# What did the reporter ask Trump that elicited such derision? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 9, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-reporter-ask-trump-that-elicited-such-derision/748417 "2016-03-09T16:24:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [March 10, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-reporter-ask-trump-that-elicited-such-derision/748417/41 "2016-03-10T14:09:34Z")
I have watched as little of Trump as possible so I don’t know- what sort of expletives has he been using at his appearances? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-reporter-ask-trump-that-elicited-such-derision/748417/42 "2016-03-10T14:49:58Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I have watched as little of Trump as possible so I don’t know- what sort of expletives has he been using at his appearances? &%##@, \*\*\*\*\*, ((!!!4) and ^^\>"+= . ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-reporter-ask-trump-that-elicited-such-derision/748417/43 "2016-03-10T18:06:08Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > &%##@, \*\*\*\*\*, ((!!!4) and ^^\>"+= . How dare you think of the children! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-reporter-ask-trump-that-elicited-such-derision/748417/44 "2016-03-11T06:59:16Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > How dare you think of the children! Hey, it’s a tough world. At least he hired Nancy and Sluggo as…transcriptionists? Transcribers? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-reporter-ask-trump-that-elicited-such-derision/748417/45 "2016-03-11T07:10:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I assume that any question other than “Why are you so smart and rich?” would elicit that kind of response from Trump. > [@Merneith](#): > > And handsome. Don’t forget, handsome. Or just the general term for all of the above: trumperific. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-reporter-ask-trump-that-elicited-such-derision/748417/46 "2016-03-11T07:16:17Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > No one actually cares about Trump’s opinion on child rearing. The question is a rhetorical device to question whether he understands and/or agrees that the President has an obligation to communicate professionally. Or the question is just a means to see if a candidate for the Presidency can handle himself when a little pressure is applied. Trump has once again shown that when he gets the least bit frazzled he loses control and lashes out. Which is probably not a good character trait in somebody who will have access to nuclear weapons. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Room](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_room/32/5069_2.png) [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-reporter-ask-trump-that-elicited-such-derision/748417/47 "2016-03-11T14:52:05Z")
Yeah, I was assuming it was another attempt to call out inconsistency after Trump acted offended in response to former Mexican President Fox’s “not going to pay for that fucking wall” comment. Count me as another one who thinks the “explain it to your children” angle on the question is kind of goofy. We’ll have to explain Trump’s embarrassing public behavior to our kids regardless of whether he enhances it with expletives. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-reporter-ask-trump-that-elicited-such-derision/748417.md?page=2)