# 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:** 257
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5127 "2022-04-27T21:52:57Z")
Do we really want to chance getting orange gunk on all the new upholstery? Eeuuuggghhh!! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5128 "2022-04-27T22:41:54Z")
Republican North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis calls for an investigation of Madison Cawthorn on charges of insider trading. > > > Andrew Kerr @AndrewKerrNC ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5129 "2022-04-27T22:43:27Z")
Cawthorn has _really_ not made any friends on his side of the aisle with his “cocaine orgy” comments. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5130 "2022-04-28T03:36:16Z")
Some didn’t like him spilling the secret and the rest didn’t get invited. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5131 "2022-04-28T04:21:50Z")
Seems like a nice (R.) presidential candidate for '24, for the teflonicity. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5132 "2022-04-28T05:57:13Z")
[![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2c5eQOk6_Nw/V06Qf56gimI/AAAAAAAAEiA/tqj0skOAUlERB_EGkJFBwJseUGy3_KxHQCLcB/s1600/NICE.jpg) ](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2c5eQOk6_Nw/V06Qf56gimI/AAAAAAAAEiA/tqj0skOAUlERB_EGkJFBwJseUGy3_KxHQCLcB/s1600/NICE.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5133 "2022-04-28T08:22:50Z")
It has been pointed out that Don Jr also shilled for the LGB coin and has somehow escaped the same level of opprobrium. Definitely about the orgies. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5134 "2022-04-28T13:38:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Definitely about the orgies. Cawthorn broke the first (and second) rule about Republican orgies. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5135 "2022-04-28T14:18:18Z")
There is Trouble in Paradise (well, in Ohio, anyway): > [@](#): > > # Trump unleashes his temper on GOP allies over Ohio Senate primary split > > Not since Anthony Scaramucci was fired a mere 10 days into his White House gig has someone fallen out of [Donald Trump](https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/president-donald-trump-45)’s favor as quickly as David McIntosh. > > At an April 9 rally in North Carolina, the former President appeared delighted with the Club for Growth chief. “He’s a winner. He’s a fighter. We are undefeated when we work together,” Trump said as he welcomed the conservative power broker onstage. > > “You are a great man. … I am so proud to partner with you,” McIntosh replied. > > But the duo’s partnership came to a screeching halt last week after the Club for Growth refused to end its negative ad campaign against Ohio Senate candidate[J.D. Vance](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/politics/donald-trump-jd-vance-ohio-senate/index.html) at the former President’s behest and doubled down with new ads against the Trump-backed “Hillbilly Elegy” author. The group has backed former state treasurer Josh Mandel in the heated Republican primary for the seat being vacated by Sen. Rob Portman. > > Unnerved by McIntosh’s defiance, Trump reportedly asked an intermediary to deliver a curt text message to him. > > “Go f— yourself,” [it read](https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1517222529311588352). [https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/trump-club-for-growth-ohio/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/trump-club-for-growth-ohio/index.html) ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5136 "2022-04-28T14:39:09Z")
Classy. Always classy. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5137 "2022-04-28T14:56:03Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > Gah!! I hope to hell the new AF1 doesn’t have that fugly Trumpian livery! > > I’m perfectly willing to hate anything connected to TFG, but before I saw the picture, what I imagined from your “fugly” comment was far worse than that. I actually think it’s rather restrained, considering some of the [tastelessness](https://www.google.com/search?q=Trump+gold+finishings&client=tablet-android-samsung-nf-rev1&prmd=isnv&sxsrf=APq-WBvgK05tfy1RyqhXqfG_wyLFcL7ILw:1651089067528&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi59PKKgrX3AhWemIkEHWNzBfAQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=1280&bih=800&dpr=2#imgrc=dYpQEk-bt4LcgM) TFG is associated with. As much as I hate to admit it. I actually prefer the new design. Maybe it’s because the old blue was too close to Carolina Blue. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5138 "2022-04-28T15:07:32Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > As much as I hate to admit it. I actually prefer the new design. I don’t. The light blue scheme is historical, and the light blue makes it stand out. The Trump scheme is just Trump’s 757 paint scheme turned upside-down. (And the gigantic flag on the tail is gaudy.) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5139 "2022-04-28T16:18:18Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Classy. Always classy. He’s got class he ain’t even used yet. Mostly because he’s never used ANY of it, assuming any was issued to him. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5140 "2022-04-28T17:43:48Z")
Ooh, I forgot what his paint scheme was. [![](https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210319145726-01a-screengrab-trump-757-super-169.jpg) ](https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210319145726-01a-screengrab-trump-757-super-169.jpg) Yes, that’s way too close to the proposed new AF1 design. [![](https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2020/04/Air-Force-1-Test-2-900x600.png) ](https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2020/04/Air-Force-1-Test-2-900x600.png) Regardless of what happens in the next few elections, it would be like a continuing tribute to TFG. Biden has got to change it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5141 "2022-04-28T20:01:02Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Classy. Always classy. I can be presidential, but if I was presidential I would only have — about 20 percent of you would be here because it would be boring as hell, I will say. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5142 "2022-04-28T20:29:14Z")
Maybe modify this one just a bit. Are they taking suggestions? [![](https://static1.simpleflyingimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/G-STRX_B757-28A_AstraeusIron_Maiden_PMI_10MAY11_5708213174.jpg) ](https://static1.simpleflyingimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/G-STRX_B757-28A_AstraeusIron_Maiden_PMI_10MAY11_5708213174.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5143 "2022-04-28T20:52:45Z")
So one might say that McIntosh’s no longer the _apple_ of Trump’s eye? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5144 "2022-04-28T21:00:31Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Maybe modify this one just a bit Change the tail fin picture to the Statue of Liberty, and put “Air Force 1” at the front of the fuselage in the same font. That would be acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5145 "2022-04-28T21:04:39Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > So one might say that McIntosh’s no longer the _apple_ of Trump’s eye? I recall he didn’t much like Tim Apple. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5146 "2022-04-28T21:07:34Z")
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