# 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:** 470
**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 23, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9387 "2023-03-23T13:29:00Z")
> [@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. Far too generous. Birdseed is nutritious to eat, and if planted in soil will grow life. I think his skull contents are better described as “scheißekopf”. ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9388 "2023-03-23T16:55:33Z")
The bone in his spurs migrated north. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9389 "2023-03-23T17:03:14Z")
It makes his BMI calculation a little better if he is 3 in taller ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9390 "2023-03-23T18:42:19Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Come for the bigotry, stay for the hate parade, leave when the bill comes due _Before_ the bill comes due. Meanwhile, out west: > **[Arizona court declines most of Lake's appeal over gov's race](https://www.aol.com/news/arizona-court-declines-most-lakes-154627210.html)** > > The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear most of Republican Kari Lake’s appeal in a challenge of her defeat in the governor’s race but revived a claim that was dismissed by a trial court. In an order Wednesday, the state’s highest court said a... ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9391 "2023-03-23T18:54:01Z")
Even Trump’s legal team in its countless and mostly futile attempts to challenge elections in court (sometimes leading to sanctions of the lawyers) got a couple of legitimate issues looked at. Probably by accident. They were minor things that in no way changed election outcomes but were worth looking into. This seems along the same vein of “even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then” results. But I’m sure that Lake assumes that this will PROVE she really won the election, when likely at most it will prompt a minor process change for future elections. ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9392 "2023-03-24T02:32:12Z")
My interpretation of the Lake case, Distirct court and supreme looking though Lakes arguments. District court: This ones bullshit Supreme court: Yup District court: This ones bullshit Supreme court: Yup District court: This ones bullshit Supreme court: Yup District court: This ones bullshit Supreme court: Yup District court: This ones bullshit Supreme court: Are you sure? After a couple of months District court: Yup, its bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9393 "2023-03-24T18:22:12Z")
Corcoran says he’s not going to plead the fifth to the DC Grand Jury in the documents case! [Trump’s lawyer won’t plead the Fifth: report (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-lawyer-won-t-plead-the-fifth-report/ar-AA190rKV?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=791d28d573d042c7883a590faee80dc2&ei=48) That can only mean he is going to testify that Trump _personally_ told him to advise the feds they had no more classified documents. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9394 "2023-03-24T19:12:50Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > That can only mean he is going to testify that Trump _personally_ told him to advise the feds they had no more classified documents. Or he’ll say something else. I’m not sure why that is the only meaning of his announcement that he won’t take the fifth. ---
**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 24, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9395 "2023-03-24T20:30:14Z")
And now, a comic interlude. > **[Colbert Cartoon Predicts How Donald Trump Jr. May Take Fall For His Dad](https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/colbert-cartoon-predicts-how-donald-trump-jr-may-take-fall-for-his-dad/ar-AA18YPEp)** > > The "Late Show" spoof revealed the "real question" about the former president and his son. ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9396 "2023-03-27T19:09:54Z")
Even the dwindling numbers of MAGAheads who show up for his rallies these days don’t seem eager to hear the Manchurian Cantaloupe tear into DeSantis: > **[Trump rally goes silent after he attempts to mock DeSantis](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-rally-goes-silent-attempts-182258829.html)** > > Former President Donald Trump was critical of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a weekend rally in Texas, but some of the speech fell flat on the audience in Waco. ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9397 "2023-03-27T19:46:38Z")
An appropriate response to one persistent group of enablers: > **[DA Alvin Bragg’s staffer hangs up on ‘bulls–t’ congressional phone call](https://nypost.com/2023/03/25/alvin-braggs-staffer-hangs-up-on-bulls-t-congressional-phone-call/)** > > The Judiciary Committee staffer who called Bragg’s office at noon on Wednesday was promptly hung up on after he identified himself to a woman who answered the phone, a person familiar with th… > …The Judiciary Committee staffer who called Bragg’s office at noon on Wednesday was promptly hung up on after he identified himself to a woman who answered the phone, a person familiar with the call told The Post. > > When the staffer called back a second time and identified himself, a second woman bluntly told him, “Your committee has no jurisdiction over us. You’re wrong. Stop calling us with this bulls—t,” the insider said… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9398 "2023-03-27T21:26:38Z")
