# 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:** 260
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5187 "2022-05-02T18:02:38Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Rumors are flying that they are fighting over Matt Gaetz. Aren’t they both waaay too old for him? Especially considering anyone Constitutionally eligible to be in the House of Representatives is too old for him. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5188 "2022-05-02T18:07:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Aren’t they both waaay too old for him? Maybe they have a young niece or other relative, he can go through them to get to the young ones. He even married a woman and then creeped all over her young sister. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5189 "2022-05-02T18:07:48Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > > > Rumors are flying that they are fighting over Matt Gaetz. > > Aren’t they both waaay too old for him? Especially considering anyone Constitutionally eligible to be in the House of Representatives is too old for him. - Anyone out of high school is too old for him. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5190 "2022-05-02T19:52:44Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id quoting Reuters](#): > > seeks sensitive and proprietary data What could that possibly be? The world wonders. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5191 "2022-05-02T21:09:03Z")
> **[Grand jury selected in Fulton County probe of Trump election interference in...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/politics/grand-jury-fulton-county-georgia-trump-election/index.html)** > > A special grand jury has been selected to hear evidence in an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5192 "2022-05-02T21:11:36Z")
Indeed. Warms the little cockles of my heart. ❤️‍🔥🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5193 "2022-05-02T21:23:18Z")
If the orange sociopath had even a glimmer of human intelligence, one might imagine him beginning to perceive the proverbial walls of justice closing in on him. But he doesn’t, so he doesn’t. If he perceives anything at all, it’s that he can sue and litigate his way out of anything (and then stiff his lawyers). The Schadenfreude of Justice, if and when it arrives in all its majestic splendour, will be the Mother of all Schadenfreude! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5194 "2022-05-02T22:34:11Z")
Well, maybe they don’t believe the rumors about him and maybe he’s leading them on for reasons! Actually, trying to figure out what any of the three people we’re discussing are on about is an exercise in futility. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5195 "2022-05-02T23:41:14Z")
Aren’t both of them now constitutionally inegligible to be in the House? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5196 "2022-05-03T00:26:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Aren’t both of them now constitutionally inegligible to be in the House I was referring to the minimum 25 years age requirement in Article I Section 2, although it’s possible they could get ruled out under the 14th amendment. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5197 "2022-05-03T01:12:16Z")
I know. I just felt the need to point out the second part you mention. IMHO, they should be ruled out from running again, and they should be ejected from office now. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5198 "2022-05-03T03:38:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > IMHO, they should be ruled out from running again, and they should be ejected from office now. That’s true of every Republican office-holder. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5199 "2022-05-03T04:33:09Z")
As much as I despise today’s Republican party, I’m not going to go that far. But, yes, every one of them that participatd in The Big Turd’s Bullshit needs to go. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5200 "2022-05-04T15:44:25Z")
A civil case comes to some sort of fruition. > **[$750,000 settlement reached with DC attorney general in case involving funds...](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/trump-organization-inauguration-funds/index.html)** > > The Trump Organization and the Presidential Inaugural Committee will pay a total of $750,000 to settle with the Washington, DC, attorney general's office over allegations they misspent money raised for former President Donald Trump's inauguration. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5201 "2022-05-04T23:50:55Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/trump-organization-inauguration-funds/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/trump-organization-inauguration-funds/index.html) Of course the RNC will reimburse Trump for every penny, particularly in light of his endorsing success with J.P. Morgan, er, J.D. Vance. So I guess we can feel schadenfreude for the RNC. Poor idiots, having to shell out $$$$$$$ every few days to support an even bigger (but good at grifting) idiot… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5202 "2022-05-05T00:05:44Z")
New Madison Cawthorn video just dropped. Just amazing stuff. What other blackmail is out there on this guy? [https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1521990744843505664?t=6WcLasUoz7uZAx7hVeMkCQ&s=19](https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1521990744843505664?t=6WcLasUoz7uZAx7hVeMkCQ&s=19) He admits to the video: > ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5203 "2022-05-05T00:10:22Z")
> I was being crass with a friend Is that what they’re calling it now? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5204 "2022-05-05T00:12:33Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > So I guess we can feel schadenfreude for the RNC. Poor idiots, having to shell out $$$$$$$ every few days to support an even bigger (but good at grifting) idiot… The upside is there are fewer dollars for actual campaigning. The grift has to be sucking cash that would otherwise be spent on advertising and travel. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5205 "2022-05-05T04:07:00Z")
> [@Mad Cawthorn as quoted by JohnT](#): > > [https://twitter.com/CawthornforNC/status/1521994807526281218?t=yPCji5elFZFq8eS5CCgixQ&s=19](https://twitter.com/CawthornforNC/status/1521994807526281218?t=yPCji5elFZFq8eS5CCgixQ&s=19) “…I was being crass with a friend…” … depending on the degree on bodily hygiene involved, I assume? ETA: > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The grift has to be sucking cash . . . . So THAT’S what Cawthorn (or Cawthorn’s friend?) thought he was doing. Now I get it! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5206 "2022-05-05T04:14:23Z")
$750,00 dollar fine on > approximately $1 million of charitable funds in overpayment for the use of event space at the Trump Hotel in violation of District law, according to the lawsuit. They also alleged the committee paid nearly $50,000 to cover an outstanding debt for a block of rooms reserved by the Trump Organization at the Loews Madison hotel. for a $300K profit. I’m sure they have learned their lesson and won’t misbehave again. 🙄 [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=259) [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=261)