# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10016
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/10016 "2025-02-06T15:25:53Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > It really does bring me comfort to have something hands-on to do in times like these. I think I’d go mad otherwise. Yes, the best thing to do is dig in on the work, which is still there and needs to be done, and there’s a reason you got into doing it. Being productive in the face of the onslaught is a good way to fight is despair. Kudos to you for what you do. Social workers are under appreciated. > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Apart from “I need a _whole lot_ more dietary fiber,” just WTF does he think this image says, and to whom? That’s definitely an intense stare. The author of that article seems a bit infatuated with Trump. A couple of excerpts: > [@](#): > > Whether your politics align with those of Donald Trump or not, it is difficult to deny that a string of recent photographs of the former-and-future president of the United States are as visually arresting as any in US political history – instantly etching themselves into cultural consciousness. > [Snip] > There is simply no precedent in US presidential portraiture for the piercing intensity of expression and hawkish thrust of stare the image enshrines – an aggressiveness of gaze for which one must scour the pages of art history to find a compelling parallel. > [Snip] > The portentous image is a steely statement of impending purpose. Though journalists have endeavoured to distil the portrait’s essence into everyday language, auditioning words like “scowl” and “stern”, Trump’s expression resists easy captioning. It continues on with inane flattery, looking at a historical painting for comparison. Here’s what I see. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Lenin_in_1920_%28cropped%29.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Lenin_in_1920_%28cropped%29.jpg) > **[Adolf Hitler | Biography, Rise to Power, History, & Facts | Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler)** > > Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany who rose to power with his radical ideology. He was responsible for starting World War II and initiating the Holocaust. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178)._