# It’s August 14th. Is Trump President again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 14, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653 "2021-08-14T10:29:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/21 "2021-08-15T04:43:23Z")
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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/22 "2021-08-15T05:18:49Z")
Relevant oldie-but-goodie Onion article; > **[South Postpones Rising Again For Yet Another Year](https://www.theonion.com/south-postpones-rising-again-for-yet-another-year-1819565548)** > > HUNTSVILLE, AL–For the 135th straight year since Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, representatives for the South announced Monday that the region has postponed plans to rise again. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/23 "2021-08-15T08:24:07Z")
I just found [this Twitter thread started by Dan Rather](https://twitter.com/cathylanski/status/1426344887444774913). ---
**Author:** ![agzem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@agzem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agzem)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/24 "2021-08-15T10:59:25Z")
Remember this ? > **[Hillary Clinton Could Still Become President: Expert](https://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-president-trump-russia-probe-lawrence-lessig-784081)** > > Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig penned an essay in October outlining a series of hypothetical scenarios that could take place were an ongoing probe to find evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia ahead of the election. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/25 "2021-08-15T11:01:05Z")
I found a picture that cracks me up: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/FKSdVNd.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/FKSdVNd) ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/26 "2021-08-15T11:06:43Z")
From the article: > “This is one way it could happen,” Lessig said. “But that’s very different from saying I think it will happen, or should happen, or [that] the evidence is there for it to happen.” Which is just a _bit_ different from Lindell’s and similar claims. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/27 "2021-08-15T11:06:57Z")
> [@agzem](#): > > Remember this ? > > [http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-president-trump-russia-probe-lawrence-lessig-784081](http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-president-trump-russia-probe-lawrence-lessig-784081) - There’s a difference between one person laying out a hypothetical and an entire major political party and half the voters believing actually _believing_ insane conspiracy theories. ---
**Author:** ![agzem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@agzem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agzem)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/28 "2021-08-15T11:53:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > There’s a difference between one person laying out a hypothetical and an **entire major political party** and half the voters believing actually _believing_ insane conspiracy theories. Entire party? Fake. It’s just a tiny minority. And it’s Democrats that believe it also: > **[14% of Biden voters think Trump will be reinstated THIS YEAR, poll finds](https://www.the-sun.com/news/3467841/biden-voters-think-trump-will-be-reinstated-as-president/)** > > A WORRYING percentage of Biden voters think Donald Trump will be reinstated as president this year, new polling found. Some 14 percent of Biden voters surveyed said it was “very” of … ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/29 "2021-08-15T12:31:35Z")
He’ll always be President in my heart. Also, an obscure definition of heart is diarrheal discharge. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/30 "2021-08-15T12:39:46Z")
> [@agzem](#): > > Entire party? Fake. It’s just a tiny minority. And it’s Democrats that believe it also: - Tiny minority? Larger than the number of Dems you cited. [_Forbes_ on the same survey.](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/06/09/3-in-10-republicans-believe-wacky-conspiracy-theory-trump-will-be-reinstated-as-president-this-year-poll-shows/?sh=409d77af3aeb) > While 61% of GOP respondents labeled Trump’s return unlikely, some 29% said they believe he will be made president again. > > This compares to 84% of the Democrats surveyed who said Trump won’t be reinstated and 13% who said he will be. More dangerous than Dems who passively believe Trump can be reinstated: > As _Forbes_ has previously [reported](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/06/03/lara-trump-dismisses-reports-trump-believes-he-will-be-reinstated-in-august/?sh=cac71634ff2f), some of Trump’s more outlandish supporters and allies have advocated for antidemocratic maneuvers to seize control of the White House. Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn [called](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/06/03/lara-trump-dismisses-reports-trump-believes-he-will-be-reinstated-in-august/?sh=cac71634ff2f) for a Myanmar-style military coup at a QAnon conference late last month (he has since walked back the comments). ---
**Author:** ![agzem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@agzem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agzem)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/31 "2021-08-15T13:14:23Z")
29% is not an “ **entire major political party** ”. And there’s only a **16% difference** in Republicans who believe that vs Democrats who believe it. In the poll I cited it was 26% to 14% (only 12% difference). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/32 "2021-08-15T13:17:14Z")
> [@agzem](#): > > 29% is not an “ **entire major political party** ”. And there’s only a **16% difference** in Republicans who believe that vs Democrats who believe it. In the poll I cited it was 26% to 14% (only 12% difference). - Percentage _points_. Big difference. Learn it. You seem to have also forgotten the large base of support the ShitGibbon has among Republican Congressthings and Governors. ---
**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 15, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/33 "2021-08-15T13:17:37Z")
> [@shh1313](#): > > Are they on drugs? Or some kind of mass hypnosis? Here is an interesting YouTube video about mass psychosis. You’d think that some of the quotes in it are specifically related to the US today, but they were from a guy who died in the 1970s. [MASS PSYCHOSIS - How an Entire Population Becomes MENTALLY ILL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09maaUaRT4M&list=PLx3C-F_vt3dxOaZL_ojpQO5bx1Lrbs1pN&index=47) ---
**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:** [August 15, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/34 "2021-08-15T14:07:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Republican Congressthings and Governors. Isn’t that Governators? ---
**Author:** ![shh1313](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shh1313/32/8020_2.png) [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/35 "2021-08-15T15:14:18Z")
@Ike_Witt 1/2 through and I agree. So true. Good video. Thanks ---
**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:** [August 15, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/36 "2021-08-15T16:44:11Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > In other news you didn’t see, Trump is beginning to assemble his Cabinet (which, we _did_ see in the news, he met with a week or so ago). A few front-runners appear to be: Mike Lindell for Secretary of State; Flynn for SecDef; Lou DeJoy for Secretary of Commerce; Ivanka for Treasury. This is just the kind of fake news you’d expect from this liberal message board. As we all know, Donald Trump is perfect. He is the Chosen One. So the problems that have allegedly arisen during his presidency must be due to the people around him. It was always somebody else’s fault. So to make things run right, from this point on Donald Trump will handle everything personally. He will be President (of course). He will be Vice President (firing that traitor Pence). He will hold all cabinet positions and head all federal agencies. He will, for the time being, allow Congress and the Supreme Court to exist but they are now subject to his orders. From now on, Donald Trump’s presidency will exist entirely inside his own head. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/37 "2021-08-15T16:52:04Z")
Of course he is. You mean you didn’t notice? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/38 "2021-08-15T17:03:55Z")
I wonder if the day will ever come when all of these folks sending money to this charlatan will realize they’ve been had. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/39 "2021-08-15T17:39:16Z")
Even if they did they’re so far up denial it’ll be two months before they reach the headwaters. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653/40 "2021-08-15T17:57:01Z")
Disgraced twice impeached former President tanTrump is still not President again, the sore loser. Just reminding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653.md?page=3)