# 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:** 388
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7747 "2022-11-21T22:18:02Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > That shit makes me want to chew on a towel. Man, this makes me feel old. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7748 "2022-11-22T10:07:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Love the last two paragraphs: Ha! I’m intrigued by Oz lending $22m to his own campaign. One wonders if the campaign raised enough money to pay him back. ---
**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 22, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7749 "2022-11-22T13:59:47Z")
Magic 8 Ball says… not a chance in hell. Something else to get Trump to hurl another ketchup bottle: > **[Republican Rep. Valadao wins California Central Valley vote](https://www.aol.com/news/republican-rep-valadao-wins-california-124709676.html)** > > Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao has defeated Democrat Rudy Salas in a Central Valley district, overcoming a strong Democratic registration advantage and fallout from his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump. With 98% of the ballots counted... ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7750 "2022-11-22T14:32:47Z")
> Maine Sen. [Susan Collins](https://apnews.com/hub/susan-collins) questioned Scott’s management of the NRSC. Is she concerned? ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7751 "2022-11-22T14:33:52Z")
Stand back, everybody, if she is! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7752 "2022-11-22T20:03:08Z")
Too bad, Don. > **[Supreme Court clears way for Trump tax records to be sent to Congress by IRS](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/22/supreme-court-rules-on-trump-tax-records-being-given-to-congress.html)** > > The House Ways and Means Committee for three years had sought to obtain income tax returns of former President Donald Trump. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7753 "2022-11-22T20:34:39Z")
I’m sure he’ll try to run out the clock somehow until the GOP takes over the House. ---
**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 22, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7754 "2022-11-22T20:36:42Z")
He can’t. The returns will be submitted by Mazars, his accounting firm, not by Trump himself. They’re unlikely to want to get themselves sideways with a SCOTUS ruling. The Committee will probably have them before the day is out. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7755 "2022-11-22T20:37:43Z")
Well then that’s fucking awesome! ---
**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 22, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7756 "2022-11-22T20:41:27Z")
Yes, it’s definitely another bad day for Trump, filled with schadenfreude for us! Besides the tax returns finally being released, Lindsey Graham had to testify to the Georgia grand jury today. Also, arguments were heard by the Eleventh Circuit on DOJ’s motion to get rid of the unnecessary special master in the documents case. The 3 Republican-appointed judges hearing that case telegraphed their intent to grant DOJ’s motion very soon. \< Muttley laff \> ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7757 "2022-11-22T21:36:13Z")
> **[Candace Owens-Endorsed "Anti-Woke" Bank Dies A Hilarious Death](https://www.theroot.com/candace-owens-endorsed-anti-woke-bank-dies-a-hilariou-1849813190)** > > How can you not laugh at people who thought this grift would work? From the Rolling Stone article quoted: "Pitching itself as a financial institution that allowed one to be “free to celebrate your love of God and country without fear of cancellation,” GloriFi’s marketing read more like a campaign ad than an enticing APR offer on a new credit card. Highlights from the “about us” page include: “OUR BILL OF RIGHTS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE” and “WE ARE ONE NATION UNDER GOD.” In its short tenure GloriFi, managed to launch checking and savings accounts as well as credit cards, with plans to offer mortgages and insurance in a future that will no longer take place. Founder and CEO [Toby Neugebauer](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/toby-neugebauer/) pitched plans to offer gun owners discounts on home insurance, credit cards made of shell casing material, and assistance paying legal bills if customers shot someone in self-defense." “GloriFi’s public web site is now just one page, filled with the salty tears of grievance and instructions for how its few customers can retrieve whatever funds they had in their accounts.” ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7758 "2022-11-22T21:43:45Z")
From its home page: > Recently, With Purpose, Inc. d/b/a GloriFi, has experienced a series of financial challenges related to startup mistakes, reputation attacks, the declining economy, and multiple negative media stories. A bank failed because of bad press. Right. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7759 "2022-11-22T21:44:33Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Yes, it’s definitely another bad day for Trump, filled with schadenfreude for us! > > Besides the tax returns finally being released, Lindsey Graham had to testify to the Georgia grand jury today. > > Also, arguments were heard by the Eleventh Circuit on DOJ’s motion to get rid of the unnecessary special master in the documents case. The 3 Republican-appointed judges hearing that case telegraphed their intent to grant DOJ’s motion very soon. > > \< Muttley laff \> Yay!!! Triple-bad day for Trumpie – it probably calls for three ketchup bottles to be flung against the wall! 😃 Here’s the latest report on the special master business – not a done deal yet, but the appeals court doesn’t seem to be favourable either to Trump or to his pet judge, Loose Cannon: [https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/politics/appeals-court-trump-doj-mar-a-lago-docs/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/politics/appeals-court-trump-doj-mar-a-lago-docs/index.html) ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7760 "2022-11-22T22:01:49Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > A bank failed because of bad press. In theory bad press could cause people to jump ship from a bank which would cause it to fail. That’s not what happened here though. It’s very difficult to run a business when you focus everything on political messaging and forget what the business is supposed to be doing. If I opened a burger place called Red Meatz, with the “Make Angus Great Again” slogan, and offered people $10 microwaved frozen hamburgers (and then charged $1 per topping including ketchup and mustard), it’s going to fail. It doesn’t matter how much I try to attract the MAGA crowd and spend a fortune on advertising with right-wing talk radio, there will likely be people who cheer on my efforts “in spirit” but would never actually come to my restaurant and buy a sandwich. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7761 "2022-11-22T22:10:29Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Yay!!! Triple-bad day for Trumpie – it probably calls for three ketchup bottles to be flung against the wall! 😃 I don’t imagine Trump pouring ketchup from a bottle. I imagine him reaching into his front pocket for a few McRonald’s packets. But as to the upcoming ruling: If it doesn’t go his way, is this another thing that has to wait for a Supreme Court ruling in order to be truly decided? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7762 "2022-11-22T22:15:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > But as to the upcoming ruling: If it doesn’t go his way, is this another thing that has to wait for a Supreme Court ruling in order to be truly decided? I’m no expert, but I suspect that the orange master of delaying tactics will try that. I also suspect that the Supreme Court is likely getting tired of this bullshit. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7763 "2022-11-22T22:16:26Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “Make Angus Great Again” Angus: “I’m still great.” [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSugS8kjEgJ0gAAUUkVWkIaj5Tl_oyrQVjQew&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSugS8kjEgJ0gAAUUkVWkIaj5Tl_oyrQVjQew&usqp=CAU) ---
**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 22, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7764 "2022-11-22T22:32:37Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > But as to the upcoming ruling: If it doesn’t go his way, is this another thing that has to wait for a Supreme Court ruling in order to be truly decided? Sure. But the last time he tried it in this case, the SCOTUS turned it around within just a few days and issued a terse 34 (or was it 35?) word ruling denying his relief. The grounds they are asserting for these appeals are so patently ridiculous, the SCOTUS is getting tired of Trump’s implication that they are just there to rubber stamp his wishes. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7765 "2022-11-22T22:34:01Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’m sure he’ll try to run out the clock somehow until the GOP takes over the House. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > He can’t. The returns will be submitted by Mazars, his accounting firm, not by Trump himself. Correction. The returns in question are six years of returns that are already in the hands of the executive branch. They’ll be handed over by the IRS! ---
**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 22, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7766 "2022-11-22T22:34:55Z")
Oh, that’s even better!!! Thanks for correcting my misinformation! (In my defense, Mazars is how I heard it reported today.) [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=387) [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=389)