# 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:** 285
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5704 "2026-08-26T01:50:00Z")
I think you’re right. It’s up there with, “I am the state.” > **[L'État, c'est moi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89tat,_c%27est_moi)** > > L'État, c'est moi (English: "I am the state", lit. 'the state, it is I') is an apocryphal saying attributed to King Louis XIV. It was allegedly said on 13 April 1655 before the Parlement of Paris. It is supposed to assert the primacy of the royal authority in a context of defiance with the Parlement, which contests royal edicts taken in lit de justice on 20 March 1655. The phrase symbolizes absolute monarchy and absolutism. Historians contest whether this sentence, which does not appear in the re... ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5705 "2026-08-26T01:54:51Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Lake Trump > > The Gulf of Trump > > The Strait of Trump > > The United States of Trump Natalieburg ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5706 "2026-08-26T02:32:00Z")
I think this comment severely overestimates the extent to which Trump gives a shit about Natalie. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5707 "2026-08-26T02:39:54Z")
“Vanceville? VANCEVILLE?!?!” “Miss Hart gets one.” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5708 "2026-08-26T03:09:24Z")
Google and Apple revised their maps, for the US version at least, to “Gulf of America” at a time when Felon-ONE had just returned to DC. At this point, they may be more concerned about the overall public mood rather than the joy of snarfing up out of his diaper. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5709 "2026-08-26T03:38:26Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > All those people that learned HOMES to remember the Great Lakes’ names will now have to learn Superior Huron America Michigan Erie: SHAME. Why am I just learning about HOMES today? Now I can finally name all the lakes without forgetting Huron. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5710 "2026-08-26T03:42:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > He just became upset when he found out the Canadians have renamed the St Lawrence river The Strait of Our Moose. Oh nicely done. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5711 "2026-08-26T04:21:54Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Why am I just learning about HOMES today? Now I can finally name all the lakes without forgetting Huron. That’s how I learned it in Michigan. Do they teach it elsewhere? It would seem like a good way for kid’s to learn that particular geography, but perhaps they only learn more local stuff? I guess I assumed you were not from Michigan. Are you from MI or other great lakes states? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5712 "2026-08-26T04:35:45Z")
Also, you can reinforce assigning the names correctly by going west to east with the acronym **Super Man Helps Every One**. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5713 "2026-08-26T04:50:52Z")
Born and raised in Western Michigan. And I definitely remember the HOMES thing. Gah, I don’t think I’ve thought about that in at least 35 years. Good Lord I’m getting old. 😪 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5714 "2026-08-26T05:08:58Z")
Thanks for this one. I immediately picture a map in my head and that helps with my geography lapses. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5715 "2026-08-26T12:08:15Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > “Vanceville? VANCEVILLE?!?!” > > “Miss Hart gets one.” “It’s just a little place…” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5716 "2026-08-26T12:21:26Z")
The other unfortunate similarity to the old Superman movie is the fact that some in the Pentagon are worried about Trump nuking Iran. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5717 "2026-08-26T12:34:24Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I guess I assumed you were not from Michigan. Are you from MI or other great lakes states? The only time I can remember having to memorize the Great Lakes was during 5th grade in Colorado. I only just saw my first Great Lakes, Michigan, in 2025. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5718 "2026-08-26T12:47:01Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > All those people that learned HOMES to remember the Great Lakes’ names will now have to learn Superior Huron America Michigan Erie: SHAME. Nice 👏 > [@Odesio](#): > > Why am I just learning about HOMES today? Now I can finally name all the lakes without forgetting Huron. > [@Sylvanz](#): > > That’s how I learned it in Michigan. Yeah, if you grow up in Michigan, you are taught the ‘HOMES’ mnemonic soon after you learn the alphabet. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5719 "2026-08-26T13:05:55Z")
Any crossworder worth his salt knows HOMES. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5720 "2026-08-26T13:20:09Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > It would seem like a good way for kid’s to learn that particular geography, but perhaps they only learn more local stuff? Is there a trick to teach kids (and adults) to use an apostrophe correctly? 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5721 "2026-08-26T14:00:41Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Any crossworder worth his salt knows HOMES. Just what I was going to say as well. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Is there a trick to teach kids (and adults) to use an apostrophe correctly? Obviously not. But, dammit, there needs to be one! ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5722 "2026-08-26T14:00:51Z")
SMHEO FTW! If you pronounce it sm-he-o it’s easy. HOMES is stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964/5723 "2026-08-26T14:05:23Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > HOMES is stupid. I mean, I’d never use it just because my spatial memory isn’t the best and the HOMES ordering would constantly confuse me about the lakes’ relative geographical positions. Which is why I like the Superman mnemonic. [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=284) [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=286)