# 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:** 434
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8667 "2023-01-27T20:10:03Z")
Well, at least there’s a vacuum in the space between his ears. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8668 "2023-01-27T21:29:23Z")
I wouldn’t say Trump is dense… But his head has an event horizon. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8669 "2023-01-27T22:00:37Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-slapped-down-by-judge-in-bid-to-avoid-jan-6-capitol-cop-trial/ar-AA16OxfE](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-slapped-down-by-judge-in-bid-to-avoid-jan-6-capitol-cop-trial/ar-AA16OxfE) > The report states, “The arguments raised by Trump and other defendants were ‘in large part duplicative of those the court already considered and addressed’ in a previous civil suit against the former president, Mehta wrote. In that case, Mehta ruled that Trump’s speech at a rally preceding the riot went beyond protections afforded by the First Amendment and those shielding presidents from civil liability while in office.” ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8670 "2023-01-27T22:45:43Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Trump says you can’t sue the Trump Org because it doesn’t exist: Taking a page out of “the Mafia doesn’t exist” playbook. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8671 "2023-01-27T23:12:05Z")
If only! ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8672 "2023-01-27T23:21:33Z")
" … US District Judge Amit Mehta … " What’s this? A Moslem so-called judge? So unfair. As we’ve seen before … 😆 > **[Trump's attacks on Judge Curiel are still jarring to read | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/politics/judge-curiel-trump-border-wall/index.html)** > > The strange collective reality show the country continues to live in during the Trump administration took an unexpected and odd turn Tuesday. > **[Trump lashes out at the ‘so-called judge’ who rebuked his travel ban](https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-judge-james-robart-234645)** > > Robart’s ruling marked the most sweeping condemnation of his immigration and refugee crackdown. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8673 "2023-01-27T23:23:14Z")
The “Trump Org doesn’t exist” maneuver sounds like something Lionel Hutz would have come up with. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N-SuNsdbnfc/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - Marge in Chains - I am not wearing a tie at all") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-SuNsdbnfc) Then again, he might as well have argued about the election fraud claims in court too. [![](https://i.imgur.com/frU5sYf.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/frU5sYf.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8674 "2023-01-27T23:33:50Z")
I’ve been expecting to see Lionel Hutz, Esq. show up on the Trump legal team just about any day now… ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8675 "2023-01-27T23:48:11Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > " … US District Judge Amit Mehta … " > > What’s this? A Moslem so-called judge? This was probably part of the joke; just ruining it here to nitpick that an Indian-American named Amit (Priyavadan) Mehta is of course very unlikely to be Muslim. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8676 "2023-01-28T00:44:39Z")
Does anyone know if we have a thread for providing updates, and enjoying the same, on the legal fates of participants in Jan 6 insurrection? It could go here, but I think it deserves it’s own thread. There have been some extremely satisfying developments in the last few weeks and I would like to add to the thread as I come across relevant news. If the thread doesn’t exist, then I will start one. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8677 "2023-01-28T00:47:16Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > There have been some extremely satisfying developments in the last few weeks and I would like to add to the thread as I come across relevant news. Of course bad news for those fuckers (arrests and convictions) have gone into this thread, so please bring 'em on for some more schadenfreude! ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8678 "2023-01-28T00:48:31Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Does anyone know if we have a thread for providing updates, and enjoying the same, on the legal fates of participants in Jan 6 insurrection? It could go here, but I think it deserves it’s own thread. This one, I think: > [@7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020): > > Since the [6 Jan 2021 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1614) was closed at the request of the OP, I’ve been looking for a place to post about all the things that have been happening in the aftermath but only finding pieces scattered here and there, so I’m starting a thread to hopefully consolidate the events. The White House and cabinet resignations, the Hawley book deal that got canceled, the talks about the 25th amendment, the talks about impeachment, the fate of the rioters, the discussion of Trump’s suspensions from Facebo… ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8679 "2023-01-28T01:17:01Z")
I thought he was riffing on the refrain that I’m sure right-wingers are tired of hearing: “Antifa is not an organization, it’s a philosophy.” In tRump’s limited mentality, if Antifa The Organization that doesn’t exist (wink, wink, nudge nudge) can operate, then the tRump Org can similarly not exist (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, Person, Woman, Man, TV…what was the other one?) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8680 "2023-01-28T02:05:49Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > Person, Woman, Man, TV…what was the other one?) Camera ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8681 "2023-01-28T02:08:25Z")
Person, woman, man, TV… [![](http://www.killerhorrorcritic.com/uploads/9/6/8/2/968225/published/082620201234.jpg) ](http://www.killerhorrorcritic.com/uploads/9/6/8/2/968225/published/082620201234.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8682 "2023-01-28T02:11:45Z")
Thank-you for sharing, **Atamasama**. That was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8683 "2023-01-28T03:52:46Z")
Best laugh I’ve had all day Atamasama. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8684 "2023-01-28T03:54:23Z")
Gamera needed a dentist. Not too sure having a canine which blocks part of your field of vision is optimal. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8685 "2023-01-28T03:57:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Person, woman, man, TV… What’s the reference? I’m fascinated how it leads to that picture. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8686 "2023-01-28T03:59:26Z")
The list is when Trump proved that he passed a dementia test. He had to repeat 5 words, four of which are quoted in the post. The missing word was ‘camera’. The picture is of Gamera, beloved defender of the Earth (sometimes) in 1960-era Japanese monster movies. [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=433) [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=435)