# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2020-11-14T00:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1984 "2021-06-30T17:39:53Z")
My favorite part of that letter is how he brags about about how he wears a Trump/Pence mask ( and Trump socks) because he thinks it pisses off liberals. Mr. Kapenga Your Trump/Pence mask doesn’t piss me off. It fills me with joy, simply because I know you don’t want to wear it. You’re seething because you have to wear it. As liberal that’s a fan of the Deep State, it makes me feel like I slapped that mask on your face myself, and you had to comply simply because you had no choice if you want to interact with polite society. If you’d just worn a plain mask, I’d have never known your political affiliation and I’d assume you wore a mask because you were, you know……a good person, or something. I might not have even noticed that the stewardess had to keep telling you to pull your muzzle….I mean mask….up over your nose, and watching you comply each time gave me a little jolt of pleasure only because I know you didn’t want to obey. But you had to, or get arrested. It’s kind of like when a child is persistently misbehaving in a public place and ends up behaving only under persistent threats of serious punishment. You know that sniveling “mommy is so mean I’m about to cry” look that kid gets on his face? That’s you. And I’m like the mean mommy, except that even the meanest mommy likes her kid sometimes, and I don’t like you at all ever. So I’m laughing at you as you walk around with your Trump/Pence mask and your stupid Trump socks that no one sees except you, your wife, and the airport motel hookers you don’t take them off for. And your boyfriend Trump just broke up with you, and he’s not going to take you back no matter how hard you grovel. So you’d better be content with jerking off into your Trump socks, because you’ve been banished from the troll kingdom, you loser of losers. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1985 "2021-06-30T17:42:59Z")
Imagine the indignity of knowing the man you’re making the beast with two backs with isn’t fantasizing about you or some impossibly hot actress or lithe sports star… no, his eyes are closed, bouncing away, thinking about The Donald. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1986 "2021-06-30T17:56:04Z")
I just threw up in my mouth a little. @Ann_Hedonia, once again you have crafted something I can only as[ire to. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1987 "2021-06-30T18:09:00Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Mr. Kapenga (wipes back tear) Bravo. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1988 "2021-06-30T18:25:52Z")
Mr. Kapenga, I suggest that you think long and hard on the fact that in a few years, Trump will be gone (dead, in jail, or simply shunted off into irrelevance), but you will still be a known to all and sundry as a pathetic spineless lickspittle. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1989 "2021-06-30T18:28:11Z")
Wow. Bra-vo! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1990 "2021-06-30T19:08:25Z")
Words fail me. ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1991 "2021-06-30T19:50:20Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > So we can all have a ‘single solitary giggle’ [Stupid git.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell_(song)) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1992 "2021-06-30T20:39:28Z")
And **plankter** is why I love the dope, toss in a single obscure reference, and people get it. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, like I just swallowed a kitten. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1993 "2021-06-30T22:18:00Z")
The charges are coming! The charges are coming! All the legal analysts are going to have to get ready for speed reading tomorrow. The trump org charges are expected tomorrow afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1994 "2021-07-01T00:47:52Z")
Here we go: > **[Weisselberg, ‘Soldier’ for Trump, Faces Charges and Test of His Loyalty...](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/nyregion/trump-organization-cfo-allen-weisselberg.html)** > > The Trump Organization executive is coming under increasing pressure to turn on the family. > A grand jury in Manhattan has indicted Donald J. Trump’s family business, the Trump Organization, and one of its top executives in connection with a tax investigation into fringe benefits handed out at the company, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. > The specific charges against the company and its chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg, were not immediately clear. The indictment was expected to be unsealed Thursday afternoon after Mr. Weisselberg and lawyers for the Trump Organization were set to appear in court. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1995 "2021-07-01T01:46:43Z")
Trumpists have such a difficult time with facts… “Trump’s spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment, [but Jason Miller,](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-television-rudolph-giuliani-craig-newmark-us-news-bdf3558482efd911b69916f749a839f9)a longtime former senior adviser to the Republican, spun the looming charges as “politically terrible for the Democrats.” “They told their crazies and their supplicants in the mainstream media this was about President Trump. Instead, their Witch Hunt is persecuting an innocent 80 year-old man for maybe taking free parking!” Miller tweeted, apparently referring to Weisselberg, who is 73.” > **[Trump Organization and CFO indicted in tax probe, AP reports](https://wgntv.com/news/trump-organization-and-cfo-indicted-in-tax-probe-ap-reports/)** > > NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief have been indicted on charges stemming from a New York investigation into the former president’s business dealings, two people famil… ---
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1996 "2021-07-01T01:50:31Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > “Trump’s spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment, [but Jason Miller,](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-television-rudolph-giuliani-craig-newmark-us-news-bdf3558482efd911b69916f749a839f9)a longtime former senior adviser to the Republican, spun the looming charges as “politically terrible for the Democrats.” - Miller needs to shut his mouth until he starts paying support for the kid he fathered while cheating on his wife. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1997 "2021-07-01T02:09:27Z")
Party of Family Values strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1998 "2021-07-01T02:55:31Z")
The most important question is what snack is appropriate for a 2ish pm eastern indictment?? Nothing too loud, so you can hear the news, nothing too messy for reading the indictment. Wonder where those mini Bundt things are sold…. Maybe Cinnabon…what to do. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1999 "2021-07-01T03:44:56Z")
Whatever you have, it is best served cold. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2000 "2021-07-01T03:50:09Z")
No details yet; this another is a leak. Actual charges tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2001 "2021-07-01T04:30:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Miller needs to shut his mouth until he starts paying support for the kid he fathered while cheating on his wife. Note to self: Read the quoted material first before assuming you know which Miller. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2002 "2021-07-01T04:53:52Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > The most important question is what snack is appropriate for a 2ish pm eastern indictment?? Nothing too loud, so you can hear the news, nothing too messy for reading the indictment. > > Wonder where those mini Bundt things are sold…. Maybe Cinnabon…what to do. Do any Red states have any ordinances against eating crow? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2003 "2021-07-01T13:28:59Z")
If they do, they’re plainly unconstitutional. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=101)