# Why did a disheveled looking Trump just turn up in DC **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 12, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412 "2022-09-12T03:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/41 "2022-09-12T10:48:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Impossible. It hasn’t got his name on it in giant gold letters. It’s his. The registration number is N725DT. (N-numbers aren’t like licence plates, always randomly assigned. You can request personalization, like your initials.) It’s registered to DT Endeavor I, LLC. Here’s the registration info: [https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult](https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult) According to this Salon article, that company belongs to Trump. > **[The Trump campaign paid Trump's private jet company $16,800 in "consulting"...](https://www.salon.com/2020/12/08/the-trump-campaign-paid-trumps-private-jet-company-16800-in-consulting-fees/)** > > FEC records raise questions about a number of expensive private flights footed by Trump campaign donors > Flight records suggest that the $16,800 funded a short round-trip flight from Washington to Philadelphia on the day after the election. > > The Trump Organization owns a number of aircraft, including a screamingly Trump-branded 757 jumbo jet. But that particular plane has been grounded since 2019, Jon Ostrower, editor-in-chief of The Air Current, recently reported. Trump’s Cessna Citation X — a 1997 nine-seater which he used extensively, and for a time illegally, on the 2016 campaign trail — appears to have made these flights. > > In order to re-legalize the plane in 2016, Trump created DT Endeavor I. Until last month, this Trump company had never been directly paid by the Trump campaign, even in the campaign’s early days, according to FEC records. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/42 "2022-09-12T10:52:05Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > It’s his. The registration number is N725DT. I am aware of this. I was simply being jocular. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/43 "2022-09-12T10:59:50Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Trump just arrived in DC unannounced, in a government jet, He appears to have arrived in his own personal aircraft. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/44 "2022-09-12T11:04:12Z")
Bruce Wayne’s been spending too much time in his man-cave. I just hope that vigilante Batman can bring him to justice! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/45 "2022-09-12T12:00:56Z")
Just pointing out, a lot of modern golf shoes are essentially athletic shoes - with smoothish soles. The days of metal - or even ubiquitous rubber - spikes are long gone. He looks like a fat slob - which he is. But I don’t know why folk say, “Dragged from the golf course…” ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/46 "2022-09-12T12:49:33Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > He looks like a fat slob - which he is. But I don’t know why folk say, “Dragged from the golf course…” Someone on twitter said it and everyone wanted it to be true so it became true in their minds. People really, really need to stop getting their news from Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/47 "2022-09-12T13:22:27Z")
So, why did Trump decide to fly to DC, wearing his usual garb and flying in his own jet? It’s still an interesting question. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/48 "2022-09-12T14:36:39Z")
Dulles is in Virginia. He was in golf clothes, last seen getting into his secret service vehicle (you can tell by the plates), heading towards his golf course in Virginia which is 10mins away from the airport. I’d guess he’s going golfing. But my fingers are crossed. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/49 "2022-09-12T14:51:38Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Trump just arrived in DC unannounced, in a government jet, looking like he was just dragged off the golf course. > [@Skypist](#): > > I just saw those pictures. It does look like he just blew in from the golf course. One of his drives went _way_ out of bounds, and he didn’t want to waste an almost-new Titleist. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/50 "2022-09-12T14:52:50Z")
> [@CoolHandCox](#): > > He was in golf clothes, last seen getting into his secret service vehicle (you can tell by the plates), heading towards his golf course in Virginia which is 10mins away from the airport. I’d guess he’s going golfing. I spend quite a bit of time on golf courses. Can’t remember the last time I saw anyone golfing in a sport coat! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/51 "2022-09-12T14:59:45Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I’m inclined to agree. It seems a bit lacking in insight to take derisive delight in QAnon thinking this means he’s about to resume his role as president while at the same time we all rub our hands gleefully over similarly as-yet-unsupported theories. Yeah given its now the next day and there is nothing in any of the major news sites about this, I’m gonna say its probably something very mundane and unexciting ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/52 "2022-09-12T15:07:12Z")
Trump - mundane and unexciting? Oh how one wishes! ---
**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:** [September 12, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/53 "2022-09-12T15:16:21Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Bruce Wayne’s been spending too much time in his man-cave. I just hope that vigilante Batman can bring him to justice! I always try to understand what the other guy is thinking even when I don’t agree with it. But I can’t do it with the MAGA crowd. I can understand how a person might think every politician is a corrupt liar who is only looking for what they can take for themselves. I don’t agree with that viewpoint but I can understand it. But even after several years of trying, I can’t understand how a person can think every politician is a corrupt liar who is only looking for what they can take for themselves - except for Donald Trump, who is the only honest non-corrupt man in politics. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/54 "2022-09-12T15:25:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I can’t understand how a person can think every politician is a corrupt liar who is only looking for what they can take for themselves - except for Donald Trump, who is the only honest non-corrupt man in politics. It’s pretty sickening how deeply deluded they are, as evidenced by the apparently genuine belief that Trump is going to be reinstated as POTUS any day now. They’re not just removed from reality; they’re more like anti-reality. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/55 "2022-09-12T15:28:43Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > They’re not just removed from reality; they’re more like anti-reality. Well … yeah. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UwLjK9LFpeo/maxresdefault.jpg "Reality has a well-known liberal bias - Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents' Dinner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwLjK9LFpeo) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/56 "2022-09-12T15:35:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But even after several years of trying, I can’t understand how a person can think every politician is a corrupt liar who is only looking for what they can take for themselves - except for Donald Trump, who is the only honest non-corrupt man in politics. It’s a cult. That’s the genuine explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/57 "2022-09-12T15:38:36Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > > [@Cervaise](#): > > > > the overheated twittersphere is going to be disappointed. > > I’m inclined to agree. It seems a bit lacking in insight to take derisive delight in QAnon thinking this means he’s about to resume his role as president while at the same time we all rub our hands gleefully over similarly as-yet-unsupported theories. > > Naturally I would love it if his sudden trip to DC mean something conclusively ruinous to him, for those of us who view him as a stain on humanity. But I don’t want to jump to conclusions with little evidence. Let’s see what, if anything, is reported next. Sane and rational. How refreshing. How rare. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/58 "2022-09-12T15:43:19Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > It seems a bit lacking in insight to take derisive delight in QAnon thinking this means he’s about to resume his role as president while at the same time we all rub our hands gleefully over similarly as-yet-unsupported theories. There’s a qualitative difference in speculating about how Trump may be about to be arrested for his pretty obvious crimes, which is the sort of event that happens every day in the US, and thinking that Trump will be reinstated as president two years after losing an election and leaving office, and will be jailing and executing everyone in the Democratic Party for Treason&Pedophilia, which is something that’s never happened in the entire history of the United States, even including the Civil War. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/59 "2022-09-12T15:47:35Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Sane and rational. How refreshing. How rare. Caution doesn’t get clicks. Social media is cultural poison. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/60 "2022-09-12T15:49:03Z")
I was specifically referencing this thread and others like it. Or do you consider a message board to be included in “social media?” (I don’t.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412.md?page=4)