# 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:** 90
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1781 "2022-08-08T22:07:58Z")
Didn’t Trump say that he was entirely self-funding his campaign, and would not be asking for any donors whatsoever because he was very rich? He _did_. Back in 2015. One of the many, MANY lies he’s told. > **[Are Donald Trump's Pockets Deep Enough To Fund His Campaign?](https://www.npr.org/2015/07/31/427857932/are-donald-trumps-pockets-deep-enough-to-fund-his-campaign)** > > Trump says he's rich enough to pay for his own White House bid. But the billion-dollar-plus price tag might be tough, even for him. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1782 "2022-08-08T22:08:05Z")
I want someone to ask him about the Holocaust. See if it rings a bell in his belfry full of bats and squirrels running around. Squirrels like their nuts. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1783 "2022-08-08T22:13:59Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Smoke Detectors… He’s not an idiot. He is if he thinks the fireplaces have smoke detectors. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1784 "2022-08-08T22:20:17Z")
“He’s not an idiot.” Best laugh I’ve had all day. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1785 "2022-08-08T22:30:04Z")
I’m surprised he didn’t just make his staff eat the documents themselves. While he watched and giggled. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1786 "2022-08-08T22:45:20Z")
They got his torn up docs out of the trash and taped them back together. Can’t be trusted to digest them properly. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1787 "2022-08-08T23:02:19Z")
Wow, the FBI is at Mar-a-Lago, searching. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1788 "2022-08-08T23:03:51Z")
> **[FBI executes search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago in document investigation |...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/mar-a-lago-search-warrant-fbi-donald-trump/index.html)** > > The FBI executed a search warrant Monday at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought there, three... ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1789 "2022-08-08T23:18:49Z")
The orange jerkface says he’s “. . . [under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-08/former-us-president-donald-trump-says-fbi-agents-raiding-mar-a-lago).” ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1790 "2022-08-08T23:35:09Z")
The full statement is here. Yea, he wrote that. > **[Trump says the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago home](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/08/trump-says-fbi-raiding-his-mar-a-lago-home.html)** > > The FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump's resort home in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1791 "2022-08-09T00:01:21Z")
I have never seen a picture of that “resort” before now. Seriously, it looks like something from a _Gilligan’s Island_ set. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1792 "2022-08-09T00:10:33Z")
This was the rich guys house on Gilligan’s Island. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/22/c7/04/22c70418566857c2b6e2f127bddfe926.png) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/22/c7/04/22c70418566857c2b6e2f127bddfe926.png) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1793 "2022-08-09T00:35:01Z")
For people that aren’t into clicking links or watching video… The story, which should’ve gotten more play, is that Chris Wray said that although they opened an FBI tip line for the Kavanaugh investigation, the procedure they used was to send all tips to the White House and let them decide which tips to pursue and which ones to ignore. Really. So much for it being non-political. Wray said it was totally normal because it wasn’t a criminal investigation, and the FBI is only forbidden from being political in criminal investigations. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1794 "2022-08-09T00:41:36Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > they sent all tips to the White House and let them decide which tips to pursue and which ones to ignore. So when does the executive branch get to decide which tips are worth checking out? Can you imagine the furor from the Right if this happened regarding a nominee from a Democratic president? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1795 "2022-08-09T01:13:10Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > So when does the executive branch get to decide which tips are worth checking out? When the investigation is a RE-investigation, not an initial investigation – which this one was. That permitted Trump to call the shots. Also remember: Kavenaugh had previously been investigated by the FBI under prior administrations when he was appointed to the federal bench. Twice. Those investigations didn’t turn up the evidence of Kavenaugh’s misconduct, either. We knew all this at the time it was happening during the re-investigation. Chris Wray simply confirmed it. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1796 "2022-08-09T01:25:28Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > When the investigation is a RE-investigation, not an initial investigation – which this one was. That permitted Trump to call the shots. Ah, okay. Thanks. Ignorance fought. Still pisses me off, though. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1797 "2022-08-09T01:30:10Z")
It still pisses me off, too. But no more than it did when the whole sham was underway in plain sight. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1798 "2022-08-09T03:40:26Z")
Individual 1’s statement on the FBI raid: [https://scontent.fmcc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/298088637\_10227973615747568\_2674903341698853050\_n.jpg?stp=cp1\_dst-jpg&\_nc\_cat=101&ccb=1-7&\_nc\_sid=8bfeb9&\_nc\_ohc=9RrNLIFQV9wAX-PIpyk&\_nc\_ht=scontent.fmcc1-1.fna&oh=00\_AT\_OMhXaJJ8bR7ofd503y0eGT1ig9IJn2NJtnaekmcPulA&oe=62F6084A](https://scontent.fmcc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/298088637_10227973615747568_2674903341698853050_n.jpg?stp=cp1_dst-jpg&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=9RrNLIFQV9wAX-PIpyk&_nc_ht=scontent.fmcc1-1.fna&oh=00_AT_OMhXaJJ8bR7ofd503y0eGT1ig9IJn2NJtnaekmcPulA&oe=62F6084A) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1799 "2022-08-09T03:44:10Z")
Or if you prefer, [given a dramatic reading with the Karen interpretation it deserves](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=86mBCAPT_O8) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/1800 "2022-08-09T04:08:08Z")
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