# 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:** 124
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2465 "2021-08-11T15:11:57Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > So I could hire him to record a message congratulating President Biden on his victory, or urging the Florida and Texas legislatures to impeach their pro-plague governors, or advertising his role in that Borat film, or…? He does have to approve the message, so likely… no. But nice try! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2466 "2021-08-11T15:22:06Z")
Unfortunately probably not. A [Yougov poll](https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/8w7calyx30/econTabReport.pdf) looked at a number of different scenarios and ask people who don’t plan to get vaccinated whether that would change their minds, All were very low among Trump voters “Religious leader urged you to get vaccinated” (2%) “Trump urged you to get vaccinated” (4%) “Required by employer to get vaccinated” (5%) “Someone close to you contracted Covid” (3%) etc. The only scenarios that broke 5% changing their mind was. “Full FDA approval” (8%) “Vaccine could protect my family from Covid” (9%) There ain’t nothing that is going to convince these guys. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2467 "2021-08-11T15:37:11Z")
trump just issued a press release statement that has a real ‘blast from the past’ feeling. Since he got banned from social media and has had to resort to issuing old-school style press releases, he’s put out some pretty batshit insane ones, but up till now has taken a bit of trouble to at least string a few paragraphs together. His latest release has a real feel of his twitter days when he’d poop out multiple spastic random short thoughts in all caps at 4am on the crapper with no sense of context: “BULLIES NEVER FIGHT!” Can press releases with nonsensical one-word exclamations be far behind, a la 'COVFEFE"? > **['Sad old man' Trump mocked after his three-word statement ignites confusion:...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bullies-never-fight/)** > > On Wednesday morning, former President Donald Trump released a three-word statement, with no context or explanation behind it: "BULLIES NEVER FIGHT!"Trump's comment, promoted by spokesperson Liz Harrington on Twitter, triggered instant and widespread... ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2468 "2021-08-11T15:42:28Z")
> [@solost](#): > > “BULLIES NEVER FIGHT!” Instead, they sit on the sidelines with bone spurs. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2469 "2021-08-11T19:00:24Z")
And commit tax fraud (for which, after all, Al Capone eventually got nailed). > **[Federal prosecutors came to suspect Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg lied, and...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/politics/weisselberg-lied-federal-prosecutors-suspect/index.html)** > > New York federal prosecutors came to suspect the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, lied in testimony during their investigation of former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen three years ago, according to four people... ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2470 "2021-08-11T19:02:02Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Wow, talk about pathetic! Even more pathetic is the thought of someone paying for that “service”. Maybe Borat can make use of it 🙂 I don’t know. I might be tempted to get one for my friend Bigh Don Juan Vairenskware. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2471 "2021-08-11T19:43:04Z")
Not Big Joe? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2472 "2021-08-11T19:50:31Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Bigh Don Juan Vairenskware I’ve tried saying that out loud to figure out the joke that is undoubtedly there (Amanda Huggnkiss), but it isn’t coming into focus for me. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2473 "2021-08-11T19:56:20Z")
Bite on one fair and square? I don’t think “he” would have made the cut as one of Click and Clack’s [employees](https://www.cartalk.com/content/staff-credits). ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2474 "2021-08-11T19:59:37Z")
“Bigh Don Juan” → “Biden won” It’s a reach by **Robot\_Arm** (and, of course, that means that the name checks out) but I’ll allow it for sheer Rudy-baiting appeal. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2475 "2021-08-11T19:59:53Z")
Big Don won fair and square? EDIT: Sun up got it. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2476 "2021-08-11T20:00:43Z")
Biden won, fair and square - got it, like it. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2477 "2021-08-11T20:10:28Z")
D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2478 "2021-08-11T20:50:58Z")
So… “BULLIES NEVER FIGHT” Is he admitting that he’s a bully and is not going to fight? Is he saying he’s a fighter so he’s not a bully? Is he saying that bullies run away from a fight? God help me, I’m trying to understand random bullshit spewing from a complete incoherent asshole. No point in it really. I feel for the people that have to dress and feed him every day. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2479 "2021-08-11T21:14:59Z")
I think BULLIES NEVER FIGHT is referring to Cuomo resigning. He’s calling Cuomo a bully and implying that Cuomo is a weakling who won’t stand up for himself. Trump of course would fight allegations of sexual harrassment, and therefore isn’t a bully. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2480 "2021-08-11T21:28:30Z")
By George, I think he’s got it. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2481 "2021-08-11T21:34:07Z")
Yeah, that was my take on it too, but didn’t want to articulate it. I would rather spend as little time in Trump’s headspace as possible. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2482 "2021-08-12T00:21:27Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I feel for the people that have to dress and feed him every day. Don’t feel sorry for Melanie. She’s already told us not to, and she’s got people for that sort of thing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2483 "2021-08-12T01:40:17Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Don’t feel sorry for Melanie. She’s already told us not to, She needs to break into a verse or two of “Don’t cry for me, Trumpistania!”… ---
**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:** [August 12, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2484 "2021-08-12T13:17:19Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > D’oh! It was too subtle for me, too. [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=123) [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=125)