# 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:** 408
**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:** [July 23, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8151 "2020-07-23T00:23:05Z")
He tried to use the U.S. ambassador to the UK to get the British Open to come to one of his money-losing golf clubs: [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/world/europe/trump-british-open.html?fbclid=IwAR0cegCAO2ftaQPC4qoC1An9HSFUBLpdZjOXGPTR-UtFqanon1E6L\_gjOqU](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/world/europe/trump-british-open.html?fbclid=IwAR0cegCAO2ftaQPC4qoC1An9HSFUBLpdZjOXGPTR-UtFqanon1E6L_gjOqU) As with so much of the rest of the White House news these days: appalling and unsurprising. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8152 "2020-07-24T00:18:03Z")
Please, please, please, please let this be yet another one of his [many, many lies](https://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/president-trump-says-he-will-throw-out-first-pitch-in-august-88198725637). > President Trump says MLB is “setting an example” on how to properly reopen by playing in empty stadiums, adding, “[President of the New York Yankees] Randy Levine … asked me to throw out the first pitch. And I think I’m doing that on August 15th.” If this happens, I may have to swear off of baseball for the next decade, or even worse, root for the Red Sox. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8153 "2020-07-24T00:25:42Z")
The only first pitch that really counts is the one by Dr. Fauci. > **[Dr. Anthony Fauci throws first pitch at Nationals-Yankees MLB opener](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/07/23/dr-anthony-fauci-mlb-nationals-yankees-first-pitch/5493971002/)** > > Fauci has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. ---
**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 24, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8154 "2020-07-24T02:31:36Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Please, please, please, please let this be yet another one of his [many, many lies](https://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/president-trump-says-he-will-throw-out-first-pitch-in-august-88198725637). > > > President Trump says MLB is “setting an example” on how to properly reopen by playing in empty stadiums, adding, “[President of the New York Yankees] Randy Levine … asked me to throw out the first pitch. And I think I’m doing that on August 15th.” > > If this happens, I may have to swear off of baseball for the next decade, or even worse, root for the Red Sox. Any bets on whether the ball makes it to the plate? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8155 "2020-07-24T03:26:39Z")
Well, Dr. Fauci made a good effort. I heard he has trouble with that arm. But as AP reporter Jonathan Lemire pointed out, he was successful at flattening the curve. My favorite part of that game was how all the players took a knee before it got underway. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8156 "2020-07-24T04:37:26Z")
Maybe they should take a knee while he’s throwing. (Nah, he’ll probably just think they’re bowing to him.) ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8157 "2020-07-24T05:39:01Z")
[Turns out it’s actually Roller Derby setting a fine example.](https://www.wired.com/story/womens-roller-derby-has-a-plan-for-covid-and-it-kicks-ass/) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8158 "2020-07-24T08:50:40Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Maybe they should take a knee while he’s throwing. Hopefully word will spread that the Yanks plan on taking a knee when he’s on the mound. Maybe that will convince the scumbag to fuck off somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8159 "2020-07-24T11:50:27Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Hopefully word will spread that the Yanks plan on taking a knee when he’s on the mound. Maybe that will convince the scumbag to fuck off somewhere else. I’d rather they turn their backs to him. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8160 "2020-07-24T13:39:21Z")
What I’m really, really hoping is to read a press release today from the Yankees saying that no such conversation took place. It’s not above CFSG to say something like this to plant a seed and finagle his way into it, especially after Fauci’s spotlight. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8161 "2020-07-24T16:29:39Z")
Uh, “CFSG”? ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8162 "2020-07-24T16:30:34Z")
Usually that’s “Cheeto-Faced Shit Gibbon”, I think. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8163 "2020-07-24T17:10:28Z")
Ah, thanks. Hard to keep track of all his nicknames. Funny that one hasn’t stuck and gained universal usage, like “Tricky Dick” or “Silent Cal.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8164 "2020-07-24T17:22:01Z")
There’s plenty of time for the history books to be written. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8165 "2020-07-24T17:42:26Z")
And his nibs has so many bad traits it’s hard to focus on just one. ---
**Author:** ![anny\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8166 "2020-07-24T18:04:20Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I’d rather they turn their backs to him. The two are not mutually exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8167 "2020-07-24T18:47:11Z")
> [@anny\_m](#): > > The two are not mutually exclusive. 🤣 ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8168 "2020-07-25T01:05:16Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Usually that’s “Cheeto-Faced Shit Gibbon”, I think. Yes. My understanding is that it originated in Scotland, where he landed shortly after the Brexit vote. He started heaping praise on the UK for passing Brexit, and someone in the crowd shouted, “Scotland voted **no** , ya ….” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8169 "2020-07-25T02:19:38Z")
They oughta find that person and give them a Nobel Prize. ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8170 "2020-07-25T03:33:55Z")
They ought to give that person the Noble Prize. Heck, that person should be the very first person on the planet ot receivve the Noble Prize! I suggest the ceremony be held directly across the street from any of the buildings with the twerp-in-chief’s name on it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=407) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=409)