# 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:** 155
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3085 "2021-10-05T22:50:44Z")
IDK, he’s got quite the war chest stashed away for his 24 re-election campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3086 "2021-10-05T22:57:37Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > IDK, he’s got quite the war chest stashed away for his 24 re-election campaign. - Not officially. If he declares himself a candidate then the money has to be dealt with very differently than if he does what he’s doing now (hinting around but not saying it outright). I have no idea if his current coyness means that the donations are part of his “net worth,” but I am fairly sure that once he’s a declared candidate, the donations are definitely NOT part of his “net worth.” Either way, he’s off the Forbes list. 😁 ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3087 "2021-10-05T23:07:10Z")
Chin up, Donnie! You’re still #1 on the list of people who tell other people that you’re rich! ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3088 "2021-10-06T12:50:21Z")
Trump lackey and Ohio Congressional candidate Max Miller is suing former Trump Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham after she said that he physically abused her in their relationship. She doesn’t name him directly, but in an op-ed referred to her abuser as an ex-boyfriend who Trump has endorsed for Congress, which narrows the field down considerably. They’re at each other’s throats in the press, but the deeply cynical part of me wonders if this is a coordinated effort on both their parts. His lawyer said in a statement, "Ms. Grisham is using her web of deceit against Mr. Miller as a platform to promote and bolster the sales of her recently released book _I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House._ " Why would he write out the full book title? Might as well add, “Now available on the Kindle and at bookstores nationwide.” ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3089 "2021-10-06T15:10:10Z")
Max? Oh, I’d completely forgot the Trump sphere had two abhorrent Millers. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3090 "2021-10-06T15:11:24Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Why would he write out the full book title? Might as well add, “Now available on the Kindle and at bookstores nationwide.” Presumably it becomes habitual for real lawyers to be precise … ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3091 "2021-10-06T15:38:13Z")
Three, at my last count. Jason Miller, another sleaze bag , may be the worst of the lot. > **[Trump pick backs out of White House job after affair allegations](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/jason-miller-affair-trump-232966)** > > The matter has caused turmoil within the president-elect's operation over the past week, sources tell POLITICO. He was once accused of impregnating a stripper then slipping her an abortion pill. > **[Former Trump Staffer Jason Miller Accused of Slipping Mistress an 'Abortion...](https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/09/26/former-trump-staffer-jason-miller-accused-slipping-mistress-abortion-pill/)** > > A court filing in a custody dispute claims Miller slipped a woman a substance in her drink that induced an abortion. I’m embarrassed to admit that I’m reading Stephanie Grisham’s book, and while she tries to pretend to be self-aware by admitting she publicly lied her ass off in order to keep Trump from being mean to her, she comes off as stupid and clueless. Right now I’m at the part where she details her efforts to shut down what she refers to as a “totally baseless and vindictive investigation” into her behavior while traveling on an official business trip. This investigation into her behavior, which involved alcohol, was especially bad and wrong because the White House graciously overlooked all her DUI’s while performing her background checks……I know that makes no sense, best I can figure is that she thought since they already knew and didn’t care that she was a drunk, then they shouldn’t complain about it. And her efforts to find anecdotes that humanize Melania remind me of the time my friend’s son got to take home the class lizard for the summer, and kept searching for signs that the lizard had become attached to him. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3092 "2021-10-06T15:42:16Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Three, at my last count. > > Jason Miller, another sleaze bag , may be the worst of the lot. Actually, John Miller is the worst of them all. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3093 "2021-10-06T15:44:41Z")
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Oh, I totally forgot about him. You’re right! ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3094 "2021-10-06T16:45:35Z")
Well, he’ll always have Candace Owens… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UF2iuZctLNs/maxresdefault.jpg "Mary Jane Girls - In My House (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF2iuZctLNs) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3095 "2021-10-06T17:44:10Z")
Huh. Wonder how long this relationship will continue at this level? > **[Special Report: How AT&T helped build far-right One America News](https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/)** > > America’s top telecom giant nurtured OAN, the pro-Trump news channel now at the center of a bitter national divide over politics and truth. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3096 "2021-10-06T18:30:59Z")
Whenever I see OAN I think ONAN. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3097 "2021-10-06T18:58:41Z")
OANism is a form of onanism. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3098 "2021-10-06T20:32:46Z")
I find it just a little ironic that Stephanie Grisham’s book is titled _“I’ll Take Your Questions Now.”_ Wasn’t she the press secretary who didn’t have a single press conference during her tenure? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3099 "2021-10-06T20:36:28Z")
Not really ironic, probably. She must surely have chosen that title deliberately, with that in mind. Ya think? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3100 "2021-10-06T21:48:38Z")
Maybe she meant it literally? She didn’t take any questions before, but she’s doing it now. Of course, nobody got to ask her questions in the first place, so that doesn’t really apply. Still, it’s a catchy title. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3101 "2021-10-06T22:18:33Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > OANism is a form of onanism. And they’re both well known for their jerks… ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3102 "2021-10-06T23:35:18Z")
That’s a rather circular argument. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3103 "2021-10-06T23:59:23Z")
Come on now, people; that’s enough. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3104 "2021-10-07T01:39:05Z")
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