# 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:** 279
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5567 "2022-06-09T16:05:57Z")
She’s gone from Jewish Space Lasers causing California wildfires to Joe Biden being Communist. That’s actually a drift toward reality for her. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5568 "2022-06-09T16:26:23Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > She’s gone from Jewish Space Lasers causing California wildfires to Joe Biden being Communist. That’s actually a drift toward reality for her. Oh, noes! The global financial cabal got to her, too! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5569 "2022-06-09T16:42:23Z")
Not so fast … she recently came up with the [“peach tree dish”](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/did-she-say-peach-tree-dish-marjorie-taylor-greene-roasted-for-apparent-flub-of-petri-dish-while-floating-cheeseburger-conspiracy-theory/ar-AAXROSm). ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5570 "2022-06-09T16:44:00Z")
She’s drifting toward reality. It’s a slow drift, and the tide can change. 🛶 ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5571 "2022-06-09T16:56:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “I’m out!” “I’m out… and into an attempted insurrection at the Capitol!” In other schadenfreudey news… Grab your fork, Pete ol’ pal!: [https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/08/politics/navarro-motions/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/08/politics/navarro-motions/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5572 "2022-06-09T17:08:08Z")
Betsy DeVos says that she told Pence that she would support a 25th Amendment call, after Jan 6: > **[DeVos says she talked 25th Amendment, resigned after Trump crossed ‘line in...](https://thehill.com/news/3517270-devos-says-she-talked-25th-amendment-resigned-after-trump-crossed-line-in-the-sand-on-jan-6/)** > > Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says that the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was the final straw for her in standing by former President Trump, confirming that she was open to u… ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5573 "2022-06-09T17:09:22Z")
Well, he is a son of a bitch… ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5574 "2022-06-09T17:16:37Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Betsy DeVos says that she told Pence that she would support a 25th Amendment call, after Jan 6: - > > [https://thehill.com/news/3517270-devos-says-she-talked-25th-amendment-resigned-after-trump-crossed-line-in-the-sand-on-jan-6/](https://thehill.com/news/3517270-devos-says-she-talked-25th-amendment-resigned-after-trump-crossed-line-in-the-sand-on-jan-6/) I don’t believe her any farther than I can kick her. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5575 "2022-06-09T17:18:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I don’t believe her any farther than I can kick her. I won’t accept this without a proper scientific experiment being done. What’s your feeling? Three feet? ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5576 "2022-06-09T17:20:18Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > I don’t believe her any farther than I can kick her. > > I won’t accept this without a proper scientific experiment being done. What’s your feeling? Three feet? - Is she standing or lying on the floor? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5577 "2022-06-09T17:20:34Z")
“Too Marjorie, Too Green: Taylor Drift” ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5578 "2022-06-09T17:27:53Z")
He’s had a lucrative career, is running the talking head circuit, has a book ranked [#10 on Amazon’s top seller list](https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Back-Trumps-America-White/dp/1637586787/ref=zg_bs_books_10/141-4895163-1849532?pd_rd_i=1637586787&psc=1), and he can’t pull together the funds to hire himself a lawyer? Maybe he’s not the best person to look to for advice about economic matters. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5579 "2022-06-09T17:57:05Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > He’s had a lucrative career, is running the talking head circuit, has a book ranked [#10 on Amazon’s top seller list](https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Back-Trumps-America-White/dp/1637586787/ref=zg_bs_books_10/141-4895163-1849532?pd_rd_i=1637586787&psc=1), and he can’t pull together the funds to hire himself a lawyer? Well, not the lawyer(s) that he wants - I’m sure he could afford any number of billboard guys. Or, he could make it all go away by testifying. Unless it’s too late for that ploy. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5580 "2022-06-09T18:09:15Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I won’t accept this without a proper scientific experiment being done. I volunteer to witness. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5581 "2022-06-09T18:10:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Is she standing or lying The question answers itself. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5582 "2022-06-09T18:11:13Z")
OK, let’s say 5 feet, lying and laying, and you get as many kicks as you need. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5583 "2022-06-09T18:15:28Z")
This guy is a real tool, unfortunately I have in-laws who support him. I feel sorry for his wife and six kids. > **[Michigan GOP hopeful charged in Jan. 6 riot, roiling primary](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-michigan-grand-rapids-government-and-politics-arrests-4fd0b6d6540749dc9cc4290e35c8e093)** > > DETROIT (AP) — A Republican candidate for Michigan governor and ardent defender of former President Donald Trump was charged with misdemeanors Thursday for his role in the 2021 post-election riot at the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5584 "2022-06-09T18:24:37Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > He’s had a lucrative career, is running the talking head circuit, has a book ranked [#10 on Amazon’s top seller list](https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Back-Trumps-America-White/dp/1637586787/ref=zg_bs_books_10/141-4895163-1849532?pd_rd_i=1637586787&psc=1), and he can’t pull together the funds to hire himself a lawyer? Oh, he does. He just wants someone else to pay for his attorney. That, or he doesn’t want the IRS to know that he has the money to pay for an attorney. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5585 "2022-06-09T19:32:21Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Well, not the lawyer(s) that he wants - I’m sure he could afford any number of billboard guys. any of which are more capable than the guy he’s currently got representing 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:** [June 9, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5586 "2022-06-09T19:51:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > OK, let’s say 5 feet, lying and laying Is this a 300 situation? ![](https://c.tenor.com/Lssr-Q7nzTkAAAAC/kick-sparta.gif) Are we only counting horizontal movement or is the elevation change counted for distance? (I’m a kind person so let’s presume there’s a trampoline at the bottom of the pit.) [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=278) [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=280)