# 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:** 92
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1821 "2017-09-12T15:54:44Z")
“My gorge rises.” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1822 "2017-09-12T16:26:23Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > “My gorge rises.” My coffee sprays. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1823 "2017-09-12T16:44:05Z")
What if she had hauled off and busted him in the chops with a good right cross? Totally legal and legit, right? Resisting unwanted and unwelcome advances? Woman of the Year, Goddess of the Month! ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1824 "2017-09-12T21:06:47Z")
nm ---
**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:** [September 12, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1825 "2017-09-12T21:12:29Z")
The witnesses before his voting commission in New Hampshire certainly reflect the remarkable diversity of this great republic: [http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/politics/trump-voting-commission-all-white-men/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/politics/trump-voting-commission-all-white-men/index.html) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1826 "2017-09-19T15:09:54Z")
Big surprise: Trump’s inaugural committee still hasn’t donated anything to charity, despite promising to do so: [Despite pledge, Trump inaugural fund has yet to donate to charity - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/despite-pledge-trump-inaugural-fund-has-yet-to-donate-to-charity/) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1827 "2017-09-19T16:15:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The witnesses before his voting commission in New Hampshire certainly reflect the remarkable diversity of this great republic: [http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/politics/trump-voting-commission-all-white-men/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/politics/trump-voting-commission-all-white-men/index.html) To be fair, New Hampshire is occupied exclusively by white men. The ladies have to cross the border and bunk in Vermont every night. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1828 "2017-09-19T16:35:59Z")
One thing that hit me during the Trump speech to the UN. Trump talked about seeing Iran great again, as in not supporting terrorism. Trouble is that I think that many like Trump saw Iran as being “great” when the Shah was the ruler… One can make the point that the current state is a bad one; but besides using torture and arresting/killing political enemies, the Shah’s regime also allowed so much corruption that it gave a good reason for the radicals to remove the Shah in the 70’s leading to many disasters to follow. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1829 "2017-09-19T17:13:01Z")
Just sent this to the Civil War Trust about Trump’s pledge for battlefield preservation: \*Thank you for your August 23, 2017 letter about President Trump pledging to donate part of his salary to battlefield preservation, and asking me to write a thank-you note to him. I must admit I am skeptical of his offer, since his proposed Federal budget would cut the 2018 budget of the Interior Department, which runs the National Park Service, by more than $1.5 billion, a reduction of 10.9% from the current year. See “Trump’s first paycheck to fund restoration projects at Antietam battlefield,” [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) (July 5, 2017), and “Trump proposes sharp cuts at Interior Department while pushing for more drilling on public lands,” [WashingtonPost.com](http://WashingtonPost.com) (May 23, 2017). Donating one-quarter of his presidential salary for this year, a little over $78,000, is just a drop in the bucket by comparison. The President also has a bad habit of making promises of charitable donations, and then not following through. See “Despite pledge, Trump inaugural fund has yet to donate to charity,” [CBSNews.com](http://CBSNews.com) (September 15, 2017) and “Donald Trump’s Charitable Giving Claims Look Like A Sham,” [VanityFair.com](http://VanityFair.com) (June 28, 2016). I will continue to support the Civil War Trust, of course, as I have for many years, but I respectfully decline to join in your effort to thank the President for his cynical and hollow gesture. Very truly yours,\* ---
**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:** [September 19, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1830 "2017-09-19T21:04:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just sent this to the Civil War Trust about Trump’s pledge for battlefield preservation: > … I wouldn’t be surprised if the Trust received similar sentiments from many others (though perhaps not as well-written as yours). ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1831 "2017-09-20T03:44:35Z")
Here’s hoping! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1832 "2017-09-20T16:53:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Here’s hoping! On the other hand, if it is a deal where you match what Chump actually really donates, your “total owed” will be ZERO. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 25, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1833 "2017-09-25T03:39:14Z")
There is that. GOP public approval ratings have dropped to a record low, so they’ve got that goin’ for them: [http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/24/politics/cnn-poll-republican-party-approval/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/24/politics/cnn-poll-republican-party-approval/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1834 "2017-09-25T04:00:06Z")
That poll is terrifying. 79% of Republicans think Trump is taking the party in the right direction? Holy crap, the USA is completely screwed. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [September 25, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1835 "2017-09-25T04:48:46Z")
Trump isn’t leading chants of “lock him up” in relation to [his son-in-law using a private E-mail server for government business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kushner-used-private-email-account-for-some-white-house-business/2017/09/24/917d9b6e-a161-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html?utm_term=.ac8abf516692). Now why do you suppose he’s not leading that chant? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1836 "2017-09-25T06:18:38Z")
Did he ever lead chants? Couldn’t stand to watch much, but it always seemed to me he took his lead from the audience, rather than other way round. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2017, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1837 "2017-09-25T08:55:23Z")
Distinction without a difference. Kind of like comparing a puddle of cow diarrhea and Trump. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1838 "2017-09-25T09:10:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Did he ever lead chants? Couldn’t stand to watch much, but it always seemed to me he took his lead from the audience, rather than other way round. Not exactly leading a chant, but he did tell Clinton during a debate that she “would be in jail” yadda yadda Trump bullshit bluster lies. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1839 "2017-09-26T20:43:01Z")
I would like to find a transcript of today’s press conference…but if I read the TV captions correctly, he defended his administration’s efforts in Puerto Rico by saying that he was receiving “great reviews” from the people there. Reviews. He apparently reads Variety to find out how he’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/1840 "2017-09-26T20:56:45Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I would like to find a transcript of today’s press conference…but if I read the TV captions correctly, he defended his administration’s efforts in Puerto Rico by saying that he was receiving “great reviews” from the people there. > > Reviews. > > He apparently reads Variety to find out how he’s doing. Given the (apparent) dire state of communications In Puerto Rico, how are these “great reviews” getting to him? By messages in bottles? I imagine those great reviews are of a piece with all the phone calls he gets from never-identified people, telling him how great he’s doing on one thing or another. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640.md?page=93)