# Say something good about Donald Trump. Can you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 23, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705 "2025-02-23T19:18:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/121 "2025-03-04T04:39:55Z")
Plenty of us are mocking him by mentioning his “positive” characteristics in the worst way as well: > [@ParallelLines](#): > > His self confidence is amazing? > > Or similarly: > > I’m sure I’d lack the confidence to continue on in the same way after multiple attempts on my life! But yes, it’s gallows humor. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/122 "2025-03-04T22:06:20Z")
Sorry if it’s already been mentioned, but his flair for seizing a merchandising opportunity is flawless. ---
**Author:** ![justdoit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/123 "2025-03-05T02:22:03Z")
He wants peace in Gaza and Ukraine. He wants to cut DoD and Pentagon spending. Aren’t those usual Democrat goals? Kind of confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/124 "2025-03-05T02:52:50Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > WHY is anybody trying to say anything good about him? Every day he does something more horrific than the day before. > > This is a terrible exercise and I don’t understand why anyone is playing along. We are demonstrating that we do not blindly hate Trump just because he’s not on “our side” as many right wingers claim. We have looked at what Trump says and does and who he is as a person and have produced these small nuggets of value as proof of how thorough our search was. We are showing that our contempt for Trump is a rational response to what Trump is. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/125 "2025-03-05T03:06:05Z")
Not yet; only after he’s dead. ‘Say only good of the dead.’ ‘Trump is dead.’ ‘Good.’ ---
**Author:** ![justdoit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/126 "2025-03-06T02:05:15Z")
He is an Ivy league graduate, well traveled, and has many powerful friends or connections. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/127 "2025-03-06T02:20:43Z")
He paid someone to take his tests, I’ve probably been to more countries than he has, and his powerful friends are all despots. ---
**Author:** ![justdoit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/128 "2025-03-06T02:37:39Z")
He may have paid someone to take his SAT entrance test. He got the degree by himself. How many countries have you been to? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/129 "2025-03-06T03:03:29Z")
> [@justdoit](#): > > How many countries have you been to? Ten. Plus the U.S. Whether that’s more, or fewer, than Trump, I’m _certain_ I spent more time amongst the ‘average citizens’. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/130 "2025-03-06T19:00:20Z")
I’m with him on discontinuing the Penny, though I don’t think this can be or will be done with the stroke of a pen (as it were). I’m also with him on Pete Rose belonging in the Hall of Fame, not there’s anything he can do about it. I’m not really sure where he is on pot legalization. As a businessman, I think he sees the value in legalization. As a phony Christian who panders to the Christian Right for votes, he may possibly veto any pot legalization legislation. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/131 "2025-03-06T19:06:11Z")
On the day he dies, I’ll be able to say something good about him. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/132 "2025-03-06T19:15:04Z")
He is a genius. He has a hat to prove it: [![](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=2640,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/26/GettyImages-2201972579-scaled.jpg) ](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=2640,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/26/GettyImages-2201972579-scaled.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/133 "2025-03-06T21:35:21Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > On the day he dies, I’ll be able to say something good about him. Hopefully it won’t be “He wasn’t as bad as the new guy.” ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/134 "2025-03-06T21:51:32Z")
He’s pretty good at metabolizing oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/135 "2025-03-06T21:54:10Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > The USA already **[eliminated the half penny coin in 1857](https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/half-a-thought/?date=2025-02-21&utm_source=DamnInteresting)**, and what was the benefit of that? Did that improve anything? Why do you place such high hopes in getting rid of the full pence? And just 112 years later, we went to the Moon! Coincidence? I think not! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/136 "2025-03-07T00:00:57Z")
Donald Trump’s touch cures scrofula. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/137 "2025-03-07T09:13:54Z")
We got rid of the penny, the one and the two dollar bill here in Canada years ago. The sky didn’t fall. We have one and two dollar coins now. I know that’s nothing to do with Trump, just a tangent, I’m glad to see he’s changed his mind about tariffs. Again. Reminds me of the boy who cried wolf. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/138 "2025-03-07T09:34:52Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > He was able to father at least five children with minimal equipment. And they even look like him… ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/139 "2025-03-07T12:45:18Z")
I wouldn’t say that having kids looking like him is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705/140 "2025-03-07T17:30:48Z")
He’s done wonders for the orange pancake make-up business. And the manufacturers of blood pressure and anxiety pills [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705.md?page=8)