# Trump Says the Darndest Things! **URL:** \ **Category:** Political Topics\ **Created:** [December 10, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831 "2024-12-10T11:30:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/103 "2025-01-06T19:28:51Z")
Random thought: If Canada did become a state, it’d kill the Alaska and New England cruise business unless the Jones Act were amended. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/104 "2025-01-06T21:01:14Z")
> [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](#): > > At least he’s being consistent. His absence of graciousness is also a consistent trait. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/105 "2025-01-07T13:16:47Z")
This isn’t a Trump darndest thing, but a response from Doug Ford: > [@](#): > > “You know something, to the president I’ll make him a counteroffer; How about if we buy Alaska and throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?” [https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/doug-ford-snaps-back-at-donald-trump-s-canada-taunts-with-offer-to-buy-alaska-1.7166212](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/doug-ford-snaps-back-at-donald-trump-s-canada-taunts-with-offer-to-buy-alaska-1.7166212) ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/106 "2025-01-07T16:23:32Z")
I thought Doug Ford’s knowledge of the US would be sufficient for him to know that Minneapolis is not a state so I assume he is just trolling Trump by pretending to be ignorant of US geography. I have no time for Doug Ford as his policies are a mess. However he is largely saying the right things on tariffs. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/107 "2025-01-07T16:34:53Z")
> [@Cooke](#): > > I thought Doug Ford’s knowledge of the US would be sufficient for him to know that Minneapolis is not a state so I assume he is just trolling Trump by pretending to be ignorant of US geography I was actually attributing that to speaking off the cuff, reaching out for something in the lower 48 to add to his counter-offer, and fumbling while speaking. I’m not a Ford fan either, but I can appreciate a troll-ish response to Trump’s trolling…although I wish the Canadian response-trolling would up its game. ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/108 "2025-01-07T17:16:53Z")
Next up: Renaming the Gulf of Mexico to be the Gulf of America, “because we do most of the work there.” Edit for link: > **[Trump won't rule out military force to retake Panama Canal, threatens 'all...](https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-make-remarks-mar-lago-2-weeks-taking/story?id=117416274)** > > Donald Trump delivered remarks and took reporter questions on Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago in what was his second news conference since becoming president-elect. ---
**Author:** ![Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Indy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/109 "2025-01-07T19:02:38Z")
My first thought was “How do you rename an international body of water?” But, then I realized it is very easy. Just give Trump a sharpie. ---
**Author:** ![Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Indy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/110 "2025-01-07T19:09:59Z")
This is pure speculation, but I can’t help posting. Trump is reportedly upset that flags will be at half staff on inauguration day. So, immediately after being sworn in, Trump reaches in his overcoat pocket, pulls out a folded sheet of paper, and hands it to an aide. The paper is his first official order - raise the flags. He then pauses the ceremony as the order is transmitted to the proper people manning flags close to the podium. He waits and salutes as the flags are raised. Massive photo op. He has a photographer stationed to get a shot of Trump and the flag (maybe the one on top the capitol) in one frame. Seems like a Trumpian thing to me. (I hope he doesn’t read the GoA forums.) ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/111 "2025-01-07T19:11:39Z")
> [@now\_samantha](#): > > Next up: Renaming the Gulf of Mexico to be the Gulf of America, “because we do most of the work there.” Next up: renaming Lake Ontario as Lake New York. He would at least leave Lake Superior, Lake Erie and Lake Michigan alone though. ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/112 "2025-01-07T19:15:19Z")
If you want to keep your name you’ll just have to be assimilated ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/113 "2025-01-07T19:19:27Z")
Now literally tilting at windmills > **[Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3lf6aigqops2j)** > > Donald Trump says he would seek to have a policy of having no wind farms constructed during his second term, threatening billions of dollars in planned wind... Have to put a stop to all that windmill cancer ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/114 "2025-01-07T19:33:50Z")
Having lived in Cleveland for a while and knowing the old Lake Erie reputation (where, for example all the people I knew who grew up in Cleveland had heard from their mother as a child “If Johnny jumped in Lake Erie, would you, too?”), my first thought was to rename Lake Ontario to Lake New York and rename Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/115 "2025-01-07T19:34:41Z")
That’s a fairly big deal near me because we have one of the locations with the steadiest winds on the country and would be ideal place for wind turbines. The rich people don’t like the idea, and everyone expects Trump to kill it. ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/116 "2025-01-07T19:35:39Z")
My response to everything now is just “Well then you shouldn’t have voted for him” ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/117 "2025-01-07T19:41:52Z")
Maybe on Federal land, most(?) of America’s energy is produced on private land so would be out of his control ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/118 "2025-01-07T19:43:22Z")
This windmill cancer is a national emergency. He will crack down on this happening anywhere to MAGA. ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/119 "2025-01-07T19:51:00Z")
> [@NormalDan](#): > > Maybe on Federal land, most(?) of America’s energy is produced on private land so would be out of his control Not if the construction of said windmill farms is dependent on federal monies (or some form of federal tax incentives). ---
**Author:** ![Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/rastiln/32/77682_2.png) [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/120 "2025-01-07T19:52:49Z")
There’s an unused area of federal land near me that’s being cut for a solar field, and the local MAGAs are very upset about it because they were told to be. It’s incredible to watch my MAGA family who will throw away even convenient and highly recyclable materials suddenly care deeply about the forest because the petroleum lobby told them they should. ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/121 "2025-01-07T19:52:59Z")
Well that’s fair enough if we want to stop subsidizing something, but the notion that Trump can ban something like that is thankfully beyond the powers of a POTUS ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831/122 "2025-01-07T19:53:49Z")
I think you underestimate the government and Trump if you think they can’t stop wind power generation. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831.md?page=5) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/trump-says-the-darndest-things/9831.md?page=7)