# 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:** 336
**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:** [August 25, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6707 "2022-08-25T20:38:27Z")
Why would anyone expect them to? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6708 "2022-08-25T23:08:02Z")
Who could have predicted this? [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-truth-social-owes-1-6-million-to-his-web-hosting-services-new-report-claims/ar-AA116sP3](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-truth-social-owes-1-6-million-to-his-web-hosting-services-new-report-claims/ar-AA116sP3) > Donald Trump’s social media platform may have seen a bump in new users since the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago property, but a new report suggests Truth Social owes more than a million dollars for web-hosting service and the dispute is headed for the courts… > It signed a deal with RightForge, which targets itself at conservative causes, for hosting services. > But three people familiar with the dispute claim that Truth Social has not made any of its monthly payments since March… ---
**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:** [August 25, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6709 "2022-08-25T23:08:25Z")
The tactic works so well, they will even use it on fellow Republicans [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/failed-trump-loving-candidate-declares-i-am-the-congresswoman-despite-clear-defeat/ar-AA116sW5?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=6fe5a4d534504126a9eaed9bf5c3f250](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/failed-trump-loving-candidate-declares-i-am-the-congresswoman-despite-clear-defeat/ar-AA116sW5?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=6fe5a4d534504126a9eaed9bf5c3f250) ---
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6710 "2022-08-25T23:38:08Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Who could have predicted this? > > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-truth-social-owes-1-6-million-to-his-web-hosting-services-new-report-claims/ar-AA116sP3) > > > Donald Trump’s social media platform may have seen a bump in new users since the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago property, but a new report suggests Truth Social owes more than a million dollars for web-hosting service and the dispute is headed for the courts… > > It signed a deal with RightForge, which targets itself at conservative causes, for hosting services. > > But three people familiar with the dispute claim that Truth Social has not made any of its monthly payments since March… I’m surprised anyone thought he would pay this bill. Well, gee, isn’t hosting Truth Social payment enough? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6711 "2022-08-26T00:17:30Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > The tactic works so well, they will even use it on fellow Republicans You would think Donnie himself had said this. > “Daniel Webster is illegitimate and my team and I will work to drive him into the ground every step of the way until he collapses in disgrace (or poor health) and resigns like he should have years ago,” she wrote. “Dan Webster’s health is worse than Joe Biden’s. Everyone who has seen him recently knows it’s true. His health is drastically failing, he is demented, looks ill, he can barely speak, he wears a life alert, I am willing to bet he doesn’t survive before his current term is over.” ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6712 "2022-08-26T00:49:04Z")
If he’s not legitimate, then there is no term, right? You have to love the illogic in the magat/trumpeter mind. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6713 "2022-08-26T01:14:42Z")
So she not only won the primary but the election too, months before it even happened. A remarkable new wrinkle for even the Republiquans. Simply claim the seat in Congress, Presidency, Governorship; show up and sit down. Straight out of the Sovereign Citizens squatters manual. ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6714 "2022-08-26T01:27:34Z")
More about Truth Social: > **[Trump's Truth Social has trademark application denied as setbacks pile up](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/25/trump-truth-social-trademark-denied)** > > The social media app and its parent company have been beset by a raft of issues over the past few months. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6715 "2022-08-26T02:09:17Z")
Ain’t that grand? 😃 But I’m finding myself wondering how much Tan the Conman’s “performance” during Occupy White House (as I call it; he certainly wasn’t working) has jaundiced the courts towards him. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6716 "2022-08-26T04:24:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > But I’m finding myself wondering how much Tan the Conman’s “performance” during Occupy White House (as I call it; he certainly wasn’t working) has jaundiced the courts towards him. Those four years didn’t help, but from everything I’ve read, the courts were likely jaundiced against him even before he was elected. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6717 "2022-08-26T05:29:30Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zmF14loVkgA/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Fears Indictment As 'Lock Her Up' Rallying Cry May Come Back To Haunt Him") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmF14loVkgA) ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6718 "2022-08-26T06:13:23Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > The tactic works so well, they will even use it on fellow Republicans > > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/failed-trump-loving-candidate-declares-i-am-the-congresswoman-despite-clear-defeat/ar-AA116sW5?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=6fe5a4d534504126a9eaed9bf5c3f250) Why do I have this sudden urge to read _The Devil and Daniel Webster_? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6719 "2022-08-26T09:31:00Z")
Why do I have this sudden urge to laugh my ass off every time I hear one of those Republican candidates’ responses to losing an election? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6720 "2022-08-26T11:37:32Z")
I know, right? It’s just so _puerile_. No, make that _infantile_. Don’t ANY Republican-leaning voters care how pathetic it is to whine “but I won!” when you’ve clearly lost? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6721 "2022-08-26T12:16:34Z")
“Petulant entitlement” is a key element of the GOP brand. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6722 "2022-08-26T12:52:00Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “Petulant entitlement” Perfect description. I am so stealing this. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6723 "2022-08-26T14:32:33Z")
Gavin McInnis, founder of the Proud Boys, was doing his live “show” (not sure if it’s radio or streaming) when the FBI came in with a warrant for his arrest. He has the onions to ask them to reschedule this through his lawyer. Apparently his channel had dead air for two hours afterwards. [Here’s a Twitter link](https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1562990331557445632) (couldn’t Google anything up yet.) ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6724 "2022-08-26T14:38:18Z")
Yeah, but… > > > > Will Sommer @willsommer ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6725 "2022-08-26T14:54:41Z")
Hmmm. The source who originally pointed me towards this said they were serving a warrant, but it could be a prank. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6726 "2022-08-26T15:54:00Z")
It is really weird what Republicans consider a prank or a joke… [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=335) [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=337)