ISTR hearing when I was a kid that cussing on a telephone line was a federal offense. Should this [DA] staffer be worried? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9399 "2023-03-27T21:39:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > ISTR hearing when I was a kid that cussing on a telephone line was a federal offense. I would be very surprised if that’s true. I’d be even more surprised if such a law was constitutional. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9400 "2023-03-27T21:43:26Z")
How surprised would you be to learn that eight-year old **kaylasdad99** kinda believed it? ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9401 "2023-03-27T21:46:50Z")
Oh man, working for a government agency, and knowing how standing orders are to basically not talk to anyone on the phone if it’s not an expected part of your job, and only ever refer them to The Proper Authorities, I’m like 99.999% sure they were _instructed_ to respond in such a fashion to these calls. When your boss tells you to tell the Congressional caller to quit their bullshit, you know someone has crossed the Rubicon. ---
**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 28, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9402 "2023-03-28T01:09:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Even the dwindling numbers of MAGAheads who show up for his rallies these days don’t seem eager to hear the Manchurian Cantaloupe tear into DeSantis: The impression I’ve been getting of the more recent Agent Orange rallies is that the MAGAts aren’t really there to listen to him bloviating; it’s 99% recycled and they’ve already heard it many times. It’s more like a right-wing DeadHead gathering - a place to meet and commune with like-minded MAGAts and buy/sell merch. There’s also much less effort and expense put into these than there used to be (and I’m sure part of that is due to larger venues no longer wanting to book an event since they know full payment is unlikely). Renting an airfield hangar or outdoor space in a rural-ish area has got to be relatively inexpensive and all Agent Orange needs to do is fly in, bloviate, and fly out again. ---
**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 28, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9403 "2023-03-28T01:39:16Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Renting an airfield hangar or outdoor space in a rural-ish area has got to be relatively inexpensive What makes you think somebody who’d rip off big venues (who might actually be able to afford lawyers) wouldn’t rip off small venues? > **[Trump campaign still owes Arizona cities thousands in past event fees](https://www.azfamily.com/2022/10/06/trump-campaign-still-owes-arizona-cities-thousands-past-event-fees/)** > > The City of Mesa says the Trump campaign still owes them nearly $65,000. ---
**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 28, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9404 "2023-03-28T01:47:18Z")
I didn’t word that well - I don’t think he’d be against ripping off smaller venues. I just think they might be a bit more naive (and possibly in denial a bit) about accepting an event since I’m sure requests come in less often, particularly from someone with a national presence. It probably seems like a good idea, until it isn’t - and they have less ability to go after someone who doesn’t pay. And he’s cheap by nature anyway so if there’s any money he needs to front, I’m sure he’s happy the less of that there is. He’s also lazy, so being able to fly in, blab, and leave has got to be an attraction. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9405 "2023-03-28T01:48:13Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Oh man, working for a government agency, and knowing how standing orders are to basically not talk to anyone on the phone if it’s not an expected part of your job, and only ever refer them to The Proper Authorities, I’m like 99.999% sure they were _instructed_ to respond in such a fashion to these calls. > > When your boss tells you to tell the Congressional caller to quit their bullshit, you know someone has crossed the Rubicon. Personally, I’d probably skip the cussing and go straight to reminding them that interference into an investigation is a criminal act and are they sure that they want to proceed with the call? ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9406 "2023-03-28T03:22:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How surprised would you be to learn that eight-year old **kaylasdad99** kinda believed it? It’s not a crime per se, but it _does_ go into your Permanent Record, young man. [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=469) [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=471)