# Trump Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959 "2016-03-14T09:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/641 "2016-08-02T23:47:56Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Donald Trump always [wanted a Purple Heart](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-jokes-he-always-wanted-purple-heart-n621661), and now he has one: Well, he suffered horrible [bone spurs](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/08/whats-a-heel-spur/494057/) in one or possibly both heels, not sure which one but oh! How he suffered. So really, he _earned_ a Purple Heart. ---
**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 2, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/642 "2016-08-02T23:59:58Z")
More than one pundit (including Republicans) are [questioning Trump’s sanity.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-sanity-mental-health-000000384.html) > [@](#): > > “Yes, Donald Trump is crazy,” Steven Hayes added last week in the conservative Weekly Standard. “And, yes, the Republican party owns his insanity.” In 1973 the Firesign Theatre album “Not Insane” had a presidential candidate running on the platform that he was not insane. Little did I think I’d see it for real. Maybe we can slip in [They’re Coming to Take Me Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4) as music for his next rally. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/643 "2016-08-03T01:34:48Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > More than one pundit (including Republicans) are [questioning Trump’s sanity.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-sanity-mental-health-000000384.html) > In 1973 the Firesign Theatre album “Not Insane” had a presidential candidate running on the platform that he was not insane. Little did I think I’d see it for real. > > Maybe we can slip in [They’re Coming to Take Me Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4) as music for his next rally. I was born too late to experience Nixon’s “Madman Theory”. Luckily what’s old is new again! I get to catch the remake! That, or Trump really is mentally unwell. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/644 "2016-08-03T01:37:34Z")
I’d hate to see the social stigma of mental illness be used to attack Trump. Please, friends, there is plenty to attack in his behavior and “proposals” without doing so. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/645 "2016-08-03T02:00:38Z")
How is Trump like a crowing, strutting cock? He has bone spurs. How is he _not_ like a cock? He used his to get OUT of fighting. :dubious:😃 ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/646 "2016-08-03T03:49:37Z")
Yah, any good Chauntecleer will use its spurs to damaging effect. ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/647 "2016-08-03T05:40:46Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I’d hate to see the social stigma of mental illness be used to attack Trump. Please, friends, there is plenty to attack in his behavior and “proposals” without doing so. No stigma involved. The presidency is just not a job he should do - real estate and reality TV are. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/648 "2016-08-03T07:59:16Z")
Tuesday he also humiliated a woman with a crying baby. After telling her he didn’t mind the crying, he turned around and told her to get out. He had a busy day. Asshole. > [@](#): > > “Actually I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here,” he said to laughs. “I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking.” [Linky](http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/donald-trump-ashburn-virginia-crying-baby/) I would have been tempted to sit there with the crying kid for the rest of his speach. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/649 "2016-08-03T09:39:01Z")
> [@Tithonus](#): > > I used to think he didn’t really want to win, that his whole campaign was just an extended ad for his brand. After seeing his convention speech, I’ve been forced to change my mind. Yeah, on the one hand it was basically just a rambling confection of fear-mongering, dog-whistle bigotry and bellicose, soul-curdling gibberish but on the other hand the sheer force of his conviction proves he actually wants to win. I think he wants to win because winning is what he sees as his essence (although probably with smaller words). It’s his reason for existing, what he does (except when not). He’s also one of those guys for whom a great part of the enjoyment of winning comes from being able to teabag the unconscious guy in the middle of the ring. Now, doing the actual work of managing anything? That, he hasn’t done in his life and has no interest in doing. Does that mean he’ll really let Pence do it? Nah. He’ll let Pence do the grunt work but throw to the floor anything and everything that’s on the table any time the world has stopped staring at him for too long. Orange? If he could come up with a way to make his skin glitter, he would! ---
**Author:** ![elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@elliott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elliott)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/650 "2016-08-03T16:29:17Z")
so do you guys want to discuss the possibility that Trump had to ask an advisor why nuclear weapons aren’t an option? [seems like hearsay, but scary if true](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/03/trump-asks-why-us-cant-use-nukes-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-reports.html) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/651 "2016-08-03T16:34:44Z")
> [@elliott](#): > > so do you guys want to discuss the possibility that Trump had to ask an advisor why nuclear weapons aren’t an option? > > [seems like hearsay, but scary if true](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/03/trump-asks-why-us-cant-use-nukes-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-reports.html) I see it as a positive thing, that he actually asked a question rather than belted out a crazy demand. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@elliott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elliott)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/652 "2016-08-03T16:36:56Z")
Questions are an improvement for trump I guess, but I really don’t think that you’re ready for the presidency if you need to be told three times why people don’t use nuclear weapons ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/653 "2016-08-03T16:45:49Z")
[Trump aide admits mistake in blaming Obama for 2004 Iraq war death](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-aide-admits-mistake-in-blaming-obama-for-2004-iraq-war-death/ar-BBvcu1J?li=BBnb7Kz) Whenever Trump makes a mistake, an aide has to fall on his\her sword. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/654 "2016-08-03T16:48:28Z")
