A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1)

Johnny_L.A · July 21, 2021, 1:43am

Wait.

Atamasama · July 21, 2021, 2:31am

Trump will have no problem finding pathetic, embarrassingly bad people to run his campaign, and they won’t get paid. Just like his lawyers.

Johnny_L.A · July 21, 2021, 2:34am

‘I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a campaign today.’

Locrian · July 21, 2021, 4:22am

Unfortunately, any inexperienced windbag will do it for a can of soup and bragging rights in Orangeland.

Gyrate · July 21, 2021, 9:27am

Mike Lindell. He may need a new job by then.

Alessan · July 21, 2021, 10:03am

So you’re saying that Trump might provide him a cushion, for a soft landing?

solost · July 21, 2021, 12:44pm

This is pretty minor compared to all the legal jeopardy trump may be in, but I have a feeling that for trump, this is among the worst of all the recent bad news he’s been getting-- the unkindest cut of all.

Et tu, Brady?

not_what_you_d_expect · July 21, 2021, 12:55pm

I was so surprised to see Tom Brady do that! I enjoyed it and I hope it makes tfg cry.

Elendil_s_Heir · July 21, 2021, 1:12pm

I would love to see ambitious Republicans fall on Trump from a great height.

silenus · July 21, 2021, 4:02pm

Well, well, well…

bobot · July 21, 2021, 4:11pm

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Gyrate · July 21, 2021, 4:13pm

That’s an unfortunate ambiguous antecedent.

Atamasama · July 21, 2021, 4:15pm

I have a lot more respect for Brady on a personal level now. (I always respected him as a QB.)

tricoteuse · July 21, 2021, 5:27pm

Trump grew angry in April 2017 when Tom Brady said he planned to skip the White House visit with the Patriots, huddling angrily with aides and even calling Patriots owner Robert Kraft. One former senior administration official described a chaotic scene unfolding over the heartlands of America, as Trump flew back from an event in Wisconsin. Trump made a number of calls and asked aides to help fix the situation, worried that Brady’s absence would reflect poorly on him.

Holy crap. Brady’s lucky he wasn’t kidnapped and forced there at gunpoint.

Sherrerd · July 21, 2021, 11:55pm

I believe this Intelligencer headline is inaccurate.

A correction would add the phrase “So Far” to the end of the existing (inaccurate) wording.

Steve_MB · July 22, 2021, 12:41am

Yeah; remember when the Borat thing was the worst day of Rudy Giuliani’s life?

Northern_Piper · July 22, 2021, 1:01am

It’s paywalled for me. Can you give a summary?

Senegoid · July 22, 2021, 1:13am

Here’s an excerpt from the lede:

Tom Brady Joins Biden to Laugh at Trump in Worst Day of Trump’s Life

The sum of all Trump fears.

Tom Brady visited the White House Tuesday to celebrate the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning the Super Bowl, where he joked around with President Biden at Donald Trump’s expense. It was a scene straight out of a Donald Trump nightmare, and quite possibly the worst day of Donald Trump’s life.

To grasp why such an anodyne scene would produce such a wounding effect on a man who has endured misfortunes such as bankruptcy, losing a presidential election, two impeachments, and innumerable legal setbacks, one needs to understand his peculiar psychology. Here, in rough order, is Trump’s hierarchy of needs:

To be treated as a winner

To pal around with celebrities

To not be laughed at

To gain the specific approval of Tom Brady

Gyrate · July 22, 2021, 9:12am

Here’s a Guardian article about the Brady thing which should be paywall-free.

It’s Brady’s jokes that need to be highlighted here:

Bazinga.

Deeg · July 22, 2021, 2:55pm

Overall I’m very glad that Trump was kicked off Twitter but occasionally I miss it just to see him publicly melt down. Would he have savaged Brady?