# 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:** 436
**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:** [January 29, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8707 "2023-01-29T14:23:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I wouldn’t say Trump is dense… But his head has an event horizon. Heh. Rodney Dangerfield meets Stephen Hawking. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8708 "2023-01-29T14:27:37Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Trump didn’t use this as an example of him repeating a question from a test for dementia. He used it as an example of his easily passing a test for spectacular cognition. Exactly. That someone could confuse a “genius test” with a “barely functioning brain test” is itself a sign of…confusion, to put it charitably. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8709 "2023-01-29T14:29:19Z")
You are not the audience. The large swath of the voting public who are predisposed to believe he is a genius is the audience. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8710 "2023-01-29T16:06:10Z")
An audience who would doubtless struggle to pass that test. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8711 "2023-01-29T17:06:50Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > She and Randy Rainbow kept me sane during The Times. The Trumples? ---
**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 29, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8712 "2023-01-29T17:20:34Z")
👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 ---
**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:** [January 29, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8713 "2023-01-29T17:50:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The Trumples? Such a fitting name. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8714 "2023-01-29T18:02:42Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > God, I love Sarah Cooper. She’s a genius but I found, unfortunately, I could not stand even _listening_ to that drivel to get a good laugh. ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8715 "2023-01-29T22:36:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Please, don’t anyone ever make me defend Trump again. Nobody forced you to _this_ time. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8716 "2023-01-30T01:34:55Z")
It’s like training for a Kumite. If you can defend Trump (even unwillingly, as in this case), you’re ready for _anything_. ---
**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 30, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8717 "2023-01-30T06:51:38Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Kumite Covfefete [![](https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20070401__20070402_A2_ND02PEOPLE1.jpg) ](https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20070401__20070402_A2_ND02PEOPLE1.jpg) 🎶 “YOU FIGHT TO SURVIIIIIIVE!” 🎶 ---
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8718 "2023-01-31T18:00:35Z")
Hope? > **[Trump's 2024 fundraising haul is a massive dud: documents](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-2024-fundraising-haul-is-a-massive-dud-documents/ar-AA16Wz8B?cvid=8551d8595a5045b4b5fec16a6769e9ab)** > > Former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign has gotten off to a rocky start, and new fundraising documents obtained by NBC News underline his struggles to raise cash as he attempts a third White House bid.According to the report, Trump's 2024... ---
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8719 "2023-01-31T18:02:04Z")
> **[MAGA Radio Host Tells Trump: ‘Nobody Cares’ About Your ‘Grievances’](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-radio-host-tells-trump-nobody-cares-about-your-grievances/ar-AA16Xbj2?cvid=3ec2f948f7e14e5d8edcff663059e331)** > > “I just don’t care,” Fredericks exclaimed on Tuesday, referencing Trump’s latest lawsuit against Bob Woodward. Maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8720 "2023-01-31T19:34:18Z")
There’s still lots of folks who want to give him money. But he already took all of theirs. A good businessman would have known to milk them slower, but longer. You get more that way. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8721 "2023-01-31T20:57:42Z")
> **[Trump served wrongful death lawsuit in connection to death of Capitol Police...](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/donald-trump-wrongful-death-lawsuit-brian-sicknick/65-a9f598d0-553d-4ce4-aaaa-2114a11849e6)** > > The suit was filed on January 6th this year by Officer Brian Sicknick's longtime girlfriend Sandra Garza. It seeks $10 million from Trump and two others. Good luck getting anything out of Der Bungle. ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8722 "2023-01-31T22:42:59Z")
Here’s a half hour of Trump invoking his 5th Amendment rights. [Watch Former POTUS Donald Trump Repeatedly Plead The Fifth (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/watch-former-potus-donald-trump-repeatedly-plead-the-fifth/ar-AA16XwJe?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=1f347d0e4a5640548ab7af7170bc041d) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8723 "2023-01-31T23:13:05Z")
And what does Trump think about those that fall back on the 5th? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hMyh7ko9L2g/maxresdefault.jpg "Five Times Donald Trump Has Bashed Pleading The Fifth | MTP Daily | MSNBC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMyh7ko9L2g) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8724 "2023-02-01T16:07:47Z")
LOL, I didn’t even make it past “Witch hunt! Wahh, no other president has ever been treated so unfairly!” I was laughing too hard. I did like the answer to how much he prepared for the deposition: “Not much at all.” I guess you don’t need to prepare much if you’re just going to repeat “fifth” over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8725 "2023-02-01T16:20:45Z")
It looked like he was falling asleep… ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8726 "2023-02-01T16:29:26Z")
I’m fairly sure I remember a tweet/truth where he said something like, “oh sure, that was true when I said it, but that was before I became the single worst-treated human in the history of history. Of course I have to take the 5th to protect myself from the evil bladdidy blah.” [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=435) [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=437)