# How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 2)

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\
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Only if they commit crimes.

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He just appeared at the UFC fight to walk out with fighter (one he supports, I suppose), wave and get applause. Tons of applause. 🤮

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Composite of LOSERS

[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/rifjnywhwtzncaz3qgyh) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/rifjnywhwtzncaz3qgyh)

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Remarkable juxtaposition.

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In my mind I’m imagining a scenario where he Spinal Taps the design specs and gets an arch exactly the size of the one he’s holding.

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I’d say the overlap between MAGA and UFC fans is near total. Hardly surprising. Every Friday night bully in the country fantasy-aspires to be a UFC dude(ette). And that kind of mind lurves them some MAGA too.

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Not total. One could call me a UFC fan. I’ve followed the sport since we rented UFC 1 on video a couple of years after it went down. I’m not so knowledgeable about current fighters, but I still enjoy watching matches.

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Good point. I didn’t say what I meant very well. I’ll try again

Many / Most MAGA are UFC fans. The hardass bully image they see in themselves appeals to their taste in entertainment too.

The converse is not as true; you can appreciate fighting sports with being a bully yourself.

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Doing what no other US president was willing to do:

> **[Trump threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks end...](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-04-12/trump-threatens-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-after-u-s-iran-ceasefire-talks-end-without-agreement)**
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> President Trump says the U.S. Navy will immediately start a blockade to stop ships from entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz

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_Somebody_ has a lot of oil futures that are underwater unless the strait stays plugged.

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> In my mind I’m imagining a scenario where he Spinal Taps the design specs and gets an arch exactly the size of the one he’s holding.

I’ve been puzzling over what, exactly, is the triumph being commemorated? I mean, the one in Paris is for the 1870 Franco-Prussian war which is why the Nazis made a special point of marching through Paris when they occupied it some seventy years later.

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I think Trump said the arch was to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. But the anniversary is this year and when will the arch be completed?

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Sounds like an excuse for RFK Jr. to bring back [“blockade mutton.”](https://time.com/archive/6821415/germany-dachshunds-are-tenderer/)

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The arch is to commemorate the reign of trump that happened to overlap with 2026, the 250th anniversary of 1776. Any other explanation is just standard trumply ~~lying~~ absolute ignorance of, and indifference to, the truth.

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> The arch is to commemorate the reign of trump that happened to overlap with 2026, the 250th anniversary of 1776.

This.

Does anyone really have to ask?.  
🙄

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@DesertDog asked.

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I thought it was to commerate the seizure of British airfields during the revolutionary war. Trump did that. Stopped that conflict too.

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The Brits have a way with words. Sums up the Donald and his cult.

[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/amjuup9ukjbzkbu0gen8) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/amjuup9ukjbzkbu0gen8)

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> Sounds like an excuse for RFK Jr. to bring back [“blockade mutton.”](https://time.com/archive/6821415/germany-dachshunds-are-tenderer/)

As a dachshund mom this horrified me the first time I read about it. I think in Malcolm Gladwell’s dogs book.

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Dayum Mr. Kornetzke hit it right the fuck out of the park.  
Beauty.

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