# 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:** 438
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8752 "2020-10-04T19:58:32Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I had not heard that term before either, and it does make sense. > > Except, they aren’t charging the cockpit because terrorists have taken the plane. > > They are charging the cockpit, containing a perfectly able and trained flight crew, because the plane is going to Columbus, Ohio, and they want to go to Disneyland. No, it’s a Flight 77 election, like all of their 21st century elections have been. The GOP would rather crash into a building than land safely where the people need to go. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8753 "2020-10-04T21:50:15Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Were I the proprietor of that restaurant, I would take you to the same place that I would seat the current president, should he show up unexpectedly. The spot right between the greasetrap and the dumpster. I heard it before the current resident of the White House. You know – back when you might not like the President’s policies but at least he still acted presidential instead of a petulant toddler. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8754 "2020-10-04T22:45:15Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Speaking of…the twerp squatting near…er, in the Oval Office [shows his support for the police and the military by blaming them for his infliction](https://news.yahoo.com/want-kiss-trump-appears-blame-164651721.html). “I am not responsible.” Donald J. Trump > **[Analysis | Everyone and everything Trump has blamed for his coronavirus response](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/31/everyone-everything-trump-has-blamed-his-coronavirus-response/)** > > China, past administrations, General Motors, hospitals themselves ... > **['I don't take responsibility': Trump shakes hands and spreads blame over...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/13/donald-trump-coronavirus-national-emergency-sketch)** > > Declaring a national emergency at the White House, the president defied medical advice and acted like a one-man coronavirus cannon > **[Trump: I'm not responsible for people misusing disinfectant](https://news.sky.com/story/trump-im-not-responsible-for-people-misusing-disinfectant-11979755)** > > The US president's remarks come after he touted disinfectant as a possible cure for the virus that is devastating his country. > **[Column: Trump’s 'I’m not responsible' presidency](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-08/trumps-im-not-responsible-presidency)** > > President Trump has blamed China, Obama, governors, the media and others for his administration's failures in the pandemic. But as other presidents learned, the buck stops in the Oval Office. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8755 "2020-10-05T13:42:43Z")
Some Secret Service agents are not happy at being put in danger of infection for a brief drive-by photo op. > **['That should never have happened': Inside Trump's Walter Reed parade | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/trump-secret-service-trip/index.html)** > > Pacing the well-appointed presidential suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center between intravenous doses of remdesivir and near-hourly checks of his vitals, President Donald Trump has told more than one well-wisher he's desperate to fly... ---
**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:** [October 8, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8756 "2020-10-08T13:59:28Z")
The Pouter-in-Chief stamps his little infectious foot. > **[Trump's rejection of virtual format puts future of debates in question | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/second-presidential-debate-virtual/index.html)** > > Donald Trump's decision to walk away from the next presidential debate because it was set to be held virtually has thrown the future of all debates between the President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden into question, putting even more focus on how... ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8757 "2020-10-08T15:27:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Pouter-in-Chief stamps his Iittle infectious foot. > [https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/second-presidential-debate-virtual/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/second-presidential-debate-virtual/index.html) That’s kinda disappointing. I was hoping Joe’s technology crew would get a chance to sneak this into his feed a few times during the debate: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pDmGhethEoQ/maxresdefault.jpg "My Cousin Vinny - Everything That Guy Just Said Is Bullshit.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDmGhethEoQ) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8758 "2020-10-08T15:37:37Z")
That would certainly bring out the yute vote. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8759 "2020-10-08T15:39:16Z")
Vinny’s observation is both concise and irrefutable. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8760 "2020-10-08T15:48:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > That would certainly bring out the yute vote. Did you say “yute”? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8761 "2020-10-08T16:02:09Z")
And come back in a suit made of… some kind of cloth. ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8762 "2020-10-08T17:09:31Z")
> [@How has Former President Trump pissed you off today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8756): > > The Pouter-in-Chief stamps his little infectious foot. Poor widdle Donny. Apparently chickenTrump is trending on Twitter. The Lincoln Project is going to have a field day with this. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8763 "2020-10-08T20:25:52Z")
