# 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:** 495
**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, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9887 "2023-05-04T19:27:37Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > > [@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”.- I’m surprised he’s admitting that Barron is taller than he is. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9888 "2023-05-04T20:07:30Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’m surprised he’s admitting that Barron is taller than he is. I believe the Toxic Masculinity Manual allows acknowledging superior height in one’s own son, especially one fathered by a near-60-year-old. The older and flabbier you get, the more manly it is to be able to point to a biological son as an outstanding physical specimen of young-manhood. (Can’t check the cite without going down to the landfill to try to retrieve the book, sorry!) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9889 "2023-05-04T20:13:30Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Are we _completely sure_ Donald isn’t just keeping him around as part of some sci-fi body transplanting scheme? I hope they have enough Styrofoam peanuts on hand if they put T-rumps brain in another head. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9890 "2023-05-04T20:54:46Z")
I spent _way_ too much time making this piece of shit: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52871131458_505a6cf3ab_b.jpg "XRecorder\_Edited\_04052023\_155258") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52871131458/) (I have seen this movie as God intended: UHF, channel 46.) ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9891 "2023-05-04T21:19:23Z")
Outside of factualities of height or whatever, I don’t think it’s appropriate to discuss Barron Trump. To my knowledge, the kid has never done or said anything in public and - for all we know - might eventually show himself to be the second coming of Mr. Rogers. Until the point that he deserves to be smeared, I don’t see any good thing coming out of smearing the guy or attributing any particular opinions, thoughts, or behaviors to him that aren’t based in clear evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9892 "2023-05-04T22:23:20Z")
Every family has a black sheep. Maybe Barron will be the black sheep of the Trump family. Maybe he’ll be intelligent, thoughtful, caring, self-reliant, kind, and non-judgmental. ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9893 "2023-05-04T22:26:19Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Maybe he’ll be intelligent, thoughtful, caring, self-reliant, kind, and non-judgmental. My hope is that he spent the entirety of Trump’s term in office carefully observing how fucking stupid the rest of his family is. As crazy as this all looked to us, this kid had an insider’s view of it all. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9894 "2023-05-04T23:35:26Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Maybe Barron will be the black sheep of the Trump family. Maybe he’ll be intelligent, thoughtful, caring, self-reliant, kind, and non-judgmental. They already have one, that’s Tiffany Trump. She’s a legal research assistant at Georgetown University and has her Juris Doctor degree. She’s an academic who _mostly_ stays out of the public eye. (That being said, she did make appearances at her dad’s campaign events, and spoke publicly at the 2020 Republican National Convention, so it’s not like she isn’t at all involved in her dad’s destruction of the country.) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9895 "2023-05-05T02:33:34Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > That’s got to eat him up. That his youngest son is a lot taller than him. [“Donald says: _SHRINK!_”]](https://youtu.be/zhGQUdXmCg8?t=890) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9896 "2023-05-05T06:04:54Z")
It’s actually Deep State Forced Perspective™. ---
**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 5, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9897 "2023-05-05T13:02:58Z")
Okay, one last time: [This trump is _small_; that Trump is _far away_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0). ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9898 "2023-05-05T13:39:06Z")
One of my favourite scenes. I’ve shared that clip myself a few times. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9899 "2023-05-05T17:21:02Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > 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. Their degree of pissedness is so strong that it propagated backwards in time causing them to ostracize him 9 months before he took the action that pissed them off. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9900 "2023-05-05T18:18:13Z")
They’re idjits no matter _which_ way time flows! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9901 "2023-05-05T23:20:12Z")
> **[Ted Nugent Concert in Alabama Canceled Following Backlash Over His Political...](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ted-nugent-concert-alabama-canceled-144722608.html)** > > The Birmingham show had been scheduled as part of the rock veteran's "Adios Mofo" farewell tour. Ted Nugent Concert in Alabama Canceled Following Backlash Over His Political Views Spencer Kaufman > According to [AL.com](https://www.al.com/life/2023/05/ted-nugent-concert-in-alabama-canceled-amid-social-media-backlash.html), the Avondale Brewing Co. Facebook and Instagram posts announcing the show were met with more than 1,000 comments, most of which lambasted the venue’s decision to book the controversial musician. > > “Lose this show or lose my business,” wrote one person, while another chimed in, “I will never spend another dollar in your establishment. Grotesque that you would book such trash. Do better.” Apparently it’s a farewell tour. It’s about time. > In promoting his “Adios Mofo” farewell tour… Adios to _you_, motherhumper! ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9902 "2023-05-06T07:34:43Z")
And it looks like some of Tan the Conman’s [partners in treason are bailing on him](https://www.ajc.com/politics/eight-gop-electors-accept-immunity-deals-in-fulton-trump-probe/VWJO62QAMFAZXJYDPVDJ3DHFI4/): > **Eight Georgia GOP electors accept immunity deals in Fulton Trump probe** > > At least eight of the Georgia Republicans who served as “alternate” presidential electors in 2020 have accepted immunity deals with the Fulton County District Attorney’s office in exchange for their testimony, according to the lawyer representing the group. _More at the link._ BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9903 "2023-05-06T12:13:42Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And it looks like some of Tan the Conman’s [partners in treason are bailing on him](https://www.ajc.com/politics/eight-gop-electors-accept-immunity-deals-in-fulton-trump-probe/VWJO62QAMFAZXJYDPVDJ3DHFI4/): I can’t understand why they’d bail on Trump. He’s pretty famous for rewarding loyalty and going to bat for those who have helped him in the past. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9904 "2023-05-06T14:50:37Z")
Thanks a lot, @Odesio, now I need to clean off my keyboard, and black tea stains horribly. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9905 "2023-05-06T15:31:08Z")
Unfortunately, Gov Kemp will soon be signing legislation (or maybe already has) that will allow him to get rid of DAs who do things the GOP doesn’t like. I have a feeling it won’t be long before this whole Trump election tampering case in Georgia gets buried. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9906 "2023-05-06T18:28:01Z")
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