# 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:** 407
**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 14, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8127 "2022-12-14T22:20:57Z")
We can always hope! > **[Republicans fear Trump civil war could cost them in 2024](https://www.aol.com/news/republicans-fear-trump-civil-war-110000611.html)** > > The rising animosity between pro-Trump and anti-Trump forces is creating the prospect of something no Republican wants: a GOP civil war that could split the party in two and leave the path clear fo… ---
**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:** [December 14, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8128 "2022-12-14T22:27:10Z")
Yet another ‘Stop the Steal’ idiot politician commits voter fraud. > **[Voter fraud crusader Mark Meadows may be charged with voter fraud after...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/voter-fraud-crusader-mark-meadows-may-be-charged-with-voter-fraud-after-registering-at-mobile-home/ar-AA15hrJ4?cvid=a9290e49fe4648238dbc828beb13c128)** > > Meadows was registered to vote in at least three states in the past two years. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8129 "2022-12-15T03:07:46Z")
Trump Organization gets double secret probation: > **[Trump Organization Was Held in Contempt After Secret Trial Last Year](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/nyregion/trump-organization-contempt-secret-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=f3OA4jSI38IT7KLT-SGDepr7kNWFx1UGY0CzYHGLLB5pdcVA8kRUnUh4K6lc5iZ5V9t49GKolTeAvLggqD9FhHzj5-aGyOwrcFZjCes48noBDfeq7cai0Qvlk5YkIioqNcSsBm44qSC_JhB_8gx6AU2i7d5sYGKiOjyrBYHQTLMF7mnSK75XyS6CJf9Bv-O50DDaOCWIaBGYZ0OFNF86mUjifAZs7bKIDiHPE_Z4NtenvIJYHtL10xLvzYvJxDi7ApRXDtQs2cXgXSa5b9BG_ozFFFIcZaTum-Y_kTB2j-I1sCbpVgLRgAmaQARC1CileSEQRcXbNzeDe5a-uhzDvAgjm-vx1eJTnG5qjll-g6WeYG6L&smid=share-url)** > > The company was fined $4,000 after failing to turn over documents. The case is one of several in which investigators have found the ex-president or his company loath to hand over papers. (Gift link) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8130 "2022-12-15T03:45:25Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I often wondered why Walker did not play the Christian ‘saved’ card? > > “I was sinful, but now I am saved!!!” Wouldv’e given cover to hisself and all the ‘Christians’ that voted for him. Having sort of hero-worshipped him when he was running back for UGA, and now thoroughly disgusted with him, I would say making such a statement would admit to being flawed, and part of what makes him an extraordinary athlete is hyperconfidence. He was even able to compete in MMA at 50. He avoided his hypocrisy about abortion by never admitting to it. No matter how often he gets his facts wrong, he’s never going to admit it. He would never admit to being sinful, because he doesn’t believe anything he does is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8131 "2022-12-15T03:54:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > He would never admit to being sinful, because he doesn’t believe anything he does is wrong. No wonder he and Trump are so simpatico. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8132 "2022-12-15T17:45:40Z")
[Attorney disciplinary committee says Giuliani violated ethics rules with 2020 election fraud claims](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/15/politics/rudy-giuliani-ethics-hearing/index.html) > False election fraud claims that Rudy Giuliani made when he was representing former President Donald Trump’s campaign in 2020 should make the former New York mayor liable for professional sanctions, an [attorney disciplinary committee](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/politics/rudy-giuliani-ethics-hearing/index.html) said Thursday. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8133 "2022-12-16T01:09:20Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > saying he would throw his grandmother under a bus if that’s what it took to get Nixon re-elected. I just ran across this tidbit: Prior to the 1984 Super Bowl between the Redskins and the Raiders, Washington lineman Russ Grimm said “I’d run over my mother to win the Super Bowl.” Oakland linebacker Matt Millen responded “I’d run over Russ Grimm’s mother too.” Oakland won 38-9. /endhijack ---
**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 16, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8134 "2022-12-16T09:43:59Z")
Yes, but how was Russ Grimm’s mother afterward? > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Attorney disciplinary committee says Giuliani violated ethics rules with 2020 election fraud claims The wheels of justice grind slow… Giuliani is of course still occasionally making ludicrous and fact-free claims about election fraud, because apparently he just can’t help himself. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8135 "2022-12-16T13:18:20Z")
