# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/781 "2017-04-11T16:16:54Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I hope to god that’s the only result. What’s much more likely is that Trump will see a spike in popularity over this (both because a competent person might have done the same thing, and because people always rally around the President during a military action), and will conclude that a military adventure should be his go-to strategy whenever he needs another boost in the polls. His approval rating seems to have been flat at 40% for the past few days. Which is either good news (in that he realizes randomly bombing people won’t improve his ratings) or bad news (in that he concludes more bombing will be necessary to improve his rating, and declares war on China). ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/782 "2017-04-11T19:50:56Z")
No, he’ll start with North Korea. China will be incidental. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/783 "2017-04-11T20:24:04Z")
The Orange Boy on Twitter: “[North Korea is looking for trouble. If China decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without them! USA.](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/851767718248361986)” ---
**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:** [April 11, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/784 "2017-04-11T20:33:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Orange Boy on Twitter: > > “[North Korea is looking for trouble. If China decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without them! USA.](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/851767718248361986)” Or in other words, [America F\*\*k Yeah!!](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjrvPemn53TAhXDTSYKHbGMDYAQtwIIJDAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DU1mlCPMYtPk&usg=AFQjCNE5iS54kbmB--Nt6QdOq9zRbYlhaQ&sig2=xt6wiqtX5RvaKY_zwPuBqg) (NSFW) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/785 "2017-04-11T21:34:02Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > No, he’ll start with North Korea. China will be incidental. Well, certainly not Occidental, at any rate. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/786 "2017-04-12T03:04:00Z")
Sean Spicer’s doing a heckuva job as Press Secretary, ain’t he?: [http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/sean-spicer-hitler-assad-gas-chemical-weapons/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/sean-spicer-hitler-assad-gas-chemical-weapons/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/787 "2017-04-12T03:27:57Z")
So while I’m initially scoffing at Eric Trump’s claim that Ivanka influenced pops into bombing Syria (syria-ously?) because she was “heartbroken” over the chemical attacks from last week, there’s _still_ this eensie-weensie inkling that maybe, just maybe, it _is_ true, considering I’m starting to almost normalize so much bonkers shit going on, that I wouldn’t rule this further bonkerosity out of the realm of possibility. Trying to find any credible sources to cite this :dubious: has been a bit of a task (cnbc possibly being the best of that lot?), which, in itself, confirms that this, indeed, could be :dubious:. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/788 "2017-04-14T20:17:16Z")
In a reversal, the Trump White House will keep its visitor logs secret. No wonder “draining the swamp” is such a snap!: [White House announces it will keep its visitor logs secret](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/14/white-house-announces-it-will-keep-its-visitor-logs-secret/22040197/) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/789 "2017-04-14T20:23:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > In a reversal, the Trump White House will keep its visitor logs secret. No wonder “draining the swamp” is such a snap!: [https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/14/white-house-announces-it-will-keep-its-visitor-logs-secret/22040197/](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/14/white-house-announces-it-will-keep-its-visitor-logs-secret/22040197/) Maybe they’re embarrassed that Melania only signed in twice. Quite a reversal for a guy that accused Obama of not being transparent. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/790 "2017-04-14T20:38:03Z")
[As North Korea brews, Trump again in Mar-a-Lago](http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/14/politics/donald-trump-north-korea-mar-a-lago/) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump arrived for another weekend at his languid Florida resort on Thursday, this time without the usual retinue of top aides who have accompanied him in the past, even as global tensions flare. > Trump’s jaunt to Mar-a-Lago, his seventh since taking office in January, coincides with a closely watched anniversary in North Korea, where analysts have said the rogue regime may be preparing for a sixth nuclear test The aptly named Sen. Flake pretends the [Orange Asshole’s trips are nothing to complain about.](https://thinkprogress.org/jeff-flake-town-hall-trump-mar-a-lago-2726fb9c44b8)Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) was asked about Trump’s travel during a town hall on Thursday night. > [@](#): > > “As a fiscal conservative, what is your position on all the weekend trips that the preisdent makes down to Mar-a-Lago?” an attendee asked. > > The senator responded with a false equivalency. > > “With regard to presidents and what they do on the weekend, I’m not going to criticize presidents,” Flake said, as boos