# 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:** 188
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3749 "2026-02-19T19:31:09Z")
That would be great. If he could pull the George Costanza stategy, we would have the best president ever! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3750 "2026-02-19T20:33:53Z")
Wrote my congress critters again - "“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” DO SOMETHING. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3751 "2026-02-20T02:35:04Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > In my experience, the shops in airports do sell stuff (sweatshirts, for example) with the city or state name but I don’t remember ever seeing stuff labeled with the airport name. Yet. If there is a way to make money, Trump will find it. The shops will be strongarmed into purchasing these (made in China) items from a Trump “company” in a strip mall in Vegas. Maybe even get a better deal if they will also sell some plain old “Trump” perfume and vodka. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3752 "2026-02-20T03:24:39Z")
Yeah Mr. Potatohead president has gotten bored of peace, alright. Just a super quick lowdown what he’s lining up for Iran…whether he TACOS like last month - shrug… [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/us-military-iran.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/us-military-iran.html) > [@](#): > > The U.S. military buildup includes dozens of refueling tankers, rushed to the region by United States Central Command, more than 50 additional fighter jets, and two aircraft carrier strike groups, complete with their accompanying destroyers, cruisers and submarines, U.S. officials said > [@](#): > > The aircraft carrier [U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/uss-gerald-ford-explainer.html), fresh from the Caribbean where it was part of the naval fleet pressuring the Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro, was approaching Gibraltar on Wednesday as it made its way to join the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in the region. > [@](#): > > But over the past month, the U.S. military has moved the necessary air defenses — including Patriot missile defense and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems — into the region. Both systems can intercept Iranian ballistic missiles > [@](#): > > The American buildup also includes dozens of additional F-35, F-22 and F-16 fighter jets that have been flowing from the United States to Europe and onward to the Middle East in recent days, according to flight tracking data and U.S. officials > [@](#): > > Dozens of refueling planes, vital for a prolonged air campaign, have also been moved forward, those officials say. > [@](#): > > The second aircraft carrier, the Gerald Ford, and its three destroyer escorts could be in the Mediterranean by the weekend or early next week, military officials said. The Ford is likely to be deployed initially near the coast of Israel to defend Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities and towns, officials said. > [@](#): > > American B-2 bombers, which were used last year when Mr. Trump struck Iran, and other U.S.-based long-range bombers are on a higher alert status, officials said. > [@](#): > > The U.S. buildup suggests an array of possible Iranian targets, including short and medium range missiles, missile storage depots, nuclear sites and other military targets, such as headquarters of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3753 "2026-02-20T06:28:36Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Then he demands the airport (i.e. the government) pay him 1 _beeelion_ dollars per year as a licensing fee for using that name he owns. Profit! If I, by deed poll or whatever legal machinery allows name changes, do in fact change my name to “Donald J Trump” can I, too claim licensing fees? It seems less of a scam than the actual Trump shit. Sure, I would be universally reviled and mocked and both sides of the political spectrum would probably hate me, but I could probably become rich faster than anyone notices I have an actual hairstyle and I am not very orange… ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3754 "2026-02-20T06:35:03Z")
Trump hangs a banner of his face on the Justice department. 🤦🏽‍♀️ > **[Large banner featuring Trump's face is displayed on Justice Department...](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-banner-justice-department-pam-bondi-13f3d901c9bd6d179e206475adadc28a)** > > A large banner featuring Donald Trump’s face has been hung on the exterior of Justice Department headquarters in a physical display of the Republican president’s efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3755 "2026-02-20T09:31:38Z")
Another nail in the coffin of irony. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3756 "2026-02-20T10:02:10Z")
It is stuff like this that reminds me of George Orwell’s _1984_, where Big Brother’s portrait was everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3757 "2026-02-20T10:07:43Z")
