# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1)

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**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")\
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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6407 "2022-08-09T14:52:15Z")

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I hope they have their shitting pants on.

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**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)\
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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> The FBI has been run by a Republican director continuously since its founding about a hundred years ago, except a two month period during the Clinton era. The current director was appointed by Trump on advice of - I believe - Ted Cruz.

You’re saying the leopards are eating _his_ face?

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**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)\
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Man, the hits keep coming! New to the charts is this ditty called “Oh, yeah, remember this, asshole?”

> <https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1557031613279748098?t=xK_wwxtH8_b7KMosVrZyHA&s=19>

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Somewhere, ketchup is a-flyin’…

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**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6411 "2022-08-09T16:15:37Z")

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wow, that was so long ago that i had forgotten about it.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
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This was always the expected outcome from the court of appeals, yes? Now they punt it to the the Supreme Court and we see whether they help him drag this out?

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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6413 "2022-08-09T16:31:29Z")

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Trump 2016 campaign officially releases everyone from their NDA’s:

> <https://twitter.com/JohnPhillips/status/1557027006268702723?t=NR8D1_v_hi63BQChBBhLxA&s=19>

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6414 "2022-08-09T18:00:42Z")

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Liz Cheney has bought anti-Trump air time on Fox.

> **[Liz Cheney buys time on Fox News to air viral ad featuring her father...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/media/liz-cheney-fox-news-ad-spots/index.html)**
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> Fox News viewers will this week see former Vice President Dick Cheney look into the camera and excoriate former President Donald Trump as the greatest threat to the country "in our nation's 246-year history."

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Dick Cheney followed time-honored tradition and grifted the nation out of possibly billions of dollars. But he left the structure intact for the next grifter that comes along. Trump is so obvious and incompetent he’s ruining it for all future grifters. We must go back to status quo ante, and make America safe for grifters again.

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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6416 "2022-08-09T19:22:28Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Republican logic:
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> “The FBI is investigating Hillary! This proves that Hillary is corrupt!”
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> “The FBI is investigating Trump! This proves that the FBI is corrupt!”

I’m surprised at the Republican response to the Trump raid, basically saying the FBI needs to be taken apart piece by piece. I thought Republicans were all about law enforcement and being tough on crime?

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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6417 "2022-08-09T19:28:45Z")

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> [@Shoeless](#):
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> > [@Gyrate](#):
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> > Republican logic:
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> > “The FBI is investigating Hillary! This proves that Hillary is corrupt!”
> > 
> > “The FBI is investigating Trump! This proves that the FBI is corrupt!”
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> I’m surprised at the Republican response to the Trump raid, basically saying the FBI needs to be taken apart piece by piece. I thought Republicans were all about law enforcement and being tough on crime? -

Not _their_ crime.

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**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6418 "2022-08-09T20:37:27Z")

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All of this has got me wondering what happened to that highly secure server at the White House where TFG and his minions hid the transcripts of his calls with Putin, Xi, and Kim?

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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6419 "2022-08-09T20:46:53Z")

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> [@Shoeless](#):
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> I thought Republicans were all about law enforcement and being tough on crime?

Not when it’s _their_ face being eaten. “You’re hurting the wrong people!”

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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6420 "2022-08-09T22:03:42Z")

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> [@irae](#):
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> TFG

I should know this, but what’s TFG? ‘That effin’ Git’? ‘Tan Fat Guy’?

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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6421 "2022-08-09T22:04:21Z")

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The Former Guy

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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6422 "2022-08-09T22:06:08Z")

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Thanks.

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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6423 "2022-08-09T22:09:18Z")

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!!!

2 minutes ago…

> <https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1557124189966016514?t=i06fkO2PCHDcxzEaxaMA9Q&s=19>

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6424 "2022-08-09T22:11:47Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> MAGA-merch company ripped out ‘Made in China’ tags, replaced with ‘Made in USA’ tags.

If the ‘Made in USA’ tags were made in the USA, perhaps he can get off on a technicality.

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**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:** [August 9, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6425 "2022-08-09T22:12:49Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> 2 minutes ago…

LOL, I’ll bet a few sphincters puckered in Congress today…

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> > [@irae](#):
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> > TFG
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> I should know this, but what’s TFG? ‘That effin’ Git’? ‘Tan Fat Guy’?

> [@JohnT](#):
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> The Former Guy

Tango-Faced Gibbon

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