# 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:** 337
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6727 "2022-08-26T16:02:13Z")
Could easily be a hoax. Get “arrested” on live radio, take a vacation for a few weeks, while ginning up fears of the FBI “disappearing” people, then come back with some story about how you were held in an secret detention facility but managed to escape. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6728 "2022-08-26T16:03:31Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Could easily be a hoax. Get “arrested” on live radio, take a vacation for a few weeks, while ginning up fears of the FBI “disappearing” people, then come back with some story about how you were held in an secret detention facility but managed to escape. - And then someone reveals a video of you vacationing in Cancun. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6729 "2022-08-26T16:06:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > Get “arrested” on live radio, take a vacation for a few weeks, while ginning up fears of the FBI “disappearing” people, then come back with some story about how you were held in an secret detention facility but managed to escape. - > > And then someone reveals a video of you vacationing in Cancun. 1. Profit! ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6730 "2022-08-26T16:30:42Z")
He’s hiking the Appalachian Trail. ---
**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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6731 "2022-08-26T16:33:52Z")
I think he was just as surprised as anyone when _Dick Cheney_, of all people, insisted he go hunting in the middle of his pod. I’m sure he’s OK though. Dick Cheney is a master of gun safety and nothing about the man… to me… gives me the impression he holds grudges. Gavin is perfectly fine! ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6732 "2022-08-26T16:36:32Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I think he was just as surprised as anyone when _Dick Cheney_, of all people, insisted he go hunting in the middle of his pod. > > I’m sure he’s OK though. Dick Cheney is a master of gun safety and nothing about the man… to me… gives me the impression he holds grudges. > > Gavin is perfectly fine! - Dick Cheney has always seemed to me to be the straight shooter type. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6733 "2022-08-26T17:05:35Z")
Just remember to apologize to him after he shoots you. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6734 "2022-08-26T17:11:38Z")
Dick Cheney is truly heartless ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6735 "2022-08-26T19:01:08Z")
But these days, I miss him. At least he was competent. ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6736 "2022-08-26T20:40:13Z")
White House twitter account posts quotes from Republicans complaining about student loan forgiveness, along with details of how much loan money each one had forgiven through the Paycheck Protection Plan. GOP heads asplode. [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/biden-white-house-twitter-student-loan](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/biden-white-house-twitter-student-loan) ---
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6737 "2022-08-26T23:57:22Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > White House twitter account posts quotes from Republicans complaining about student loan forgiveness, along with details of how much loan money each one had forgiven through the Paycheck Protection Plan. GOP heads asplode. - > > [Right Wingers Huff And Puff After White House’s Student Loan Smack Talk](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/biden-white-house-twitter-student-loan) As many have pointed out, NO member of Congress suffered any delay or loss of paychecks at any time, not even during the worst of the pandemic. **They got every single paycheck.** So why were they granted Paycheck Protection funds in the first place? Yeah, supposedly they were getting sweet gov’t money to support their side hustles…but why was _that_ ever okay? ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6738 "2022-08-27T00:07:30Z")
Yeah, but the real problem is he didn’t miss anyone. ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6739 "2022-08-27T01:47:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And then someone reveals a video of you vacationing in Cancun. With Ted Cruz! ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6740 "2022-08-27T09:51:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > With Ted Cruz! That defeats the point of “vacation.” Nothing apart from an attack by an angry walrus mistaking him for a rival would make that trip worthwhile. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6741 "2022-08-27T09:53:40Z")
Can’t decide specifically where this goes, but at least I hope it makes Trump and others look foolish: [a fake heiress wormed her way into Mar-a-lago.](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41003284/mar-a-lago-rothschild-imposter/) ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6742 "2022-08-27T20:27:33Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > So why were they granted Paycheck Protection funds in the first place? Those shell companies don’t launder themselves, you know… ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6743 "2022-08-27T21:01:38Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Can’t decide specifically where this goes, but at least I hope it makes Trump and others look foolish: [a fake heiress wormed her way into Mar-a-lago.](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a41003284/mar-a-lago-rothschild-imposter/) It’s a good thing that that place and all of the illegally possessed classified information contained therein are secure, eh? ---
**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 27, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6744 "2022-08-27T21:43:05Z")
Trump admits that he would have lost in 2016 if not for Comey launching a fake investigation of Hillary Clinton: [![](https://www.politicalflare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022.08.27-07.34-politicalflare-630a71b2f3f79.png) ](https://www.politicalflare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022.08.27-07.34-politicalflare-630a71b2f3f79.png) ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6745 "2022-08-27T23:23:34Z")
I can’t hear him over the whirring of the projector\*. \*stolen elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6746 "2022-08-28T13:28:44Z")
Umm… What the hell is he trying to say? This is probably similar language that he tried to use in Executive Orders. HOPEFULLY he had an editor for those. Holy fuck. We know, but sheessss I’m thinking a moron with dementia. [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=336) [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=338)