# 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:** 460
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9192 "2021-01-07T23:31:01Z")
A friend and I were discussing [this Washington Post article from 2016 that talks about a formula for determining whether or not someone is a fascist](https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/10/21/how-fascist-is-donald-trump-theres-actually-a-formula-for-that/); the author gives Trump 26 out of 44 possible points and writes: > [@](#): > > In the fascist derby, Trump is a loser. Even Spain’s Francisco Franco and Portugal’s António de Oliveira Salazar might score higher. While there is a strong family resemblance, and with some features an uncanny likeness, Trump doesn’t fit the profile so well on those points where the use of violence is required. Projecting an air of menace at rallies, uttering ambiguous calls for assassinations, tacitly endorsing the roughing-up of protesters, urging the killing of terrorists’ families and whatever else Trump does — while shocking by the standards of American politics — fall far short of the genuinely murderous violence endorsed and unleashed by authentic fascists. I have written to the author asking him if he would assign points differently today. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9193 "2021-01-08T14:45:01Z")
The ghosts of James Buchanan, Franklin Peirce, Millard Fillmore, and Warren G. Harding today thanked and congratulated Donald J. Trump for lifting all of them from last place in various rankings of the Presidents. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9194 "2021-01-09T05:12:20Z")
Hey! Don’t disrespect Millard! ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9195 "2021-01-09T05:22:11Z")
This is The Pit? I am allowed to curse? A police officer injured in the Capitol building died. The flag at the Capitol building is at half staff. The flag at the White House is Not at half staff. Until it is, Fat Donald can go shove his flag pole right up his flabby Big Mac shitter. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9196 "2021-01-09T07:47:06Z")
Yeah, let the poor guy at least enjoy his birthday. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9197 "2021-01-09T21:51:17Z")
What better gift than tearing down democracy? This might even clear the way for Eric’s ascendancy. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9198 "2021-01-09T21:57:42Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > This is The Pit? I am allowed to curse? > > A police officer injured in the Capitol building died. The flag at the Capitol building is at half staff. > > The flag at the White House is Not at half staff. > > Until it is, Fat Donald can go shove his flag pole right up his flabby Big Mac shitter. Certainly nobody’s ever lost money betting on Trump’s spiteful and selfish willingness to ignore protocol and decorum, but I’m a bit confused as to what the official rules for displaying the White House flag at half staff actually are. I believe at one point it used to be done only for the death of a current or former President, but it’s also been done for current or former Congresspeople, Supreme Court justices, and other prominent federal officials. Would it really be according to protocol to lower the WH flag for the death of a Capitol Police officer, however tragic the circumstances of his death in the line of duty? I honestly don’t know the answer to this, seeking qualified ignorance-fighter. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9199 "2021-01-09T23:23:35Z")
[The protocol you describe was first broken in 1929.](http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016889519/) Besides: if the POTUS orders it, who’s gonna say no? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9200 "2021-01-10T02:46:18Z")
The official White House rule is apparently “whatever Donald Trump wants”, as apparently the “rules” allow for mustering a 250,000 person army on the White House lawn and attacking Congress. Sorry, nothing personal and I didn’t mean to hijack your GQ type question but this is the pit and the minimization of this event is pushing my buttons. BTW, you’ve always been one of my favorite posters. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9201 "2021-01-10T03:00:13Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > The official White House rule is apparently “whatever Donald Trump wants”, as apparently the “rules” allow for mustering a 250,000 person army on the White House lawn and attacking Congress. 250K? Isn’t there a typo in there somewhere? I was at the Women’s March in Jan '17, which was estimated to have somewhere short of 500K protestors, and you definitely couldn’t have fit half of us onto the White House lawn. > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > BTW, you’ve always been one of my favorite posters. Shhh! thank you, back atcha, but we can’t talk like this in the Pit! 😉 ---
**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:** [January 10, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9202 "2021-01-10T04:20:56Z")
I have a confession. Over the past couple of days I’ve been thinking I could use 3 brains and 3 computers working at the same time, I’m trying to switch back and forth checking news,posting, talking to friends…and stuff slips through the cracks. I typed in that number as a placeholder, intending to look it up and plug in a real number before I posted then I forgot. … 15 minutes later I went to look up a crowd size estimate for the Save America rally thinking it would be easy to find. The rally was permitted for 30,000…but in terms of the actual all I could find was an article that said more than 10,000 and if anyone says 100,000 thats too high but it’s really hard to tell without aerial photos. Than I saw an article in the sidebar that looked interesting, then that lead to another …then I remembered I had a half-finished reply to Kimstu still open… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9203 "2021-01-10T04:29:55Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The ghosts of James Buchanan, Franklin Peirce, Millard Fillmore, and Warren G. Harding today thanked and congratulated Donald J. Trump for lifting all of them from last place in various rankings of the Presidents. Wha, no love for Tricky Dick? ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9204 "2021-01-10T04:39:48Z")
You’re good… think of all the Trumplettes who couldn’t afford to attend. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9205 "2021-01-10T04:45:27Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Wha, no love for Tricky Dick? That depends on who’s dick and what tricks. 🙃 ---
**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:** [January 10, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9206 "2021-01-10T04:58:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > who’s dick whose ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9207 "2021-01-10T05:00:01Z")
Your write. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9208 "2021-01-10T05:02:08Z")
Actually, your way could work, too. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9209 "2021-01-10T05:04:52Z")
Thank ewe. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9210 "2021-01-10T05:09:26Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Hey! Don’t disrespect Millard! Hell, he makes _Mallard_ Fillmore look good! ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/9211 "2021-01-10T19:17:12Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Wha, no love for Tricky Dick? It astonishes me to realize that he’s the _fourth worst_ President I have lived through! Holy geeze! At the time, no one thought he’d ever be outstripped in that category! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=459) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=461)