# How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 6, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964 "2025-02-06T18:32:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 111
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2209 "2025-09-13T22:56:14Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Is Donald trying to build a coalition of the willing? His base will probably love it; they have short memories. Nah, as said above, he’s just looking for excuses to back out so he doesn’t have to break up with his BFFE Vlad. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2210 "2025-09-15T00:48:08Z")
Hard to believe but Dump’s lying again - or more likely - is just deluded, corrupted, and/or confused. Trump demands Europe to apply Russian oil sanctions first, but… _WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday extended a Russia-related general license authorizing some transactions with the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project_ (until December). ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2211 "2025-09-15T01:01:29Z")
And more. The intention of Dump’s handlers is to numb the public to the attacks on democracy and his personal grift. And – stupidity. Trump talks tough on Russia while actually LIFTING sanctions on them. He just pulled the sanctions or aircraft parts to Belarus, which means Russia will be getting the spares they so desperately need. > **[Belarus frees 52 political prisoners as US lifts some sanctions on its...](https://apnews.com/article/belarus-prisoners-us-lithuania-c217e9bb36b9303e0fa2acd8e0492b37)** > > Belarus has freed 52 political prisoners as part of a deal brokered by the United States. It was another sign of a possible rapprochement between Washington and Minsk, a close ally of Russia that has faced Western isolation for years. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2212 "2025-09-15T21:49:23Z")
He’s trying to start a war with Venezuela (probably because their president is Socialist?) claiming ‘drugs’ as the reason. [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/15/us/trump-news](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/15/us/trump-news) ( that’s behind a paywall ) > **[Trump announces second U.S. strike against alleged drug boat from Venezuela](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-strike-second-alleged-venezuela-drug-boat/)** > > President Trump announced Monday the U.S. military has carried out a second strike on alleged Venezuelan "narcoterrorists." > **[Trump says military carried out strike on alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/trump-strike-venezuela-drug-cartel-vessel)** > > US president says three men were killed in the strike, adding that it occurred in international waters > **[Pentagon Barred Senior House Staffers From Briefing on Venezuela Boat Strike](https://theintercept.com/2025/09/15/venezuela-boat-attack-trump-legality/)** > > A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela. > **[Venezuela accuses US Navy of illegal seizure of fishing boat](https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2025/09/15/venezuela-navy-illegal-seizure-fishing-boat/86163372007/)** > > Tensions in the Caribbean continue after Venezuela claims Americans from a U.S. Navy destroyer illegally boarded a tuna fishing vessel. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/why-the-us-military-is-striking-boats-from-venezuela/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/why-the-us-military-is-striking-boats-from-venezuela/) ( Most data paywalled ) ---
**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 15, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2213 "2025-09-15T22:11:48Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > He’s trying to start a war with Venezuela (probably because their president is Socialist?) claiming ‘drugs’ as the reason. Trump’s popularity numbers are shrinking. It’s likely that he sees "we are at war” as his golden ticket to full dictatorship powers. Venezuela drew the short straw. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2214 "2025-09-15T22:38:19Z")
Epstein: Call, text, write, email, send smoke signals to your congresscritter to get the files (unredacted) released. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2215 "2025-09-15T23:48:57Z")
I read that we have American Military observing the Russia-Belarus war games. I don’t know where to put this news on my list of things I’m frightened of right now. I always imagined that if World War 3 ever started Russia and America would not be on the same side. I have put an upside down flag in my window. It’s a small one and it’s on a side window and my daughter is not happy with me for doing so. But I can’t stand what’s happening. War with Venezuela seems to be on the table. I mean, we just murdered people with no due process. There are so many people making terrible threats on social media. Putin promised to destroy America from within and it seems to be working. The best investment he ever made was trump. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2216 "2025-09-16T00:22:38Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Trump’s popularity numbers are shrinking. It’s likely that he sees "we are at war” as his golden ticket to full dictatorship powers. Not to mention that if we’re at war you can suspend elections. OK, that’s the _Ukrainian_ constitution, but who cares, right? