# How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 15, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178 "2021-05-15T18:35:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 325
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6484 "2024-04-11T11:10:39Z")
Jesus. It’s STILL surreal to me that they’ve hitched their wagon to this clown. I never would have guessed, in my whole lifetime of being aware of him, that he’d become almost a religious figure to people. That’s insane! Other than being, in my opinion, genuinely funny, it’s difficult for me to think of one good thing about him. Most of the humor is because of how stupid and blatantly shifty he is. He kind of started off mostly as a “meme candidate” that was racially ‘trolling’ Obama. That and he wasn’t sensitive, politically correct, or “woke” at a time where culture was changing. Now it’s just a clear cult. Trump is the main character to these people, above themselves. There were a lot of people who aided him, (Republicans and Russia) and used the internet to spread all sorts of ‘altered reality’. Distrust in media and government, (some of it warranted), lead to people wanting an outsider, and many people craved change at the time. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6485 "2024-04-11T11:45:09Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > It’s STILL surreal to me that they’ve hitched their wagon to this clown. I never would have guessed, in my whole lifetime of being aware of him, that he’d become almost a religious figure to people. That’s insane! That’s because you think of politicians as people who care about government policy, and seek office as a means of enacting an agenda. Once you get rid of that crazy idea, Trump makes perfect sense. For all his incompetence at actually accomplishing anything, Trump is a genius reading people and persuading them to do things for him. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6486 "2024-04-11T12:40:40Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I hope there aren’t a rash of suicides of people like these when he (hopefully) loses. I hope there are. Not millions, but maybe hundreds – enough to finally wake up what’s left of the non-crazy GOP to the real danger of pandering to this cult. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6487 "2024-04-11T13:25:38Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Other than being, in my opinion, genuinely funny, You lost me here. Were you talking about Trump? ---
**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:** [April 11, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6488 "2024-04-11T13:31:02Z")
The problem with the whole MAGA “rash of suicides” thing is that I strongly suspect any such manifestation, if it happens at all, will be of the “go out in a blaze of glory” type with a lot of other casualties involved. Mass shootings a-go-go. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6489 "2024-04-11T15:10:44Z")
Trump might be funny, but as my dad would have said, looks aren’t everything. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6490 "2024-04-11T15:24:34Z")
One of my standard self-depreciating jokes. ‘People say I’m funny. I tell them _looks_ aren’t everything.’ My other standard one is ‘I try. People say I’m a _very_ trying person.’ ---
**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:** [April 11, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6491 "2024-04-11T16:16:41Z")
I like self-deprecating humor, but I’m not very good at it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6492 "2024-04-11T20:48:41Z")
Well done. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6493 "2024-04-11T21:11:19Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The problem with the whole MAGA “rash of suicides” thing is that I strongly suspect any such manifestation, if it happens at all, will be of the “go out in a blaze of glory” type with a lot of other casualties involved. Mass shootings a-go-go. I dunno. People didn’t look at Jonestown like this after the fact. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6494 "2024-04-11T21:14:50Z")
Jonestown involved a lot of murdering too. From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > In total 909 individuals died in Jonestown itself,[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown#cite_note-auto-1) all but two from apparent [cyanide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide) poisoning, a significant number of whom were injected against their will, in an event termed “revolutionary suicide” by Jones and some Peoples Temple members on an audio tape of the event, and in prior recorded discussions. The poisonings in Jonestown followed the murder of five others by Temple members at Port Kaituma, including [U.S. Congressman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Congress#United_States) [Leo Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Ryan), an act that Jones ordered. Four other Temple members committed [murder-suicide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%E2%80%93suicide) in Georgetown at Jones’ command. Also: the Jonestown folk were fairly concentrated and isolated. MAGAs are not either, except in the sense of being isolated by their media bubbles. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6495 "2024-04-11T21:25:32Z")
Koresh, Manson, Jones, Trump…American cult leaders are uniformly unimpressive people. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6496 "2024-04-11T21:28:02Z")
P. T. Barnum was right. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6497 "2024-04-11T23:33:31Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Koresh, Manson, Jones, Trump Worst. Mt. Rushmore. Ever. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6498 "2024-04-12T02:37:08Z")
Jeez, and how! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6499 "2024-04-12T02:56:17Z")
I continue to be disappointed in the people who aren’t put off by his braggadocio. I guess they initially thought that it’s not bragging if you can back it up. But now it’s proven he’s a fraud and a career criminal and they’re so invested in this second-generation slumlord that they can’t accept reality. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2024, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6500 "2024-04-12T06:02:27Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > > [@BlankSlate](#): > > > > Koresh, Manson, Jones, Trump > > Worst. Mt. Rushmore. Ever. _Koresh, Manson, Jones and Trump_ _Led us to this perfect dump._ ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6501 "2024-04-12T11:34:00Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Well done. albeit - for my taste - a bit on the raw side ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6502 "2024-04-12T11:38:15Z")
I think we should grill you about your response. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/6503 "2024-04-12T12:52:18Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Worst. Mt. Rushmore. Ever. Hilarious. Please don’t go back to lurking. 😉 Also funny: @Son_of_a_Rich “second-generation slumlord.” That’s the perfect, simple, utterly factual descriptor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178.md?page=324) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178.md?page=326)