# 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:** 26
**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 7, 2025, 1:53pm 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/1011527/501 "2025-03-07T13:53:15Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > But I suggest we not look for positive aspects of an overall negative policy. Otherwise when the economy crashes and businesses shutter we would be crediting him with bringing down CO2 emissions. It is a bad time to talk about the positive aspects of fertilizer when the cow is shitting on your shoe. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 4:12pm 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/1011527/502 "2025-03-07T16:12:51Z")
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When life hands you fertilizer, grow lemons? ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:34am 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/1011527/503 "2025-03-09T06:34:47Z")
This article should tell you what you need to know about the so-called “legal victories” supposedly putting a stop to Trump’s March Of Bullshit: [Donald Trump Once Again Defies Federal Judge Ruling on FEMA](https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-once-again-defies-federal-judge-ruling-on-fema/) " The Federal Emergency Management Agency ([FEMA](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/fema/))—which helps the country prep for, respond to, and recover from disasters—announced on Friday that it is canceling all in-person training offered by its National Fire Academy. It’s a move that directly defies a federal judge’s order to resume spending, and not for the first time." Let’s hold off on celebating an actual victory until an _actual_ victory actually happens, okey dokey? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 10:30pm 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/1011527/504 "2025-03-09T22:30:14Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Let’s hold off on celebating an actual victory until an _actual_ victory actually happens, okey dokey? Seems reasonable to me. (But it would mean the end of this thread, wouldn’t it? No “good news” to post that would “prove” that Trump is being constrained from doing harm?) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 12:41am 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/1011527/505 "2025-03-10T00:41:49Z")
4/9 is less than 5/9. We won! Victory! But it also means that ONLY ONE PERSON has to shift a tiny bit, or die, to lose the next one. That doesn’t feel like victory. He’s not undefeatable, but we do need some leadership and a plan. “The resistance is working!” is sort of like saying “the dam is holding!” as more and more cracks appear. Yes, for now, but we’re not doing much more than mitigating at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 8:21pm 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/1011527/506 "2025-03-10T20:21:43Z")
The only way these court “victories” are going to have an effect is for the courts to start jailing people for contempt. Obviously (and unfortunately) drump and musk will get off scott-free - but go down a couple notches to the middle-manager bureaucrats who actually implement policy and start throwing them in the pokey. ---
**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 11, 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/1011527/507 "2025-03-11T13:47:54Z")
Look! Another “victory” against Trump ! [Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order | US news | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/transgender-women-prison-trump?CMP=share_btn_url&fbclid=IwY2xjawI9HHhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfP6LjzZWEXTyoURHlvpkcG4GRyq6ZCxOc6FwZd8WKOUFLWEh5-TqFHtbQ_aem_wMSEJq-Q7fgP3XGLp4zi3Q) " [Transgender](https://www.theguardian.com/society/transgender) women incarcerated in the US prison system have been transferred to men’s facilities under [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump)’s [executive order](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/donald-trump-executive-orders-signed-list), despite multiple court rulings [blocking](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/incarcerated-trans-women) the president’s policy, according to civil rights lawyers and accounts from behind bars." More and more, day by day, all these “victories” show us is the ineffectiveness of sitting on your ass and relying on the judicial system to magically fix this mess. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:06pm 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/1011527/508 "2025-03-11T14:06:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > More and more, day by day, all these “victories” show us is the ineffectiveness of sitting on your ass and relying on the judicial system to magically fix this mess. Clearly, your strategy of sitting on your ass and doom posting on the Straight Dope is _much_ more effective! ---
**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:** [March 11, 2025, 2:07pm 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/1011527/509 "2025-03-11T14:07:45Z")
Oh my god why? Why did you post this? Are you being intentionally obtuse? ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:16pm 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/1011527/510 "2025-03-11T14:16:09Z")
“Doom posting”. That’s just so _cute!_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:20pm 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/1011527/511 "2025-03-11T16:20:45Z")
I thought you could “doom post” about things that are actually happening? Does the phrase mean by definition that the thing being doom posted about isn’t actually a concern? ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:53pm 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/1011527/512 "2025-03-11T16:53:59Z")
Yeah instead of posting _opinions_ in this discussion forum, write one of those magical posts that somehow changes the world. ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:17pm 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/1011527/513 "2025-03-11T17:17:02Z")
Is it a “doom post” when you react to a “doom action”? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 5:42pm 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/1011527/514 "2025-03-11T17:42:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > “Doom posting”. > That’s just so _cute!_ Sorry, you’re what, fighting for democracy here? > [@Leaper](#): > > I thought you could “doom post” about things that are actually happening? Does the phrase mean by definition that the thing being doom posted about isn’t actually a concern? It’s got nothing to do with whether or not the concern is correct. Czarcasm is lecturing everyone from atop his high horse, and I’m just curious, since he keeps declaring that “sitting on our ass and relying on the judicial system” isn’t going to work, what exactly is _he_ doing, aside from posting snide remarks on a message board? ---
**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 11, 2025, 6:36pm 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/1011527/515 "2025-03-11T18:36:42Z")
What am I doing _in The BBQ Pit_? Why, I’m making snide comments about the blatant hypocrisy of complaining about one side doing something while saying nothing about the other side doing it to a much greater extent. BTW, my horse ain’t that high…but it might seem that way when you keep making speeches while standing in that muddy ditch. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 6:40pm 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/1011527/516 "2025-03-11T18:40:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Why, I’m making snide comments about the blatant hypocrisy of complaining about one side doing something while saying nothing about the other side doing it to a much greater extent. What? How on Earth is that connected to anything in this thread? ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:12pm 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/1011527/517 "2025-03-11T20:12:58Z")
Don’t you get it! Fighting for democracy is for stupid and dumb people! The truly smart folks all know that we’re all fucked no matter what, and are thus free to better expand their energy by mocking those of us who dare to hope that there’s anything we can do. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dfQxvlcHytQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - Your old man was right not Flanders. We are doomed.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQxvlcHytQ) ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:34pm 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/1011527/518 "2025-03-11T20:34:16Z")
I thought I had chased off the straw men ~150 posts ago: > [@Mijin](#): > > **Nobody** is saying everything will be OK, nothing to worry about under this administration > **Nobody** is saying let’s just panic and lay down and do nothing ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:36pm 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/1011527/519 "2025-03-11T20:36:06Z")
You did, but that is the only argument some people have, so they are forced to use it. ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:38pm 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/1011527/520 "2025-03-11T20:38:24Z")
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