# 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:** 355
**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:** [September 24, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7087 "2022-09-24T12:02:24Z")
Lucky for Trump, by the end of the month he has to turn over that proof to the Special Master. I wonder what happens if he doesn’t? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7088 "2022-09-24T12:44:50Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > …apparently Trump is accusing John Ratcliffe… Dumpsterfire is “applauding” not “accusing”. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7089 "2022-09-24T15:17:49Z")
Trying to wrap my head around this one… So the Cheeto-faced Shit-Gibbon is pleased that Ratcliffe has proof that Hunter Biden’s laptop, which was purportedly left in a store by Biden in April 2019, contained information about a plot by the FBI to plant evidence at Mar-a-Lago and then retrieve them in a raid over 3 years later. Maybe Hunter has access to a time machine. Interesting how the FBI somehow made Trump and his lawyers lie about having surrendered all of the documents bearing classified information in January. It’s pure Looney-tunes, which means the Trump supporters will lap it up. I hope that Judge Dearie gives the Trump team one week to prove these allegations against the FBI. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7090 "2022-09-24T15:21:57Z")
Last I heard, the FBI took Hunter’s laptop to hide everything on it and we, the people, need it returned so that we can find all the dirt on it. Since, you know, Giuliani couldn’t be bothered to do that when he had the thing, three years ago, and the NY Post couldn’t be bothered to make a backup and Mac Isaac couldn’t be bothered, either. So either a group of reporters and people allied against Biden couldn’t be bothered to investigate a laptop in their possession for months, couldn’t find anything on it beyond what they reported at the time, or are Deep State agents who decided to slam Hunter and Joe Biden just enough to gain confidence with Trump while working with the FBI. In all cases, Ratcliffe would not have anything new to report. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7091 "2022-09-24T15:32:00Z")
Or it’s a Trump dementia fever dream. Probably that. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7092 "2022-09-24T16:57:20Z")
I was grocery shopping this morning, and in what seems like one of the best indicators that trump is finally in trouble that he can’t weasel out of, the cover of the latest National Enquirer in the checkout aisle had a big headline: TRUMP GOING TO JAIL. Complete with a photoshopped pic of trump in an orange jumpsuit. Orange really is his color. This seems pretty huge, since trump is best buddies with David Pecker, the owner of the National Enquirer. NE cover stories usually have fawning headlines about trump or vicious headlines about his opponents. A subtitle did say something about trump being “trapped by vengeful FBI agents”. But then there were bulletpoints, one of which said “Nuke codes found at Mar-a-Lago”. Uhh, how was he trapped if they found him with nuke codes? It’s like saying “vengeful police trap murder suspect by finding him with dead body and smoking gun”. I suppose the article may have gone on to say the nuke codes were planted or something, but I didn’t get past the cover. And what is the FBI vengeful about, exactly? I find it so ridiculous that trumpets try to claim that the FBI, traditionally a bastion of conservativism, is in league with the commie liberal Deep State. ETA: I meant to spell ‘trumpists’ and spellcheck changed it to ‘trumpets’. I kinda like it though. I may go with trumpets from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7093 "2022-09-24T17:09:26Z")
> [@solost](#): > > And what is the FBI vengeful about, exactly? I find it so ridiculous that trumpets try to claim that the FBI, traditionally a bastion of conservativism, is in league with the commie liberal Deep State. Yeah, exactly. I saw a contributor on MSNBC, a former high muckety muck in the FBI, who said he could assure us that the idea that most FBI agents are in thrall to the Dems and the left is laughable. No stats were shared (that would be inappropriate if not illegal), but he smiled when he said he was very confident that the demographics for FBI agents skewed Republican and conservative. He just as quickly provided assurance that none of that matters; agents leave their politics at the door. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7094 "2022-09-24T17:24:43Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s not real, it doesn’t show up on Trump’s TS and the link goes to what I believe is a fake “John Ratcliffe Q” channel with two subscribers. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7095 "2022-09-25T00:33:38Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I meant to spell ‘trumpists’ and spellcheck changed it to ‘trumpets’. I kinda like it though. I may go with trumpets from now on. I like “Trumpeteers” – befitting of such a Mickey Mouse outfit. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7096 "2022-09-25T01:20:26Z")
Trumpettes are female Trump supporters. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7097 "2022-09-25T02:06:26Z")
Not “STrumpettes”? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7098 "2022-09-25T06:51:12Z")
Not that that isn’t fascinating, but… [Jury Rules Project Veritas Violated Wiretapping Laws and Fraudulently Misrepresented Themselves](https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/jury-rules-project-veritas-violated-wiretapping-laws-and-fraudulently-misrepresented-themselves/ar-AA12b1w6?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=693eea792d374d5daf9ada221fd5e780) Shocked. Shocked, I tells ya! (Only $120,000? Need to add a couple of zeros to that…) ---
**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:** [September 25, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7099 "2022-09-25T15:27:39Z")
> “This case is not about whether you ‘like’ Project Veritas [or] Project Veritas’ actions or methods,” O’Keefe said. “Today we mourn the loss of an important journalistic independence. The idea journalists should be free to investigate who they deem appropriate in the legal manner in which they deem appropriate.” IOW, the end justifies the means. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7100 "2022-09-25T15:55:04Z")
> Blockquote > The idea journalists should be free to investigate who they deem appropriate in the _ **legal** _ manner in which they deem appropriate.” I agree with this quote. The problem is, what they did was NOT legal. They broke the wiretapping laws. Does not sound legal to me. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7101 "2022-09-25T23:37:18Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > I meant to spell ‘trumpists’ and spellcheck changed it to ‘trumpets’. I kinda like it though. I may go with trumpets from now on. > > I like “Trumpeteers” – befitting of such a Mickey Mouse outfit. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Trumpettes are female Trump supporters. For any gender of Trump fans I like “Trumpites”—reminiscent as it is of “Deadites” from the _Evil Dead_ franchise. It just seems fitting, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7102 "2022-09-26T02:03:32Z")
Trumplets. Like piglets or froglets. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7103 "2022-09-26T19:29:45Z")
I almost feel sorry for him: [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rally-for-trump-backed-pennsylvania-gov-candidate-flops-hard-after-only-60-people-show-up/ar-AA12g2mj?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=828dcdd575c24e24bffa12caf9540346](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rally-for-trump-backed-pennsylvania-gov-candidate-flops-hard-after-only-60-people-show-up/ar-AA12g2mj?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=828dcdd575c24e24bffa12caf9540346) Read somewhere else that half of those were campaign volunteers. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7104 "2022-09-26T20:27:18Z")
That’s absolutely _delightful_ news. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7105 "2022-09-26T21:39:41Z")
> “There’s no sign of cavalry coming to his aid, either: The Republican Governors Association, which is helping the party’s nominees in Arizona, Michigan and six other states, has no current plans to assist Mr. Mastriano, according to people with knowledge of its deliberations.” If only we could get them to abandon Ms Lake here in Arizona. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7106 "2022-09-26T22:35:48Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > If only we could get them to abandon Ms Lake here in Arizona. I’m fine with them continuing to waste money on hopeless cases. [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=354) [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=356)