# 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:** 486
**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:** [April 18, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9707 "2023-04-18T02:51:43Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > > > and not enough to buy dinner for two at Sardi’s, even if you stiff the waiter. > > oh - ouch! _ZING!_ I wonder what makes him think only the waiter is gonna get stiffed? I remember hearing about how he stiffed the wedding planner (AND the caterer, IIRC) when he and Melania got hitched. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9708 "2023-04-18T22:22:36Z")
> **[Trump boasts about making $4.6m from NFT cards that actually plummeted in value](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-trading-cards-nft-b2322583.html)** > > The second series of Trump’s digital trading cards feature him in the likeness of George Washington > The former president announced on Tuesday 18 April that he was selling another series of the NFT trading cards he released this past December. > > “I am pleased to inform you that, due to the great success of my previously launched DIGITAL TRADING CARDS, we are doing it again, SERIES 2, AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW,” Mr Trump [wrote](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110220629766655724) on his social media platform, Truth Social. > > The second series of cards consists of eight different NFTS, all priced at $99. > On Twitter, people mocked the new illustrations. > According to the website (https colon slash slash collecttrumpcards dot com), each card has a “pre-assigned rarity” with some being one of a kind. The website claims that no digital card will have “more than 10 copies in existence.” > > The website also said if a person buys 47 digital cards they can get a ticket to a gala dinner with the former president at his Mar-a-Lago residence. > > The dinner includes “entertainment and fine dining.” Hamberders and Diet Coke, right? Assuming they’re actually let in. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9709 "2023-04-18T22:48:16Z")
Those are truly some gag-inducing images. Nightmare fuel indeed; only I am lucky enough to have poor short-term memory so I’m hoping the images will fade away before I turn in tonight. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9710 "2023-04-18T23:03:04Z")
> [@](#): > > The website also said if a person buys 47 digital cards they can get a ticket to a gala dinner with the former president at his Mar-a-Lago residence. He offered this with the last batch. Since we never heard of it happening, I guess no one took him up on it. I’m sure that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9711 "2023-04-19T01:47:05Z")
I noticed that some of the images were tagged as “potentially sensitive” and required that you click to acknowledge that you are willing to risk viewing them. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9712 "2023-04-19T01:48:52Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The former president announced on Tuesday 18 April that he was selling another series of the NFT trading cards he released this past December. Does this series include Trump as a noir-style private eye? He already did Stupendous Man and Spaceman Spiff; he needs Tracer Bullet to complete the set. ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9713 "2023-04-19T03:32:43Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > He already did Stupendous Man and Spaceman Spiff; he needs Tracer Bullet to complete the set. Trump and Giuliani in a tree fort with their secret club **GROSS**. **G** et **R** id **O** f **S** limy liberal **S** ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9714 "2023-04-19T03:51:03Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Trump and Giuliani in a tree fort with their secret club Now I’m thinking of the He-Man Woman Haters Club. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVL_fBMxRHM0lfEfA_fZ5R4gyC6GK1czYR1Q&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVL_fBMxRHM0lfEfA_fZ5R4gyC6GK1czYR1Q&usqp=CAU) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9715 "2023-04-19T04:55:36Z")
> [@Trump](#): > > As of 10 minutes ago, my Digital Trading Cards SOLD OUT, in RECORD TIME, approximately $4.6 Million. A great honor, and I hope everyone is Happy, Healthy, and Wealthy. CONGRATULATIONS! Well, _somebody_ is certainly feeling wealthy. Why would he even want to be President when the grifting is this good? He would have to stop doing these things. Oh, wait. No he wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9716 "2023-04-19T11:31:24Z")
Not Giuliani - Trump’s publicist, John Miller. > **[Cartoon: A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at declassifying Top Secret documents](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/29/2125839/-Cartoon-A-Calvinesque-and-Hobbesian-look-at-declassifying-Top-Secret-documents)** > > ANNOUNCING VOLUME 4 IN THE COMPLETE TOM THE DANCING BUG PROGRAM: > > TOM THE DANCING BUG: ALL-MIGHTY COMICS! Due to be released in late October — pre-order your copy now! �� Information here. > > "... ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9717 "2023-04-19T20:03:44Z")
Great cartoon - and bonus points for the unexpected _Watchmen_ tangent! ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9718 "2023-04-19T20:44:15Z")
The latest from Jawjuh: > **[Fulton County DA says fake Trump electors are incriminating one another and...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/04/18/politics/fulton-county-trump-fake-electors/?dicbo=v2-JU7qxkB&iid=ob_lockedrail_longstory_pool)** > > The Fulton County District Attorney's office said some fake electors for Donald Trump have implicated each other in potential criminal activity and is seeking to disqualify their lawyer, according to a new court filing. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9719 "2023-04-19T21:58:11Z")
[Nelson from.The Simpsons] Haw-haw! ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9720 "2023-04-20T00:30:42Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I noticed that some of the images were tagged as “potentially sensitive” and required that you click to acknowledge that you are willing to risk viewing them. Was that implying that he’d be holding classified documents or that he’d be nekkid? ---
**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 20, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9721 "2023-04-20T00:33:11Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Was that implying that he’d be holding classified documents or that he’d be nekkid? Maybe it’s both, like a fan dance but with marked manila folders. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9722 "2023-04-20T00:37:19Z")
Now **that’s** an image. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9723 "2023-04-20T03:55:45Z")
My personal favorites were [The two images with guitars, him as the king of hearts, and him as George Washington crossing the Delaware](https://imgur.com/a/ZJuSNdy). But they used the same image for the two guitar cards, with only the addition of him sitting on a motorcycle for one. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9724 "2023-04-20T03:58:26Z")
All the images have a subtraction … about 100 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9725 "2023-04-20T04:17:20Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > [@Trump](#): > > > > As of 10 minutes ago, my Digital Trading Cards SOLD OUT, in RECORD TIME, approximately $4.6 Million. A great honor, and I hope everyone is Happy, Healthy, and Wealthy. CONGRATULATIONS! > > Well, _somebody_ is certainly feeling wealthy. Why would he even want to be President when the grifting is this good? He would have to stop doing these things. Oh, wait. No he wouldn’t. That’s assuming he’s not lying about the number of sales, the dollar amount, or both, a pretty big assumption when you consider the source. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9726 "2023-04-20T11:18:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Maybe it’s both, like a fan dance but with marked manila folders. Hilarious (if disturbing, on several levels). [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=485) [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=487)