# 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:** 378
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7547 "2022-11-09T16:20:36Z")
This will suffice: [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-brad-raffensperger-reviled-by-trump-wins-again-in-georgia/ar-AA13UV2h?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=fb9bafa2e41147afb4a24f1ff25d4402](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-brad-raffensperger-reviled-by-trump-wins-again-in-georgia/ar-AA13UV2h?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=fb9bafa2e41147afb4a24f1ff25d4402) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7548 "2022-11-09T16:56:50Z")
> **[Trump is 'livid' and 'screaming' his head off after disappointing midterm...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-livid-screaming-head-off-152742331.html)** > > Despite GOP losses, Trump will still probably announce his 2024 White House intentions because "it's too humiliating to delay," the advisor told CNN. > Former President Donald Trump “is livid” and “screaming at everyone” after many Republican candidates backed by him underperformed in Tuesday’s midterm elections, an advisor to Trump told CNN… > > DeSantis — whom Trump endorsed when he first ran for office — was one of the few GOP successes on election night… The CNN article is [here](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-results-congress-senate-house-11-09-2022/h_30d7e2301673c6585f598eebb7a323b3), but it’s in the fast-moving ‘Live Updates’. (Unless the URL links right to that part.) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7549 "2022-11-09T16:59:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Former President Donald Trump “is livid” and “screaming at everyone” Would love to be a fly on the wall there today. As long as I didn’t get hit by any ketchup, that is. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7550 "2022-11-09T17:04:42Z")
At last, he speaks the truth!: “Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit. And if they lose, I should not be blamed at all, OK…” From here: > **[Trump's favorite candidates disappoint on Election Day, raising questions...](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/09/midterm-election-results-trump-candidates-disappoint-on-election-day.html)** > > Former President Donald Trump's chosen candidates did not fare as he had hoped in the 2022 midterm elections. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7551 "2022-11-09T17:32:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > At last, he speaks the truth!: “Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit. And if they lose, I should not be blamed at all, OK…” If you watch the interview, he gives a smile when he says it that makes it pretty that clear its just a little self deprecating joke… until he then proceeded to double down on this idea and complain that the media would do the opposite. ---
**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)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7552 "2022-11-09T17:49:08Z")
An intelligent man could frame that in a perfectly reasonable way: “I gave them the tools to win: my endorsements, my fundraising network, my personal support. If they lose, it’s because they didn’t know what to do with the advantages I delivered.” But he is not a smart man. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7553 "2022-11-09T21:55:14Z")
> I could see him doing this to troll Oz. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7554 "2022-11-09T22:05:09Z")
Ahhhhhhh, sanity. # [Election Deniers Who Campaigned on ‘Stop the Steal’ Lost Across the US](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/election-deniers-who-campaigned-on-stop-the-steal-lost-across-the-us/ar-AA13VTTF?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=d14cc73e92f949eaab8d97f1e0452bbc) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7555 "2022-11-09T23:12:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > An intelligent man could frame that in a perfectly reasonable way: “I gave them the tools to win: my endorsements, my fundraising network, my personal support. If they lose, it’s because they didn’t know what to do with the advantages I delivered.” > > But he is not a smart man. So far, his strategy seems to be to insist HE had a great night, because so many of his candidates won……I assume he’s including every candidate in deep red states where the outcome wasn’t in doubt. In fact, no politician in history has ever had a greater night than Trump did yesterday, and no will talk about it. [https://imgur.com/a/cEJLkBN](https://imgur.com/a/cEJLkBN) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7556 "2022-11-09T23:22:50Z")
Bidenfreude: > ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7557 "2022-11-09T23:24:41Z")
Yeah, saw that live and it made me smile. I love how Biden treats Trump like yesterday’s litter box removals. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7558 "2022-11-10T03:34:12Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > > [@JohnGalt](#): > > > > two Corinthians in the boat > > Isn’t that the start of a dirty joke? No, it’s the beginning of a statement by a dirty joker. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7559 "2022-11-10T04:44:35Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > > Hilarious - let’s hope this is the only time I’ll ever use Fox as a cite. > > [RNC wont pay Trump's legal bills if he launches another White House bid, chair says | Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rnc-wont-pay-trumps-legal-bills-launches-another-white-house-bid-chair-says) > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > “We cannot do in-kind contributions to any candidate right now. He’s the former president being attacked from every which way with lawsuits, and he’s certainly raised more under the RNC than we’ve spent on these bills,” McDaniel said. > > > > Not sure how much this will hobble the living fuck out of Don. > > > > HOPEFULLY SHTILOADS, YEAH!!! > > > > The rube-grifting will have to get turned up to 11 now. > > This is one of the many reasons why I don’t expect Trump to announce his candidacy anytime soon. > I expect him to tease an announcement, constantly. I have no doubt that “multiple sources close to the President” have said he will announce right after the mid-terms” ( as reported by the media) but I don’t think he actually will. > It will hurt him financially, not only will the RNC not find his multiple legal battles if he announces, but other money he raises will be subjected to more restrictions and scrutiny. > Besides, he’s a reality TV performer, he’s going to want to tease this out as long as he can before pulling the trigger. I actually suspect that at some point he’ll get into trouble with the FEC for campaigning when he hasn’t announced his candidacy. > I think he’ll drag it out until next summer. I’m going to walk back this prediction, because I forgot about his stupid rallies, which are his oxygen. Midterms are done, so he can’t claim to be campaigning for someone else when he holds a rally. And unless he declares his candidacy, I don’t think he can legally campaign for himself. I guess he could call it an OWN THE LIBS concert, and spend a couple of hours on stage spewing conspiracy theories, performance art style. But he wouldn’t be able to talk about how great he is and how he should be President again. Well, he might…..he might employ his typical strategy of thumbing his nose at the law…but his lawyers might convince him to just go ahead and declare. I do think he’ll postpone the announcement until after the GA run-off, because he can hold stupid rallies for Walker all month, and he’ll get his rally fix. Then he might take a break for the holidays, because Mar-A-Largo will be hosting lots of parties, and he’ll be able to get adulation at all of them. I predict he’ll announce sometime in January. Although I might regret changing my mind, ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7560 "2022-11-10T13:49:48Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > HOPEFULLY SHTILOADS, YEAH!!! What’s a “shtiload”? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7561 "2022-11-10T13:58:51Z")
Just over a metric butt-ton. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7562 "2022-11-10T14:14:19Z")
Really? I would expect it to be more like a tubb-ton, all things considered. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7563 "2022-11-10T14:35:40Z")
Getting the triple-letter score outweighs the pleasure of a sarcastic reversal. At least in tournament play. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7564 "2022-11-10T14:38:51Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I do think he’ll postpone the announcement until after the GA run-off, because he can hold stupid rallies for Walker all month, and he’ll get his rally fix. I hope and pray he chooses to hold several of those rallies in GA. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7565 "2022-11-10T16:08:22Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I hope and pray he chooses to hold several of those rallies in GA. Yep. Trump fucked up a runoff vote in Georgia before. I’m sure he can do it again! ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7566 "2022-11-10T16:19:47Z")
Probably not unfortunately, last time he was still butt hurt and pouting over the fact that the GOP didn’t back his bid to steal of the election, so he called for a boycott. This time it’s his boy (with all the racist connotations that word engenders) on the ballot, so he will come out strong in favor of Walker. Whether it will be enough will remain to be seen. (hopefully not) [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=377) [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=379)