# "President of the United States Donald Trump" still seems vaguely unreal. Anyone else feel this way? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928 "2016-11-24T22:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/41 "2016-11-25T22:15:40Z")
I find it pretty much on the level of believability as [President Lex Luthor.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luthor#/media/File:Lex2000.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 25, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/42 "2016-11-25T22:20:04Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I find it pretty much on the level of believability as [President Lex Luthor.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luthor#/media/File:Lex2000.jpg) [What a coincidence!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=811297)(Shameless plug :D) ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/43 "2016-11-25T22:21:16Z")
> [@jakeburg](#): > > But, I do hope that he manages, somehow, someway, to do a good job. I think to wish for anything else would be making that leap from a liberal to a radical. I’m not going to do that. Well, that hope and a buck fifty will get you a cup of coffee. On the other hand, if you are actually concerned about what Trump and his Easter basket of rotten hard-boiled eggs will actually do, both to the country and the people within it, you could actually make some effort to oppose it, such as reminding your representatives in Congress that while Trump won the Electoral College he didn’t win the popular vote and they should bear that in mind when they think about backing his policy initiatives. You could donate time or money to causes which oppose Trump’s most egregious affronts to freedom and security. If you are a registered Democrat, you could remind your local and national party representatives that they’ll get a much better turnout–including your vote–if they promote and select a candidate that doesn’t start the election with a negative net approval rating. You could press election officials to upgrade voting systems to use secure and verifiable systems which permit rapid vote tallying and recount to combat claims of an election being ‘rigged’. And you can keep a count on all of the broken campaign promises–good and bad–that Trump immediately and will continue to renege on, as well as the people who backed him and take issue when someone around you claims that it is all someone else’s fault, or he didn’t really promise to do what he said, and so forth. Or, you can just sit and wish. That’s useful, too. It makes ponies rain out of the sky on every little girl’s birthday. > [@Colibri](#): > > I find it pretty much on the level of believability as [President Lex Luthor.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luthor#/media/File:Lex2000.jpg) At least Luther has the self-confidence to shave his head rather than maintain that atrocious combover that makes him look like a human-corn hybrid. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/44 "2016-11-25T22:23:50Z")
> [@jakeburg](#): > > Yeah… What else can you have? My life is going to go on, matter who he appoints. There just isn’t any other way to proceed in my opinion. > > - Do I like it? NO > > But, I also think some of things that Hillary has done are equally as dangerous. > > I think that Donald Trump was the 2nd least popular presidential candidate of all time, and he happened to be running against the least popular candidate of all time. We’ve had 8 years to identify & prep a candidate for this election, yet EVERYONE has known from the day Obama took the Office that Hillary was next in line and I haven’t met A SINGLE democrat who was ever thrilled about that option. The “least popular” candidate won more than two million more popular votes than her opponent. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/45 "2016-11-25T23:48:40Z")
Yes, in a way I wonder if that is how people felt when Reagan was president since he was a known public figure in areas other than politics. But Reagan was a governor before becoming president. Yep, feels vaguely unreal but also nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/46 "2016-11-26T00:09:43Z")
I’m quite glad\* that the UK only held the “Dumbest thing a western democracy has self-inflicted in the 21st century” award for a few months. - it’s more a howl of despair, to be honest ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/47 "2016-11-26T00:15:59Z")
It agree it feels unreal, given how long Mr. Trump has been a fairly well known person before jumping into politics. I liken it to when Jesse Ventura and Arnold won the governorships of their respected states. Maybe Reagan’s governorship too (I wasn’t around then). But at the same time, it also sure feels better than the alternative. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/48 "2016-11-26T00:36:38Z")
