# Ok, odd trump question - What does the Westboro Baptist Church think of Donald Trump? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 13, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517 "2024-05-13T21:37:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517/1 "2024-05-13T21:37:42Z")
What does the Westboro Baptist Church think of Donald Trump? Will they endorse him? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517/2 "2024-05-13T21:50:54Z")
The last time they made any sort of news was when they protested Trump’s inauguration in 2017. They literally hate everybody. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517/3 "2024-05-13T21:57:34Z")
Finally! A group of right-wing religious nuts who don’t support Trump. The Republican party may have found its moral center. Although I guess there’s nothing stopping them from protesting someone they _do_ support. ---
**Author:** ![anny\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517/4 "2024-05-13T23:33:26Z")
Proof that the enemy of my enemy isn’t always my friend. ---
**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 13, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517/5 "2024-05-13T23:41:06Z")
The Westboro Baptist ~~Church~~ Cult hates everybody. That is one of the primary ways that they keep control. They teach all of their congregants that the the rest of the world is evil and hates them and so the only place they can find love is within the church. This is why they go out of their way to offend everyone they can find, its so that people will hate them. Well, that and the fact that if they can convince people to respond in an illegal manner they get to sue of bundles of money and these law suits are a significant portion of their revenue. In any case long story short, there is no way that they would unite with anyone as mainstream as Trump. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517/6 "2024-05-14T01:27:50Z")
Fortunately, these clowns have not been as visible recently as they were about 20 years ago. The last time I personally saw them was when they protested outside a Willie Nelson concert I attended about 10 years ago. Not sure why they were there, actually. They really aren’t all that political. As already stated, they hate everybody, but especially gays. I knew one of them professionally back around 2010. He was a support person for an IT sales/integration firm. One of the smartest people that I dealt with. He was married to the daughter of Fred Phelps, the founder of the church. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517/7 "2024-05-14T01:53:40Z")
Since Fred died, they’ve pretty much disappeared from the public eye. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517/8 "2024-05-14T12:27:59Z")
Until now, that it. Thanks a lot, @Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor ! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517/9 "2024-05-14T16:11:17Z")
> [@anny\_m](#): > > Proof that the enemy of my enemy isn’t always my friend. Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. No more. No less.