# 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:** 170
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3389 "2026-01-20T18:50:22Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I think extremely rich people probably treat the accumulation of wealth in the same way a normal person may see a video game, trying to score as many ‘points’ as possible. There’s no real material effect on one’s life or comfort level, it’s just a challenge and something to aim for. An addiction. They must be tremendously miserable. 1. So people playing video games are miserable? 2. If these are my options, I’d rather have a billion dollars. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3390 "2026-01-20T19:05:59Z")
That’s not really what I meant. I meant that they will never be satisfied because their score will never be enough. A bit like someone addicted to gambling. If you enjoy videogames, great (I do). But would you enjoy them if you just wanted one more try at the top score (or whatever)… then one more try…. Then one more… I’m picturing the South Park boys in that World of Warcraft episode. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3391 "2026-01-20T19:18:05Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > So people playing video games are miserable? I would think that if you played video games because you were addicted to them, and ignored everything else in your life, yes you would be pretty miserable. And there are certainly people who fall under that category; shut-ins with crippling addictions who live shallow lives vicariously through video games. And one of the great things about a video game is the ability to set it aside and do something else. If your whole life was a video game, the game would give no novelty or joy after a while. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3392 "2026-01-20T19:42:48Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I don’t know why this is a discussion, though. > > It’s playing into the distraction to entertain the notion that there is any threat to Greenland from either Russia or China. The only realistic current threat to Greenland is from the US. Yes, but the (current) theoretical reason for a US takeover is fear of a Chinese/Russian takeover. 'Tis likely a vain hope, but the hope is that pointing out how ridiculous the idea of a takeover is might get some people to reconsider. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3393 "2026-01-20T19:43:52Z")
Did you watch Trump address the media in the White House briefing room earlier? Frankly he was just babbling. It was embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3394 "2026-01-20T19:51:09Z")
He has been babbling (01-20-2026) for almost 2 hours already, with no end in sight. If he was a street preacher with a bullhorn on a corner, he’d be in his element, but as POTUS? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3395 "2026-01-20T19:51:48Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > 'Tis likely a vain hope, but the hope is that pointing out how ridiculous the idea of a takeover is might get some people to reconsider. Sure, but the approach isn’t great. It’s already wildly unpopular. Worse, pointing out logical flaws has never worked with his supporters. The things that seem to work at all with that crowd is getting hit in the pocketbook, e.g. grocery prices, and mockery. And not just any sort of mockery but things that make him look weak. Rational discourse and debate imply the “other” side is worthy of such. It runs the risk of backfiring, i.e. “if the libs don’t like it, maybe it’s a good idea”. Don’t dignify the idea at all. Mock him and this asinine notion. I know that runs counter to the instincts of most members of this board, who value facts and logic, but you’re not going to win a mudslinging contest by commenting on how dirty it is while they’re tossing shit at you. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3396 "2026-01-20T19:53:51Z")
I turned off the television after a short time. Did he really go on that long? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3397 "2026-01-20T20:12:28Z")
It’s still going as of 2:12PM Tuesday, CST. I’m not sure if this is real-time feed or else, but it’s certainly 2+hours. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3398 "2026-01-20T20:18:54Z")
[c.f. the _Melania_ movie apparently about to bomb, horribly] So, where are the huge MAGA hordes who _should_ be eating this shite up? If their voting/societal footprint is as big as people so loudly insist (here and elsewhere), we should be seeing dft-fellating movies left center and right, each of which would be making buku bucks. “Didja see the new movie which has all Republican Congressmen blowing Trump for 2 straight hours?” “Yeah, it is sure to win the Oscar!” Even if it is something a bit more umm conventional, like a hugely flattering biopic, c.f. _Triumph of the Will_, these people should be chomping at the bit to turn out. So why aren’t any being made? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3399 "2026-01-20T20:20:53Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Rational discourse and debate imply the “other” side is worthy of such. It runs the risk of backfiring, i.e. “if the libs don’t like it, maybe it’s a good idea”. No, he’s simply a moron. This the world knows. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3400 "2026-01-20T20:28:02Z")
I was responding to the notion of pointing these things out to Trump supporters to get them to reconsider that support. They aren’t quite ready to admit his idiocy to themselves, much less responding to rational discourse themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3401 "2026-01-20T20:30:07Z")
My guess? They don’t care about Melania. Only Donald himself is worshipped. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3402 "2026-01-20T20:30:27Z")
If Russia and/or China had any designs on Greenland, they’d negotiate with Denmark aand Greenland for resource extraction rights. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3403 "2026-01-20T20:35:50Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > PILF - Public Interest Legal Foundation? I’m gonna say no. On the off chance that you really didn’t know what this meant, it stands for “Printer I’d Like to Fuck.” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3404 "2026-01-20T20:37:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If Russia and/or China had any designs on Greenland Wouldn’t there be a shred of evidence if they had any designs on Greenland? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3405 "2026-01-20T20:39:19Z")
That, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3406 "2026-01-20T20:52:16Z")
I’ve been doom-scrolling Twitter a little bit but I haven’t had the gumption to watch any video of Trump’s press conference. I think almost at my cringe limit and I just can’t take it today. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3407 "2026-01-20T21:09:08Z")
Had know idea that that might be what it ment. But of course makes complete sense. Well, in Trump world any way. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3408 "2026-01-20T21:38:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If Russia and/or China had any designs on Greenland, they’d negotiate with Denmark aand Greenland for resource extraction rights. Now would probably be a good time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964.md?page=169) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964.md?page=171)