[https://www.axios.com/report-trump-required-walter-reed-staff-to-sign-ndas-8bdbc9a0-31dd-4e6e-a494-6294ba156bb0.html](https://www.axios.com/report-trump-required-walter-reed-staff-to-sign-ndas-8bdbc9a0-31dd-4e6e-a494-6294ba156bb0.html) > President Trump required personnel at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to agree to non-disclosure agreements in 2019 before he’d agree to be treated at the facility, per [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asked-walter-reed-doctors-sign-non-disclosure-agreements-2019-n1242293). > > **Why it matters:** Trump sought coronavirus treatment at Walter Reed this weekend after his positive test on Thursday evening. But officials in the Trump administration and within Walter Reed offered conflicting information on the president’s health, fluctuating between calling his symptoms “mild” and “very concerning.” > … I guess HIPAA isn’t good enough for him. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8764 "2020-10-08T21:51:21Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I guess HIPAA isn’t good enough for him. HIPAA doesn’t cover “damn, he acted like a jerk.” ---
**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:** [October 8, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8765 "2020-10-08T22:18:18Z")
Or “That damn Hippocratic Oath is keeping me from doing one really good thing to help my country.” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8766 "2020-10-09T14:41:38Z")
Why’s that? The Hippocratic Oath is “do no harm.” A case could be made… ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8767 "2020-10-09T14:58:06Z")
Kind of a Asimov’s Zeroth law thing - the physician concentrates on do no harm to the particular patient, but what if that causes great harm to everyone else? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8768 "2020-10-11T20:41:13Z")
More today on what was uncovered from Trump’s tax records, from the NYTimes. I didn’t see this posted yet, but I might have missed it. Bolding is from the article. There’s lots more at the link than what’s pasted here. Sorry about the paywall; clear your cookies. > **[The Swamp That Trump Built (Published 2020)](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/10/us/trump-properties-swamp.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage)** > > A businessman-president transplanted favor-seeking in Washington to his family’s hotels and resorts — and earned millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration. > A businessman-president transplanted favor-seeking in Washington to his family’s hotels and resorts — and earned millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration. > … > Campaigning for president as a Washington outsider, Mr. Trump electrified rallies with his vows to “drain the swamp.” > But Mr. Trump did not merely fail to end Washington’s insider culture of lobbying and favor-seeking. > He reinvented it, turning **his own hotels and resorts** into the Beltway’s new back rooms, where public and private business mix and special interests reign. > As president-elect, he had pledged to step back from the Trump Organization and recuse himself from his private company’s operation. As president, he built a system of direct presidential influence-peddling unrivaled in modern American politics. > … > [O]nce Mr. Trump was in the White House, his family business discovered a lucrative new revenue stream: people who wanted something from the president. An investigation by The Times found over 200 companies, special-interest groups and foreign governments that patronized Mr. Trump’s properties while reaping benefits from him and his administration. Nearly a quarter of those patrons have not been previously reported. > … > Just **60 customers** with interests at stake before the Trump administration brought his family business nearly $12 million during the first two years of his presidency, The Times found. Almost all saw their interests advanced, in some fashion, by Mr. Trump or his government… ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8769 "2020-10-11T22:29:55Z")
And let’s be clear, DumpsterFire and his kin see nothing wrong in selling access. That’s part of their business model. Go ahead, show me in the Constitution or federal law where the President and family aren’t allowed sell favoritism and profit themselves. And don’t go waving that whole, “emoluments” fiction in my face. /s ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8770 "2020-10-13T15:57:36Z")
> **[Top general did not give his consent to be used in Trump political ad](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/12/top-general-trump-ad-consent-429112)** > > The photo featuring Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley was used without the officer's "knowledge or consent," according to a defense official. > **[Fauci criticizes inclusion in Trump campaign ad](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/11/fauci-trump-campaign-ad-428761)** > > The nation’s top infectious disease expert said his words were “taken out of context” in the ad praising the president’s response to the pandemic. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/8771 "2020-10-14T22:09:43Z")
An embarrassment to every Orange American: > **[Trump Pleads With Women: 'Please Like Me.' Women Fire Back: 'No Way.'](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/10/14/trump-pleads-with-women-please-like-me-women-fire-back-no-way/24650227/)** > > Trump's rally request is not getting the answer he was hoping for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=437) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=439)