# 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:** 485
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9687 "2023-04-15T02:45:40Z")
Even pukier than Ronaldo’s (heh, first) bust. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9688 "2023-04-15T03:46:49Z")
Representative Lauren Boebert’s eldest son, Tyler, failed appear in court for a mandatory review hearing related to a September 2022 car crash that left a friend hospitalized. A Boebert spokesperson issued a statement: > “If you want to write a hit piece on a politician’s son, go after Hunter Biden,” the spokesperson said. > **[Lauren Boebert's Eldest Son's Car Wreck Injured Friend, Led to Criminal Charges](https://www.westword.com/news/lauren-boebert-son-car-wreck-injured-friend-16586981)** > > The 2022 crash landed Tyler Boebert's friend in the hospital with a concussion and severely lacerated hand, which still gives him problems. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9689 "2023-04-15T04:29:12Z")
If Boebert was my mom I’d probably be a drug-addled mess too. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9690 "2023-04-15T06:21:50Z")
He only likes military members who did not die in battle. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9691 "2023-04-15T10:36:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > A Boebert spokesperson issued a statement: > > > “If you want to write a hit piece on a politician’s son, go after Hunter Biden,” the spokesperson said. “Boebert rep says attacks on Hunter are ‘hit pieces’; Biden issues thanks for the support.” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9692 "2023-04-15T11:35:16Z")
> **[Judge rejects Trump's bid to learn juror names at defamation trial](https://news.yahoo.com/judge-rejects-trumps-bid-learn-202548242.html)** > > Donald Trump will not learn the identities of jurors expected to decide at an upcoming civil trial whether the former president defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll, who also claims Trump raped her. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan on... Trump tries another blatant mob-boss legal maneuver, is firmly rebuffed. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9693 "2023-04-15T11:47:45Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Trump tries another blatant mob-boss legal maneuver, is firmly rebuffed. Is this for real? It’s not an _Onion_ article, it certainly looks like an actual news article from Reuters. Holy shit! This is totally an Al Capone maneuver. Had the jury not been anonymous, I have no doubt that many of them would have had disturbing and vaguely threatening communications from shadowy figures that, of course, Trump had never heard of and knew nothing about. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9694 "2023-04-15T11:49:52Z")
When Trump was in office, he and his crew behaved like mafioso. Now, they behave like the (Charles) Manson Family. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9695 "2023-04-15T12:15:32Z")
Right-wing twitter clone Parler is officially dead. > **[Parler shuts down as new owner says conservative platform needs big revamp](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/parler-shuts-down-as-new-owner-says-conservative-platform-needs-big-revamp/)** > > Parler sold to firm that says conservative Twitter clone isn't a "viable business." (At least until its new owner completes its promised reassessment ahead of a possible relaunch.) ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9696 "2023-04-15T12:39:55Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > (At least until its new owner completes its promised reassessment ahead of a possible relaunch.) The current market of sucker investors is tapped out. Perhaps when ~~Trump~~ Truth Social dies. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9697 "2023-04-15T15:07:04Z")
No need for Parler anyway now that Musk is letting the right-wing trolls run free at Twitter. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9698 "2023-04-15T17:07:22Z")
Vaguely? Shadowy? Where have you been? These clowns are quite open about their death threats. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9699 "2023-04-15T17:25:17Z")
> **[Jan. 6 committee notifies DOJ that Trump tried tampering with one of its...](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/12/jan-6-committee-notifies-doj-that-trump-tried-tampering-with-one-of-its-witnesses-cheney-says.html)** > > The Jan. 6 committee said it notified the Department of Justice of Donald Trump trying to tamper with one of its witnesses. > “After our last hearing. President Trump tried to call a witness in our investigation. A witness you have not yet seen in these hearings,” Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the committee, said on Tuesday. > > “That person declined to answer or respond to President Trump’s call and instead alerted their lawyer to the call. Their lawyer alerted us. And this committee has supplied that information to the Department of Justice,” she added. > **[Trump accused of “jury tampering” after allegedly threatening GOP senators...](https://www.salon.com/2020/01/24/trump-accused-of-jury-tampering-after-allegedly-threatening-gop-senators-not-to-vote-against-him/)** > > “Vote against the president, and your head will be on a pike," a Trump ally said Republican senators were warned > A Trump confidant told CBS News that Republican senators were warned: “Vote against the president, and your head will be on a pike.” Alas, nothing came of these, and nothing _will_ come of them. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9700 "2023-04-15T17:35:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > “Vote against the president, and your head will be on a pike.” Do they not know who is the president now? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9701 "2023-04-15T18:33:35Z")
To that question, the article is dated 2020… ---
**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:** [April 16, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9702 "2023-04-16T15:32:41Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Right-wing twitter clone Parler is officially dead. > > [Parler shuts down as new owner says conservative platform needs big revamp | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/parler-shuts-down-as-new-owner-says-conservative-platform-needs-big-revamp/) > > (At least until its new owner completes its promised reassessment ahead of a possible relaunch.) Two weeks or so, I’m guessing…. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9703 "2023-04-16T16:17:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Alas, nothing came of these, and nothing _will_ come of them. ☹ You are correct, Sir. Quoting George Thorogood: “I take it some of you folks have heard this story before.” ---
**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:** [April 18, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9704 "2023-04-18T01:47:16Z")
Not sure if it qualifies as Schandenfreude, but this seems like the best place for it. Turns out The Donald had to file Federal Election Commission (FEC) paperwork as he is a candidate once again, and this little detail caught several eyes…[Donald Trump made less than $200 from Truth Social, filings show | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truth-social-media-net-worth-b2320630.html) > [@](#): > > A limited 101-page document reveals that the 2024 presidential candidate made more than $5 million from speaking engagements, between $100,000 and $1 million with his NFT scheme, _ **and less than $201 from Truth Social, the social media media platform operated by a mostly Trump-owned umbrella company.** _ So…was really going to be the big thing that knocked Twitter and Facebook on their asses and made you a media mogul…and not enough to buy dinner for two at Sardi’s, even if you stiff the waiter. Of course, given the very tenuous, indeed flimsy relationship between Trump and the truth, one can take this for what it is worth… Press on. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9705 "2023-04-18T02:03:46Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > and not enough to buy dinner for two at Sardi’s, even if you stiff the waiter. oh - ouch! _ZING!_ ---
**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:** [April 18, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9706 "2023-04-18T02:50:44Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > and less than $201 from Truth Social, the social media media platform operated by a mostly Trump-owned umbrella company. I’m pretty sure that the way the income ranges are defined, “less than $201” could mean “zero”, and probably does. [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=484) [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=486)