# 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:** 307
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6127 "2022-07-27T20:17:01Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I remember My Pillow Guy had one showing all the deep state connections but I can’t find the image now. > > got it: One thing I thought about after one of the recent hearings was that they should have pointed out the depths of the insanity that Trump was still hanging out with Flynn. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6128 "2022-07-27T20:17:05Z")
I completely agree. I do my best to keep abreast of where my dollars are going, but it would be a lot easier if the information was made more public by the news media. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6129 "2022-07-27T20:22:31Z")
I had forgotten about the Lindell “Map O’ Insanity” I mean seriously. This is a movie trope, where the detective stumbles across Lindell’s secret room and finds this whiteboard. The audience is supposed to all collectively go “ohhhh, now we know that Lindell is without a doubt absolutely clinically insane!” Anyone who sees this, and still clings to the Big Lie is beyond hope. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6130 "2022-07-27T20:31:42Z")
‘[A]n interviewer describing the board [said]… “COVID’s 100 per cent treatable.”’ Well, he’s right. It is 100% treatable. But not all treatments work, and the ones that do work work better if the patient has been vaccinated. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6131 "2022-07-27T20:33:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Well, he’s right. It is 100% treatable. But not all treatments work, and the ones that do work work better if the patient has been vaccinated. And alive. That helps a lot. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6132 "2022-07-27T20:36:03Z")
Thanks Ann, my insurance company kept the promise. I’m slightly pissed at them right now, but just slightly. I’m in the middle of a claim. So slightly pissed is a good thing I think. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6133 "2022-07-27T20:45:09Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > And alive. That helps a lot. Yeah, that helps. I was thinking that COVID can be treated with IvermeQtin or hydroxychloroQuine or leeches. Treatment, yes; effective, not so much. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6134 "2022-07-27T20:49:31Z")
The latest in delusional outbursts: [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3576663-trump-threatens-cnn-with-lawsuit-over-defamatory-reporting/](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3576663-trump-threatens-cnn-with-lawsuit-over-defamatory-reporting/) > The 282-page letter from Trump’s attorneys to CNN executives, dated July 21, calls for the network to retract or correct numerous on-air statements and published articles about Trump that the lawyers allege are false and defamatory… > > The lawsuit alleges those descriptions are “false and defamatory,” in part because Trump genuinely believes his claims that the election was stolen… 282 pages? Man, they really earned the fees they ain’t gonna get paid… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6135 "2022-07-27T20:55:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Yeah, that helps. I was thinking that COVID can be treated with IvermeQtin or hydroxychloroQuine or leeches. Treatment, yes; effective, not so much. Gottcha. After all this time, my wife did finally get COVID. We are vaxed up to the max. For my wife it was like a cold. we call it the crud. It’s a little of everything. BUT like I said we are fully vaxed up. Still we kept our distance, my wife sleeping in a separate bedroom (I understand that few have that ability). If she wasn’t all vaxed and boostered, I suspect I would be writing something very, very different. We did play chess the other night, but only with each of us at a distance, and sanitizing our hands a lot. I have not had COVID. Yet… ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6136 "2022-07-27T20:56:08Z")
Suing CNN, huh? If it weren’t for the First Amendment and a long line of cases against claims like that, he could really win a lot of money in court! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6137 "2022-07-27T20:57:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > If it weren’t for the First Amendment and a long line of cases against claims like that, he could really win a lot of money in court! I’m sure he’ll “win” a lot of money using it to fundraise from his dopey followers, though… ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6138 "2022-07-27T21:05:12Z")
I think we’ve seen this movie before. 1. Trump threatens lawsuit 2. Actual lawyers remind him (again) about the discovery process, and the Defense of Truth in defamation cases. 3. crickets. Steve\_MB is correct. This is merely another fundraising grift. With Trump it’s ALWAYS about the grift. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6139 "2022-07-27T21:24:42Z")
His grounds for suing CNN are pretty solid. Trump isn’t lying because he _really really really_ believes that he won the election. Everybody says it’s true! So he’s telling the truth from a certain point of view and CNN is just a bunch of big meanies harshing his mellow by making fun of him and calling him a liar. He’s about to pick up his toys and go home and not be friends with us anymore! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6140 "2022-07-27T21:36:59Z")
[Costanza] Remember - it’s not a lie if _you_ believe it. [/Costanza] ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6141 "2022-07-27T21:41:54Z")
“I will also be commencing actions against other media outlets who have defamed me and defrauded the public regarding the overwhelming evidence of fraud throughout the 2020 Election." Oh, there was evidence of fraud? Why didn’t that fucking dipshit include that evidence in any of the 60ish lawsuits he lost like a loser? Good luck with this lawsuit, too, dipshit loser motherfucker. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6142 "2022-07-27T21:57:22Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > With Trump it’s ALWAYS about the grift. He’s like the anti-Claus, bringing grifts instead of gifts. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6143 "2022-07-27T22:08:30Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The latest in delusional outbursts: > > [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3576663-trump-threatens-cnn-with-lawsuit-over-defamatory-reporting/](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3576663-trump-threatens-cnn-with-lawsuit-over-defamatory-reporting/) > > > The 282-page letter from Trump’s attorneys to CNN executives, dated July 21, calls for the network to retract or correct numerous on-air statements and published articles about Trump that the lawyers allege are false and defamatory… > > > > The lawsuit alleges those descriptions are “false and defamatory,” in part because Trump genuinely believes his claims that the election was stolen… > > 282 pages? Man, they really earned the fees they ain’t gonna get paid… My Lord. I would love to see a response in a banner headline on their website: _BRING IT, BITCH!!_ ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6144 "2022-07-27T22:38:39Z")
As I last recall, already tried suing them for the Russia investigation reporting, at least: > **[Judge dismisses Trump campaign's lawsuit against CNN | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/media/trump-campaign-cnn-lawsuit-dismissed/index.html)** > > A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit President Donald Trump's campaign had filed against CNN for a 2019 opinion piece about former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling. > **[Trump campaign loses defamation lawsuit against New York Times over Russia...](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/10/judge-dismisses-trump-campaign-lawsuit-against-new-york-times.html)** > > A judge dismissed the Trump campaign's defamation suit against The New York Times over an op-ed that said the campaign had a 'quid pro quo' with Russia in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6145 "2022-07-27T22:45:33Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > … He’s about to pick up his toys and go home and not be friends with us anymore! Promise? Oh, who am I kidding? Of course he never keeps his promises. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6146 "2022-07-27T23:19:35Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > 282 pages Written in a new, very special, font called, “Trump Sharpie”. That goes along with his other font called, “Seismograph” specific to family signatures. [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=306) [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=308)