# The Donald Trump 2024 Campaign Thread (Primary Edition) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 15, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970 "2022-11-15T18:18:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/421 "2023-02-16T09:55:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If you put a wind turbine on a flat plane, you ruin the uniformity of that plane. What if you put the wind turbine on a plane on a treadmill? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/422 "2023-02-16T13:48:17Z")
You get banned from the thread. Bad @Gyrate! Bad!! Just kidding. But it was too good a set-up to pass up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/423 "2023-02-16T13:50:56Z")
I propose we go back to the days when ~~wind turbines~~ propellers made the planes go. Life was simpler then. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/424 "2023-02-16T14:15:40Z")
Donald Trump is a TOOL. Too obvious? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/425 "2023-02-16T15:03:51Z")
The funniest thing about this is Mr. gold leaf/spray paint baroque that can’t dress himself and spray tans himself orange claims that this is about aesthetics. And he’s concerned about birds. Pull the other one Donnie. His only concern is that he missed the gravy train. Those beautiful windmills that are a testament to mans capabilities and environmental concerns are somehow bad. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/426 "2023-02-16T17:03:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I propose we go back to the days when ~~wind turbines~~ propellers made the planes go. Okay, here me out: Planes with propellers in the jet stream. The high winds let them generate electricity while they’re flying. I can see no reason why this wouldn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/427 "2023-02-16T20:28:16Z")
It will take really long wires to bring that electricity to stuff on the ground while the planes are flying around… Wait: _job creators_!! Win-win! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/428 "2023-02-16T20:51:13Z")
We’ll use electrolysis to make hydrogen. I’m sure adding a few dozen cubic meters of water and tankage is a trivial problem. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/429 "2023-02-16T22:55:39Z")
All while removing unwanted hair-- this just keeps getting better! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/430 "2023-02-17T14:38:00Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I’m surprised he didn’t say that they would make the world to windy. Actually, I keep waiting for the ‘destroying the world by reducing the amount of wind’. There being no free lunch, a windmill is going to reduce the speed of the atmosphere. I realize that any single one will be negligible, but once we hit a million or so in maybe Kansas could we be talking about a measurable change in weather? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/431 "2023-02-17T14:46:17Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > There being no free lunch, a windmill is going to reduce the speed of the atmosphere. I realize that any single one will be negligible, but once we hit a million or so in maybe Kansas could we be talking about a measurable change in weather? Nah; God made the climate, and mere man can’t change it. That’s what they keep telling us, anyway… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/432 "2023-02-17T18:23:25Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > …a windmill is going to reduce the speed of the atmosphere… Hmmm… if the atmosphere slows down maybe the world could slow down in its turning and eventually come to a stop. If the world stops, wouldn’t buildings and people and stuff just fall off into space? Isn’t it the spinning that generates gravity and keeps everything stuck on the earth with centro-_something_ force? No, I never studied science. Science is for wimps and sissies. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/433 "2023-02-17T18:26:51Z")
You’ll fit right in in Kansas then. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/434 "2023-02-17T18:28:17Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Okay, here me out: Planes with propellers in the jet stream. The high winds let them generate electricity while they’re flying. > **[Ram air turbine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_air_turbine)** > > A ram air turbine (RAT) is a small wind turbine that is connected to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator, installed in an aircraft and used as a power source. The RAT generates power from the airstream by ram pressure due to the speed of the aircraft. It may be called an air driven generator (ADG) on some aircraft. > Modern aircraft generally use RATs only in an emergency. In case of the loss of both primary and auxiliary power sources the RAT will power vital systems (flight controls, link... > **[Gimli Glider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider)** > > Air Canada Flight 143, commonly known as the Gimli Glider, was a Canadian scheduled domestic passenger flight between Montreal and Edmonton that ran out of fuel on Saturday, July 23, 1983, at an altitude of 41,000 feet (12,500 m), midway through the flight. The flight crew successfully glided the Boeing 767 to an emergency landing at a former Royal Canadian Air Force base in Gimli, Manitoba, which had been converted to a racetrack, Gimli Motorsports Park. It resulted in no serio The incident w... ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/435 "2023-02-17T19:29:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > If the world stops, wouldn’t buildings and people and stuff just fall off into space? I watched a documentary from the 80s, I think it was called _The Super Man_, where if you spin the world backward you can reverse time. If we get all those turbines to point the right direction and get them to spin like propellers, maybe we can rewind every now and then to fix some of the really big mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/436 "2023-02-17T19:31:30Z")
That sounds great and all, but my new Otisburg beachside property would then be worthless! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/437 "2023-02-18T13:11:34Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > You’ll fit right in in Kansas then. Hey, now. My daughter-in-law (a native daughter of the Show-Me State) has made it very clear that they are not moving from Kansas to Missouri to raise my granddaughter. Both sets of grands would like that (puts them closer), but we certainly understand. It’s not much of bar these days to be better than Missouri, but Kansas clears it easily. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/438 "2023-02-18T13:33:03Z")
I lived in MO for 20 years, roughly 1995-2015. I’ll immediately agree that in the “clueless” sweepstakes the two states often ran neck-and-neck. Last time I was watching closely, the KS governor was setting new records for anti-science and pure hateful ignorance, beating MO’s always-vigorous efforts by a country mile. I guess MO was feeling left behind and redoubled their pig-ignorance to pull ahead? And now they’ve succeeded? Good to know. I weep for our nation. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/439 "2023-02-18T15:30:06Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > the KS governor was setting new records for anti-science and pure hateful ignorance, beating MO’s always-vigorous efforts by a country mile. The Kansas governor is currently Democrat Laura Kelly (re-elected, even). She is severely limited by a QOP legislature, but is doing a pretty good job. Potentially the QOP will not nominate a complete dickhead in 2026 and she’ll get beat, but I certainly wouldn’t get on that. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I guess MO was feeling left behind and redoubled their pig-ignorance to pull ahead? And now they’ve succeeded? This however is basically true. QOP governor, veto-proof majorities in the legislature on the off chance the governor disapproved of something. We are trending towards Arkansas/Mississippi in various rankings. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/440 "2023-02-27T21:22:18Z")
I _love_ how this must irritate Trump. > **[Top GOP campaign group invites 2024 prospects to donor retreat — except Trump](https://www.aol.com/news/top-gop-campaign-group-invites-173427573.html)** > > The Club for Growth, a top conservative campaign group, will host almost all of the top 2024 Republican prospects for president at a donor retreat in South Florida this weekend, except Donald Trump, according to a Republican familiar with the plans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970.md?page=23)