# 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:** 9
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/161 "2025-03-05T18:20:42Z")
I would be more than willing to put money on Trump not being able to articulate the relationship between chickens and eggs. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/162 "2025-03-05T18:22:24Z")
Donald posts, after a convo with Trudeau, he hasn’t seen any PROOF drugs aren’t coming across, blah, blah…then mentions he asked Trudeau when the election was, “He didn’t know! What going on with that?” Then he said ‘he realized Trudeau was using this to try and stay in power!’ How can a president be THIS stupid? Hasn’t he got advisers? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/163 "2025-03-05T18:35:48Z")
When you tend to be a “shoot the messenger” type who already knows everything worth knowing, the remaining messengers figure out how not to get shot, which usually doesn’t include correcting the boss. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/164 "2025-03-05T18:45:37Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > How can a president be THIS stupid? > Hasn’t he got advisers? His “advisors” are those that put him in power and keep him in power, and they are either stupid enough to support him, cravenly smart enough not to get in the way…or a bit of both. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/165 "2025-03-05T18:54:01Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I would be more than willing to put money on Trump not being able to articulate the relationship between chickens and eggs. Both he and Melania knows he came first. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/166 "2025-03-05T18:54:06Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I would be more than willing to put money on Trump not being able to articulate the relationship between chickens and eggs. It’s because, as far as Trump is concerned, he always comes first. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/167 "2025-03-05T19:03:38Z")
But surely there’s someone around to point out that Trudeau doesn’t get to decide when the election is, he isn’t head of the Liberal party, who head’s government, anymore! And also, he’s NOT running for re-election, you moron. Doesn’t anyone in the White House read a paper? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/168 "2025-03-05T19:06:20Z")
Sadly, I regret to inform the board that I can not find an image of Trump as a Minuteman and provide the punchline to the above set-ups. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/169 "2025-03-05T19:07:34Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > But surely there’s someone around to point out that Trudeau doesn’t get to decide when the election is When the only people being kept are “Yes Men”, then “Yes” is the word he hears, and that includes the media allowed in the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/170 "2025-03-05T19:15:59Z")
I didn’t have much reason to post this article, at least not here, until I got to the end: > **[Some Wisconsin Republicans say they'll still hold town halls despite advice...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/05/wisconsin-republicans-say-they-wont-heed-advice-to-avoid-town-halls/81370691007/)** > > Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are encouraging members to avoid in-person town halls following backlash over Trump administration government cuts. > Van Orden [referred to](https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/1897006137888714780) protests at GOP town halls as a communist technique “to push a Leftwing political agenda, not to increase our ability to communicate with our constituents.” > “People have to understand… how people associated with the communist movement and the national socialist movement used to get their way politically is they would do stuff like this, and they were called agitators,” Van Orden said ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/171 "2025-03-05T19:31:13Z")
McCarthy would be _so_ proud. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/172 "2025-03-05T22:32:38Z")
Its an excellent opportunity to make sure all those free loading wild birds take on the burden of disease. Its not a terrible idea under normal conditions, but when the domestic fowl population is being ravaged by avian flu, I don’t think speading more around is a good idea. We had chickens when I was a teenager. Its not effortless, but fresh eggs are pretty good. I dont have the time myself, but its not a terrible idea, except right now. Its a really terrible idea right now. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/173 "2025-03-06T10:24:18Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > How can a president be THIS stupid? > Hasn’t he got advisers? Advisors are useful only if you listen to what they say. Trump much prefers yes-men. > [@elbows](#): > > But surely there’s someone around to point out that Trudeau doesn’t get to decide when the election is, he isn’t head of the Liberal party, who head’s government, anymore! There is zero comprehension that there is more than one way to structure a government among the current clown-show running the US. Trump can’t properly pronounce “parliamentary system”, much less understand how it works > [@elbows](#): > > Doesn’t anyone in the White House read a paper? Of course not. There are no papers on the approved list of media/propaganda. It’s all video these days. > [@FluffyBob](#): > > Its not a terrible idea under normal conditions, but when the domestic fowl population is being ravaged by avian flu, I don’t think speading more around is a good idea. The wild populations are also getting ravaged - thousands of dead birds are washing up on the shores of Lake Michigan, being found in fields, etc. in my area. These events aren’t (apparently) getting national play but the local media everywhere seem to be reporting this sort of thing. For some reason the Canada geese don’t seem to be dropping dead even though culling their numbers wouldn’t be all bad… ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/174 "2025-03-06T10:36:13Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > For some reason the Canada geese don’t seem to be dropping dead CUE: Accusing Canada of biologic warfare because of the avian flu and the price of eggs . . . shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/175 "2025-03-06T10:37:21Z")
I actually dreamed last night that Trump openly declared war on Canada. In my dream I think it was over electrical importation/boycotting but sure, it could be claims of biological warfare. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/176 "2025-03-06T10:44:14Z")
I’m trying to imagine someone getting Trump to comprehend that the Canada goose is not Canadian. Of course, I can’t. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/177 "2025-03-06T12:57:31Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I’m trying to imagine someone getting Trump to comprehend that the Canada goose is not Canadian. > Of course, l can’t. He thinks a Canada goose is what he wants to do to a porn star from Calgary. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/178 "2025-03-06T13:00:22Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Of course not. There are no papers on the approved list of media/propaganda. It’s all video these days. Actually, getting serious for a moment, this is false. Trump likes getting actual paper. He’s old fashioned (or just old) like that. Remember his trial in NYC last year? Where they daily gave him a folder full of stories printed from news sites? Of course, to minimize ketchup smears on the walls, there are staffers whose job is to print (literally print stories that he could otherwise just read off his phone) these stories for him or cut them from newspapers, if available. And only ones that flatter him and wouldn’t upset him. He’s literally an idiot man-child. Aging, sagging body with a toddler’s brain unable to endure even simple court procedures without something to occupy what passes for his easily distracted brain. > [@Broomstick](#): > > These events aren’t (apparently) getting national play but the local media everywhere seem to be reporting this sort of thing. Anybody still remember the tuberculosis outbreak that started in Kansas? Yeah, that’s still going and has spread to other states. You wouldn’t think it from consuming the traditional news media, though. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/179 "2025-03-06T13:13:36Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Trump likes getting actual paper. Yes, look up Natalie Harp, AKA The Human Printer, who literally follows him around printing our articles for him. I believe she also one of the people doing his tweeting. [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trumps-petite-personal-printer/](https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trumps-petite-personal-printer/) > Harp, 32, occupies a unique role in the history of presidential campaigns: aide who travels with a portable printer (plus paper and rechargeable batteries in a large bag) whose job is to feed Trump a steady stream of information [on 8.5×11″ pieces of paper](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/communications-aide-natalie-harp-appears-outside-the-news-photo/2149316063?adppopup=true). That way, the 77-year-old doesn’t have to strain his eyes on a smartphone to read all the news that’s fit to print in MAGAville Interesting side effect: > Perhaps more than anyone else, Harp gatekeeps much of what Trump sees on social media and reads in the news ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/180 "2025-03-06T13:16:25Z")
I like that. “Steady stream of information” my left ass cheek. It’s all big font headlines, flattering photos, and mentions of the size of his…‘crowds’. Like anybody with a serious inferiority complex, he requires constant affirmation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=10)