# 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:** 172
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3429 "2026-01-21T15:50:26Z")
Oh, Trump and these Republicans just want to _protect_ Greenland. Like a battered wife or a kidnap victim in the basement. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3430 "2026-01-21T15:57:19Z")
Pfft. And ruin the talking point? Ha. ---
**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 21, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3431 "2026-01-21T16:30:42Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > “I believe it is overwhelmingly in America’s national interest to acquire Greenland.” I wonder if Ted Cruz (or any other Republican) ever said anything like this at literally any point in their careers prior to 24 months ago. If he didn’t, it boggles the mind how something so overwhelmingly in our national interest could have escaped his notice for so long. Disgraceful. Either because they’ve ignored this for decades, or because the entire concept is ginned up to curry favor. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3432 "2026-01-21T16:35:01Z")
Just watched some jaghole R on CNN trying to justify Trump by saying that Trump has elevated Greenland to national attention and that he’s been taking questions about Greenland and that wouldn’t have happened without Trump. So is a good thing Trump had elevated the discussion about Greenland. Blah blah blah. Yammering fuck-nugget. ---
**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 21, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3433 "2026-01-21T16:46:31Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > trying to justify Trump by saying that Trump has elevated Greenland to national attention and that he’s been taking questions about Greenland and that wouldn’t have happened without Trump. So is a good thing Trump had elevated the discussion about Greenland. Blah blah blah. What if we didn’t “elevate Greenland” and just let everything stay calm and peaceful like the last 50 years or more? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3434 "2026-01-21T16:47:36Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I wonder if Ted Cruz (or any other Republican) ever said anything like this at literally any point in their careers prior to 24 months ago. Well, what Ted Cruz DID say in 2016 was: > Maybe Sen. Ted Cruz knew something more than > the rest of us a decade ago when he suggested that > if Donald Trump were elected president, he might, > on a whim, wage war on one of the United States’ > loyal allies. > > “I don’t know anyone who would be comfortable > with someone who behaves this way having his > finger on the button,” the Republican senator from > Texas said on Feb. 3, 2016, just two days after he > had bested Trump in the Iowa caucus. “We’re liable > to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were > president, would have nuked Denmark.” > … > **[No joke: Cruz now backs taking Greenland](https://eedition.expressnews.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=3b17714a-78fd-4737-82fd-9f92f962a2e2&share=true)** > > No joke: Cruz now backs taking Greenland Pretty good prediction, Ted. Maybe you should start doing the horoscope in the daily paper. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3435 "2026-01-21T16:54:45Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > What if we didn’t “elevate Greenland” and just let everything stay calm and peaceful like the last 50 years or more? Then we might be talking about the Epstein Files. ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3436 "2026-01-21T17:10:10Z")
He still has presidential hopes, and knows he needs the MAGA vote to get there. That seems obvious to most people here, but I it always makes me realize that politicians are gamblers at heart. MAGA might get much smaller or might hate this Greenland thing, and not vote for anyone who liked it. Or more likely, they will forget Cruz ever did this thing, and just vote bc he is an R. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3437 "2026-01-21T17:59:11Z")
I’m not sure if this is the right forum for this… but it’s definitely happening because of Trump. If he’s not stopped, your dollar bills might be more useful as toilet paper. > **[Stunning amount of US treasuries dumped as Trump salivates over Greenland](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-greenland-2674914681/)** > > A Danish pension fund is selling off its US treasuries in the wake of President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to annex its sovereign territory, Greenland.The fund, known as AkademikerPension, said on Tuesday that it was selling off assets worth... ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3438 "2026-01-21T18:02:19Z")
Is Printer Jam a type of lubricant? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3439 "2026-01-21T18:25:30Z")
No, and it tastes _terrible_ on toast (or anything else, for that matter). ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 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-2/1013964/3440 "2026-01-21T20:38:28Z")
Bjork ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3441 "2026-01-21T20:44:05Z")
Oh, I’m sorry. Didn’t I tell you that Orange Hitler wants to invade and take over Iceland too? > **[Trump’s embarrassing Davos speech, plus his plans for Iceland—er, Greenland -...](https://www.byteseu.com/1733631/)** > > A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3442 "2026-01-21T21:22:38Z")
[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_60,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_100,w_80,c_scale,f_avif/v200/4996eedc-c557-4094-90d9-3bad3eed2e5f) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_60,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_100,w_80,c_scale,f_avif/v200/4996eedc-c557-4094-90d9-3bad3eed2e5f) ---
