# 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:** 469
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9367 "2023-03-22T17:13:00Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Wow, are pro-trumpers actually finally getting it? Are they at long last pulling the yellow-dyed, Big Mac-scented wool from their eyes? Come for the bigotry, stay for the hate parade, leave when the bill comes due ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9368 "2023-03-22T17:21:49Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > It’s just one of his weird obsessions. He really thinks there’s virtue simply in being tall. he also thinks it’s virtuous to have a full head of hair, which is why he has that ridiculous combover-on-steroids. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9369 "2023-03-22T17:28:13Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Wow, are pro-trumpers actually finally getting it? Are they at long last pulling the yellow-dyed, Big Mac-scented wool from their eyes? Well, they’re still referring to January 6th “patriots”, so I’m going to go with “no”. Losing their delusions about Trump the man maybe makes them 1% less delusional overall. So, an improvement, but not a cause for celebration. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9370 "2023-03-22T17:52:49Z")
> [@solost](#): > > How much money would you give him for that? At least then he would have finally performed a worthwhile service for a fellow American. Every penny he is worth. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9371 "2023-03-22T19:46:23Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Well, they’re still referring to January 6th “patriots”, so I’m going to go with “no”. Losing their delusions about Trump the man maybe makes them 1% less delusional overall. Yeah, if someone “better” comes along, they’ll hitch their wagon to him (her). They need their messiah, while endlessly complaining that “libs” “worshipped” Obama like a “messiah.” ---
**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 22, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9372 "2023-03-22T19:50:24Z")
File under Leopard face eating, sexism, fraud, lawyer crime fraud exception. > **['Tucker Carlson' Is Just As Awful of a Workplace As You'd Expect](https://jezebel.com/tucker-carlson-is-just-as-awful-of-a-workplace-as-youd-1850247399)** > > In a new lawsuit, a former producer said staffers debated which Michigan gubernatorial candidate they'd rather sleep with. “Grossberg alleges that she and other women at the network are being scapegoated to protect male talent. In an [excerpt of the federal lawsuit filed](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/20/1164879578/fox-news-sues-producer-dominion-lawsuit) in New York, Grossberg said that the way Fox’s legal team prepared her for her deposition in the Dominion defamation case is opening her up to “civil and criminal liability for perjury.” She also contends that the network is “ subtly shifting all responsibility” for defamation to herself and Bartiromo, the host for whom Grossberg previously worked for as a producer.” From the comments: “If Fox’s lawyers encouraged Grossberg to perjure herself in preparation for her deposition for the Dominion litigation to shelter higher ups from liability, which is still ongoing and only at the summary judgment motion stage, that is literally a crime Fox’s attorneys conspired to commit. It triggers the same crime-fraud exception that just pierced Trump’s attorney client privilege regarding the withholding of classified documents and will compel Trump’s lawyer to testify and produce his notes. It’s the same crime-fraud exception that pierced any privilege for John Eastman’s communications for the conspiracy to obstruct Congress certifying the 2020 election. It will equally pierce attorney-client privilege in the Dominion litigation, and fact depositions will probably be re-opened in that case to re-depose Grossberg (as well as likely an order compelling Fox to disclose their attorney’s notes, briefs, etc. regarding prepping Grossberg for her first deposition in the Dominion case.) Expect a motion to that effect to be filed by Dominion in their litigation.” ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9373 "2023-03-22T19:52:33Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > He really thinks there’s virtue simply in being tall. > > Then how do you explain his admiration of that garden gnome, Putin? > [@carrps](#): > > Fear. I think he’s too dumb to be fearful; I think it’s a form of admiration. He sees Putin as the maximum authoritarian, and he just can’t control the ass-kissing. But let some of Putin’s inner circle wake up, find a spine, and lead the Big P-U to an open window and Vlad will instantly become a loser. Dan ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9374 "2023-03-22T19:57:50Z")
I still think there’s a bit of fear. Remember Helsinki? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9375 "2023-03-22T20:03:53Z")
I agree. I think there is still a lot more we don’t know about Trump’s probably illegal and unsavory ties to Russia/Putin that have been ongoing for decades, and Trump is shit scared of what could still come to light. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9376 "2023-03-22T20:53:01Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > > I’ve never understood the thing about lifts in his shoes. His reported height is 6’2", and it’s certainly no disgrace to be, say, 5’11" so I don’t see why he would bother with lifts (which are, I’ve heard, uncomfortable) if he’s not a short person. > > It’s just one of his weird obsessions. He really thinks there’s virtue simply in being tall. Seems to me he gets off on the power move of looming over people. Remember him doing it to Hillary Clinton during the debates? ---
**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 22, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9377 "2023-03-22T20:57:19Z")
> [@Dandan](#): > > But let some of Putin’s inner circle wake up, find a spine, and lead the Big P-U to an open window and Vlad will instantly become a loser. “I prefer dictators who don’t fall out of windows.” ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9378 "2023-03-22T21:06:14Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Seems to me he gets off on the power move of looming over people. _I like big fat men like you. When they fall they make more noise. And sometimes they never get up._ –Tuco ---
**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 22, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9379 "2023-03-22T21:36:16Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > One, if he tries to minimize spectacle and sneaks in a side door, he’s worried that will make him look weak and cowardly. > > Two, if he does the public perp walk, then he will get wall-to-wall coverage in every single media channel. IF any of this actually happens, the worst thing the powers-that-be could do is let Trump set the narrative. Everyone knows he will turn this into a circus so don’t give him any options. Set it up to be done as quietly as possible. He can bitch and moan about it on his own time. People have to stop letting him manipulate every fucking thing. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9380 "2023-03-22T22:00:10Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Every penny he is worth. Both of them? So that is where the expression “[my two cents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents)” comes from? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9381 "2023-03-23T00:45:10Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > People have to stop letting him manipulate every fucking thing. Exactly! Since when does a citizen of the United States get to play “Choose Your Own Arrest”? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9382 "2023-03-23T09:48:13Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Every penny he is worth. How much is a tuppence worth? More or less than a ha’penny? ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9383 "2023-03-23T10:46:12Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > How much is a tuppence worth? More or less than a ha’penny? Assuming this is a serious question: Tuppence - two pence Ha’penny - half a penny. So tuppence is worth four ha’pennies. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9384 "2023-03-23T10:47:44Z")
It was semi-serious, so thank you. I still wouldn’t give any of 'em for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9385 "2023-03-23T11:16:04Z")
As Mary Poppins taught us, tuppence is the price of a bag of birdseed, which is coincidentally also the contents of Trump’s skull. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9386 "2023-03-23T12:04:23Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > As Mary Poppins taught us, tuppence is the price of a bag of **birdseed** , which is coincidentally also the contents of Trump’s skull. - Breadcrumbs. [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=468) [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=470)