# Trump, the despicable school-yard bully **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 18, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701 "2017-04-18T14:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/1 "2017-04-18T14:00:22Z")
We all knew it, right? Trump signed a child’s hat, then [threw the hat into the crowd](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/18/trump-signs-childs-hat-throws-crowd/). > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has drawn criticism after a child gave him a hat to sign at the annual Easter Egg Roll and he responded by signing it and throwing it into the crowd. > > After signing it, he said “who’s hat?” and tossed it away. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/2 "2017-04-18T14:01:32Z")
Whose. After all the ass-kissing you’ve given Trump in other threads, a fucking hat makes you think twice? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/3 "2017-04-18T14:06:55Z")
Breaking News: Orange jackass in chief is senile. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/4 "2017-04-18T14:10:51Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Whose. Complain to the Telegraph. > [@](#): > > After all the ass-kissing you’ve given Trump in other threads Go on, list the arse-kissing of Trump I’ve done. You won’t find it. I have challenged false accusations about Trump, sure, and I’ve praised him when it was due, but you won’t find me having kissed his arse. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/5 "2017-04-18T14:50:04Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Whose. Nah, they’re just quoting Trump. He said it misspelled. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/6 "2017-04-18T15:18:38Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Breaking News: Orange jackass in chief is senile. Perhaps we could take up a replacement and get the kid [a](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Make-Donald-Drumpf-Again-Hat-Embroidered-Anti-Protest-Resist-Trump-John-Oliver/131750448924?_trksid=p2385738.c100677.m4598&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3D62e9fa8bb0d54be39d3e182f160ffdd8%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D28%26sd%3D262711976021) [new](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Make-Our-President-Black-Again-Funny-Red-Trucker-Hat/272524337282_trksid=p2385738.c100677.m4598&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3D62e9fa8bb0d54be39d3e182f160ffdd8%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D8%26rkt%3D28%26sd%3D262711976021) [hat](http://www.ebay.com/itm/MAKE-AMERICA-GREAT-AGAIN-HAT-Trump-EMBROIDERED-Grab-Them-By-The-Pu-y-Hat/252745381779?_trksid=p2385738.c100677.m4598&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3D62e9fa8bb0d54be39d3e182f160ffdd8%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D10%26rkt%3D28%26sd%3D262711976021). Stranger ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/7 "2017-04-18T17:21:11Z")
I just pray that nobody asks him to hold their baby. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/8 "2017-04-18T17:23:14Z")
The biggest shock of the day for me: that they actually held the egg easter thing at all. The image of Melania giving her husband the nudge for the hand over heart was nice too. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/9 "2017-04-18T17:37:49Z")
WOW what a asshole, and the big smile that gives him. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/10 "2017-04-18T17:40:23Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I have challenged false accusations about Trump, sure, and I’ve praised him when it was due, but you won’t find me having kissed his arse. Not within the strict definition of “ass-kissing,” but you thought that another poster who used the words “Trump” and “goon squad” in the same post ought to have received a warning, and the thread should have been deleted. Afraid your Trumpy-whumpy’s widdle feewlings will get hurt? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/11 "2017-04-18T19:15:08Z")
You made an ATMB thread about trying to stop people from complaining about Trump. Then you freaked out because someone made a disparaging comment about Trump, claiming it deserved a Warning. The whole reason I have you on ignore is that bullshit. To the point that I assumed by the title of this thread that this was going to be a bit of satire. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/12 "2017-04-18T20:48:09Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I just pray that nobody asks him to hold their baby. He’d punt. Ten yards, max. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/13 "2017-04-18T20:55:54Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > The biggest shock of the day for me: that they actually held the egg easter thing at all. The image of Melania giving her husband the nudge for the hand over heart was nice too. It’s a nice gesture, but it’s optional to put your hand over your heart for the national anthem. It is permissible to stand respectfully with your hands at your sides while it is being played. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/14 "2017-04-18T21:04:10Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > It’s a nice gesture, but it’s optional to put your hand over your heart for the national anthem. It is permissible to stand respectfully with your hands at your sides while it is being played. That is true. In Trump’s case, he may be instinctively avoiding any gesture that implies allegiance to something else (the flag). He probably feels that the flag should be showing respect to _him_, rather than the other way 'round. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/15 "2017-04-18T21:28:56Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You made an ATMB thread about trying to stop people from complaining about Trump. I made a thread about the **unsubstantiated** claims being made about Trump. > [@](#): > > Then you freaked out because someone made a disparaging comment about Trump, claiming it deserved a Warning. Have a clue and note that I respected the decision of the moderators. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/16 "2017-04-18T21:29:30Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > We all knew it, right? > > Trump signed a child’s hat, then [threw the hat into the crowd](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/18/trump-signs-childs-hat-throws-crowd/). Yeah. Back to the kid. [http://freebeacon.com/politics/media-spreads-misleading-video-showing-trump-supposedly-tossing-away-kids-hat/](http://freebeacon.com/politics/media-spreads-misleading-video-showing-trump-supposedly-tossing-away-kids-hat/) But, hey, why let facts get in the way of a good, old-fashioned, brain-dead rant about Trump being a schoolyard bully? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/17 "2017-04-18T21:43:07Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Yeah. Back to the kid. > [http://freebeacon.com/politics/media-spreads-misleading-video-showing-trump-supposedly-tossing-away-kids-hat/](http://freebeacon.com/politics/media-spreads-misleading-video-showing-trump-supposedly-tossing-away-kids-hat/) > > But, hey, why let facts get in the way of a good, old-fashioned, brain-dead rant about Trump being a schoolyard bully? Trump clearly took the hat from someone close by and threw it well away from whoever he took it from. Was it a child or a teen? Freebeacon changed the age in mid-story. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/18 "2017-04-18T21:50:10Z")
Yeah, I’ll sign your hat. (SCRIBBLE SCRIBBLE FLING) Ha, ha! Buh-bye hat! Total fucking prick, but who didn’t know that already? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/19 "2017-04-18T22:03:21Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > old-fashioned, brain-dead You don’t have to announce it. Your reputation precedes you. I watched the video that “debunks” the “misleading” claims and the most charitable thing one can say is that Trump has abysmal aim, if he was trying to toss it back to the same kid. I can see why he took a pass on the first pitch; he would’ve killed a cameraman. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/20 "2017-04-18T22:12:29Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I can see why he took a pass on the first pitch; he would’ve killed a cameraman. He couldn’t throw that hard. It’s those short little fingers, which also account for his terrible aim, and lack of prowess at the blues saxophone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701.md?page=2)