# Trumpist reaction to Palestinian Day of Rage? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 10, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092 "2017-12-10T10:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/1 "2017-12-10T10:10:34Z")
Dear Leader made a move designed to incite Palestinian anger and the Palestinians … got angry. Israel responded to violence with violence of course, so Palestinians are now being injured and killed. I think we need a thread to discuss what Trump supporters think of all this. Since Trumpists are not noted for articulations reflecting any discernable thought beyond “Duh … a capitol[sic] is a capitol[sic],” it may be necessary to help out less articulate conservatives: @ **Trumpists** — Please select from among the multiple choice options: Which comes closest to your view? (A) Trump is the smartest deal maker ever to sit in the Oval Office and is engaged in three-dimensional chess far beyond the ken of any libtard. We can’t look as deep into the future as he can, but we can be sure this will all Make America Great Again. (B) The dead and injured are all Muslims, aren’t they? Win - Win. © Congress twisted Trump’s arm with its Resolution 22 years ago. Clinton, Bush, Obama — they didn’t obey the Congressional order. Trump’s hands were tied: he didn’t want to follow in the criminal footsteps of his predecessors. Some eggs are broken? How else can you make an omelette? (D) It’s all good. The Lame-stream media was wasting our time with its FakeNews about Russian “collusion,” and spreading lies about the Greatest Tax Cut in the History of the Universe. MidEast violence will help focus media attention on what matters: The huge virility of our ferocious Leader. Even his teeniest farts are more powerful than machine-gun bullets from the cowardly Obama. With a mere word Trump can make the world tremble in fear. Let’s root for even more violence against the Palestinians and continue to demonstrate American’s Greatness to the World. (E) Other: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. (F) Other: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. (G) Other: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. Have I left out any good options? As you can see, I’ve left room for Republicans to state their own views if they don’t quite agree with options (A)-(D). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/2 "2017-12-10T11:09:10Z")
I have to say, as Days of Rage go, this one wasn’t that bad. Certainly not the worse one this year. ---
**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/3 "2017-12-10T11:20:27Z")
All he did was make naked what was already known in the region, so not any great point in getting mad. The only parties to be surprised are the self decievers among the americans and maybe some of the europeans who fooled themselves into thinking any parties in the region have really thought of the americans as any kind of neutral party. of course he thew away any leverage he has with your government for getting things. so I guess that does change something in making it more pointless for any palestinian party to deal with the americans in any serious way. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/4 "2017-12-10T11:22:19Z")
To be fair, I don’t think apathy lends itself to replying in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/5 "2017-12-10T12:28:09Z")
Meh, on Houston freeways, every day is a day of rage. Seriously, though: I know Frump is pandering to a constituency that helped get him elected, but I am patiently waiting for someone to explain to me why it is so important to certain Christians that the embassy to one particular secular government be located in the city of a particular religious shrine. 'Cause I’m not getting it. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/6 "2017-12-10T12:28:14Z")
E. Pale_what_? F. Hooray, this means Jesus is coming back soon. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/7 "2017-12-10T13:33:17Z")
There are a few threads on the boards started by Trump supporters about this. According to those threads it seems Trump is the smartest stretegist in the room, a tell-it-like-it-is realist, or a poor soul doing what he was -not bound to- but legally able to do. MAGA! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/8 "2017-12-10T13:51:22Z")
I missed an important Trump supporter reaction to this: “If the Palestinians riot over this like the animals that I already believe they are, then that will prove what animals they are.” MAGA! ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/9 "2017-12-10T14:13:34Z")
(F) You’re a gimp. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/10 "2017-12-10T14:54:08Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I missed an important Trump supporter reaction to this: > “If the Palestinians riot over this like the animals that I already believe they are, then that will prove what animals they are.” > MAGA! Can’t that be refined just a _touch_ further? Presumably not all of them will riot; those who _do_ will show what they really are – and those who refrain, likewise. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/11 "2017-12-10T14:58:43Z")
It was painful enough for me to try to put myself in the mind of a Trump supporter. Why must you torture me?? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/12 "2017-12-10T15:04:41Z")
e) Trump is a troll and the Palestinians who took the bait were less than smart weren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/13 "2017-12-10T17:03:14Z")
I checked the other threads and was unable to discern any rationale for Trump’s move beyond (H) “It feels good to say ‘Fuck You!’ to the Palestinians;” or (I) … > [@Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's Capital; a Proud Moment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognizing-jerusalem-as-israels-capital-a-proud-moment/803854/83): > > It now appears that all 3 previous presidents before Trump have indeed announced > > Jerusalem is the capital of Israel > > Trump has tweeted videos of them saying it in speeches. > > So who has egg on their faces now? … Embarrassing previous Presidents? Using up surplus Newlines so the Democrats can’t have them? Could it be the real motive is something as simple as (J) Jared Kushner likes a certain Arab brothel near Bethlehem, and a shorter commute for his matinées will make it easier to keep them secret from Ivanka? I no longer believe Trump has a 3-digit IQ, but even morons don’t just shit on the carpets without motive. Do they? Why haven’t the Trumpists joined this thread? We really need to get to the bottom of this. What does the Huckabee-Sanders creature say? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/14 "2017-12-10T17:25:42Z")
The tangerine turd has lit fires in Pyongyang, and now in the middle east. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing to worry about here. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/15 "2017-12-10T17:42:43Z")
Locally, here in Tennessee Tea Party Country–confusion, & vague bleating of support. Too many local connected by blood ties to military men, or having served themselves, to be\*\* too \*\*happy with this. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/16 "2017-12-10T20:35:40Z")
> [@Ramira](#): > > All he did was make naked what was already known in the region, so not any great point in getting mad. Do you think he should go ahead and recognize Taiwan as an independent state while he’s at it? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/17 "2017-12-10T20:42:24Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > (D) . . . With a mere word Trump can make the world tremble in fear. . . . This part is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/18 "2017-12-10T21:36:08Z")
I agree that Trump is a moron who is trying to destroy America, Israel and Palestine, all, and everything he does is stupidly destructive. But honestly, _is_ there a peace process? From where I sit (admittedly thousands of miles away), it seems like all sides are pretty ok with the status quo. Certainly, there doesn’t seem to be any urgency about the matter. There’s no serious discussion between anyone, is there? You can’t set back a process that isn’t happening. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/19 "2017-12-10T21:42:37Z")
You can if you announce that you’ve chosen sides. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092/20 "2017-12-11T02:06:25Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Do you think he should go ahead and recognize Taiwan as an independent state while he’s at it? :eek: Don’t give him any ideas! :mad: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpist-reaction-to-palestinian-day-of-rage/804092.md?page=2)