# Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166 "2024-11-12T19:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 101
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2001 "2025-03-08T13:49:16Z")
My Facebook friend with the franchise apparently bought _two_ of the things. He later commented that he was fine with a GDP plunge because, as he and his friends assert, it’s all ‘waste’. ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2002 "2025-03-08T14:33:44Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Now, now, it’s only the red parts that are Real America, inhabited by Real Americans. Those woke blue bits don’t count. Red and blue might not be the relevant colors here. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2003 "2025-03-08T16:11:30Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > A two-legged stool cannot stand. Only if you assume stools to have small square legs. > **[Turn Black Home on Instagram: "SEPTEMBER STOOL Intricate joineries make our...](https://www.instagram.com/turnblackhome/p/DDuE4cMzlGD/september-stoolintricate-joineries-make-our-september-stool-stand-out-with-its-d/?img_index=1)** > > 642 likes, 9 comments - turnblackhome on December 18, 2024: "SEPTEMBER STOOL > > Intricate joineries make our September Stool stand out with its design. > > Handcrafted from Indian Rosewood, this stool features a two-legged design with and A-line legs. Its... (That isn’t a metaphor for tariffs, it’s purely a nitpick.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2004 "2025-03-08T16:23:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > A two-legged stool cannot stand. For that matter, his first two legs may be impossible to fulfill together. For a tariff to protect industries, it has to be high enough to actually cause consumers to buy from domestic suppliers. But if it does that, you’re not collecting any revenue! There may be some intermediate point between revenue maximization and protection, but it probably won’t do a great job at either. But then, Trump is the guy who thinks we need both a strong dollar and high net exports. It doesn’t work that way. It _can’t_ work that way. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2005 "2025-03-08T16:33:26Z")
You know, every time Trump does something stupid that depresses the financial markets, then reverses it….I wonder how much money his insider cronies made trading on his actions, then I start to think that might be the point. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2006 "2025-03-08T16:47:44Z")
At this point, you don’t even need to be an insider. He telegraphs his flip flops. You just need to be rich enough to be able to afford the gamble, and make enough to make it worthwhile. 5% of a 100k investment portfolio isn’t much, but of a 10 million portfolio? Free money! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2007 "2025-03-08T18:21:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > > > Now, now, it’s only the red parts that are Real America, inhabited by Real Americans. Those woke blue bits don’t count. > > Red and blue might not be the relevant colors here. Brown, mottled with black and blue, spattered with red? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2008 "2025-03-08T18:22:33Z")
And lily white in contrast ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2009 "2025-03-08T18:25:44Z")
Works … every _single_ time: > [@The United States Declares Economic War on Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-declares-economic-war-on-canada/1013734/661): > > I reminded my wife, this morning, about who won and who lost in the 2008/9 financial crisis. The overwhelming majority of the gains made in the ensuing rebound inured to the benefit of the wealthiest Americans. It’s half-off day on Amazon, but you have to have an [AmEx Black Card](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_Card) to play. And I do believe that technology makes that more readily available to the well-heeled by an order of magnitude or more than post-'08/'09. Also, let’s say Trump’s Mafia tactics do convince some businesses to … At some point (a point that we’re well past), it’s just _gross._ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2010 "2025-03-08T19:57:48Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > A two-legged stool cannot stand. Oh, I don’t know. I’ve see him standing now and then. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2011 "2025-03-08T20:38:34Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I wonder how much money his insider cronies made trading on his actions, then I start to think that might be the point. Of course it is one of the points. Plenty of ‘insiders’ in the House and Senste making $$$ too. ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2012 "2025-03-08T20:42:07Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > A two-legged stool cannot stand. Whereas a two-legged fool can become President. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2013 "2025-03-08T20:45:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Only if you assume stools to have small square legs That’s not a stool, it’s a very small bench. We’re no longer required to respect its preferred identity! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2014 "2025-03-08T20:58:53Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > A two-legged stool cannot stand. > > Oh, I don’t know. I’ve see him standing now and then. Internet winner of the day. Even though it’s a shitty response. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2015 "2025-03-08T23:21:20Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > You know, every time Trump does something stupid that depresses the financial markets, then reverses it….I wonder how much money his insider cronies made trading on his actions, then I start to think that might be the point. Personally, I’m starting to suspect that Donald Trump might not be a very good businessman. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2016 "2025-03-09T00:06:50Z")
> [@from Fear\_Itself's link](#): > > Piggott, 47, told Reuters in an interview, saying she would not have supported Trump if she knew then what she knows now. [![](https://i.imgur.com/9nG9046.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/9nG9046.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2017 "2025-03-09T00:47:49Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Personally, I thought it sucked. Hey, **wguy123** was just spitballing there. > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I’m shocked. > > Not that he didn’t have any evidence to support his ridiculous allegation, I knew that the instant I heard about it, but that he willingly admitted such. I’m not shocked he admitted he was spreading a rumor. What would shock me is if he were to have the chongers to admit he started the blame rumor in the first place. > [@Ruken](#): > > > [@OldOlds](#): > > > > Am I an asshole because this made me happy? > > Yes. Please fill out a name tag and take a seat at the table. There’s plenty of room. We wear funny hats on Tuesdays. Sombreros? > [@JKellyMap](#): > > (I just wanted to reiterate that lack of empathy is THE sign of a Trumper You are mistaken here. THE sing oa Trumper is they only show empathy for felon47. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2018 "2025-03-09T01:00:56Z")
A fine little compendium of those who had to call the waaaaahhhhmbulance. It’s possible some of these have already been mentioned, here. > **[Ex-Government Employees Who Backed Trump Are Now Questioning Their Votes...](https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/fired-federal-workers-who-voted-for-trump-share-stories)** > > "I had supported Trump in the past, but after he took office, I began to notice that many of his policies seemed to target individuals like me — supporters who found themselves laid off." ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2019 "2025-03-09T01:20:03Z")
At about 30 seconds into the below video, Jennifer Piggott (#2 in the Buzzfeed article ) mentions how nobody understood the devastation having “this administration in office would do to our lives” - and it’s very clear from the way she pronounces that “our” that she was fine with other people’s lives being devastated. [https://reut.rs/43vsTvk](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Freut.rs%2F43vsTvk%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1cJI_GT_s6zn15TRI1KlGjkTVhFQT2MsDL2bEK4Cn50hgBMy2ZlX80iA8_aem_cUSencpxi6MDYVmgraEqYA&h=AT0xnx0yWJAwln2xq28a7dc22_Jvns4ynKv-c0zx0X9mtrujnNq-yMIbNAXU9IyqyNyvI9VgjIgXcb6O-mObtIPK_svAnp44sTkuaxJcKX8Up4GNQFcjNXfRzth1pUOiMw& __tn__ =-UK-R&c%5B0%5D=AT3bdQed1Fke0SQjFh9NM5IBMIhJc0LkbcHM0Jd4Y1tdxQEv57y96oUX8bfRLEKqZUIIJ8GI58oQjDTWFtw_Lm0uHhM6Hx4FDTHV-tz8vxxqUuIq5ur79HGhKz0hzZBxepjbqSxcoHej-wd3CeQsW2jrvp4BpFdVti9B-4h2_YVHzXGXINBeuAPMD9nGplhQoPcGuo700F-TaWVkwCx2X8LJabgVgemMhgj4WDzXu0PwJ1JwuA) ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/2020 "2025-03-09T01:23:44Z")
Indeed. Note in her video interview, at 0:39, she says she was “skipping down the halls” under the belief her job was safe. So seems she was fine with the firings, until they got to the “then they came for me” part. > **[Fired federal employees, Trump voters express regret and protest Elon Musk,...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2tI0d_wZjs%2F)** > > After President Donald Trump's Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) fired more than 125 people from the Treasury Department's Bureau of F... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=102)