**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 22, 2026, 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-2/1013964/3443 "2026-01-22T03:44:20Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > > Senator Eric Schmitt, Republican of Missouri, a Trump loyalist, argued over the weekend that the United States was uniquely capable of defending Greenland and criticized European governments as too weak to do so themselves. “Nice country you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.” They are literally running a protection racket. The Republicans are operating exactly like an organized crime group. They insist that they need to take over to protect them when **they** are the only threat to them. This needs to be shouted from the rooftops. I feel like RICO should be charged on the whole fucking party. (Not gonna happen I know.) ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3444 "2026-01-22T09:16:36Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > So people in Europe, have your drug prices doubled and tripled as he reported? No idea - see, we have this free healthcare stuff where I live so the hospitals just give you the things you need. At best, you pay just short of £10 per item on a prescription but if you’re over 60 or fall into certain categories, you don’t even pay the prescription charges. What the drug actually costs is of no concern to us, we don’t pay for that bit. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3445 "2026-01-22T11:35:12Z")
Has everyone here heard about Michael Cohen’s [most recent flipflop](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michael-cohen-says-he-was-coerced-by-letitia-james-and-alvin-bragg-to-turn-on-trump/ar-AA1UnLun)? Considering the ultimate fallout from this, is there any reason to believe that the title of this thread won’t have to be changed? Has Trump ever had to face consequwnces in his life? Is there any reason to think that his convictions won’t be overturned on appeal? The star witness has essentially recanted. I also fear for the future of Alvin Bragg and Letitia James. Astonishingly, there’s not a word about this in the NYT, or if there is, it’s being excluded from the search resuults. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3446 "2026-01-22T11:43:47Z")
As shit as the NHS is, it is an incredible system. When I (non resident, British citizen) entered the system in mid 2001, I immediately got free medical care, even free dentistry - though I never took on that. Waiting time might be reasonably long, but the rusty semi-wreck of NHS staggers along successfully with a huge amount of of people who care. And effectively free at my low, low income at the time. I have serious doubts that could even begin in the USA. (my home country, South Africa, and my birth country Zimbabwe have free medical treatment. The guy who received the first heart transplant, by Dr. Christian Barnard at my local hospital, did not pay a thing. They do charge if you have medical insurance, my first child’s birth (a ceaseron) got a little expensive, but my second child was fully covered.) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3447 "2026-01-22T12:17:33Z")
Politicians and journalists have something of a responsibility to be diplomatic and reasonable (not saying that’s what always happens, but it is a thing). That doesn’t work for Trump - they really out to just be telling him to shut up and sit down, because he’s just a gushing fountain of bullshit and he probably enjoys the reaction he gets. “I want a Nobel Peace Prize!” - Shut up and sit down, Mr President “I’m going to invade Denmark!” - Shut up, Dorito Mussolini “I’m all about peace - join my billion dollar peace grift!” - Shut up, pedo “I’m not interested in peace any more because I didn’t win the medal!” - Shut the fuck up, Donny. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3448 "2026-01-22T14:48:26Z")
Yes, yes, yes! I came here to say something like this this morning, and I wasn’t sure where to put it. So thank you for this launch pad. Everyone is treating Trump like he’s normal even all the while he babbles and rants. This morning I was listening to Fresh Air and Terry Gross had a couple of experts on there to talk about “whether ICE’s extreme behavior in Minnesota is legal and what it says about the Trump administration.” “What does it say about the Trump administration?” Are you fucking kidding me? It says that he is a dangerous, unhinged manic, that’s what it says! Open your eyes! What reality are you living in? A room full of world leaders sat and listened to him rant and rave and go off topic and do everything but drool down the front of his shirt. (Maybe he did that, I didn’t watch it.) They should have stood up as one person and screamed, “Get off the stage, you doddering old imbecile!” And now I understand that some of those world leaders are meeting in a “summit” to talk about him and what his rambling and blathering means to them. Holy cr@p! 🤦🏽‍♀️ Why is the world acting like this is normal behavior? Endless articles analyze him and analyze the implications of his lunatic behavior. What’s to analyze? He’s insane, end of conversation. There’s no subtlety here. There’s no nuance here. The man is a blithering idiot. THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES! GET A CLUE, PEOPLE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. TL * * * ETA. From another thread > [@The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1817): > > What I think the Dems should be hammering on, every single day, is that ICE agents are literally breaking down doors and detaining US citizens without a warrant. The 4A violation are incredible. And the message should be that if a brown citizen doesn’t have 4A protections in his home, neither do you. Do we really need to get experts onto radio talk shows and analyze whether this is illegal?? Seriously? [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=171) [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=173)