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2217 "2025-09-16T00:36:47Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Trump’s popularity numbers are shrinking. His approval ratings are, at least. Here is an article from Nate Silver: > **[How popular is Donald Trump?](https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-silver-bulletin)** > > Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman. His general approval rating has been pretty flat since the middle of July, around a 45% approve, 52% disapprove. (I know that doesn’t add up to 100%, don’t ask me to explain it.) And while a flat rating doesn’t sound so bad, when you look at his approval rating since he was elected, it’s flat at the floor; in other words, his approval rating is holding steady at its lowest point. I suspect that 45% approval he holds is that base that is a combination of people who always vote Republican, people who hate Democrats, and his own personal MAGA cult. It would take something significant to cut into that base, as we’ve seen that even when he’s a **fucking convicted felon** they won’t waver in their support. What isn’t stagnant though is the chart Silver has that shows how he stands on the issues. Specifically, how people view his handling of immigration, the economy, trade, and inflation. He’s underwater on all of those, with his best being immigration where he’s at -4%, and worst is inflation, where he’s at -30%. And those are on a continuing downward trend; they haven’t been steady. They’re all dropping, more or less (with the exception of immigration, which is about as flat as his general approval rating for the same length of time). What’s really bad about the inflation issue, which has taken a huge drop of around 7% since the beginning of this month, is that it’s largely believed that inflation is one of the main reasons he was able to appeal to the middle enough to beat Harris in the last election, where people unsatisfied with high inflation blamed the incumbent administration and Harris by extension (despite the fact that the VP probably has as much influence on inflation as my dog). Anyway, yes, he’s looking really bad in the polls, and to the extent that his people are brave enough to show him the bad news, and as much as he’s willing to accept it, that could very well be a motivating factor in trying to look like he’s “doing something”. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2218 "2025-09-16T00:36:59Z")
At least Trump would be adhering to _a_ constitution. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2219 "2025-09-16T01:24:24Z")
Dump lied – or Net-n-yahoo lied. Or both. Qatar is such old news. In newer news, Dump skipped the CK vigil at the Kennedy Center for golf. Priorities. He’s fading so fast mentally he doesn’t know what’s happening with the government, earth, his bowels. [https://www.axios.com/2025/09/15/trump-netanyahu-call-israel-strike-qatar](https://www.axios.com/2025/09/15/trump-netanyahu-call-israel-strike-qatar) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2220 "2025-09-16T01:32:10Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I have put an upside down flag in my window. I’ve been flying the one at the house and on the Jeep in Distress Mode for over a month now. Ain’t nobody to see them out here however. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2221 "2025-09-16T02:26:28Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Net-n-yahoo lied. I keep wanting to make a rebus of a ‘net on yahoo (rootin’ tootin’ cowboy’). ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2222 "2025-09-16T17:12:38Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Venezuela drew the short straw. Look, I admire Canada and I admire the Canadian people. That said, you have to admit that some Canadian SciFi is absolutely terrible. What’s my point? My point is that when the government of America becomes as bad or even worse than the worst of Canadian SciFi, then Holy Shit are we in trouble. “Sir, it’s The War Department. A Giant Moose is destroying ski lodges in Canada! Chicago has been invaded by Giant Locusts! Los Angeles is being invaded by Giant Ants! New Jersey is being invaded by Lawn-Guy Land, Staten Island and Steroidal Golf Pros…” “Can someone bring me a Diet Pepsi…?” ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2223 "2025-09-16T21:27:18Z")
Tomorrow, Stroke-y the Pear will be in London, supposedly as a guest of his personal friend King Charles. Massive demonstrations are expected… and of course Stroke-y the Pear will demand the very best of everything, I certainly hope that he doesn’t find out that there is a luxury suite reserved for Royalty that’s just a short walk from St. John’s Chapel. Knowing him, he’d demand it. ( Shhhh…! ) Personally, I hope it rains like Hell. ( Rain is Not Violence ) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2224 "2025-09-16T21:30:10Z")
Does the fact that his popularity has dropped matter if they still hold their noses and vote for him because “the Democrats are even worse”? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2225 "2025-09-16T21:33:14Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > “the Democrats are even worse” Sir, I disagree with that POV, but I’ll fight for your right to express it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2226 "2025-09-16T21:36:47Z")
I never expressed it. I said they would vote for Trump because they believed it. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2227 "2025-09-16T21:43:03Z")
The “Democrats are even worse” group are part of his base. They aren’t the ones that Republicans need to win over. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/2228 "2025-09-16T21:46:33Z")
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