There’s going to be an aircraft carrier, or a submarine, named after Trump one day. Maybe a couple of streets around the US and a high school or two. Don’t forget the Trump presidental library. A presidential portrait in all government offices. A painting in the West Wing, if he decides to live there. He’ll be delivering the state of the union for at least the next four years. He’s going to be riding around in the beast causing all kinds of traffic jams for Washington D.C. commuters. I bet he’ll have gold rims installed on it. I wonder if he’ll do any talk show interviews like Obama. Maybe he could read a couple of mean tweets on Kimmel. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/49 "2016-11-26T00:38:23Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Yes, in a way I wonder if that is how people felt when Reagan was president since he was a known public figure in areas other than politics. But Reagan was a governor before becoming president. I was around at the time and it was somewhat surreal to be able to see the President in a movie like _Bedtime for Bonzo_. But Reagan had already been in politics for two decade at the time. Trump’s accession is far more bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/50 "2016-11-26T02:15:04Z")
> [@quiltguy](#): > > What’s even MORE sobering is that one day flags will be flown at half mast for this person, on the occasion of his death. Official portraits will hang of he and his good lady wife. I find these and other small “atrocities” to be stomach-churning. The day Trump dies I’ll pull a Vivian Vance order a round of champagne for everyone. On the plus side Trump has very few friends on Capital Hill, and it’s there’s always the possibility he screws up so badly he goes down in flames and becomes the first President to be forcibly removed from office. On fortunately it’s also possible that he’ll take hundreds of millions of other people down in flames with him. ---
**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/51 "2016-11-26T05:09:57Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Don’t forget the Trump presidental library. You mean that library that stocks only one book - “All Quiet on the Western Front”? :o Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/52 "2016-11-26T05:35:35Z")
I regularly post to Facebook that I’m watching _ **Idiocracy** _ ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/53 "2016-11-26T07:59:19Z")
I think the very existence of this thread demonstrates what a liberal echo chamber the SDMB really is. Very, very many Americans believe in Donald Trump and the ideology that he campaigned on. The fact that he won the election demonstrates that. Anyone is free to disagree with his philosophy, of course, but to treat it as if it were some sort of alternate reality is a flagrant disregard for the facts. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/54 "2016-11-26T09:28:01Z")
It all started when Barry Allen created Flashpoint. And he can’t go back and fix it. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/55 "2016-11-26T10:31:32Z")
I heard “President Trump” on the radio today and it still hits me like a ton of bricks. Its completely surreal. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/56 "2016-11-26T10:32:46Z")
> [@Teach-me-not](#): > > You mean that library that stocks only one book - “All Quiet on the Western Front”? :o > Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk “The Art of the Deal” in hardcover, and paperback, both signed. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/57 "2016-11-26T10:49:17Z")
It does seem jarring. Typing or writing out names like, “The Abraham Lincoln administration…the Ronald Reagan administration…the Dwight D. Eisenhower…the John F. Kennedy administration…the **Donald Trump administration** ”…what??? But within half a year “President Trump” will probably roll off our tongues just like “President Obama.” Obama did sound like an unusual name but sounded perfectly natural within a year. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/58 "2016-11-26T11:03:41Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > It does seem jarring. > Typing or writing out names like, > “The Abraham Lincoln administration…the Ronald Reagan administration…the Dwight D. Eisenhower…the John F. Kennedy administration…the **Donald Trump administration** ”…what??? > But within half a year “President Trump” will probably roll off our tongues just like “President Obama.” Obama did sound like an unusual name but sounded perfectly natural within a year. None of the others came into office so supremely unqualified to be President, though. It’s not the name that has people in a state of shock, it’s the man, who many people never thought would be elected in their worst nightmares. Even Eisenhower, who had no political experience, was a highly regarded general and tactician. He knew how to plan and take charge, something Trump doesn’t seem to be very interested in doing at this point. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/59 "2016-11-26T11:14:12Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > But within half a year “President Trump” will probably roll off our tongues just like “President Obama.” Or “Governor Schwarzenegger.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928/60 "2016-11-26T13:32:23Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Still unbelievable to me. Donald Fucking Trump. Unreal. Has convinced me that this is all a simulation-where the vast majority of people are actually AI’s. In the real, rational world he wouldn’t have gotten a single vote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-of-the-united-states-donald-trump-still-seems-vaguely-unreal-anyone-else-feel-this-way/772928.md?page=4)