# trump's most ridiculous, stupid ideas, political or otherwise **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 4, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041 "2020-06-04T13:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/61 "2020-06-26T01:16:27Z")
He also claimed that the death rate is going down, which is exactly opposite of the truth ---
**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:** [June 26, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/62 "2020-06-26T01:45:55Z")
Pence claimed that "“The number of cases in Oklahoma has declined precipitously.” Just before Trump’s failed rally. At a time when the cases were ramping up exponentially. These people are perfectly fine with saying complete, utter, bullshit lies. This is normal for them. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/63 "2020-06-26T03:06:09Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > He also claimed that the death rate is going down, which is exactly opposite of the truth and that is different — how? ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/64 "2020-06-26T03:35:19Z")
The report that Hillary Clinton used an open source piece of software called BleachBit to erase her servers somehow got twisted in Trump’s mind to her pouring literal bleach onto her hard drives to erase them (sometimes, he also claims she poured acid on them as well because he doesn’t appear to know that bleach and acid are two different things). Sources have said he’s had this explained to him multiple times but he mentioned it during the 2016 presidential debates and he brought it up again just a few months ago so the idea still hasn’t stuck in his head yet. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/65 "2020-06-26T03:38:39Z")
Bleach and acid taste equally bad. That’s all he can wrap his mind around. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/66 "2020-06-26T11:48:28Z")
But you can’t taste bleach if you inject it so he probably doesn’t even know that. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/67 "2020-06-27T00:16:15Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > But you can’t taste bleach if you inject it . . . Just for the joy of pedantry, you would! I used to donate platelets, and the return feed was mixed with an anti-coagulant. You could _taste_ it, internally, as it raced through the bloodstream! Never mind, I said nothing! (Anyway, I’m not gonna try it!) ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/68 "2020-07-10T16:02:49Z")
Forgive me if this has been pointed out, but I don’t think we have the bandwidth to address every of Trump’s stupid ideas. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/69 "2020-07-11T01:16:27Z")
Well, with the limits imposed by Discourse, you might be right. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/70 "2020-07-11T03:43:00Z")
I’ll admit it. Trump was not wrong that voting by mail is prone to tampering. [West Virginia mail carrier guilty of election fraud after altering ballot requests to Republican](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/10/west-virginia-mail-carrier-guilty-election-fraud-altered-ballot-requests/5412010002/) > A West Virginia postal carrier pled guilty to mail and election fraud after admitting he changed the political affiliation on multiple voter ballots from Democrat to Republican. > > Thomas Cooper, 47, admitted to attempted election fraud and injury to the mail Thursday after an affidavit was filed against him in May. > > Cooper held a contract with the U.S. Postal Service to pick up mail in three towns in Pendleton County. Way to score an own goal. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/71 "2020-07-13T16:54:51Z")
In a great demonstration of his signature combination of callous cruelty and idiocy, apparently Trump floated the idea of [selling Puerto Rico](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/trump-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria/index.html) after Hurricane Maria hit. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/72 "2020-07-13T17:35:31Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > How is this making us “great again”? Hey, if you feel America is not getting grate again, you must not be doing it right. Try upping your hydroxychloroquine dose regimen. And stick more UV up your ass. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041/73 "2020-07-16T16:00:44Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > In a great demonstration of his signature combination of callous cruelty and idiocy, apparently Trump floated the idea of [selling Puerto Rico](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/trump-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria/index.html) after Hurricane Maria hit. Oh yeah, I was going to post that one in this thread and got distracted by something else. As if Puerto Rico is just an undesirable asset in a stock portfolio. Someone on another thread (the Clusterfuck thread?) said “maybe trump can trade Greenland for Puerto Rico and an island to be named later”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-most-ridiculous-stupid-ideas-political-or-otherwise/855041.md?page=3)