# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2025-02-22T21:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 52
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1021 "2025-06-06T14:34:15Z")
I mean, it’s one banana. What can it cost, 10%? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1022 "2025-06-06T14:34:19Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > Yes, we have no bananas. Come, Mr. Tallyman, tally me bananas… ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1023 "2025-06-06T14:39:51Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The bananas question comes at about the 4:30 mark. > > Link [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Td2Bib2qZo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Td2Bib2qZo) And it’s not just the incredible nonsense about building bananas in America. Watch his face as he stares straight into the camera, as he clearly talks to Trump. The smarmy, self-satisfied smile on his face as he pronounces his nonsense makes me want to hit him. He knows he’s full of shit, but he doesn’t care because he knows no one can hold him to account. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1024 "2025-06-06T14:43:59Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Big Banana to develop areas of the USA for optimal conditions for growing American Bananas I’m going to genetically engineer, patent, and trademark the BananUS™, a banana variant for growing in the Continental United States. Iowa will be covered in BananUS™ plants! ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1025 "2025-06-06T15:15:04Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Come, Mr. Tallyman, tally me bananas… Come Mr. Tariffman, tariff me bananas… MAGA come and destroy me home. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1026 "2025-06-06T15:18:29Z")
US should start building banana stands. There is always money in the banana stand. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1027 "2025-06-06T15:20:01Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > My understanding is that the amount of bananas grown in Puerto Rico is sufficient to meet the demand for bananas in…Puerto Rico. Pretty much. And that’s if we don’t get a hurricane in season. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1028 "2025-06-06T15:21:55Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > There is always money in the banana stand. 🎶 I’ll meet you down at the big yellow joint… 🎶 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1029 "2025-06-06T15:22:43Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I’m going to genetically engineer, patent, and trademark the BananUS™, a banana variant for growing in the Continental United States. Iowa will be covered in BananUS™ plants! [You might want to rethink that name](https://theoatmeal.com/comics/bananus). ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1030 "2025-06-06T15:38:24Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > Come, Mr. Tallyman, tally me bananas… > > Come Mr. Tariffman, tariff me bananas… > > MAGA come and destroy me home. From the album Collapse-O 😱 ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1031 "2025-06-06T15:38:43Z")
My lawsuit will be forthcoming. As well as lots of propaganda about pronunciation. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1032 "2025-06-06T15:45:29Z")
[![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/bananus/6.png) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/bananus/6.png) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1033 "2025-06-06T15:49:42Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I get the whole “build” thing, but can’t bananas be grown in America? Not in the quantities Americans want to eat them. It’s easy to grow bananas in the tropics. The tricky part is the logistics in getting them to US markets. Just the other day I saw a fascinating [Wendover video](https://youtu.be/NmhDcZHg7ik) (22 min.) that contrasted what it take to make available year around a constant, long-distance fruit – bananas – vs. a seasonal, relatively short distance one (apples) vs. seasonal but available both near and far (grapes). ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1034 "2025-06-06T16:57:51Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > It’s easy to grow bananas in the tropics. The tricky part is the logistics in getting them to US markets. The history of growing bananas for consumption in America is quite fascinating. > **[Banana republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic)** > > In political science, the term banana republic describes a politically and economically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the export of natural resource. A banana republic is a country with an economy of state capitalism, where the country is operated as a private commercial enterprise for the exclusive profit of the ruling class. Typically, a banana republic has a society of extremely stratified social classes, usually a large impoverished working class and a ruling class plutocra... ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1035 "2025-06-06T17:08:46Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I get the whole “build” thing, but can’t bananas be grown in America? I had productive banana plants in my back yard when I lived in military housing on Oahu. I can attest that the USA is _not_ able to meet America’s demand for bananas. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1036 "2025-06-06T17:15:37Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > People, it’s obvious that Climate Change/Global Warming is a conspiracy by Big Banana to develop areas of the USA for optimal conditions for growing American Bananas…I mean, it’s so obvious… The U.S. already grows more bananas than we need, but the banana growers all band together to pile them up In landfills to keep the price artificially high. Or is that a slippery slope? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1037 "2025-06-06T17:16:37Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > There is always money in the banana stand. An Afghanistan banana stand, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1038 "2025-06-06T17:23:29Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > > [@Alessan](#): > > > > I get the whole “build” thing, but can’t bananas be grown in America? > > Short answer is “no”, we do not have the correct climate despite covering so much real estate. All the more reason to move quickly on taking back the Panama Canal (and Panama), and from there moving further south, until the USA controls aspects of the tropical fruit industry that Chiquita Brands Int’l (_nee_ United Brands Company [_nee_ United Fruit Company]) could only dream about.(/s) > [@Broomstick](#): > > There are some other bits of land in Hawaii that grow coffee, but again, we don’t have nearly enough of it to supply the entire US demand, **and** Hawaiian coffee isn’t the cheapest. Replace “and” with “which is why” for accuracy. > [@RitterSport](#): > > Maybe instead of 30 bananas for Christmas, kids can do with just one or two. HAH! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1039 "2025-06-06T18:41:34Z")
Reminds me of status pineapples. Back before steam powered ships, when they were so expensive and difficult to source that people would rent them to imply their personal wealth and status. We’re bringing the 19th century back, baby! > **[The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877)** > > For a couple of centuries, the British were in an unlikely frenzy for the exotic fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1040 "2025-06-06T19:43:16Z")
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got 'til it’s gone They paved paradise, put up a banana stand. From Joni’s “Big Yellow Banana” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=53)