# The argument that Trump will do whatever he wants and no one can stop him is really fucking boring **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [December 12, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527 "2024-12-12T02:36:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/321 "2025-02-04T18:21:46Z")
Then go protest at a news room. Blockade them so all the satellite cars are on their parking lot. Then there is nothing to report about except you. Be disruptive. Be creative. From here it seems you’re all pretty much fine with it. ELON MUSK is running the treasury? Any American not on some doorstep protesting this deserves to have his social security paid out in DOGE coin. (And pay taxes in Yuan) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/322 "2025-02-04T18:33:33Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > So true. I also have been looking for someone, anyone, to criticize this man before it’s too late. What a disgrace. I think you’ll find this isn’t true. People have been criticizing him since he stepped on to a public stage. All it does is draw his fire. We need something a lot more effective. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/323 "2025-02-04T18:39:33Z")
“Draw his fire” ? The guy is hardly heavy artillery. If you guys aren’t standing up to some guy’s mean tweets, I think you should start to despair. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/324 "2025-02-04T18:43:43Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > The guy is hardly heavy artillery. If you guys aren’t standing up to some guy’s mean tweets, I think you should start to despair. Ask a trans person or an immigrant (really any recent immigrant) if Trump is ‘hardly heavy artillery’. Anyway, in the despair department, I’m, like, the queen. Despair doesn’t mean you don’t fight. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/325 "2025-02-04T18:46:50Z")
I have been daily emailing my congress idiots. No replies though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/326 "2025-02-04T19:00:18Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Ask a trans person or an immigrant I thought that maybe for once we could get some of those affluent, white, cis dudes to stand up. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/327 "2025-02-04T19:09:45Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > These people know that the people in Brussels work for them, sure as fuck not the other way around. That may be still true in Brussels, and I envy you. People not in the MAGA camp realized on DAY ONE when T\*\*\*p got handed the keys, that he and MAGA aren’t working for anyone but themselves. I am full-on terrified, and I apologize again to the rest of the world, especially Canada and Latin America. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/328 "2025-02-04T19:17:26Z")
_Call_ your representatives. Anything digital is easyto ignore. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/329 "2025-02-04T19:58:11Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > _Call_ your representatives. > Anything digital is easyto ignore. All of the calls go to full voice mails Tried that Monday ---
**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:** [February 4, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/330 "2025-02-04T22:37:29Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > Then go protest at a news room. > Blockade them so all the satellite cars are on their parking lot. Then there is nothing to report about except you. If you’re expecting the same media which made it its goal to get Trump reelected to honestly cover the state of public sentiment about him, you’re going to be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/331 "2025-02-05T00:07:54Z")
It may be boring, but it’s getting more and more true every day. I bit the bullet and sent messages to my reps via snail mail. I also used “FOREVER” stamps with a U.S. flag on them, and put them on upside down. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/332 "2025-02-05T01:13:26Z")
I’m in red Florida, and not sure I should paint a target on myself by contacting my “representatives”. ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/333 "2025-02-05T03:04:27Z")
Lame. I’m in northern FL and I contacted my (red) congressman this afternoon, specifically to object to Musk’s involvement in people’s personal business. So did some of my neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/334 "2025-02-05T03:32:34Z")
I don’t want the families of the primary hackers to get doxxed, unless they were responsible for these young people getting the jobs, but here are their names, via the National Park Service. Akash Bobba Edward Coristine Luke Farrito Gautier Cole Killian Gavin Kliger Ethan Shaotran ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/335 "2025-02-05T04:15:14Z")
Well, out of anyone who can potentially stop Trump, you can count the CIA out: > **[CIA sends ‘buyout’ offers to entire workforce | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/cia-workforce-buyouts/index.html)** > > The Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday became the first major national security agency to offer so-called buyouts to its entire workforce, a CIA spokesperson and two other sources familiar with the offer said, part of President Donald Trump’s... ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/336 "2025-02-05T13:38:32Z")
At what point can we declare the OP to be painfully wrong? 2 months seems optimistic at this point. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/337 "2025-02-05T13:47:05Z")
Last week? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/338 "2025-02-05T13:55:09Z")
I find it hard to believe it matters. ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/339 "2025-02-05T15:38:03Z")
I know, but it made me feel a little better. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-argument-that-trump-will-do-whatever-he-wants-and-no-one-can-stop-him-is-really-fucking-boring/1011527/340 "2025-02-05T15:39:48Z")
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