Here’s an amusing interview with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi in which they scornfully and sarcastically spend a little time mocking their interactions with trump. It takes place while having a meal at a Chinese restaurant they’ve been going to since 1987, and it’s kind of a cozy, intimate setting for an interview-- Schumer ordering shrimp dumplings and offering to share his Peking Duck with the reporter. The strong bond and mutual admiration Schumer and Pelosi have for each other is well on display. It’s a fairly quick watch at 7 minutes and change: > **[CNN Exclusive: 'He ultimately was a child': Pelosi, Schumer describe dealing...](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/12/15/chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-jamie-gangel-sitdown-intv-ac360-vpx.cnn)** > > In an exclusive interview with CNN's Jamie Gangel, outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer come together in their first-ever joint sit-down interview over lunch at Hunan Dynasty, a Chinese restaurant where the two... ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8136 "2022-12-16T15:48:54Z")
That was a nice interview…thanks for posting. I would love to be a fly on the wall when Trump watches it. Of course, I’d soon be a ketchup covered fly on the wall. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8137 "2022-12-16T16:51:06Z")
Trump will sue because they called him a child. Well, or at least throw a tantrum. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8138 "2022-12-16T16:55:02Z")
And demand a second scoop of ice cream to help sooth his hurt feewings. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8139 "2022-12-16T18:52:10Z")
The most interesting comment for me: According to Pelosi, in her first small group meeting with Trump his opening statement was, “I won the popular vote.” Wow. Straight to the Big Lie of the Day. Please let the grifter spend some time in jail, contemplating his choice of philosophies. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8140 "2022-12-16T19:28:50Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Straight to the Big Lie of the Day. And such a _useless_ lie! It wouldn’t matter even if you _did_ – not in any practical sense\*. It can ONLY be about your feewings! \*If only! ---
**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 17, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8141 "2022-12-17T01:04:11Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > The most interesting comment for me: According to Pelosi, in her first small group meeting with Trump his opening statement was, “I won the popular vote.” I liked the bit at the end, where apparently they had been asked about Trump running for the 2024 presidential election, and Pelosi responded, “Do we need to talk about him while we’re eating?” Too freaking funny. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8142 "2022-12-17T06:19:42Z")
Knees. Without a doubt, knees. I’m here to help. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 17, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8143 "2022-12-17T13:17:51Z")
This was a nice bit of good news to start out the weekend (I know, the DOJ may choose not to act on it, but maybe? Hoping for a Christmas miracle): > **[January 6 committee expected to announce referral of multiple criminal...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/politics/january-6-committee-trump-criminal-charges-doj/index.html)** > > The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, is expected to announce it will refer at least three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department, including insurrection, obstruction of an official... ---
**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:** [December 17, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8144 "2022-12-17T17:21:33Z")
> [@solost](#): > > This was a nice bit of good news to start out the weekend (I know, the DOJ may choose not to act on it, but maybe? Hoping for a Christmas miracle) They’re already acting on it. Heavily. It’s just they can’t put out press releases. ---
**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 17, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8145 "2022-12-17T19:39:02Z")
I know it’s too much to hope for a perp walk in handcuffs, but I have not asked for ANYthing else this Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8146 "2022-12-17T20:38:32Z")
I hope that @Euphonious_Polemic gets the Hallmark Christmas Miracle they (and the rest of us) so richly deserve. I am reminded of an older post of mine though: > [@You wake up tomorrow to any amazing and true headline you want, what is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wake-up-tomorrow-to-any-amazing-and-true-headline-you-want-what-is-it/920476/6): > > De-Grinchification of Donald Trump! You heard it here first true believers! After a near-death-experience caused by choking on a cheeseburger while patting himself on the back, Don ‘the Con’ Trump realized that he had much karma to correct. He has submitted his extensive blackmail files on both himself and his cronies, including Moscow Mitch, Half-Assed Hannity, Grotesque Grahmn and his childen and in-laws. After setting aside a small trust fund for his youngest child, he has turned over all… [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=406) [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=408)