# 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:** 22
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/428 "2025-04-02T22:24:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I would think, though, given Trump’s personality, that that would irritate him and make him want to hurt or obstruct Putin, rather than toady to him. It is a puzzlement. I’ve seen it suggested, credibly in my view, that Trump is impressed by Putin to the extent that Trump desperately wants Putin’s approval. Thus the younger man becomes a sort of father-substitute for the older, which is plausible given Trump’s arrested-emotional-development. Looking at photos of the two of them is rather convincing. Donald always looks either cowed and intimidated, or shines with a childlike admiration when Vlad comes into view. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5yxs6w5egmuzo7ls5pccvo4u/bafkreibnvvfit3b2bwuh4xd76y3t4p3guj6wsrtridukcdwditxyom7kxq@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5yxs6w5egmuzo7ls5pccvo4u/bafkreibnvvfit3b2bwuh4xd76y3t4p3guj6wsrtridukcdwditxyom7kxq@jpeg) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/429 "2025-04-03T02:02:21Z")
**“Why don’t you wear a suit?”** [![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/02812e19-b6c5-4cab-99f5-338cca9fc1f7) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/02812e19-b6c5-4cab-99f5-338cca9fc1f7) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/430 "2025-04-03T10:13:16Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I’m going to say Putin can be trusted to manipulate and use Trump as a destructive buffoon for his [Putin’s] own ends. And Trump’s ego and narcissism create a blindspot that makes that hard for Trump to grasp. He’s kind of like the guy taken in for questioning thinking he’ll outsmart the cops. “I don’t need no stinkin’ ~~lawyer~~ advisor. I’m the smartest one in the room.” We still don’t know what happened in Helsinki. [![](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-1000209212.jpg?resize=1200,1200) ](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-1000209212.jpg?resize=1200,1200) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/431 "2025-04-03T13:49:13Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > We still don’t know what happened in Helsinki. Putin took Donnie’s nuts for his truck. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/432 "2025-04-03T14:56:39Z")
Hope he doesn’t want to [drive in Idaho](https://www.yahoo.com/news/idaho-governor-signs-bill-criminalizing-151438186.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMuTtUBfzi3iJ9FmRRTovSau8KoRXWuOBb6czzqBjnFrEpbqPgqT6rHDrhfwjsSrWFQightCBJnkoUdTNBdStjlX7ea3nvigHB97YFpGi9FQoNyeN35C9R4906QYNfRO9IqATQ7ejODoApjP3ifCaXWTxjV4BCeLhQ4bVKv88WQM). ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/433 "2025-04-03T15:03:52Z")
OMG, how did I miss that groundbreaking piece of legislation?!? That is going to slaughter the truck nutz industry since ID has to be their largest customer base. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/434 "2025-04-03T15:04:56Z")
I’m gonna guess republican dick waving is still ok. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/435 "2025-04-03T15:29:50Z")
The Idaho bill was designed to go after Pride Parade behavior - I mean, I’m all for discouraging indecent exposure anyway, but this bill also goes after items designed to look like genitalia (e.g. dildos). Which is how truck nuts ended up on the chopping block (so to speak). Ironically, one of the aspects of this bill is that it bans both cis women and trans women from exposing their naked breasts. Which means that it affirms the idea that trans women are women, because there’s no law against men going topless (apart from the Idaho weather in general). ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/436 "2025-04-03T19:07:37Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > That is going to slaughter the truck nutz industry since ID has to be their largest customer base. Eggplant parmesan will no longer be available in Idaho either I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/437 "2025-04-03T19:54:56Z")
Ha! Eggplant and peach emojis are right the fuck out too! ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/438 "2025-04-03T22:08:45Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > We still don’t know what happened in Helsinki. Whatever it was, it seemed to work. As witness yesterday’s Rose Garden Toxic-Waste Dump: > **[Why did Russia escape Trump’s tariffs?](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariffs-russia-list-putin-b2727059.html)** > > The U.S. already imposes heavy sanctions on Russia but still did approximately $3.5 billion in trade last year ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/439 "2025-04-04T16:59:01Z")
[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_73,w_100,c_scale/v200/80d17640-b184-48d0-b6d2-9bc82243d603) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_73,w_100,c_scale/v200/80d17640-b184-48d0-b6d2-9bc82243d603) > **[Lithuanians bid farewell to 4 US soldiers who died during training exercise](https://apnews.com/article/lithuania-us-missing-soldiers-ceremony-b1877203ae467c5028d1916f1f3fa63e)** > > Thousands of people have turned out to bid farewell to four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in the Baltic nation. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/440 "2025-04-04T17:00:39Z")
It has been met with some criticism. > **[Trump slammed for missing dignified transfer of 4 dead US soldiers to golf](https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/donald-trump-slammed-missing-dignified-1070950)** > > Donald Trump was slammed for missing the dignified transfer of four dead U.S. soldiers who died during a tactical training exercise in Lithuania last week — he instead opted to attend a LIV Golf event ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/441 "2025-04-04T17:05:51Z")
I believe it’s axiomatic that these four poor souls were either “suckers” or “losers,” so … ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/442 "2025-04-04T19:38:56Z")
Like others, I don’t know where else to put this… My savings for retirement are taking a tremendous hit. All because of his stupid tariffs. This supposed business man has absolutely zero clue. I, a programmer, knew that the tariffs where a very, very, bad idea. I’m not in finance in any way shape or form. But I can see stupid when it steps in front of me. One of my best friends is looking for a protest to go to. There really isn’t a main issue to protest, because Trump is fucking up everything. Our rights, our money and freedom. He has done it all. And he and congress and SCOTUS are clearly morons. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/443 "2025-04-05T02:03:55Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > There really isn’t a main issue to protest, because Trump is fucking up everything. A Gish gallop of immorality, criminality, and incompetence. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/444 "2025-04-05T02:25:36Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > My savings for retirement are taking a tremendous hit. I retired right before the pandemic. My retirement was planned with the idea that I would be living in a functioning democracy. It’s not working out so well. I haven’t looked at my accounts in a few weeks. I’m too scared to. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/445 "2025-04-05T05:18:50Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > My retirement was planned with the idea that I would be living in a functioning democracy. It’s not working out so well. My wife’s parents’ 401K took a huge hit, they lost like 6% this week. (And they’re retired so their investments are supposed to be in slow growth “safe” things.) I am almost 20 years away from retirement so I’m hoping that by then my stuff recovers, but I feel for people who need that stuff **now**. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/446 "2025-04-05T12:02:26Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > My wife’s parents’ 401K took a huge hit, they lost like 6% this week. (And they’re retired so their investments are supposed to be in slow growth “safe” things.) I lost at least 11k. Yesterday alone. I’ve got a financial advisor (that hates Trump too) she thinks I’m protected well enough (also moved over to ‘safe’ things), I talked to her yesterday. Nothing is safe from this moron. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/447 "2025-04-05T14:26:41Z")
I was reminded yet again today that I should probably stop following reports of what Trump is doing to the country, as it just makes me want to get drunk. And my liver won’t allow that (although I suppose I can’t really blame Trump for the condition of my liver). [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=21) [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=23)