kind of thing that happens when unfunny people think they’re funny. Unfortunate that this particular fully un-self-aware moron is our president. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6922 "2019-08-24T15:23:29Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > This is the kind of thing that happens when unfunny people think they’re funny. Unfortunate that this particular fully un-self-aware moron is our president. Thing is, was Trump trying to be funny? Claiming Trump was only “joking” whenever he says something stupid/outrageous that boomerangs back on him is SOP, in addition to also claiming that The Fake News just doesn’t get his brilliant humor and is trying to make him look bad. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6923 "2019-08-24T15:41:03Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Another blow to the small town rural Americans he claims to champion. And while acknowledging there is a leopard face-eating component to this story, I don’t think anyone thought that he would be this much of an economic disaster or that the alleged grown-ups in the GOP would be completely supine in front of the Chosen One. On that last point, yeah, I’ve seen figures who I’d have thought would at least be seen saying “respectfully, sir, you sure of that?” simply surrender unconditionally – to a great degree in cases like these because now they have seen how destructive he can be just in normal mode, they are completely terrified of how much \*worse \*can he make it if they trigger him. Also let’s face it, those who voted for the leopards-eating-faces ticket _will do so again_ because when that is pointed out their feeling will be: “how dare you say I was stupid”, and they’d rather have their face eaten than admit they were wrong. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6924 "2019-08-24T15:55:47Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > He was kidding. Trump, I mean. > [Trump Was Just Being Sarcastic About Thinking He’s The ‘Chosen One,’ Okay?](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-chosen-one-sarcasm) > **Trump Was Just Being Sarcastic About Thinking He’s The ‘Chosen One,’ Okay?** I beat you to it by a couple of hours and change. > [@dasmoocher](#): > > Thing is, was Trump trying to be funny? > > Claiming Trump was only “joking” whenever he says something stupid/outrageous that boomerangs back on him is SOP, in addition to also claiming that The Fake News just doesn’t get his brilliant humor and is trying to make him look bad. What’s worse, him saying it and believing it or him joking about it in the manner he said it? FWIW, of course I don’t believe the jackass was joking. Humor requires human emotion. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6925 "2019-08-24T16:57:07Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > What’s worse, him saying it and believing it or him joking about it in the manner he said it? FWIW, of course I don’t believe the jackass was joking. Humor requires human emotion. I agree Trump has no humor. His idea of being funny is mocking people, institutions, or whatever he dislikes. [The reporter who has that disability comes to mind.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX9reO3QnUA) Unfortunately, a lot of his base seems to find that funny, also. I’m reminded of a presentation I gave in school. The first slide was an intro to yourself. Among other things, I said one of my hobbies was making balloon animal snakes and one of my best features was my “incredible modesty”. I had the class giggling before I even started speaking. If Trump ever said he was incredibly modest, he might actually think that. And, of course, his psychological projection means he’s actually the opposite of how he describes himself: stable genius, best words, least racist person, knows more about [insert topic here] than anyone,… ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6926 "2019-08-24T17:36:05Z")
Has anyone ever seen a video of Trump laughing? I didn’t think so. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6927 "2019-08-24T17:51:56Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Has anyone ever seen a video of Trump laughing? > > I didn’t think so. Does smirking count? ---
**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:** [August 24, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/6928 "2019-08-24T17:54:30Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Has anyone ever seen a video of Trump laughing? > > I didn’t think so. We haven’t really tested it. We need a grandmother to volunteer to fall out of her wheelchair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=345) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=347)