# What Happens if Trump Sets Up a Second White House at Mar-a-Lago? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338 "2020-12-18T14:46:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/21 "2020-12-18T19:51:42Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > How well did it work out for Jefferson Davis? Not too badly, actually, compared to his contemporaries. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/22 "2020-12-18T20:08:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The maid will have a bit of extra work putting the cushions back on the couch. Well done ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/23 "2020-12-18T20:50:46Z")
Okay, I give up. Why is this line well done? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/24 "2020-12-18T21:02:53Z")
I believe it was a reference to how Trump building a “White House” in Mar-a-Lago would be the equivalent of him building a pillow fort to play in. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/25 "2020-12-18T21:03:21Z")
Because it is likening to a child building a couch fort. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/26 "2020-12-18T21:10:34Z")
Okay. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/27 "2020-12-18T23:17:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I believe it was a reference to how Trump building a “White House” in Mar-a-Lago would be the equivalent of him building a pillow fort to play in. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Because it is likening to a child building a couch fort. Just so. I thought it was clever. I originally wrote “golf clap,” in \<\>, but that didn’t show…perhaps golf clap/ is the preferred form ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/28 "2020-12-18T23:37:20Z")
You mean like this? \ ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/29 "2020-12-19T03:20:17Z")
No one will take him seriously until he starts wearing a boot on his head. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/30 "2020-12-19T05:02:31Z")
Yes.[quote=“Senegoid, post:28, topic:928338, full:true”] You mean like this? [/quote] Yes. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/31 "2020-12-19T05:07:44Z")
> [@gnarator](#): > > > [@Senegoid](#): > > > > You mean like this? > > Yes. Ha ha! Not only does \ work when I do it and not when you do it, but it doesn’t even work for you when you quote my post! I think it only works for people who have some of the right badges or something. All Dopers are equal, but some Dopers are more equal than others! ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/32 "2020-12-19T05:15:34Z")
Gnarator broke two of the Discourse Commandments: _Thou shalt place the Mark of the Back Slash before thine command characters that they might be witnessed by the multitudes_ and _Thou shalt not place thine quote tags on a line with any other text._ ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/33 "2020-12-19T05:35:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Gnarator broke two of the Discourse Commandments: Neither of which explains, furthermore, why my \ disappeared when gnarator quoted, in full, my post. There is yet another Discourse Commandment covering that! ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/34 "2020-12-19T06:11:06Z")
The difference is that if you use the quote bubble to put the text in, it puts in exactly what is in the post, but if you use the select-text-&-quote, it only puts in the displayed text (sans \s). I think this is why sometimes when someone quotes a post that has bolding, italics or other formatting, that tends to get lost in the quote. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/35 "2020-12-19T08:30:57Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Gnarator broke two of the Discourse Commandments: _Thou shalt place the Mark of the Back Slash before thine command characters that they might be witnessed by the multitudes_ and _Thou shalt not place thine quote tags on a line with any other text._ I throw myself at the mercy of @discobot Discobot, am I forgiven? ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/36 "2020-12-19T08:30:58Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/37 "2020-12-19T12:25:37Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > You cannot just shrug something like this off like the whole impeachment debacle. Hee hee hee. What a crazy time & place we live in. **Two\_Many\_Cats2** said: “Its not something you can just shrug off… like the Impeachment.” Shrug off… Impeachment… Shrug off… Impeachment… Shrug off… Impeachment… [David Byrne] _“Well… How did I get here?”_ [/David Byrne] ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/38 "2020-12-19T13:43:44Z")
As many of you have noted, the real power of the POTUS is in having followers who will obey his orders. If some officials continue to recognize Trump as president and follow what he says while ignoring Biden, things could get ugly. In particular I’m picturing local officials, like sheriffs and mayors in rural areas, doing Trump’s bidding. If this starts to happen, it’ll be up to Biden to put an end to it. Let’s hope that if it comes to that he has the guts to do it the way Eisenhower did back in the 50s when he had the 101st Airborne smack down Arkansas governor Orval Faubus. ---
**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 19, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/39 "2020-12-19T18:10:34Z")
But rural sheriffs and mayors have never obeyed any president’s orders - they’re answerable to their voters, not to the Federal Government. Trump won’t change that. What Biden will have under his control is millions of Federal employees and contractors, and countless trillions of dollars. For that, the only people who have to believe he’s President, are the banks. If the money people say he’s in charge, he’s in charge. Remember: Congress may control the purse strings, but the President signs the checks. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/40 "2020-12-19T18:51:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > But rural sheriffs and mayors have never obeyed any president’s orders - they’re answerable to their voters, not to the Federal Government. Trump won’t change that. What Biden will have under his control is millions of Federal employees and contractors, and countless trillions of dollars. For that, the only people who have to believe he’s President, are the banks. If the money people say he’s in charge, he’s in charge. I was thinking more about situations like the Arkansas police chief who was encouraging people to assault any random Democrat that they come across. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338.md?page=3)