# 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:** 405
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8091 "2020-07-06T04:42:24Z")
Grumble mutter mutter…“dire imprecations”…sometimes, it takes a lot of restraint to not advocate things that are violations if s[quote=“Euphonious\_Polemic, post:8080, topic:777640, full:true”] So Trump said earlier that people are engaging in a "“merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children.” Why is Robert E. Lee a “hero”? Are the “values” that Trump is espousing the “value” of slavery and racism? Does Trump view basic education as “indoctrination”? [/quote] o many different policies and laws… My GF came to me today and said she’s looking into immigrating to Canada. Not as a refugee, but she said she got the idea from a news article she read about some Canadian politicians advocating for extending refugee status to certain US citizens.(from what I was able to figure out from looking into the story, mostly children born here who’s parents are not here legally or not citizens if they are here legally) I somehow got the impression that if that were to happen they might consider offering that to ALL US citizens who aren’t white. This is something those …people…who support and like trump and his ilk would celebrate. Because they can’t see past their own nose to see how disasterous this would be for the country, no matter how you look at it. Fucking fuckitty fucking fuck…sigh… Hey Canada, can white people who oppose trump get political asylum too? Please? Erm, not sure how that post I quoted ended up in the middle of my post and not sure how to fix it ---
**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:** [July 6, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8092 "2020-07-06T16:11:13Z")
[ICU doctor fighting coronavirus denied green card: ‘It’s like a slap in the face’](https://thehill.com/homenews/news/496419-icu-doctor-fighting-coronavirus-denied-green-card-its-like-a-slap-in-the-face) To summarize the story, Julia Iafrate is an ICU doctor who has been working to fight Covid19 in New York City. She is from Canada but she has been living in the United States for thirteen years. Under Trump’s anti-immigrant laws, she has been denied the permanent resident status she has been seeking. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8093 "2020-07-07T11:59:01Z")
[What the Lincoln Project Ad Makers Get About Voters (and What Dems Don’t)](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/07/06/lincoln-project-ads-republicans-democrats-349184) tldr version: Republicans are masters of fear mongering, so the Lincoln Project, which comprises Republican non-Trumpers, know how to scare voters away from Trump. Democrats resort to guilt trips and subtlety, which doesn’t usually resonate with right-leaning voters. However, the Lincoln Project has that Republican absence of shame and goes straight to the jugular, like in this [follow-up to Trump’s anemic Tulsa rally](https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1275042854537134080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1275042854537134080%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fadage.com%2Farticle%2Fcampaign-trail%2Fdisheveled-conservative-pacs-quickie-attack-ad-wordlessly-mocks-trumps-tulsa-rally-comical-harmonica%2F2263236). ---
**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:** [July 7, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8094 "2020-07-07T13:14:50Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Maybe he wants to be like “The Lone Ranger,” but the Lone Ranger at least wore a f\*\*\*ing mask. What? You must have never seen the guy. He’s wearing a mask. What else could you call that crud on his face? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8095 "2020-07-07T14:34:47Z")
[quote=“Knowed\_Out, post:8093, topic:777640, full:true”]However, the Lincoln Project has that Republican absence of shame and goes straight to the jugular, like in this [follow-up to Trump’s anemic Tulsa rally](https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1275042854537134080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1275042854537134080%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fadage.com%2Farticle%2Fcampaign-trail%2Fdisheveled-conservative-pacs-quickie-attack-ad-wordlessly-mocks-trumps-tulsa-rally-comical-harmonica%2F2263236). [/quote] That was hilariously brutal! ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8096 "2020-07-08T00:58:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > [What the Lincoln Project Ad Makers Get About Voters (and What Dems Don’t)](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/07/06/lincoln-project-ads-republicans-democrats-349184) > > tldr version: Republicans are masters of fear mongering, so the Lincoln Project, which comprises Republican non-Trumpers, know how to scare voters away from Trump. Democrats resort to guilt trips and subtlety, which doesn’t usually resonate with right-leaning voters. However, the Lincoln Project has that Republican absence of shame and goes straight to the jugular, like in this [follow-up to Trump’s anemic Tulsa rally](https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1275042854537134080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1275042854537134080%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fadage.com%2Farticle%2Fcampaign-trail%2Fdisheveled-conservative-pacs-quickie-attack-ad-wordlessly-mocks-trumps-tulsa-rally-comical-harmonica%2F2263236). What Democrats tend to get wrong: the ad-makers assume that what bothers them, will bother people on the right. So they go for “Trump is a bully” ads----never catching on to the fact that people on the right tend to ADMIRE bullies. What the Lincoln Project gets right: they know that what will bother voters on the right is NOT that Trump is a thief and a bully and a jerk. People on the right _love_ robber barons, and admire people who do exactly as they please, all the time. What will bother people on the right is the evidence that Trump is a LOSER LOSER LOSER LOSER LOSER. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8097 "2020-07-08T03:21:25Z")
Is anyone else’s spam filter clogged with outrageous entreaties from the entire Trump clan for reelection donations lately? I have no idea how I got on their list, but they are appealing to me as a “true patriot” to send them money and it will be matched _ **600%!!** _ The best one was the promise of a **FREE** “Keep America Great” hat if I will just send them $30. To paraphrase the late great Douglas Adams, this must be a new definition of “free.” I get about 10 a day, compared with 1 or 2 from the Dems. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8098 "2020-07-08T03:58:22Z")
