# 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:** 49
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 2:14pm 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/1011527/961 "2025-07-04T14:14:18Z")
Since I had not watched that show, I didn’t get the reference. So I looked it up… and yeah, I see [what you mean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaver_(Firefly))… whew ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 2:28pm 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/1011527/962 "2025-07-04T14:28:30Z")
You… missed… Firefly? \< Jaw Drop \> The entire (only had one) first season… every show had a mic drop every 2 minutes. ‘Serenity’ was the movie… to bring closure after the cancellation. It’d would be a hijack even if I could post a link to it/them… not the time/place to do that to give respect the rest of the Board. Now… a video of a vintage ‘Romper Room’ inflatable clown faced punching bag with Duh Donald’s face drawn on the front? That people might appreciate on this very sad day. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 2:35pm 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/1011527/963 "2025-07-04T14:35:25Z")
If I’m going to post a clip in this thread, on this day, please let it be this one. It’s from [Star Trek](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bYkNptOJns). ---
**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:** [July 4, 2025, 2:36pm 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/1011527/964 "2025-07-04T14:36:43Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > [Picture of Verruca Salt] I tried to get sora chatGPT to replace Verruca’s face with Trump’s shouting face, using these prompts: ‘[https://i](https://i) mgur. com/Yh37yfj Replace ONLY the girl’s face with Trump’s angry face.’ [NB: I broke the link in this post so it would post. I used the intact link on sora.] It didn’t use the screenshot at all, and just put Trump’s face on a little girl. If anyone can make their AI do what I tried to do, retaining the caption on the original meme, please let me know. I’d love to have it. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 2:42pm 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/1011527/965 "2025-07-04T14:42:38Z")
It should be Lara Loomer’s face. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2025, 2:43pm 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/1011527/966 "2025-07-04T14:43:46Z")
No, it should be Trump’s; because he’s the big baby who wants everything _now!_ ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 3:10pm 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/1011527/967 "2025-07-04T15:10:59Z")
Trump is Augustus Gloop merged with Mike Teavee in a transporter accident (why yes, I am crossing the streams!), Veruca Salt is a seething cauldron of ‘daddy’ issues. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 5:14pm 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/1011527/968 "2025-07-04T17:14:18Z")
Who needs chatGPT ?! [![](https://i.ibb.co/N2m2ZBDD/Trump-as-Verrucca-Salt-3.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/N2m2ZBDD/Trump-as-Verrucca-Salt-3.jpg) I couldn’t be bothered to try and get the hair right… ---
**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:** [July 4, 2025, 5:20pm 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/1011527/969 "2025-07-04T17:20:50Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Who needs chatGPT ?! Dinosaurs who don’t know how to use Photoshop. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 6:06pm 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/1011527/970 "2025-07-04T18:06:10Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Dinosaurs who don’t know how to use Photoshop. But many dinosaurs had small and useless hands. ( Hmmm… dinosaurs… small and useless hands. Just where have I heard that before in this discussion? Nevermind; it’ll come to me. ) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 7:20pm 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/1011527/971 "2025-07-04T19:20:22Z")
I see a cute sleeping kitten in that picture. I am not hallucinating. I’ve installed a browser extension called “Make America Kittens Again.” It automatically replaces every picture of the Mango Mussolini with random pictures of cute kittens. It works: my blood pressure stays in the healthy range. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 7:50pm 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/1011527/972 "2025-07-04T19:50:35Z")
That’s fun ! (It doesn’t work for me in this thread (windows 10, Brave browser), I still see MM, but it works if I click on it and view it on the host site.. 😕 ) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 8:48pm 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/1011527/973 "2025-07-04T20:48:23Z")
Yeah, I’m still running Chrome as my main browser (force of habit, I guess), and MAKA is set up for it but not necessarily all browsers. Sorry! 🤷‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 10:03pm 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/1011527/974 "2025-07-04T22:03:46Z")
I say that nobody actually understood the point I was making which was neither that Trump would not be able to get away with everything, nor that If he was a if he did so it would be boring. But I accept that given the title and the delightful smug satisfaction of saying “whose bored now, hur, hur.” , there is no point in my trying to once again explain the point I was trying to make. Instead I will consider that by taking on the role of Trump Pollyanna, even if inaccurately, I have given pleasure to many posters who in these grim times can get a moments respite by saying to themselves well at least I’m not as dumb as that guy. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 10:16pm 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/1011527/975 "2025-07-04T22:16:01Z")
I’m stoned. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 10:25pm 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/1011527/976 "2025-07-04T22:25:04Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I say that nobody actually understood the point I was making **which was neither that Trump would not be able to get away with everything, nor that If he was a if he did so it would be boring.** Wait, that was your point? That “If he was a if he did so it would be boring.”? I can see why we missed your point . . . it’s fucking incoherent. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 10:38pm 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/1011527/977 "2025-07-04T22:38:45Z")
I’ve posted this many times before but here we go again. It was specifically that in a speculative discussion of what techniques Trump would use to pass his agenda, and what could be done to mitigate it, the **argument** that Trump was unstoppable, without any follow up but just with repetition of the claim, was a boring rhetorical dead end. It would be like going into any discussion of climate change, green energy, and the current research, just repeatedly posting, “People are too selfish to stop using carbon, climate change is unstoppable, we are all going to burn.” Even if accurate, it kills the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 4:12am 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/1011527/978 "2025-07-05T04:12:59Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > I see a cute sleeping kitten in that picture. I am not hallucinating. I’ve installed a browser extension called “Make America Kittens Again.” It automatically replaces every picture of the Mango Mussolini with random pictures of cute kittens. It works: my blood pressure stays in the healthy range. I’m pretty sure that would just make me develop a flinch reflex for kittens. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2025, 5:09am 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/1011527/979 "2025-07-05T05:09:20Z")
I been Day Drinkin’. It’s the 4th, Goddammit! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 5:59am 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/1011527/980 "2025-07-05T05:59:50Z")
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