# Trump has no shame (or soul) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 11, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491 "2019-08-11T02:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [August 12, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/61 "2019-08-12T14:39:34Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > What could possibly be in it? Volumes and Volumes of redactions. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/62 "2019-08-12T14:58:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@BobLibDem](#): > > > > What could possibly be in it? The fucker doesn’t read and probably can’t read. His briefings have to be condensed to pictures and captions and he generally skips those in favor of watching Fox. I suppose you could have a Hall of Tweets but that would be about it. > > Of course he’s literate you fool, he’s the President of the United States!!! Damn straight he’s literate! He even [writes notes to the Prime Minister of Canada](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-tore-magazine-picture-justin-111759677.html). Granted, the note’s on a page torn out of a magazine, like a kidnapper would send a ransom note, but hey, it’s still writing. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/63 "2019-08-12T15:16:34Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Damn straight he’s literate! He even [writes notes to the Prime Minister of Canada](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-tore-magazine-picture-justin-111759677.html). Granted, the note’s on a page torn out of a magazine, like a kidnapper would send a ransom note, but hey, it’s still writing. Was Trump’s scribbling in crayon? I mean, that would take the stable genius’s 3-D diplomacy up to the next higher dimension. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/64 "2019-08-12T15:16:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Damn straight he’s literate! He even [writes notes to the Prime Minister of Canada](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-tore-magazine-picture-justin-111759677.html). Granted, the note’s on a page torn out of a magazine, like a kidnapper would send a ransom note, but hey, it’s still writing. And some of you wonder why we feel sorry for you… At least it’s better than the note he wrote to Kim Jong-un: > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > hello Kim Jong. Mike P. says U like me. If you like me bak, check the box and send it bak > > > > – I like Trump > > > > – I don’t like Truimp > > > > P.S. will U go out with me? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/65 "2019-08-12T16:31:31Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I don’t even want to know how the picture of his daughter will be labeled. Ivanka, not Tiffany, right? Ivanka’s photo will be on loan from the Epstein Collection. > [@KarlGauss](#): > > [Here is the President of the United States of America](http://www.5forty.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/trumps-photo-op-with-the-orphaned-el-paso-baby-was-the-smallest-moment-of-his-presidency.jpg) grinning and giving a thumbs-up to his fans while he holds the two-month-old orphaned son of two Americans whose murders his bile fomented. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > The Trump presidential “library” will be interesting, too, and not in a good way. I predict that there won’t be one, because nobody will want it near them. Wrong, because of people like that kid’s uncle, who brought him to be photographed with the Great Man himself. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/66 "2019-08-12T17:14:06Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Maybe this could go in one of the other Trump Pit threads, but this needs its own. > > [Here is the President of the United States of America](http://www.5forty.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/trumps-photo-op-with-the-orphaned-el-paso-baby-was-the-smallest-moment-of-his-presidency.jpg) grinning and giving a thumbs-up to his fans while he holds the two-month-old orphaned son of two Americans whose murders his bile fomented. > > There really is no bottom. There is NO bottom. This shit will never stop with Trump. He is also reportedly (and quite literally) screaming at his aides and staff to find (or make up) proof that El Paso was ecstatic to have him there. ‘He screamed at his aides to begin producing proof in El Paso that people were happy to see him.’ [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/politics/trump-dayton-el-paso-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/politics/trump-dayton-el-paso-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share) … via ⁦@nytimes⁩ _Aides have long said that Mr. Trump is heavily reactive to news coverage, and when he does something that he believes he should have been praised for — such as Wednesday’s visits to the cities — he grows furious when he does not receive accolades_ > **[Trump’s Trip to Dayton and El Paso: The Back Story (Published 2019)](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/politics/trump-dayton-el-paso-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share)** > > The president became frustrated over his news coverage and his angry reaction led to White House-distributed media that focused on him, not people affected by the shootings. All the while, he keeps at his racist ass bullshit about “invasions” knowing full well it encourages more maniacs to start shooting. He can’t NOT know at this point. I think he intended that all along. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/67 "2019-08-12T17:15:37Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Only at Trump’s.😃 Damn right. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/68 "2019-08-12T17:17:21Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > When Trump’s funeral does occur, I can guarantee it won’t be like any other President’s or like someone well-respected like John McCain’s. > > I imagine that only his family, some close associates, and the hardcore of his base would be there (maybe outside whatever televangelist church it’s being held at, paying > their “respect”), and depending on how bad his presidency ends up, even a lot of them may be gone by them–he certainly hasn’t been doing farmers any favors with his trade wars. > > Foreign dignitaries? Well, maybe from Russia, N. Korea, Saudia Arabia, and a few other authoritarians states. Callin’ out around the world Are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is right For dancin’ in the streets They’re dancin’ in Chicago Down in New Orleans Up in New York City All we need is music (sweet music) Sweet music (sweet music) There’ll be music everywhere (everywhere) There’ll be swingin’ and swayin’ and records playin’ And dancin’ in the streets ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/69 "2019-08-12T18:20:06Z")
My vision for the Trump Presidential Memorial is a single section of his border wall, placed in the remotest spot along the border, in the middle of the desert somewhere. Take the gaudy, golden letters that were pried off of the Trump Hotel in Panama, and emblazon his name with them across the top of the wall section, on the south-facing side. Urinating on it would not be prosecuted, and, indeed, may become something of a pilgrimage in the coming years. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/70 "2019-08-12T18:32:34Z")
