# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/41 "2017-04-19T18:26:52Z")
As much as I hate to interrupt a good Trump rant or a pitting that boomerangs on the pitter, it turns out the original premise is false: > **[Trump 'Bullies' Boy by Tossing Hat at Easter Egg Roll?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-bullies-boy-hat-easter/)** > > A second video from a different angle shows that the president tossed the hat back to the boy. Sigh. ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/42 "2017-04-19T18:51:41Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > As much as I hate to interrupt a good Trump rant or a pitting that boomerangs on the pitter, it turns out the original premise is false: > > [Trump 'Bullies' Boy by Tossing Hat at Easter Egg Roll? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/trump-bullies-boy-hat-easter/) > > Sigh. A number of right-wingers here have disparaged Snopes as being unacceptable as a cite due to liberal bias. This should be equally unacceptable. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/43 "2017-04-19T19:05:35Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > As much as I hate to interrupt a good Trump rant or a pitting that boomerangs on the pitter, it turns out the original premise is false: > > [Trump 'Bullies' Boy by Tossing Hat at Easter Egg Roll? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/trump-bullies-boy-hat-easter/) > > Sigh. I think ā€œbulliesā€ is a bit too far. But even in the second video, the kid in the blue shirt has to lunge over people to catch it. I think ā€œcallous assholeā€ is a good descriptor; Trump didnā€™t really give much of a shit if the kid got the hat back by the way he tossed it. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/44 "2017-04-19T19:27:48Z")
> [@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. But they managed to make sure the local (mostly minority) children werenā€™t invited. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/45 "2017-04-19T21:25:40Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > He couldnā€™t throw that hard. Itā€™s those short little fingers, which also account for his terrible aim, and lack of prowess at the blues saxophone. Donā€™t know about the sax, but he actually was an excellent baseball player. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/46 "2017-04-19T21:35:07Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Bullshit. He was the best baseball player in the state of New York. He said so. I think his coach said something along those lines, as well. And he was scouted by the pros when he was in high school. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/47 "2017-04-21T02:25:40Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > I think ā€œbulliesā€ is a bit too far. But even in the second video, the kid in the blue shirt has to lunge over people to catch it. I think ā€œcallous assholeā€ is a good descriptor; Trump didnā€™t really give much of a shit if the kid got the hat back by the way he tossed it. Did the kid vote for trump? No. Then heā€™s the enemy. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701/48 "2017-04-21T03:06:17Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I think his coach said something along those lines, as well. And he was scouted by the pros when he was in high school. Iā€™m getting tired of how many dictators the major leagues did not make an offer so as to spare us of their craziness laterā€¦ šŸ™‚ Yep, I know that scouts being interested with Fidel Castro was not true, as for Trump: how many times have coaches encouraged their better players with talk of going pro? BTW the only source it seems to be a reported bit from coach Dobias mentioning the scouts, but he does not mention the scouts talking to Trump, one wonders if the scouts knew about how set the kid was and they would be the ones not wanting to risk it with a guy that at the fist hint of difficulty as a player he would balk for greener pastures. When NPR interviewed the coach no mention of the scouting was made. > **[This Is Where Donald Trump Played By The Rules And Learned To Beat The Game](https://www.npr.org/2015/11/10/455331251/this-is-where-donald-trump-played-by-the-rules-and-learned-to-beat-the-game)** > > "We used to refer to our detention as a 'DT' ā€” a 'Donny Trump' ā€” because he got more of them than most other people in the class," said one of Trump's grade school classmates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-despicable-school-yard-bully/784701.md?page=2)