# 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:** 63
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 10:41pm 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/1011527/1242 "2025-10-25T22:41:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Mellon What’s the Elvish word for “fiend”? ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 7:01am 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/1011527/1243 "2025-10-26T07:01:14Z")
I don’t want to turn this into a hijack so will stop my line of questioning if it appears to be heading that way but… when does the federal financial year run from? Surely budgets are agreed prior to the new year? I just don’t understand how things just stop right there and then. Ok, the politicians keep getting paid, but what about, say, all the administration functions just involved in keeping that going? Will Mitch McConnell be required to moonlight as a Capitol security guard? Is Nancy Pelosi going to be on tray collection duty in the cafeteria next door? Who turns out the lights each evening, Mike Johnson?! ---
**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:** [October 26, 2025, 7:15am 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/1011527/1244 "2025-10-26T07:15:23Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > when does the federal financial year run from? The first of October. ---
**Author:** ![hapakal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hapakal/32/20118_2.png) [@hapakal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapakal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 7:39am 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/1011527/1245 "2025-10-26T07:39:14Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The thing is, Trump could have made a case for building a bigger convocation place suitable for dinners at the east end of the White House. Exactly what I said. But it is larger than the White House in footprint and height! The 3D model looks so imbalanced it’s almost surreal. He may not be planning on leaving. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 7:57am 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/1011527/1246 "2025-10-26T07:57:39Z")
Maybe this “ballroom” is actually a fortress, a defensible position where he can hole up in case the country rejects him like an infection in 2029, allowing him to run a schismatic shadow government from the actual grounds. Sort of like that guy who made himself a house inside a Toys R Us sign. ---
**Author:** ![hapakal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hapakal/32/20118_2.png) [@hapakal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapakal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 8:12am 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/1011527/1247 "2025-10-26T08:12:01Z")
Kinda funny you say that given the _Presidential Emergency Operations Center_ or PEOC is under the East Wing. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2025, 2:02pm 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/1011527/1248 "2025-10-26T14:02:37Z")
Which actually may be the bigger story being hidden here. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 5:39pm 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/1011527/1249 "2025-10-26T17:39:03Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I don’t want to turn this into a hijack so will stop my line of questioning if it appears to be heading that way but… when does the federal financial year run from? Surely budgets are agreed prior to the new year? I just don’t understand how things just stop right there and then. Like @crowmanyclouds mentions, the fiscal year runs from October. And the reasons things stop right then and there is because no funds are being allocated. The House has the power of the purse, and if they don’t allocate funds then those funds aren’t distributed and without those funds many government entities can’t function. Imagine a restaurant that suddenly couldn’t pay its employees, purchase supplies, food, or pay the electrical bill. They’d have to shut down. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 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/1011527/1250 "2025-10-26T20:36:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Which actually may be the bigger story being hidden here. “Documents? What documents? It was Obama that destroyed the EOC” **Get your bingo cards ready!** ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 9:57pm 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/1011527/1251 "2025-10-26T21:57:52Z")
Something else to be bored by… [Trump ally says grand jury empaneled in Florida to investigate a sweeping conspiracy against Trump.](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-ally-grand-jury-empaneled-florida-investigate-sweeping/story?id=126854433) > A key Trump ally says a federal grand jury has been empaneled in Florida that will begin meeting in January to investigate what he calls a decade-long conspiracy against President Donald Trump. > > -Snip- > > In an interview on “The Charlie Kirk Show,” Davis said his “buddy” Jason Quiñones – the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida – moved to empanel the grand jury after Davis “pushed very hard” to investigate what he says is a conspiracy against Trump. > > Davis has suggested that top officials, including former Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, FBI Director Chris Wray and Special Counsel Jack Smith should be compelled to testify before the grand jury to answer questions about what Davis says is the politicized use of the legal system. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2025, 10:18pm 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/1011527/1252 "2025-10-26T22:18:52Z")
So far all his tip-toeing through the tulips to avoid looking political, Merrick Garland could end up getting sent to jail for being political. Gee, I wish someone had figured out _years ago_ that every single thing he did was going to be categorized as political whether it was intended as such or not. I guess if Garland really wants to insulate himself against such charges, he should start campaigning for President right now. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 10:21pm 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/1011527/1253 "2025-10-26T22:21:54Z")
I heard there was a conspiracy by Democrats to win the 2024 elections! It’s pretty obvious that they should all be locked up. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 10:44pm 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/1011527/1254 "2025-10-26T22:44:28Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > Davis has suggested that top officials, including former Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, FBI Director Chris Wray and Special Counsel Jack Smith should be compelled to testify before the grand jury to answer questions about what Davis says is the politicized use of the legal system. Says the people massively politicizing the legal system. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 10:49pm 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/1011527/1255 "2025-10-26T22:49:46Z")
“Accuse your enemy of what you are doing as you are doing it to create confusion.” - Attributed to various people. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 6:26am 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/1011527/1256 "2025-10-27T06:26:20Z")
I really should stop replacing my irony meters every time they blow up. It’s costing me a fortune. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2025, 9:18pm 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/1011527/1257 "2025-10-27T21:18:16Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > So far all his tip-toeing through the tulips to avoid looking political, Merrick Garland could end up getting sent to jail for being political. Gee, I wish someone had figured out _years ago_ that every single thing he did was going to be categorized as political whether it was intended as such or not. Presumably Merrick Garland has a decently-high IQ. Yet he was never able to figure this out. > [@DWMarch](#): > > I guess if Garland really wants to insulate himself against such charges, he should start campaigning for President right now. Crazy as that sounds, it would likely be his only chance to avoid incarceration. Of course his ploy would be challenged. But hey, it would be fun to watch the corrupt Justices try to come up with some fancy language to say, without saying it outright, “IOKWARDI”… ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 9:40pm 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/1011527/1258 "2025-10-27T21:40:17Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > IOKWARDI The what now? I Googled this and the only result I’m getting is this post. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 9:40pm 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/1011527/1259 "2025-10-27T21:40:46Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > IOKWARDI > > The what now? > > I Googled this and the only result I’m getting is this post . It’s OK When A Republican Does It ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 9:41pm 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/1011527/1260 "2025-10-27T21:41:22Z")
Ah. Yes. I’m all too familiar. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2025, 12:43am 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/1011527/1261 "2025-10-28T00:43:24Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > > > IOKWARDI > > > > The what now? > > > > I Googled this and the only result I’m getting is this post . > > It’s OK When A Republican Does It FWIW, I prefer IOK **I** ARDI (‘Ee-oh-kee-AR-dee’): ‘It’s OK **if** a Republican does it.’ It’s the first version I heard, years ago. I don’t know which came first though. [Previous page](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.md?page=62) [Next page](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.md?page=64)