# 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:** 74
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:05am 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/1011527/1462 "2026-01-07T02:05:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > So Republican congressmen are fundraising and campaigning for an office that’s going to be abolished They are fundraising to fill their own pockets, and campaigning to as a show so the people will think that there is some kind of functioning government. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:05am 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/1011527/1463 "2026-01-07T02:05:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Because nothing has changed? Quite a few things have changed. Trump is now a decade older. He’s in far worse health physically and mentally. He’s surrounded himself with far less competent cronies. His approval rating is down. The economy is much worse and there’s an impending financial catastrophe in the works when the AI bubble bursts. Many of his former strongest allies in Congress have turned on him. He’s in no position to make an autocrat of himself. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:06am 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/1011527/1464 "2026-01-07T02:06:10Z")
I remind everyone that they are arguing with a summoner of demons, proceed at your own risk. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:07am 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/1011527/1465 "2026-01-07T02:07:41Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They are fundraising to fill their own pockets, and campaigning to as a show so the people will think that there is some kind of functioning government. Right, so I’ll put you down for one Coke when there’s no election this November. Do you prefer regular, diet, or zero? ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:08am 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/1011527/1466 "2026-01-07T02:08:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Do you see anyone else here not taking him seriously? What I see is people with more faith in his competence and ability than the people who actually voted for him. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:09am 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/1011527/1467 "2026-01-07T02:09:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m saying that American democracy has endured two world wars, a civil war, an invading army burning our capital, multiple depressions, panics, and recessions, several pandemic, the Red Scare, and Donald Trump Whew! I guess that past performance IS INDEED a prediction of future events! We should be able to coast forwards now, secure in the knowledge that everything will be just fine, and we need do nothing except watch Netflix and just relax. As we know, strong countries in the past have endured pretty much forever. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:11am 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/1011527/1468 "2026-01-07T02:11:17Z")
Don’t forget-All those other problems fixed themselves without bringing great harm to others, too. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:12am 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/1011527/1469 "2026-01-07T02:12:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Right, so I’ll put you down for one Coke when there’s no election this November. Oh, there will be an “election”. And there will be a “Congress”. Elections are great! " Elections in North Korea are held every four-to-five years for the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), the country’s national legislature, and every four years for Local People’s Assemblies." “In Russia, The State Duma (_Gosudarstvennaja Duma_ ) has 450 members, elected for five-year terms.” ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:14am 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/1011527/1470 "2026-01-07T02:14:49Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > We should be able to coast forwards now, secure in the knowledge that everything will be just fine, and we need do nothing except watch Netflix and just relax. Did I say any such thing? No, I did not. Perhaps you’d like to engage with my actual point instead of the one that exists on the top of your head. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Don’t forget-All those other problems fixed themselves No, they didn’t. It took hard work to fix those problems. Declaring that Trump is all-powerful and nobody can stop him is the opposite of that hard work. It is preemptive surrender. You two are the ones advocating that there’s nothing we can do so we should all just sit around and wait for death. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:15am 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/1011527/1471 "2026-01-07T02:15:47Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Oh, there will be an “election”. And there will be a “Congress”. Really? That’s not what this guy said. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They are fundraising to fill their own pockets, and campaigning to as a show so the people will think that there is some kind of functioning government. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No, there will be no “House” to speak of. You and him should fight. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:20am 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/1011527/1472 "2026-01-07T02:20:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Just like he did in 2020! He tried with his cultists, and _just barely_ failed. Now he has a private army in the form of ICE to do it with. If the Democrats win he’ll kill them all. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:23am 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/1011527/1473 "2026-01-07T02:23:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You two are the ones advocating that there’s nothing we can do so we should all just sit around and wait for death. Is this when I ask what we can do that will actually make a difference? No, it isn’t, because I can’t be bothered with folks that are not connected to reality. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:26am 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/1011527/1474 "2026-01-07T02:26:27Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Is this when I ask what we can do that will actually make a difference? You’re not one of the two I was addressing. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:27am 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/1011527/1475 "2026-01-07T02:27:44Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Now he has a private army in the form of ICE to do it with. If the Democrats win he’ll kill them all. Will this be before or after he invades Canada to cleanse it of Satanic pedophiles and nukes Africa to kill all the black people for Jesus? I want to make sure I’ve got all of your doomsday prophecies in the right chronological order. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:27am 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/1011527/1476 "2026-01-07T02:27:51Z")
Liar. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:28am 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/1011527/1477 "2026-01-07T02:28:39Z")
Doesn’t change the fact that you’ve got nothing that wasn’t already been being done before you thought of it. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:30am 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/1011527/1478 "2026-01-07T02:30:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Liar. Tell me what you believe can be done to stop Trump, then. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:31am 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/1011527/1479 "2026-01-07T02:31:49Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > you’ve got nothing that wasn’t already been being done before you thought of it. I never claimed **I** was going to be the one to stop Trump. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:32am 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/1011527/1480 "2026-01-07T02:32:17Z")
I know this one! The Republican party becoming, somewhat, sane again. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:32am 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/1011527/1481 "2026-01-07T02:32:28Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Will this be before or after he invades Canada to cleanse it of Satanic pedophiles and nukes Africa to kill all the black people for Jesus? Before, probably; it looks like he’s going to attack Mexico, Cuba or Greenland next. And he won’t kill black people for Jesus; Jesus is not Trump, and therefore is unimportant. He’ll do it for himself, like everything else he does. [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=73) [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=75)