I rarely check my spam filter, so I can’t answer that, but I get text messages from them as well as snail mail asking for me to help the victory campaign. I’m a registered Democrat, I have no idea why they keep sending me their crap. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8099 "2020-07-08T04:38:39Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > Is anyone else’s spam filter clogged with outrageous entreaties from the entire Trump clan for reelection donations lately? I have no idea how I got on their list, but they are appealing to me as a “true patriot” to send them money and it will be matched _ **600%!!** _ I wonder where his fans think the 600% matching funds come from? Trump himself? And all that money will lie unused if they don’t do their part? But then again, we are talking about idiots. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8100 "2020-07-08T20:14:09Z")
I get some of that stuff. I make a point of filling out the surveys with made up shit because it’s easy enough and if enough people did it it would fuck with their analytics and algorithms. And I always return the snail mail solicitation letters. I used to draw dicks amd insults all over the forms first, but now I just check the boxes that say I’m enclosing whatever donation but (of course) I don’t send them a check. Because I want to waste as much of their time as possible and when I see all the calls from RNC flash across my TV ( we don’t use the phone number it came free with the cable package but I put it down for stuff like this) I know it’s working. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8101 "2020-07-08T20:17:54Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > [@bobsmom101](#): > > > > Is anyone else’s spam filter clogged with outrageous entreaties from the entire Trump clan for reelection donations lately? I have no idea how I got on their list, but they are appealing to me as a “true patriot” to send them money and it will be matched _ **600%!!** _ > > I wonder where his fans think the 600% matching funds come from? Trump himself? And all that money will lie unused if they don’t do their part? But then again, we are talking about idiots. I got one of those letters during the 2016 campaign that claimed Donald J Trump was PERSONALLY matching all donations which I know was a lie, I forwarded it to the NY Attorney General with a note suggesting they were committing fraud. The bar was so much lower then, I miss the days when laws meant things. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8102 "2020-07-08T20:41:31Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I wonder where his fans think the 600% matching funds come from? Trump himself? And all that money will lie unused if they don’t do their part? But then again, we are talking about idiots. I’ve seen memes where people were saying that the stimulus checks were coming right out of his pockets. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8103 "2020-07-08T21:07:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I’ve seen memes where people were saying that the stimulus checks were coming right out of his pockets.– Well, his name was on the check-- are you suggesting he deliberately allowed a wrong impression to be created?? No! Say it isn’t so! ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8104 "2020-07-08T23:27:38Z")
Oooh, I like your style. Anything we can do to throw a box or two of carpet tacks into the gears. Diapers are smart 🤪 Can’t we come up with something as good as the KPop kids? ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8105 "2020-07-08T23:29:10Z")
Oh Lord, it auto corrected "Dopers " to “diapers”. Shit. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8106 "2020-07-08T23:34:15Z")
Funny! ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8107 "2020-07-08T23:42:36Z")
Lt Col Vindman (who was on the list to be promoted to bird colonel before the malAdministration interfered) has retired prematurely. And his attorney makes no bones about [who](https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/politics/vindman-retiring-from-army-lawyer-blames-trump/ar-BB16uySA) is responsible. > The statement from attorney David Pressman said Vindman, 45, was leaving the Army after more than 21 years after it had been made clear “that his future within the institution he has dutifully served will forever be limited.” > > “Through a campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, the President of the United States attempted to force LTC Vindman to choose: Between adhering to the law or pleasing a President. Between honoring his oath or protecting his career. Between protecting his promotion or the promotion of his fellow soldiers," read the statement, first obtained by CNN. The message is clear: do your duty to the Constitution, and you will face the wrath of the Mango Mussolini and his Minions\*. \*Not a band name. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8108 "2020-07-09T00:19:47Z")
I foresee a recently-retired staff officer returning to Active Duty and eligible for promotion around, say, perhaps January 2021. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8109 "2020-07-09T02:33:16Z")
I have never seriously wished death on anyone before this. If I was the praying sort, I’d be praying as well. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8110 "2020-07-09T03:10:50Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > Is anyone else’s spam filter clogged with outrageous entreaties from the entire Trump clan for reelection donations lately? I have no idea how I got on their list, but they are appealing to me as a “true patriot” to send them money and it will be matched _ **600%!!** _ > > The best one was the promise of a **FREE** “Keep America Great” hat if I will just send them $30. To paraphrase the late great Douglas Adams, this must be a new definition of “free.” > > I get about 10 a day, compared with 1 or 2 from the Dems. Yes, I mentioned this in another thread. I’ve been getting regular emails from the Trump campaign asking for money. I don’t know how I got on their lists. Admittedly, I get more emails from the Biden campaign but I’ve actually given money to the Democrats so that’s understandable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=404) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=406)