# 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:** 66
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1301 "2022-04-30T20:38:33Z")
Moving on to other than fruit/veggies, we have chickens - and of course the “chicken gun”. Might be hard to get through the metal detectors, perhaps an adjacent wall. > **[Chicken gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun)** > > A chicken gun or flight impact simulator is a large-diameter, compressed-air gun used to fire bird carcasses at aircraft components in order to simulate high-speed bird strikes during the aircraft's flight. Jet engines and aircraft windshields are particularly vulnerable to damage from such strikes, and are the most common target in such tests. Although various species of bird are used in aircraft testing and certification, the device acquired the common name of "chicken gun" as chickens are t... Back to the regular discussion: I’m still pissed he’s upright. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1302 "2022-05-01T04:32:42Z")
They have one of those at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. I was working there when they did this: [Impact Testing to Determine the Cause of the Columbia Shuttle Disaster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGLZ26ZWQus&ab_channel=SouthwestResearchInstitute). They let me terminate a fiber connection from the ballistics range to a viewing room across campus, just so I could say I worked on the project. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1303 "2022-05-02T14:46:58Z")
Trump apparently thinks shooting peaceful protesters is an option. Former [Defense Secretary Mark Esper](https://www.axios.com/mark-esper-secretary-of-defense-confirmed-94fd8ec1-a15e-49ff-a856-71a2fb5ec5f9.html) charges in a [memoir](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-sacred-oath-mark-t-esper?variant=39847191674914) out May 10 that former President Trump said when demonstrators were filling the streets around the White House following the death of George Floyd: “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?” > **[Former Pentagon chief Mark Esper says Trump wanted to shoot protesters](https://www.axios.com/2022/05/02/mark-esper-book-trump-protesters)** > > "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?" ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1304 "2022-05-02T16:43:54Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?” “Only you can [get away with that](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/23/464129029/donald-trump-i-could-shoot-somebody-and-i-wouldnt-lose-any-voters), sir.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1305 "2022-05-02T17:41:43Z")
Do they have to be _peaceful_ protesters? Because I’m thinking maybe that’s what they should have done to the Jan 6 insurrectionists. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1306 "2022-05-02T17:47:22Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > apparently Of course he does. He even called (calls?) for the execution of a group proven innocent. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1307 "2022-05-06T22:35:39Z")
[https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/05/politics/donald-trump-missiles-mexico-drug-labs-esper-book/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/05/politics/donald-trump-missiles-mexico-drug-labs-esper-book/index.html) Emphasis mine. > “We could just shoot some Patriot missiles and take out the [drug] labs, quietly,” Trump suggested, according to the upcoming book “A Sacred Oath,” the Times reported. The former President reasoned that Mexico didn’t “have control” over its own country and that “ **no one would know it was us,** ” ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1308 "2022-05-06T22:59:19Z")
Because things like ‘observed trajectory’ and ‘missile debris’ are not a part of his limited world. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 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-1/942178/1309 "2022-05-06T23:33:47Z")
For some reason this incident (assuming it’s being reported correctly, which is a stretch in itself) brings the [Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal](https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Ravenous_Bugblatter_Beast_of_Traal) to mind. Maybe it’s because of the “If I can’t see where the missiles came from, neither can Mexico” logic _(sic)_. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1310 "2022-05-07T19:58:17Z")
Hey, could be Canada shooting through the US. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1311 "2022-05-07T20:29:10Z")
Imagine a person not voting for Trumpy in 2016 but doing so in '20. After four years of listening to inane thoughts like bombing Mexican drug labs, that voter concluded “Hey, this guy is really starting to make sense to me.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1312 "2022-05-07T20:58:18Z")
He can win without any new voters, they only need to suppress around 70k voters in battleground states. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1313 "2022-05-07T21:01:36Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Imagine a person not voting for Trumpy in 2016 but doing so in '20. After four years of listening to inane thoughts like bombing Mexican drug labs, that voter concluded “Hey, this guy is really starting to make sense to me. Okay, so I’m imagining a racist who, in 2016, didn’t think that Trump was racist enough. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1314 "2022-05-08T02:55:46Z")
For some voters, there’s always more to do on _that_ front. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1315 "2022-05-08T03:15:33Z")
NY Times reporting on the Kentucky Derby: May 7, 2022, 6:49 p.m. Mike Wilson Reporting from Louisville, Ky. Former President Donald J. Trump was shown on the large video screen. People cheered, people booed. There was a brief chant of “U.S.A.!” Everyone moved on. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1316 "2022-05-09T04:18:05Z")
> And, of course, no matter what the topic, it’s actually all about him. What a vile creature. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1317 "2022-05-09T04:35:31Z")
Once again, it’s all about him. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 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-1/942178/1318 "2022-05-09T11:38:32Z")
TFG was banned from Twitter in 2021, so when was that tweet? There’s no year on it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1319 "2022-05-09T11:41:24Z")
Maybe it’s his third post to Truth Central! Can you feel the chills? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1320 "2022-05-09T11:55:14Z")
That’s a Truth Social post. They use the red check. [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=65) [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=67)