# If you could ask Trump any question **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 11, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877 "2023-05-11T05:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/21 "2023-05-11T15:40:50Z")
I didn’t watch the town hall thing. But, when reading things he said it included something about him not getting a fair trial in a “Trump-hating area”. I would have asked him he didn’t rape a woman in the South where he would get a fair trial. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/22 "2023-05-11T16:39:03Z")
“What’s it like meeting Obama?” ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/23 "2023-05-11T16:51:23Z")
Oh that’s just fucking perfect. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/24 "2023-05-11T16:55:27Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > The premise of the OP is deeply flawed. “Ask any question” generally pertains to asking a question of a normal human who might be inclined to provide some sort of rational response. There is no point in asking Trump a question because that never happens. That’s what I was going to say. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/25 "2023-05-11T18:10:29Z")
Maybe. “So Mr Trump, do you think Dominion voting machines were hacked?” In hopes of getting him sued by Dominion. I’d also be curious to see how he tries to explain how his idea of reimposing Tariffs on China would help to fight inflation. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/26 "2023-05-11T18:19:32Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I’d also be curious to see how he tries to explain how his idea of reimposing Tariffs on China would help to fight inflation. Reimpose? They were never lifted. It’s still 25%. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/27 "2023-05-11T21:29:28Z")
I’d ask him some form of a “Do you still beat your wife?” question, something where the question itself offers little room to answer as posed without mucking it up. For example: > Mr. Trump, you apparently did not have the power or wherewithal, with the entire armed forces and DOJ under your control, to change the course of the rigged election. You were bested and came out the loser. Why should the American people elect someone so deficient, weak, and ill-prepared, when you came up so small when America most needed you to protect its democracy? It has the benefit of stipulating to his election fantasy, thereby forcing him to deal with the logical follow-up to his fantasy. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/28 "2023-05-11T21:32:33Z")
“So you want to be President again? By many objective measures, you did a horrible job in that role, especially your administration’s response to the pandemic. Thanks to your rhetoric, the country is sharply divided. Why do you think you deserve another shot at the nation’s top office? How will you bring the country together, and be a President for ALL Americans?” ---
**Author:** ![SharltoCopley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sharltocopley/32/12309_2.png) [@SharltoCopley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharltoCopley)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/29 "2023-05-11T21:45:10Z")
1. Name of Russian handler 2. Phone number of Russian handler 3. Email address of Russian handler ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/30 "2023-05-11T21:45:25Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I think the problem with asking a politician a single question is that they can just: > > - lie > - answer a different question > - say that the question is flawed > - refuse to answer and instead insult the questioner Which is why he didn’t testify in the Carroll case. None of those options are available when you’re on the witness stand. The judge will require you to answer the questions as posed. Even doing the deposition, with no judge present, was enough to put a major hole in his defence. ETA - well, lying is an option, of course. But the whoppers he tells are so self-defeating… ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/31 "2023-05-12T00:20:26Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > “Most people chicken out from the cinnamon challenge. Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton were afraid to do it. I have a heaping tablespoon of cinnamon right here- do you have the courage to do it right here and now?” Good one. Hostile audience questions would only help him in his victim-playing act. If, last night, CNN, had allowed Democrats into the audience, and he had faced some of the other questions posed in this thread, Obama-Trump voters would have been repelled. I know – not fair. Some of Trump’s own acts are so much worse than rude questions. But life here IS unfair. The idea that there is some ideal humiliating question that would hurt him is mistaken. The best you can do in a Trump-any-question venue is to avoid setting him up to get a few more sympathy votes. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/32 "2023-05-12T01:52:29Z")
“A friend said you’re not man enough to do 15 push-ups, straight as a board, elbows in, only your shnozz touching the ground. Do you have the guts to prove him wrong, right here and now?” “Can you please give everyone here a detailed lowdown on your nighttime toiletry regime?” “When Melania occasionally slaps your hand away in public for everyone to see, how embarrassed do you feel?” “Whenever you cheat at golf, do your partners roll their eyes as if to say ‘not again’?” “When Kellyanne Conway blew you just after your inauguration, was it Jim Jordan or Matt Gaetz who spread that it happened?” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/33 "2023-05-12T01:57:57Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > “What’s it like meeting Obama?” Yep, that’s the winner. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/34 "2023-05-12T02:19:39Z")
“Why did it take you three hours to get on television and call off the mob on January 6?” ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/35 "2023-05-12T02:23:58Z")
Here are some ideas from a pro: > **[Opinion | 11 questions I wish Trump had been asked at the CNN town hall](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/10/trump-cnn-town-hall-questions/)** > > So many missed opportunities. > [@](#): > > When defending yourself against E. Jean Carroll’s accusation of sexual assault, you [explained](https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-video-e-jean-carroll-deposition-released-not-my-type-any-way-shape-form) that she wasn’t your “type.” Would you have attacked her if she were your type? Do I think this kind of question would stop him from winning the election? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/36 "2023-05-12T03:07:09Z")
“What do you think about wives who are unfaithful to their husbands?” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/37 "2023-05-12T03:33:55Z")
I’d use my question to hurt his reputation with his base. “Why did you betray all the people who tried to take back the vote on January 6 by not issuing any of them presidential pardons before you left office?” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/38 "2023-05-12T03:35:48Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Obama-Trump voters would have been repelled All six of them? ---
**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:** [May 12, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/39 "2023-05-12T04:16:23Z")
“More nasty questions from the nasty lady!”…and that’s if he just didn’t talk right over those questions. ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-ask-trump-any-question/983877/40 "2023-05-12T06:53:34Z")
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