# 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:** 185
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3686 "2021-12-06T18:17:37Z")
Maybe in two weeks…? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3687 "2021-12-06T18:32:39Z")
👏 👏 👏 I can just see every scene in my mind’s eye… ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3688 "2021-12-06T18:52:26Z")
Another masterful post. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3689 "2021-12-06T19:43:47Z")
I like this headline even better: > **[Trump SPAC under investigation by federal regulators, including SEC](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/06/trump-spac-investigated-by-federal-regulators-including-sec.html)** > > Trump wants to compete with Twitter and Facebook with a new social media platform, but the SEC is investigating the SPAC that would make that platform possible. > DWAC and Trump’s firm did not immediately respond to an email from CNBC asking why the investigations were only being disclosed weeks after DWAC was contacted by the regulators and also whether investors in the PIPE were previously told about the probes when their capital was being solicited. The CNBC article posted earlier also noted that some of Agent Orange’s supporters in Congress bought stock in this likely scam. Hee. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3690 "2021-12-06T23:02:45Z")
Good luck in your new venture, Devin. Congress is much better with you gone. > **[GOP Rep. Devin Nunes resigns from Congress to become CEO of Trump's media...](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/06/gop-rep-devin-nunes-resigns-from-congress-to-become-ceo-of-trumps-media-company.html)** > > Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, will start as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group in January. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3691 "2021-12-06T23:58:21Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/06/gop-rep-devin-nunes-resigns-from-congress-to-become-ceo-of-trumps-media-company.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/06/gop-rep-devin-nunes-resigns-from-congress-to-become-ceo-of-trumps-media-company.html) > > _“Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, will start as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group in January.”_ > > Good luck in your new venture, Devin. Congress is much better with you gone. Odds are excellent that Devin will be doing almost _exactly_ as much work at his new gig as he did at his last. (But he’ll probably get yelled at a whole lot more.) > > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Of, give them a break, companies miss deadlines all the time. People are saying they have a good excuse. > The high school kid they hired to set it up had to study for a big test, but he spent so much time setting up Truth Social that he flunked it. This caused his mom to ground him and he couldn’t get to Staples to buy the cable he needed to finish setting up the $650 server that’s going to host Truth Social. … Perfection. (And, I suspect, pretty close to the truth, if you change a word or three.) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3692 "2021-12-07T00:10:12Z")
Is this for real? If so, I am responding with more than schadenfreude – more like “glee”. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3693 "2021-12-07T00:26:24Z")
Nunes really, really, really wants to make sure no one purporting to be his cow sets up an account on the new site. Or the real reason, given in the article: > [The San Joaquin Valley Sun](https://sjvsun.com/news/politics/devin-nunes-announces-intent-to-retire-after-2022/), which first reported Nunes’ departure from Congress, noted that California’s redistricting maps showed Nunes may have faced a tougher reelection fight in 2022. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3694 "2021-12-07T01:14:08Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Is this for real? If so, I am responding with more than schadenfreude – more like “glee”. Not only is it for real, he has no experience whatsoever in technology or media. Before he became a congressman, he was a dairy farmer. Of course, with the manure likely to be flung if this company ever gets off the ground, maybe that’s a plus. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3695 "2021-12-07T01:17:02Z")
This is his payoff for all the tattling he did to CFSG when he chaired the committee. Really hope it bites him on the balls. HARD. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3696 "2021-12-07T01:25:10Z")
He’s a blemish on California. I hope he retires to Florida (sorry/not-sorrry guys). ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3697 "2021-12-07T02:10:20Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Is this for real? If so, I am responding with more than schadenfreude – more like “glee”. It’s on CNN so unless you consider that “fake news”… > **[Devin Nunes says he’s leaving Congress by the end of the year | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/devin-nunes-retiring/index.html)** > > Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California announced Monday he’ll leave the House in the coming weeks to become CEO of the Trump Media & Technology Group. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3698 "2021-12-07T02:22:24Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > He’s a blemish on California. I hope he retires to Florida (sorry/not-sorrry guys).   And may he take MqQarthy with him. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3699 "2021-12-07T02:34:00Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > The CNBC article posted earlier also noted that some of Agent Orange’s supporters in Congress bought stock in this likely scam. Well, if they sell during the “pump” phase, and leave the “dump” phase to the suckers, they’ll make some easy money. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3700 "2021-12-07T17:04:13Z")
If I were him, I’d sure ask for my fee up front. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3701 "2021-12-07T17:20:47Z")
If Nunes had half the brainpower to think of that, you believe he’d be shilling for Trump? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3702 "2021-12-07T17:21:12Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@romansperson](#): > > > > The CNBC article posted earlier also noted that some of Agent Orange’s supporters in Congress bought stock in this likely scam. > > Well, if they sell during the “pump” phase, and leave the “dump” phase to the suckers, they’ll make some easy money. Aren’t they in the middle of the Dump Stage now? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3703 "2021-12-07T17:21:54Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Aren’t they in the middle of the Dump Stage now? Ayup. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3704 "2021-12-07T17:49:23Z")
The pump stage lasted two days, October 22-23. If you didn’t Dump before October 24th you are now SOL. We are now in the Slump stage, where it gradually becomes clear that there is actually no product and the share price begin’s a steady descent towards sero. This will be followed by the “Grump” stage where Trump convinces a bunch of angry investors who lost their shirt in the boondoggle, that its all the fault of Biden, the liberal elite and Antifa. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3705 "2021-12-07T17:50:45Z")
You’d think the whole “Let’s not tell the investors that we’re under investigation by the SEC,” thing to be a dead giveaway. [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=184) [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=186)