# 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:** 461
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9207 "2023-03-13T23:00:01Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Do you have a link? I didn’t want anyone to accidentally click on it. You have to put in some effort. Weeds out the stragglers. ---
**Author:** ![Mortimus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9208 "2023-03-13T23:01:13Z")
Why do I keep reading the title of this thread as “embalmers” as opposed to “enablers”? Wishful thinking? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9209 "2023-03-13T23:10:21Z")
For me it was the bulge under his chin, like a frog building up for a croak. [![](http://photos.demandstudios.com/getty/article/97/103/87762859_XS.jpg) ](http://photos.demandstudios.com/getty/article/97/103/87762859_XS.jpg) I imagined him building up a lethal combination of gas and ignitable fuel, ready to belch forth in a supernatural blast of draconic fire. The waddle under his neck was going to start glowing an instant after the photo was snapped. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9210 "2023-03-13T23:16:45Z")
Trump is blaming Pence for the violence on 1/6 > “Had he sent the votes back to the legislatures, they wouldn’t have had a problem with Jan. 6, so in many ways you can blame him for Jan. 6,” the former president said, referring to Pence’s refusal to reject the electoral college votes in Congress as Trump wanted him to do that day. “Had he sent them back to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, the states, I believe, number one, you would have had a different outcome. But I also believe you wouldn’t have had ‘Jan. 6’ as we call it.” (gift link) > **[Trump claims violence he inspired on Jan. 6 was Pence’s fault](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/13/trump-pence-iowa/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjI3NTYyODAwIiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY3ODY4MDAwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY3OTk3NTk5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjc4NjgwMDAwLCJqdGkiOiIxYzZjZTlhNy1lNGEwLTRkNmItYjkzZC1iZDg4YjAzNGViN2IiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyMy8wMy8xMy90cnVtcC1wZW5jZS1pb3dhLyJ9.GSLg-7AbKUjBQcNViGuoyzVtHiKHoJYz78SU1NArBOE&itid=gfta)** > > The former president suggested the riot could have been avoided if his vice president had cooperated in overturning the results. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9211 "2023-03-13T23:39:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump is blaming Pence for the violence on 1/6 “If the bank had just given me the money **voluntarily** , I would never have robbed it! It’s all their fault!!!” ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9212 "2023-03-14T00:14:58Z")
It would have turned out like this. > **[Taliban Bureaucrats Hate Working Online All Day, ‘Miss the Days of Jihad’](https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ad3z8/taliban-bureaucrats-hate-working-online-all-day-miss-the-days-of-jihad)** > > Interviews with five former Taliban fighters reveal the crushing ennui of office life in the big city. ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9213 "2023-03-14T00:21:06Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump is blaming Pence for the violence on 1/6 ‘It’s all Pence’s fault for being a pussy and following the “law”!’ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9214 "2023-03-14T00:22:20Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever read a real news piece that sounded so much like an onion article. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9215 "2023-03-14T00:30:13Z")
I did a double take wondering if Vice had a humor section. ---
**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 15, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9216 "2023-03-15T21:32:33Z")
Another day, another fraud, another indictment for PAB’s circle. > **[Steve Bannon’s go-to funder Guo Wengui just got indicted for fraud](https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/15/23641704/guo-wengui-fraud-charges-steve-bannon-indictment)** > > The charges against the pro-MAGA exiled Chinese billionaire, explained. "Guo is [alleged](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ho-wan-kwok-aka-miles-guo-arrested-orchestrating-over-1-billion-dollar-fraud-conspiracy) to have participated in an elaborate effort to defraud his online supporters in his campaign against the Chinese government of over $1 billion. He allegedly did this through falsely soliciting them to invest in his businesses and then misappropriating the funds for personal use. Among his alleged fraudulent schemes were soliciting $262 million in investments in a cryptocurrency “ecosystem” called the Himalaya Exchange, as well as a private club membership program called G|CLUBS, which attracted over $250 million in investment and purported to be “an exclusive, high-end membership program offering a full spectrum of services.” The indictment alleges that Guo has used the money to buy a mansion, Ferrari and Bugatti sports cars, and two $36,000 mattresses in addition to using money for upkeep on his yacht, which is worth $37 million. The indictment says federal law enforcement has already seized over $634 million in fraud proceeds from Guo over the past six months." Smells of money laundering too. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9217 "2023-03-15T21:38:20Z")
I really need to know what you get for a $36,000 mattress. And he had two of them! Damn I’m jealous. (I think) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9218 "2023-03-15T22:34:28Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I really need to know what you get for a $36,000 mattress. Well, I’ve seen bicycle pants marketed as having an area filled with the same material they use to make prosthetic breasts. That could be a draw for a mattress, to certain folks. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9219 "2023-03-15T22:53:51Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I really need to know what you get for a $36,000 mattress. And he had two of them! I just assume they’re stuffed with $36,000 in cash. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9220 "2023-03-16T00:15:55Z")
Fulton County investigators have another recording of a Trump phone call pressuring a Georgia official: > The Fulton County special grand jury, which investigated Trump’s actions in the state after the 2020 election, heard the recording of Trump’s call to David Ralston, according to five of the jurors who spoke anonymously to the AJC. A source confirmed to CNN the existence of the recording, which hasn’t been made public. [https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/politics/trump-ralston-georgia-phone-call/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/politics/trump-ralston-georgia-phone-call/index.html) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9221 "2023-03-16T00:48:09Z")
Oh, that’s gotta sting! ---
**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:** [March 16, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9222 "2023-03-16T09:34:46Z")
Another perfect phonecall. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9223 "2023-03-16T10:03:24Z")
If it actually helps to get him imprisoned, then, yes, it was perfect. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 16, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9224 "2023-03-16T13:46:18Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E_NF-aGEfBM/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump's Media Company Investigated For Possible Russian Money Laundering Scheme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_NF-aGEfBM) It’s absolutely amazing how 95%+ of the people around Trump are willing to do illegal things. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9225 "2023-03-16T14:18:03Z")
I sure Trump thinks this is just how business is done. Because he’s done it all his life. There where stories of his casinos laundering money for Russians I think. And besides Trump adoring Putin, I bet Putin also has lots of kompromat on him. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9226 "2023-03-16T14:21:10Z")
I’m not sure that Trump himself did anything whatsoever with his “media group” besides getting the money up front, slapping his name on it and walking away. [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=460) [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=462)