No need to turn to fiction. [![](https://c7.alamy.com/comp/FD7D71/the-potsdamer-station-for-the-reichstag-elections-1936-FD7D71.jpg) ](https://c7.alamy.com/comp/FD7D71/the-potsdamer-station-for-the-reichstag-elections-1936-FD7D71.jpg) [![](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/56462734/photo/portrait-of-adolf-hitler.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=81Gz19Bp0-erTrwQpaFbhbsBGfzM_cKLERmMwWSgSpI=) ](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/56462734/photo/portrait-of-adolf-hitler.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=81Gz19Bp0-erTrwQpaFbhbsBGfzM_cKLERmMwWSgSpI=) (And let’s not even get started on Chairman Mao.) ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3758 "2026-02-20T12:37:11Z")
Interestingly enough a sentence including the phrases “Donald Trump” and “hung outside the Justice Department” is something I could potentially support. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3759 "2026-02-20T12:37:13Z")
Large portraits of Lenin and Stalin were common too. Giant statues are next.\ But think of the fun we’ll have bulling them all down with tanks and bulldozers and such once he & his follow-on government are gone. Hope I live to see it, but I’m not optimistic. I’ll almost certainly outlive him. It’s his ghastly legacy I’m thinking will outlive me. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3760 "2026-02-20T13:06:28Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > (And let’s not even get started on Chairman Mao.) Or Kim Jong Un. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3761 "2026-02-20T13:43:43Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Hope I live to see it, but I’m not optimistic. I’ll almost certainly outlive him. It’s his ghastly legacy I’m thinking will outlive me. The dismantling of Stalin’s legacy, or ‘de-Stalinization’, began shortly after his death. True, it did take something like 8 years to fully remove all of the monuments he had built and remove all trace of his legacy, but hopefully trump does not succeed in building things like his ‘Arc de trump’ that will be difficult and laborious to tear down. So, to borrow from the ‘Forgotten Memes’ thread: [![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/0*oU0ad2bpLy7nARNZ.jpeg) ](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/0*oU0ad2bpLy7nARNZ.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3762 "2026-02-20T13:46:53Z")
The person who replaced Stalin was a rival. The person who replaces trump is probably going to be a like-minded ally. And better at being a dictator then trump ever could be. Not as charismatic in that weird way of his, but more competent, and therefore more effective as an authoritarian. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3763 "2026-02-20T13:57:07Z")
The political pendulum swings right, and it swings left. I think people are going to be so exhausted with trumpism after 3 more years of his shit that they’ll vote in the opposite direction and go with the Democratic candidate. Provided that the trump admin does not manage to completely rig the voting process, and the Dem candidate is at least marginally charismatic. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3764 "2026-02-20T14:06:41Z")
> [@solost](#): > > hopefully trump does not succeed in building things like his ‘Arc de trump’ that will be difficult and laborious to tear down. Even the Arch of Neutrality, the giant golden statue of Turkmenistan leader Saparmurat Niyazov that rotated to always face the sun, came down in the end. > **[Turkmenistan ex-leader Niyazov's golden statue toppled](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11095257)** > > A giant arch topped by a gold-plated statue of Turkmenistan's late leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, is being removed from central Ashgabat. “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair…” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3765 "2026-02-20T14:14:18Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Even the Arch of Neutrality, the giant golden statue of Turkmenistan leader Saparmurat Niyazov that rotated to always face the sun, came down in the end. > […] > “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair…” Great example, thanks! See, @LSLGuy – the true legacy of a despot is never a favorable one. I feel optimistic that you will see the remains of trumpism lying half sunk and shattered in the sand one day, not too long in the future. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3766 "2026-02-20T14:50:40Z")
Until his bones turn to dust. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3767 "2026-02-20T15:28:37Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > (And let’s not even get started on Chairman Mao.) ♫ _But if you go carrying pictures of ~~Chairman Mao~~ Fascist Don You ain’t gonna make it with anyone_ ♫ ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/3768 "2026-02-20T15:34:37Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Provided that the trump admin does not manage to completely rig the voting process He is doing everything his pea brain can come up with to rig the vote. He did it in 2020 too. What ever happened to those fake electors. Are they in prison? They should be. [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=187) [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=189)