# 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:** 452
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9027 "2023-03-04T15:51:09Z")
Leopard fight! > **[Steve Bannon Vows to Go Nuclear on Fox News in His CPAC Speech](https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-vows-to-go-nuclear-on-fox-news-in-his-cpac-speech)** > > Bannon told a reporter that he is planning to say he has “decided that Fox is not going to be a major network anymore.” ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9028 "2023-03-04T15:54:52Z")
Sounds like somebody has viewership envy. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9029 "2023-03-04T15:56:14Z")
Man, I feel like Opus the Penguin that time he was being used for animal testing. “Rescued from sadists by terrorists. Kind of a dream come true?” ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9030 "2023-03-04T16:29:57Z")
Heh, Bannon’s tweeting, in comparison, should hopefully dwindle further. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9031 "2023-03-04T18:32:20Z")
And apparently (this time) Bannon was a man of his word: [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3883321-steve-bannon-blasts-murdochs-fox-news-in-fiery-cpac-speech/](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3883321-steve-bannon-blasts-murdochs-fox-news-in-fiery-cpac-speech/) Some notable quotes: > [@](#): > > blasting [Rupert Murdoch,](https://thehill.com/people/rupert-murdoch/) the owner and co-chairman of Fox Corp, saying, “You’ve disrespected Donald Trump for long enough.” Pardon me, what??? > [@](#): > > “The Murdochs immediately have to start covering President Trump. No special deals, just cover the man, ask the tough questions,” Bannon said. “But we need to hear the voice of Donald J. Trump.” Ummm…No? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9032 "2023-03-04T19:29:44Z")
Like we need the return of the bubonic plague. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9033 "2023-03-04T20:38:26Z")
Another tightening of the legal screws, another tantrum… > The Racist Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, who is presiding over one of the most dangerous and violent cities in the U.S., and doing NOTHING about it, is being pushed relentlessly by the Radical Left Democrats, the Fake News Media, and the Department of “Injustice,” to bring charges against me for the now ancient “no affair” story of Stormy “Horseface” Danials, where there is no crime and charges have NEVER been brought on such a case before. In the meantime, Hunter & Joe Biden skate! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9034 "2023-03-04T20:50:12Z")
Is the Orange Shit-stain now “Tweeting”, or still “Truthing”? It’s entertaining, either way! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9035 "2023-03-04T20:57:33Z")
He’s still “Truthing” away agitatedly (and entertainingly): > The U.S. Injustice Department, which has dangerously become the Radical Left Democrats WEAPONIZED SYSTEM OF LAW, is threatening and harassing many people that work for me, wanting them to say anything bad in order to be left alone or even, set free. They are being carted off to Washington, D.C., and put before a Grand Jury, where the modern day Gestapo does everything in its power to make them look and sound as bad as possible. This Soviet style of “Justice” is going to take down the U.S.A. Bad! ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9036 "2023-03-04T21:08:32Z")
> [@from Steve\_MB's link](#): > > to bring charges against me for the now ancient “no affair” story of Stormy “Horseface” Danials, Nothing says innocent like yelling “I never had an affair with Horseface!” ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9037 "2023-03-04T21:18:05Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Nothing says innocent like yelling “I never had an affair with Horseface!” Reading the Orange Peril’s sophisticated and witty attacks on his opponents, I feel like I’m back in elementary school. In fact, I feel like I’m back in first grade. On the playground. When no teachers are within earshot. This fucker was president of the USA for four years. Everyone: just think about that. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9038 "2023-03-04T21:19:07Z")
I guess it goes here. > **[George and Kellyanne Conway Are Getting a Divorce](https://jezebel.com/george-and-kellyanne-conway-are-divorcing-1850188963)** > > Donald Trump, whom George has loudly criticized for years, congratulated his former adviser Kellyanne on being "free at last" from the man who hates him. He’s a conservative Republican lawyer (actual republicans are an endangered species). Cofounder of the Lincoln Project, PAB’s infected thorn. She’s a PAB shill for the speaking grift. PAB is predictably inserting tongue without engaging brain (who writes these for him - it sure isn’t a IA speech engine). Four adult kids who probably wish they were in an alternate dimension/world. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9039 "2023-03-04T21:33:27Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > This Soviet style of “Justice” is going to take down the U.S.A. Bad! Waitaminute. I thought he _liked_ the Soviet style of justice. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9040 "2023-03-04T22:35:12Z")
George Orwell (Eric Blair) — and by extension Erwin Schrödinger — must be approaching warp speed in their graves due to the amount of doublethink required to be a member of the GQP these days. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9041 "2023-03-04T23:40:39Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > …Stormy “Horseface” Danials… He seems to be conflating Stormy’s last name with “denials”. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9042 "2023-03-04T23:43:20Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > the now ancient “no affair” story Is that the one where he had an affair? ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9043 "2023-03-05T00:04:08Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Reading the Orange Peril’s sophisticated and witty attacks on his opponents, I feel like I’m back in elementary school. In fact, I feel like I’m back in first grade. On the playground. When no teachers are within earshot. This fucker was president of the USA for four years. Everyone: just think about that. Apparently, the most important political “strategy” Trump engages in is coming up with nicknames. [Jennifer Jacobs on Twitter: “Some of the new nicknames Trump has entertained for his chief rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: “Ron DisHonest.” “Ron DeEstablishment.” Or even, “Tiny D.” His team has spent weeks trying to dig up dirt on DeSantis and his wife, Casey, @nancook reports https://t.co/l3od8rxhHc” / Twitter](https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1632002857724530689) Tiny D. Projection much? lol I’ve seen some good suggestions from people online: > [@](#): > > Mo-ron DeSantis is what many people are calling him. I don’t think that’s fair, but only because he might not get the joke. Which would be very sad. But again, that’s not me saying it. Even if it were true. Which it might not be. And believe me I would say it if I felt that way. > [@](#): > > “Rhonda Santis” as in “Help me Rhonda”. He was so far behind in the polls he begged me for my endorsement. After I gave it to him I thought of him as “Help me Rhonda”. Help me Rhonda is very disloyal and is a Rino and wants to cut your Social Security. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9044 "2023-03-05T03:14:09Z")
My God, he sounds like he’s about five years old. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9045 "2023-03-05T03:18:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My God, he sounds like he’s about five years old Matches his followers. ---
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