# 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:** 4
**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, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/61 "2022-09-12T15:51:07Z")
No, I don’t consider discussion boards to be social media. I was commenting on how the bias for seeking traffic on sites like twitter creates a feedback loop favoring increasing levels of hysteria. (Basically I was agreeing with you, and amplifying.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/62 "2022-09-12T16:32:01Z")
Mystery solved, Twitter is great for news because that’s where the reporters are, and message boards are most definitely social media: > ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/63 "2022-09-12T16:35:37Z")
Golfing? That’s all? The Qult will be soooo disappointed! How ever will they recover? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/64 "2022-09-12T16:36:44Z")
You underestimate the complexity and subtlety of his plan. ---
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/65 "2022-09-12T16:40:12Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Mystery solved, Twitter is great for news because that’s where the reporters are Reporters not bound by the same standards as their employing organizations. The last 13 hours have been absolutely ridiculous, and look at how much misinformation is in the OP. **Trump just arrived in DC unannounced** Trump is no longer president and his movements are therefore not publicly broadcast. I’m guessing everyone who needed to know that Trump was traveling to VA to golf knew about it. **in a government jet** fake news **looking like he was just dragged off the golf course** this one is an opinion I guess, but the implication that this trip was unplanned, rushed, and impromptu is clearly false. **some people claim he’s been arrested** “people are saying…” The SDMB is better than this, or at least it should be. ---
**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, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/66 "2022-09-12T16:45:56Z")
I mean, I studied the available public info and concluded he was most plausibly golfing. I’m part of the SDMB. So we got it right =) ---
**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:** [September 12, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/67 "2022-09-12T16:48:55Z")
I feel like my heart just threw up ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/68 "2022-09-12T16:52:48Z")
“Stand down from General Quarters” _Damn!_ ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/69 "2022-09-12T16:53:54Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > **looking like he was just dragged off the golf course** > this one is an opinion I guess, but the implication that this trip was unplanned, rushed, and impromptu is clearly false. To be fair, Trump always kind of looks like that. ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/70 "2022-09-12T17:09:41Z")
I would have said he always looks disheveled, too. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/71 "2022-09-12T17:10:09Z")
I looked at Twitter last night. It was full of lies (arrested, CNN reports, dragged from golf course, rushed to Walter Reed, indicted, handcuffed; going to take back the presidency, going to the Queen’s funeral, going to confront Biden, going to advise Biden; etc.). Hardly worth the reading time. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/72 "2022-09-12T17:23:48Z")
I believe that I’ve commented that the addictive desire for new and fresher news - that you can get from Twitter, micro-bloggers, and gossip rags - is just the entryway to following sites that are the journalistic equivalent to Breitbart and the Epoch Times. Good news requires time and the editorial process. You just have to wait. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/73 "2022-09-12T17:34:29Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I looked at Twitter last night. {snip}. Hardly worth the reading time. An eternal truth if ever there was one. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/74 "2022-09-12T17:36:13Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Mystery solved, Unless that’s one of his body doubles. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/75 "2022-09-12T17:40:37Z")
> [@CoolHandCox](#): > > I mean, I studied the available public info and concluded he was most plausibly golfing. I’m part of the SDMB. So we got it right =) And I believed you, so I also take credit for being right! ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/76 "2022-09-12T21:59:57Z")
He may have gone to a golf course, but it wasn’t for a quick game… > ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/77 "2022-09-12T22:13:32Z")
The Great Escape II. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/78 "2022-09-12T22:15:06Z")
In other news, apparently Trump can drive a golf cart all by himself. I’m somewhat surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/79 "2022-09-12T23:01:37Z")
It’s special for him. Extra fast, so he can go zipzipzip. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LIiaFMOfbwY/maxresdefault.jpg "Sportswriter Rick Reilly On Donald Trump's Golf Cheating") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIiaFMOfbwY) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412/80 "2022-09-12T23:04:26Z")
You think all them fellas had to hand over their phones? Agree to be searched? No way trump is stupid enough to trust everyone, right? lol I sure would like to hear that conversation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412.md?page=5)