# 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:** 86
**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:** [August 26, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1701 "2017-08-26T04:39:54Z")
[The White House Formalizes Its Military Transgender Ban](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/the-white-house-follows-through-on-its-transgender-ban/538113/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlantic+%28The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%29#article-comments) _In a memo released Friday, President Trump announced the rollback of an Obama-era order allowing transgender individuals to be recruited by and serve in the United States armed forces._ Did he think no one would notice because we’re all watching the Weather Channel? > [@](#): > > A month after tweeting about a ban of transgender Americans serving “in any capacity” in the United States, on Friday President Trump made his announcement official, releasing a memo directing the Pentagon to roll back an Obama-era order allowing transgender individuals to serve. The memo ends a month of confusion within military leadership over the unofficial nature of the tweeted statement, but also sets the stage for further controversy and legal debates. > … > > Those dates might provide friction, and even more confusion for transgender soldiers. The memo doesn’t say anything about people who’ve been serving under its existing non-discharge informal policy. And it doesn’t say much about people who begin gender reassignment between January 2018 and March 2018. > … > > But beyond the legal challenges, Trump’s memo is a direct blow to what many transgender rights activists hailed as a victory, and another salvo in the culture wars he’s seemed eager to foment, even after his speech on Afghanistan Monday stressed the need “to unify, to heal, and to remain one nation, under God.” > … ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1702 "2017-08-26T04:55:56Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > It really shows he’s on tenterhooks, waiting to see if he needs to step up and help with the hurricane. You know, do stuff like speak to all Americans, especially those who are going through such trying times. Hey, he tweeted out a photo of himself getting a briefing on the hurricane, so clearly he’s doing a heckuva job. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1703 "2017-08-26T06:52:02Z")
Probably best for all concerned if he does nothing at all, beyond signing whatever thing the grown-ups put in front of him. Texas has a lot to answer for, but no way does it deserve Trump trying to help. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1704 "2017-08-26T07:16:51Z")
He is a pig-ignorant, misogynistic, sociopathic lying bigot who is not qualified to run a lemonade stand, let alone the United States. I am horribly, utterly ashamed at this leadership and in no way shape or form does this clown represent my ideals nor in my opinion the ideals of this nation. BTW, this has been my first, and likely last, political post. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1705 "2017-08-26T08:31:31Z")
Well if that’s gonna be the only one, it’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1706 "2017-08-26T15:34:25Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Well if that’s gonna be the only one, it’s a good one. Yes it is, and it sums up the opinions of many of us. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1707 "2017-08-26T15:35:54Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > We need the moon to balance the sun. > > It is earth to sky, yielding to rigid, dark to light, feminine to masculine, silver to gold, Artemis to Apollo, yin to yang. > > Sorry, I’m Irish. Mystic poet, poetic mystic, an’ all that shit. Without the moon, there’d be no Wolfman movies too. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1708 "2017-08-26T15:37:40Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > It really shows he’s on tenterhooks, waiting to see if he needs to step up and help with the hurricane. You know, do stuff like speak to all Americans, especially those who are going through such trying times. “Too bad” or “I like people who don’t get killed by storm surge. Losers!” That’s bout the kind of guy he is. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1709 "2017-08-26T15:39:36Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Hey, he tweeted out a photo of himself getting a briefing on the hurricane, so clearly he’s doing a heckuva job. A real president would be working, not tweeting. All show, no substance, just like the fake fraud con man phony he’s always been. Deep down he doesn’t give a fuck about Texas - or anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1710 "2017-08-26T15:49:44Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > He is a pig-ignorant, misogynistic, sociopathic lying bigot who is not qualified to run a lemonade stand, let alone the United States. I am horribly, utterly ashamed at this leadership and in no way shape or form does this clown represent my ideals nor in my opinion the ideals of this nation. > > BTW, this has been my first, and likely last, political post. Deserves repeating ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1711 "2017-08-26T23:40:28Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Hey, he tweeted out a photo of himself getting a briefing on the hurricane “Obama botched this hurricane as badly as he did with Katrina…” ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1712 "2017-08-27T01:56:21Z")
He thinks he can do what he wants like the king of France, but he’s not. He’ll keep his head, but thiswill all end badly. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![SOJA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SOJA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SOJA)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1713 "2017-08-27T03:27:38Z")
I’ve noticed how Trans rights have been in the news ever since DADT and DOMA and gay marriage came through, with the first two dying on their sword. You would think radical conservatives had a better boogey man to chase, like infrastructure, and not immigration such as field workers or an estimated 30K trans soldiers. I get removing illegals who deal drugs or are in gangs, but field workers? There’s a crap ton of food rotting in the fields. How long can you keep your head buried in the sand? ---
**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:** [August 27, 2017, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1714 "2017-08-27T06:58:26Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > He’ll keep his head … I’m not sure I would bet on that. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1715 "2017-08-27T12:54:53Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > He thinks he can do what he wants like the king of France, but he’s not. He’ll keep his head, but thiswill all end badly. > > Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk \That particular King of France could \*\*not \*\*do what he wanted in the first place. Which is why he felt obliged to summon the Estates General to begin with (something that hadn’t been done for over a century). It didn’t go exactly according to plan from then on.\ ---
**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:** [August 27, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1716 "2017-08-27T21:12:42Z")
Even though a final decision has not yet been made, it’s looking likely that преЦАРдент Trump is once again going to bat for his contingent by gutting a federal plan to [ensure local hiring](http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/348012-trump-admin-cancels-local-hiring-plan-for-public-works-projects) for public works projects. I don’t know how this won’t adversely affect his core supporters - oh wait - until they see it was an Obama plan. > [@](#): > > “By terminating the Local Labor Hiring Pilot Program, Trump will disproportionately hurt low-income and minority communities, denying them access to the good jobs they need to make our country and communities strong, and significantly reducing the local benefits that any infrastructure investment would provide,” said Tate Hausman, co-director of the Millions of Jobs coalition. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1717 "2017-08-27T21:37:07Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > He is a pig-ignorant, misogynistic, sociopathic lying bigot who is not qualified to run a lemonade stand, let alone the United States. I am horribly, utterly ashamed at this leadership and in no way shape or form does this clown represent my ideals nor in my opinion the ideals of this nation. > > BTW, this has been my first, and likely last, political post. Gee , I hope you’ll change you mind b/c I love this political post ! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1718 "2017-08-28T00:58:09Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > \That particular King of France could \*\*not \*\*do what he wanted in the first place. Which is why he felt obliged to summon the Estates General to begin with (something that hadn’t been done for over a century). It didn’t go exactly according to plan from then on.\ In my defense I was drunk when I posted that. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1719 "2017-08-28T04:15:35Z")
It was still better than 99% of what Trump tweets while sober. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1720 "2017-08-29T03:10:00Z")
The President of the United States actually discusses the _ratings_ of his first pardon: [Trump says he pardoned Joe Arpaio right as Hurricane Harvey began wreaking havoc because 'I assumed the ratings would be far higher'](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/28/trump-says-he-pardoned-joe-arpaio-right-as-hurricane-harvey-began-wreaking-havoc-because-i-assumed-the-ratings-would-be-far-higher/23188642/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=87)