# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 105
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2081 "2023-11-12T03:20:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > And now, Drunk History with Donald Trump. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1723428473476129243) What the fuck is he talking about? I mean, the Opium Wars period, okay. And I don’t have high expectations of him having any clue about actual history, no way he knows who Sun Yat Sen or Chiang Kai Shek are. The only people he’s likey to have heard of are Mao or Xi. Is he now _praising_ their “powerful leadership”, is MAGA now emulating Russia AND China? I thought he hated China. Has he now noticed that China has had authoritarian leaders so he’s changed his mind? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2082 "2023-11-12T03:40:47Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > What the fuck is he talking about? I mean, the Opium Wars period, okay. And I don’t have high expectations of him having any clue about actual history, no way he knows who Sun Yat Sen or Chiang Kai Shek are. Maybe when he said “you know who that is”, he was hoping someone would yell out an answer. I doubt most people were actually listening to his words. They just hear “wah, wah, wah, wah, wah.” But if they were listening, I hope they felt really, really bad because they didn’t know whoever that great leader is. Dummies. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2083 "2023-11-12T03:55:28Z")
Eh, they all look alike anyway, amirite? /s ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2084 "2023-11-12T04:09:58Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > What the fuck is he talking about? He’s losing it. > > [@Loser Donald](#): > > The head of Hungary, a very tough, strong guy, Viktor Orbán… They interviewed him two weeks ago, and they asked, ‘What would you advise President Obama?’ He said it’s very simple; he should immediately resign, and they should replace him with President Trump. It’s 2023, Obama is president, Biden is leading us into World War 2, Hungary shares a border with Russia, there are 1.4 billion people in North Korea, fly strips are illegal, you need ID to buy toilet paper, and until two weeks ago nobody had noticed that “US” is spelled u-s. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2085 "2023-11-12T04:43:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > He’s losing it. He really is deteriorating, isn’t he, it’s not just wishful thinking. Whatever happens in 2024, I think he’s going to be either dead or _non compos mentis_ by 2028. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2086 "2023-11-12T06:32:11Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2087 "2023-11-12T07:47:00Z")
> I’d count the implicit Nazi dog whistles . . . but who’d care? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2088 "2023-11-12T12:05:13Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I’d count the implicit Nazi dog whistles . . . but who’d care? [Jesus! I mean Adolf!](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-sweeping-undocumented-immigrant-roundups-detention-camps-report-2023-11-11/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2089 "2023-11-12T15:24:53Z")
We might have to merge this thread with the “Evil Republican” thread soon. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2090 "2023-11-12T16:20:31Z")
“PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH” Appears to be one of their new MAGA slogans. Nothing to worry about there. Calling George Orwell… “Hello? Hey George, you where right, just off by a couple of decades” ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2091 "2023-11-12T16:29:46Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Calling George Orwell… And with Trump now having gone from China being the evil enemy to praising authoritarian Chinese leaders, I’m losing track… has Oceania always been at war with Eastasia? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2092 "2023-11-12T16:46:43Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > “PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH” Appears to be one of their new MAGA slogans. Oh, [that one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_through_strength) really is an **old** one… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2093 "2023-11-12T17:30:51Z")
Hey, maybe they’ll use railroad boxcars to move them out – so much more efficient than buses or planes, right? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2094 "2023-11-12T17:33:18Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Oh, [that one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_through_strength) really is an **old** one… [As said of the ancient Romans](https://www.econlib.org/archives/2011/06/tacitus_peace_a.html): “They make a desert, and call it peace.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2095 "2023-11-12T18:14:32Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Oh, [that one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_through_strength) really is an **old** one… “PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH” That wasn’t Trumps idea for sure. HIs knowledge of history is when was his last 1/4 Pounder. Fits with Stephan Miller though. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2096 "2023-11-12T21:44:47Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Hey, maybe they’ll use railroad boxcars to move them out – so much more efficient than buses or planes, right? This time around the accommodations will be even better: they’ll have two buckets per car to shit in! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2097 "2023-11-13T01:06:45Z")
And perhaps in the gathering camps they’ll separate out the adoptable babies and toddlers, and the hot teenage girls, for bringing in revenue to fund the transportation for the rest. what? Too cynical? And how many of the children separated at the border under Trump have disappeared, never to be reunited with their families? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2098 "2023-11-13T01:44:13Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > And how many of the children separated at the border under Trump have disappeared, never to be reunited with their families? A: We don’t know because they didn’t bother to keep track. Even the ASPCA has better records for their adopted pets. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2099 "2023-11-13T02:04:42Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > and the hot teenage girls You think too narrowly. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2100 "2023-11-13T02:14:24Z")
> Note that only one of those cups has been drunk out of, and it’s in front of the guy who has to testify under oath tomorrow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=106)