# 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:** 397
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7927 "2022-12-02T00:02:27Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Joel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz's Buddy, Is Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking](https://jezebel.com/joel-greenberg-matt-gaetzs-buddy-is-sentenced-to-11-y-1849842725) > > He got 11 years AND cooperated. The way I heard it, the charges against Greenberg were highly likely to result in a sentence of at least 30 years. So getting ~19 years off for cooperating was a pretty good deal. Now we have to wait to see if DOJ will go after an actual member of Congress (no matter what crimes are alleged). ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7928 "2022-12-02T01:42:34Z")
Thumb-forehead Matt’s next. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7929 "2022-12-02T03:03:52Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Well, I’m not sure that’s schadenfreude, more like deserving of it’s own, separate pitting, but it’s not surprising, just sickening. > > Fuck that guy. I mean, screw him for a LOT of reasons, but everyone and everything that gave him the benefit of the doubt up to now should immediately come down on him with both boots. > > And to reiterate, fuck that guy. I’m totally on board with this in regards to Alex Jones. The only thing he’s uncomfortable about is getting sued again. Kanye, on the other hand, is seriously mentally ill and it’s really disturbing to see this stuff happening. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7930 "2022-12-02T04:04:06Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s not a surprise that he feels that way, but he’s broadcasting it now. Please show some respect and refer to Kanye by his newly announced preferred pronoun, Ye. The revised statement respectful of this Hitler fan’s sensitivities would be, “it’s not a surprise that Ye feels that way, but Ye’s broadcasting it now.” Also, in case anyone missed it, while Ye and a white supremacist anti-Semite were having a ketchup-infested dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Ye announced that he was running for prez, and invited Trump to be his running mate. It’s not clear how that turned out, but the dinner conversation among these three intellectual luminaries must have been delightful. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7931 "2022-12-02T04:20:11Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Kanye, on the other hand, is seriously mentally ill and it’s really disturbing to see this stuff happening. I’m not comfortable with calling him mentally ill. It reminds me too much of similar tactics of authoritarian regimes – “If you don’t love our system you must be crazy.” I’m thinking specifically the Soviet Union and North Korea. Just plain asshole works better for me. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7932 "2022-12-02T04:26:13Z")
I think he actually has been clinically diagnosed, and just doesn’t like taking his meds. Eta: Clinical diagnosis of bipolar disorder after a psychiatric hospitalization in 2016. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7933 "2022-12-02T04:31:10Z")
Ah. If that’s the case never mind. I just not a big fan of remote diagnosis; it is a fearful weapon. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7934 "2022-12-02T04:31:41Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Please show some respect and refer to Kanye by his newly announced preferred pronoun, Ye. I’ll do that when everyone on the SDMB calls Trump by his chosen name. In other words, disrespect intended. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7935 "2022-12-02T11:17:31Z")
I thought you couldn’t vote if you were a convicted felon? Is that not true in his case? This isn’t a direct question to you, enipla, but since you mentioned it, I hope someone can answer that question. My Google search has been unsuccessful. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7936 "2022-12-02T11:35:21Z")
If ever there were a case for considering conservatorship, Ye is it. Britney is a bastion of sanity next to Kanye. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7937 "2022-12-02T12:21:20Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Please show some respect and refer to Kanye by his newly announced preferred pronoun, Ye. Point of order: [Ye (pronounced “yay”) is his proper name, not a pronoun.](https://deadline.com/2021/10/kanye-changes-name-ye-1234857751/) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7938 "2022-12-02T12:22:34Z")
Pretty sure that line was a joke, everyone. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7939 "2022-12-02T12:24:50Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Also, in case anyone missed it, Not readers of this thread! > [@A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers/925537/7850): > > It is now being reported that Kanye West campaign advisor Milo Yianoppolous set Trump up in the dinner with Fuentes. Milo was of the opinion that this would damage Trump and that he would mishandle the controversy. In addition, it seems that Kanye’s sole purpose was to piss Trump off while Nick was droning about how Trump is disappointing his most loyal supporters. So you had Kanye taunting Trump that he (Kanye) is going to steal Trump’s white supremacist supporters while Fuentes was also prodd… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7940 "2022-12-02T13:00:10Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Eta: Clinical diagnosis of bipolar disorder after a psychiatric hospitalization in 2016. Being bipolar is extreme mood swings. Nothing in there about being a racist asshole. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7941 "2022-12-02T13:39:44Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Being bipolar is extreme mood swings. [It can also cause delusional,](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bipolar-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355955)[bizarre behavior.](https://www.verywellmind.com/delusions-types-and-role-in-psychosis-379826) [This is pretty bizarre.](https://www.timesofisrael.com/musk-kicks-kanye-west-off-twitter-after-he-posts-star-of-david-merged-with-swastika/) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7942 "2022-12-02T14:09:24Z")
Heheheheh: > **[Appeals court halts special master review of documents seized at Mar-a-Lago...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/politics/mar-a-lago-special-master/index.html)** > > In a major defeat for former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court on Thursday halted a third-party review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7943 "2022-12-02T14:23:42Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [It can also cause delusional,](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bipolar-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355955) [bizarre behavior.](https://www.verywellmind.com/delusions-types-and-role-in-psychosis-379826) It’s also apparently contagious… If you’re in the GOP. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7944 "2022-12-02T14:34:03Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Point of order: [Ye (pronounced “yay”) is his proper name, not a pronoun.](https://deadline.com/2021/10/kanye-changes-name-ye-1234857751/) I assume its short for '[Yay Newfriend](https://questionablecontent.fandom.com/wiki/Yay_Newfriend)" ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7945 "2022-12-02T16:11:29Z")
No argument from me. My only point was, it’s OK to call him mentally ill, because he is. It’s not just a random insult. Mental illness is not an excuse for being a racist asshole for sure. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7946 "2022-12-02T16:18:14Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Point of order: [Ye (pronounced “yay”) is his proper name, not a pronoun.](https://deadline.com/2021/10/kanye-changes-name-ye-1234857751/) All this time I’ve been pronouncing it “the.” 🤦‍♂️ [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=396) [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=398)