I am so bloody sick of so-called Christians who are also Trump supporters. I saw a post where the graphic said you can’t be Christian if you vote Hillary. So - vote Trump? This is a man who has said that he has no need to ask God for forgiveness because he doesn’t make mistakes. A man who equates "success” with “sacrifice.” I saw a video where a supporter, asked flat out if he would vote for Jesus if he were on the ballot against Trump, and the moron said he would vote Trump! Because the Son of God isn’t able to protect us, but _Cheeto_Jesus can! This is a man who sees nothing wrong with murdering children because they are related to the bad guys. A man who really, really wants to turn whole swathes of the world into sheets of glass, I have seen people post that Khizr Khan is just another Muslim, and therefore not worthy of respect for his grief- very Christian of you! I’m sure Christ would spit on refugees, the downtrodden, and the lepers if he were alive today. Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. Nice way to treat your savior, asshole. Don’t stand there and say I’m doomed to hell because I haven’t accepted your Lord and Savior - not when you have wiped your goddamned ass with everything he came to tell us. And you’re an American as well? Fan-fucking-tastic. This is not a “Christian nation.” Thomas Jefferson (you may have heard of him) carefully excised all the “supernatural” stuff from his Bible, leaving the moral lessons. Like “Love your neighbor.” The miracles though? Fit only for the bin. Here’s a hint - There’s a reason why freedom of religion is in the first fucking Amendment. It’s not because the Founders didn’t really mean it. Ever seen the Statue of Liberty? Or do you dismiss the inscription as hippie bullshit? Tear that bitch down, then. Admit that your American dream is forcing everyone to submit to your faith, your ideals, and your goddamned twisted idea of “right.” (pant, pant) I’m sorry. I needed to get that out. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/655 "2016-08-03T16:57:15Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [Trump aide admits mistake in blaming Obama for 2004 Iraq war death](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-aide-admits-mistake-in-blaming-obama-for-2004-iraq-war-death/ar-BBvcu1J?li=BBnb7Kz) > > Whenever Trump makes a mistake, an aide has to fall on his\her sword. It was live on CNN. She was the one who said it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/656 "2016-08-03T16:59:29Z")
raventhief: quote function not working for me, but Jesus- big wall guy. Huge. ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/657 "2016-08-03T17:01:22Z")
> [@elliott](#): > > so do you guys want to discuss the possibility that Trump had to ask an advisor why nuclear weapons aren’t an option? > > [seems like hearsay, but scary if true](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/03/trump-asks-why-us-cant-use-nukes-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-reports.html) Sounds more like Trump was _not accepting_ that nuclear weapons are not an option… Which is scarier. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/658 "2016-08-03T17:11:31Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I am so bloody sick of so-called Christians who are also Trump supporters. I saw a post where the graphic said you can’t be Christian if you vote Hillary. So - vote Trump? This is a man who has said that he has no need to ask God for forgiveness because he doesn’t make mistakes. A man who equates "success” with “sacrifice.” I saw a video where a supporter, asked flat out if he would vote for Jesus if he were on the ballot against Trump, and the moron said he would vote Trump! Because the Son of God isn’t able to protect us, but _Cheeto_Jesus can! This is a man who sees nothing wrong with murdering children because they are related to the bad guys. A man who really, really wants to turn whole swathes of the world into sheets of glass, I have seen people post that Khizr Khan is just another Muslim, and therefore not worthy of respect for his grief- very Christian of you! I’m sure Christ would spit on refugees, the downtrodden, and the lepers if he were alive today. Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. Nice way to treat your savior, asshole. Don’t stand there and say I’m doomed to hell because I haven’t accepted your Lord and Savior - not when you have wiped your goddamned ass with everything he came to tell us. > > And you’re an American as well? Fan-fucking-tastic. This is not a “Christian nation.” Thomas Jefferson (you may have heard of him) carefully excised all the “supernatural” stuff from his Bible, leaving the moral lessons. Like “Love your neighbor.” The miracles though? Fit only for the bin. Here’s a hint - There’s a reason why freedom of religion is in the first fucking Amendment. It’s not because the Founders didn’t really mean it. Ever seen the Statue of Liberty? Or do you dismiss the inscription as hippie bullshit? Tear that bitch down, then. Admit that your American dream is forcing everyone to submit to your faith, your ideals, and your goddamned twisted idea of “right.” > > (pant, pant) > > I’m sorry. I needed to get that out. Sorry, I know that this is the Trump pit thread, and not a pitting of all his dumbass supporters. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/659 "2016-08-03T18:56:37Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Tuesday he also humiliated a woman with a crying baby. After telling her he didn’t mind the crying, he turned around and told her to get out. He had a busy day. Asshole. > > [Linky](http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/donald-trump-ashburn-virginia-crying-baby/) > > I would have been tempted to sit there with the crying kid for the rest of his speach. With all of the rabid Trump fans beating on her. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/660 "2016-08-03T20:07:02Z")
[Narcissistic personality disorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder): According to the DSM-5, individuals with NPD have most or all of the following symptoms, typically without commensurate qualities or accomplishments:[8][11] ``` [ol] ``` [li]Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others[/li][li] Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.[/li][li] Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with high-status people and institutions[/li][li] Needing constant admiration from others[/li][li] Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others[/li][li] Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain[/li][li] Unwilling to empathize with others’ feelings, wishes, or needs[/li][li] Intensely jealous of others and the belief that others are equally jealous of them[/li][li] Pompous and arrogant demeanor[/li][/ol] And I would add: ``` 10. Need to compensate for having a small penis ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959.md?page=34)