And we all know Trump has no sophisticated or critical reasoning skills, either: [23 bizarre conspiracy theories Trump has elevated](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/12/bizarre-conspiracy-theories-trump-has-elevated/) > [@](#): > > 1. The Clintons might be involved in Epstein’s death > 2. The Clintons might have been involved in Vince Foster’s death > 3. Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States > 4. Ted Cruz’s father may have been involved in the Kennedy assassination > 5. Joe Scarborough involved in his intern’s death > 6. The late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia may have been murdered > 7. The “Deep State” is trying to undermine or oust him > 8. Vaccines can cause autism > 9. The death toll from Hurricane Maria was inflated > 10. Muslims are attempting to install sharia law in the United States > 11. Thousands of Muslims celebrated in the streets in 9/11 > 12. Cruz wasn’t eligible to be president because he was born in Canada > 13. Marco Rubio wasn’t eligible, either > 14. 3 to 5 million illegal votes in the 2016 election — but none for Trump > 15. Obama wiretapped Trump Tower > 16. Global warming is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese > 17. A man who charged the stage at his rally had Islamic State ties > 18. The “white genocide” of South African farmers > 19. It might not be his voice on the Access Hollywood tape > 20. Gen. Pershing executed Muslim terrorists with blood-tipped bullets > 21. Wind farms cause cancer > 22. The danger of asbestos is a “con” pushed by the mafia > 23. A Saudi prince co-owns Fox News I admit I missed the ones about the birthplaces of Cruz and Rubio that make them ineligible to be president. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/71 "2019-08-12T21:25:00Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I admit I missed the ones about the birthplaces of Cruz and Rubio that make them ineligible to be president. Notice how it’s Cruz and Rubio and Obama (and Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley, and Tlaib) that he thinks aren’t really Americans. For all his obsession with John Brennan, James Clapper, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Dean Heller, John McCain, Robert Mueller, and Nancy Pelosi, I’ve never heard him suggest they aren’t Americans. But I’m sure his supporters will tell us this has nothing to do with racism. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/72 "2019-08-12T21:25:05Z")
Trump’s library will be in the cell next to his. Plenty of room there. And with any luck they’ll move Epstein’s jailers to be in charge of him. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/73 "2019-08-12T22:55:35Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > All the while, he keeps at his racist ass bullshit about “invasions” knowing full well it encourages more maniacs to start shooting. & > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Notice how it’s Cruz and Rubio and Obama (and Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley, and Tlaib) that he thinks aren’t really Americans. For all his obsession with John Brennan, James Clapper, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Dean Heller, John McCain, Robert Mueller, and Nancy Pelosi, I’ve never heard him suggest they aren’t Americans. > > But I’m sure his supporters will tell us this has nothing to do with racism. [Speaking of the cretin’s racism](https://news.yahoo.com/throughout-career-one-label-always-161256901.html): > [@](#): > > The president views the characterisation largely through the lens of politics, said one close adviser, explaining that Trump feels the charges of racism are just another attempt to discredit him - not unlike, he believes, the more than a dozen women who have accused him of sexual misconduct or the Russia investigation. See, being called a racist gets his goat. Being a racist (as well as a molestor) doesn’t bother him in the least bit. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/74 "2019-08-12T23:36:39Z")
> [@SingleMalt](#): > > My vision for the Trump Presidential Memorial is a single section of his border wall, placed in the remotest spot along the border, in the middle of the desert somewhere. Take the gaudy, golden letters that were pried off of the Trump Hotel in Panama, and emblazon his name with them across the top of the wall section, on the south-facing side. > > Urinating on it would not be prosecuted, and, indeed, may become something of a pilgrimage in the coming years. You’d need to rent out breathing apparatus to withstand the stench of piss. The proceeds could go to defray the minimal costs of processing refugees who seek legal asylum at our borders. I suspect the program would run at a budget surplus. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/75 "2019-08-12T23:41:46Z")
The Turmp Library will never be completed. Its construction will be a never ending money laundering operation. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/76 "2019-08-12T23:51:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Of course he’s literate you fool, he’s the President of the United States!!! Here’s an article about a book he kept by his bed every night: > [Donald Trump's Ex-Wife: Trump Kept Book of Hitler's Speeches by Bed](https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8) > > Now apologize for everything bad you said about him. From the article: > [@](#): > > After Trump and Brenner changed topics, Trump returned to the subject and reportedly said, “If, I had these speeches, and I am not saying that I do, I would never read them.” You know what? When Trump says he wouldn’t read something, I believe him. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/77 "2019-08-12T23:54:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You know what? When Trump says he wouldn’t read something, I believe him. LOL, touché. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/78 "2019-08-13T01:21:43Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > You’d need to rent out breathing apparatus to withstand the stench of piss. > The proceeds could go to defray the minimal costs of processing refugees who seek legal asylum at our borders. I suspect the program would run at a budget surplus. Further funds could be generated by mass processing of the urea deposited in the soil at the base of the wall-section, for use as a nitrogen-release fertilizer. Not the most pleasant of work, of course—but surely fitting. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/79 "2019-08-13T01:45:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Further funds could be generated by mass processing of the urea deposited in the soil at the base of the wall-section, for use as a nitrogen-release fertilizer. > > Not the most pleasant of work, of course—but surely fitting. Great point! TMI Department: Nothing makes my rhubarb plants happier than when I give them a little squat before a gentle rain. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-no-shame-or-soul/838491/80 "2019-08-13T01:49:19Z")
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