# 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:** 494
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9867 "2023-05-04T12:53:08Z")
Wasn’t Barron one of shitgibbon’s aliases? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9868 "2023-05-04T13:25:14Z")
**[Yes](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself/).** It’s very strange that his kid is now named this. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9869 "2023-05-04T13:26:36Z")
I keep thinking of Barron Trump as a little kid. He just turned 17, so it won’t be too many years before he appears in public as an adult. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9870 "2023-05-04T13:34:04Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I keep thinking of Barron Trump as a little kid. He just turned 17, so it won’t be too many years before he appears in public as an adult. - Even before his father does. ---
**Author:** ![opiewan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/opiewan/32/3566_2.png) [@opiewan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/opiewan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9871 "2023-05-04T13:34:06Z")
It’s even crazier now that he looks like he’s eight feet tall. [![](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Barron-Trump-tall-03.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024) ](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Barron-Trump-tall-03.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9872 "2023-05-04T13:41:18Z")
That’s got to eat him up. That his youngest son is a lot taller than him. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9873 "2023-05-04T13:52:40Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > That his youngest son is a lot taller than him. And has better hair. Are we _completely sure_ Donald isn’t just keeping him around as part of some sci-fi body transplanting scheme? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9874 "2023-05-04T14:01:58Z")
Now we know _why_ Don Junior hasn’t been on FOX for a while. And I never knew that leftists were running that network. Ignorance fought, once again. > ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9875 "2023-05-04T14:39:23Z")
That kid looks very pale. I bet Melania has him ducking paps 24-7. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9876 "2023-05-04T14:44:30Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > ducking paps Took me a minute to figure out you meant hiding from paparazzi. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9877 "2023-05-04T14:45:33Z")
Dodging Pops is likely a better idea for Barron. I’m imagining the Jaws theme as Daddy walks around Mar-a-Lago. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9878 "2023-05-04T15:22:01Z")
Ah, the ol’ “I’ve made some very powerful and yet also secret enemies because I’m fighting for you” chestnut. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9879 "2023-05-04T15:40:02Z")
> [@opiewan](#): > > It’s even crazier now that he looks like he’s eight feet tall. Google tells me 6’ 7". Holy cow. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9880 "2023-05-04T16:23:01Z")
Expect to see more Claims that PAB is actually 6’8". ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9881 "2023-05-04T16:25:07Z")
Four Proud Boys convicted on seditious conspiracy charges. > **[4 Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio, guilty of seditious conspiracy...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/4-proud-boys-including-leader-enrique-tarrio-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy-for-jan-6-capitol-attack/ar-AA1aJS2m?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=0d3877fc0ab44daab5378dc0ce9aa357&ei=15)** > > Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three lieutenants were found guilty of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack. "“It was Donald Trump’s words, it was his motivation, it was his anger that caused what occurred on Jan. 6,” Tarrio attorney Nayib Hassan said in his closing remarks. “They want to use Enrique Tarrio as a scapegoat for Donald Trump and those in power.” ---
**Author:** ![TheTooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheTooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTooth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9882 "2023-05-04T16:29:17Z")
He’s definitely _someone’s_ youngest son. I’m not convinced he’s Trump’s. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9883 "2023-05-04T16:45:43Z")
> [@TheTooth](#): > > I’m not convinced he’s Trump’s. Trump is pretty tall so you mix that with a lady who’s fairly tall and 6’7" makes sense. He also has a similar chin/mouth as dad and Eric. I wouldn’t call it conclusive but it seems likely. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9884 "2023-05-04T17:32:55Z")
> [@opiewan](#): > > It’s even crazier now that he looks like he’s eight feet tall. [![](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Barron-Trump-tall-03.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024) ](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Barron-Trump-tall-03.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024) > [@TheTooth](#): > > He’s definitely _someone’s_ youngest son. I’m not convinced he’s Trump’s. Perhaps… [![](https://wp.usatodaysports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/92/2020/06/gettyimages-1191303675.jpg) ](https://wp.usatodaysports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/92/2020/06/gettyimages-1191303675.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9885 "2023-05-04T17:36:56Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > "“It was Donald Trump’s words, it was his motivation, it was his anger that caused what occurred on Jan. 6,” Tarrio attorney Nayib Hassan said in his closing remarks. “They want to use Enrique Tarrio as a scapegoat for Donald Trump and those in power.” I fully support them if they file a class action suit against Trump for inciting them into violence. I don’t think that they should get off any easier, but I would like to see them drag him down. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9886 "2023-05-04T19:13:55Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > > [@opiewan](#): > > > > It’s even crazier now that he looks like he’s eight feet tall. > > Google tells me 6’ 7". Holy cow. Maybe his father was also 6’7” 😀. I think it’s more like 6’5”, but Trump makes him lie about it in order to maintain the fiction that he (Trump) is 6’3”. [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=493) [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=495)