erupted. “I refrained from criticizing President Obama, and I’ll refrain from criticizing President Trump.” Conservative group estimates [Trump’s trips to cost less than Obama’s](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/13/ap-fact-check-do-trump-mar-lago-trips-cost-3-million.html)on no evidence. > [@](#): > > With President Donald Trump making his seventh presidential trip this weekend to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, government watchdogs and Democrats are once again seeing dollar signs: namely, $3 million. > > That’s a widely used estimate of what each journey costs taxpayers. The figure comes from a government report on a trip President Barack Obama made to Palm Beach, Florida, but the report’s author tells The Associated Press that it’s a mistake to apply those findings to Trump’s travel. > > \*\*A conservative group that closely monitors presidential expenses puts the tab for each Mar-a-Lago visit closer to $1 million. > \*\* > Neither the Secret Service, which protects the president, nor the Department of Defense, which transports presidential vehicles from place to place, has provided a tally of any Mar-a-Lago trip, although a government office is working up estimates that will eventually become public. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/791 "2017-04-21T06:39:46Z")
The [Jackass-in-Chief is haranguing yet another NATO ally](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/20/trump-uses-italian-prime-minister-visit-to-call-out-another-nato/22048601/) for not ponying up years in advance. Funny thing. I got an interesting bit of E-mail today for a book service I occasionally use. Here’s part of today’s “book of the day” description. > [@](#): > > But how are we to know that Hider who has told so many lies, broken so many promises, and violated so many solemn treaties did not veil and distort the truth in his book. Told so many lies. Trump? Check. Violated treaties. Trump? Check. Veil and distort truth. Trump? Check and check. The man cannot get removed from office soon enough. As I’ve posted before, that jackass and his flacks and toadies have done, and are continuing to do, irreparable damage to the United States of America. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/792 "2017-04-21T11:00:20Z")
If his damage is limited to the United States it will be a fucking miracle. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/793 "2017-04-21T12:24:46Z")
“[Pavarotti is a great friend of mine](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/trump-says-late-pavarotti-is-a-great-friend/2017/04/20/b603ec76-2610-11e7-928e-3624539060e8_video.html)” despite being dead since 2007. He can’t even be bothered to check on the living status of those he name-drops. How nice it must be to be completely oblivious to his numerous fuckups. As long as he has his stooges to sweep the street after him, he’ll never learn to potty train himself. He spreads more manure than John Deere. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/794 "2017-04-21T12:31:42Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > “[Pavarotti is a great friend of mine](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/trump-says-late-pavarotti-is-a-great-friend/2017/04/20/b603ec76-2610-11e7-928e-3624539060e8_video.html)” despite being dead since 2007. > > He can’t even be bothered to check on the living status of those he name-drops. How nice it must be to be completely oblivious to his numerous fuckups. As long as he has his stooges to sweep the street after him, he’ll never learn to potty train himself. He spreads more manure than John Deere. Dead friends can’t deny it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/795 "2017-04-21T17:57:53Z")
Its the tenor of the times. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/796 "2017-04-21T18:22:41Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Its the tenor of the times. _makes a note_ ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/797 "2017-04-21T18:23:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > “[Pavarotti is a great friend of mine](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/trump-says-late-pavarotti-is-a-great-friend/2017/04/20/b603ec76-2610-11e7-928e-3624539060e8_video.html)” despite being dead since 2007. > > He can’t even be bothered to check on the living status of those he name-drops. It was an honest mistake. He got him mixed up with Frederick Douglass. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/798 "2017-04-21T19:46:38Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > It was an honest mistake. He got him mixed up with Frederick Douglass. In the interest of accuracy and fairness (hey, somebody has to uphold the standard) I can almost give Trump a pass on this one. Due to his penchant for speaking in sentence fragments, his meaning was opaque. “Pavarotti…good friend…” can mean either he \*is \*a good friend, or he \*was \*a good friend. Of course, we can mock him for sounding like Tarzan/Tonto/Frankenstein, and that’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/799 "2017-04-21T19:48:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [QUOTE=elucidator] > Its the tenor of the times. _makes a note_ [/QUOTE] Forget it, coach. It’s **elucidator**. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/800 "2017-04-21T20:00:11Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Forget it, coach. It’s **elucidator**. I’m well aware who it is. 😃 Read my reply again. See what I did there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=41)