# The sharpest questions you've asked Trump supporters **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 16, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031 "2020-02-16T17:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/21 "2020-02-17T17:09:52Z")
“Aren’t you _EMBARRASSED_?!” Unfortunately, like Trump, they appear to lack the capacity. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/22 "2020-02-18T00:57:35Z")
Former Secretary of State Tillerson, who served President Caligula, called him at a meeting with other State department and military officials, quote , “A F\*\*\*ing Idiot”. Who are you to argue with him? ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/23 "2020-02-18T02:29:26Z")
“Can you show me the evidence that Ukraine interfered in our elections? Don’t you think it is ridiculous to cling to a conspiracy theory unsupported by evidence as an excuse to ignore the mountain of evidence and sworn testimony generated during the impeachment? Trump has declared those witnesses ‘liars’. He likes to throw people in jail, so if they are liars, why have none of them been charged with perjury?” But they are truly anti-intellectuals. They can handwave away anything I say on the grounds that I am a “liberal”, even though I am really not. They don’t truly engage- the Ukraine conspiracy theory was just so much chaff to throw up for the moment; it seems to violate some sense of rules to return to any subject a second time to reexamine it. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/24 "2020-02-18T02:31:08Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > IIRC, it was “if she weren’t my daughter I’d probably be dating her”. Then he spoke of her great ass. My next question for a Trampster would be, “If a middle-aged playboy talks of ‘dating’, do you think he means lemonade socials?” Try to keep a straight face with the answer. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/25 "2020-02-18T23:34:42Z")
The only Trump supporter I talk to on a personal basis is my father-in-law. We got into a pretty heated discussion when I suggested that contrary to his opinion it Muslims were not going to take over Europe and enact Sharia law, back in early 2016. It became clear that he and I were basing our arguments on different sets of facts, (he maintaining that Obama was letting in Syrian fighters in to the US as refugees without any screening). So I thought it best to agree to disagree and take a time out to cool off. Since then I’ve studiously avoided talking politics with him and let the occasional political jab he makes go by without comment, so we get along great. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/26 "2020-02-19T00:44:14Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > My friend has a “Make Orwell Fiction Again” cap. I have the T-shirt… ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/27 "2020-02-19T00:53:59Z")
My guess to general gist answers: > [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > Do you see value in our alliances with other Western countries? If so, do you think it’s in our interest to insult other Western leaders? “Not really. We’re America, we do what we want. What should I care what a bunch of feminine socialists say? They’re the one who turn to us for troops, so if they don’t like it, they can go hang.” > [@](#): > > Do you think that any president has the constitutional right to do whatever he or she wants? Under what circumstances should a president be impeached? “Of course not. And as soon as you can show me proof that a president did unconstitutional stuff that didn’t come from bald faced liars with a political agenda, I’ll be happy to let him be impeached.” > [@](#): > > If a large number of officials chosen by the president leave the White House on bad terms, what do you make of that? “There are always malcontents in any administration. They’re just a bunch of losers who can’t stand that they couldn’t walk the walk. You’re exaggerating the whole ‘large number’ thing anyway.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/28 "2020-02-19T01:12:24Z")
Sharp questions? It’s like using a sharp knife to cut soup. It’s the wrong tool for the job. ---
**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 19, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/29 "2020-02-19T16:49:20Z")
If the names were different - if it was Hillary and not Trump, and China and not Ukraine - would you still be _totally cool_ with what the President has been doing? Yeah. Didn’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/30 "2020-02-19T19:26:07Z")
Q: What has brought you so low? A: They ran away. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031/31 "2020-02-19T19:44:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > If the names were different - if it was Hillary and not Trump, and China and not Ukraine - would you still be _totally cool_ with what the President has been doing? > > Yeah. Didn’t think so. “If Hillary did it, we know that her intentions would have been criminal. Since Trump did it, we know they where not. He’s a stand up guy” :barf: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sharpest-questions-youve-asked-trump-supporters/848031.md?page=1)