# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 33
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 4:07pm 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/1011527/33 "2024-12-12T16:07:25Z")
A couple other quick things: - Is this thread really substantively different from this one? > [@I Pit the Obsession With Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-obsession-with-trump/1011136): > > Ever since the election, it seems like every other thread – even threads that aren’t directly about the guy – have devolved into back-and-forth venting about him, and whether or not the country will be heading directly into a fascist dictatorship come January 20th. Even here in the Pit, threads like “Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party” and “What were you THINKING?” have turned into this. And, honestly, a lot of it is a relative handful of Dopers, arguing back and f… Do we really need two simultaneous pit threads discussing the obsession with Trump and what he will or will not do? - @Cervaise : thank you for taking the time to spell that out. The vast excluded middle, indeed. And you could pick any number of issues – just f’rinstance (in keeping with “every accusation is actually a confession”): - how _might_ he direct Pam Bondi/Kash Patel to go after his enemies and attempt to prosecute – with absolutely no legal grounds – the people who were mean to him beginning in 2017? - What might the effects be of a draconian DOGE committee – the slash-and-burn billionaires tapped to play Calvinball with the federal government? - What’s likely to happen with the economy if he pushes through massive and permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, imposes stiff tariffs on key trading partners, and deports millions of low-wage, hard working laborers? Is this an approach to making housing more affordable – extrajudicially creating millions of housing _vacancies_ across the entire country? There are legitimate questions to be asked. For my entire life, we tended to pray that our leaders would make good on their promises. Now, even (particularly?) his staunchest supporters are hoping to hell he doesn’t. May you live in interesting times. --- _[View the full topic](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)._