# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 172
**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:** [December 27, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3422 "2023-12-27T15:53:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Good on Richer - more power to him. > > And I think John Cleese is right about pretty much everything but the hair. - Trump doesn’t have hair, he’s wearing a caterpillar. [![](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/57ebf8781b00007f08ef2e6d.jpeg?ops=1778_1000) ](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/57ebf8781b00007f08ef2e6d.jpeg?ops=1778_1000) ---
**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:** [December 27, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3423 "2023-12-27T16:32:03Z")
I’ve usually heard a trained (or dead) marmoset is to blame. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3424 "2023-12-27T16:34:42Z")
But we know It’s his own damned fault 🎵 ---
**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:** [December 27, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3425 "2023-12-27T16:45:29Z")
Trump yard sale sign. [![](https://www.daily-choices.com/wp-content/uploads/cmg_images/512142/rid_b21f14f7b260f5bec0340577070011bd/less-is-more-The-Most-Hilarious-and-Original-Yard-Signs-Youve-Ever-Seen.jpg.pro-cmg.jpg) ](https://www.daily-choices.com/wp-content/uploads/cmg_images/512142/rid_b21f14f7b260f5bec0340577070011bd/less-is-more-The-Most-Hilarious-and-Original-Yard-Signs-Youve-Ever-Seen.jpg.pro-cmg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3426 "2023-12-27T17:11:56Z")
I only have one suggested edit to Mr. Cleese’s list: He doesn’t practice genocide … _at least not yet._ ---
**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:** [December 27, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3427 "2023-12-27T18:36:03Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > He doesn’t practice genocide … _at least not yet._ Although I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if [all Democrats](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genocide) suddenly disappeared by whatever means necessary. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3428 "2023-12-28T19:40:58Z")
Trump 1-5-24 rally gets canceled by the venue, an Evangelical school: > **[‘Vision of the Trump campaign and Dordt were incongruent’: Sioux Center Trump...](https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/your-local-election-hq/dordt-university-cancels-trump-rally-in-sioux-center/)** > > Dordt University is pulling the plug on a planned Jan. 5 appearance on campus by former President Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3429 "2023-12-28T19:52:05Z")
Gawd. More of this, please! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3430 "2023-12-28T20:00:26Z")
According to the linked item, Dordt University wanted a town hall format, with Trump fielding questions from students. The Trump campaign, however, wanted a rally format. So, Dordt cancelled Trump, who will be holding a rally in some other venue. Whatsamatter, Donnie? Afraid you might get asked uncomfortable questions? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3431 "2023-12-28T20:19:24Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Whatsamatter, Donnie? Afraid you might get asked uncomfortable questions? Maybe someone will ask him what the cause of the Civil War was… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3432 "2023-12-28T20:28:05Z")
He’ll say it was Nicki Haley. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3433 "2023-12-28T20:38:17Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Nicki Haley He has great powers of divination. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3434 "2023-12-28T20:38:21Z")
Whatever the cause, Trump will remind us that many died trying to defend airports during the Civil War. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3435 "2023-12-28T21:03:26Z")
That was earlier. Jeez, get your “history” straight!: [Trump Says Revolutionary War Troops 'Took Over the Airports' | TIME](https://time.com/5620936/donald-trump-revolutionary-war-airports/) ---
**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:** [December 28, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3436 "2023-12-28T21:09:28Z")
But, to be fair to Trump, the airports were crucial to Lincoln’s nuclear bombing of Atlanta. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3437 "2023-12-28T21:10:18Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Maybe someone will ask him what the cause of the Civil War was… Trump: The what war? I didn’t pay attention in school. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3438 "2023-12-28T21:12:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > get your “history” straight!: [Trump Says Revolutionary War Troops ‘Took Over the Airports’ | TIME](https://time.com/5620936/donald-trump-revolutionary-war-airports/) Yes, exactly, those damn rebels who wouldn’t bend the knee to the King took all the airports, so the Properly Aristocratic Southern Men of Property and slaves had to take them back! ---
**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:** [December 28, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3439 "2023-12-28T21:16:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > That was earlier. Jeez, get your “history” straight! Well, we had them during the Revolutionary War, we have them now, I assume that they didn’t disappear in between. Where else would Abe Lincoln park his personal jet? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3440 "2023-12-28T22:24:51Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > someone will ask him what the cause of the Civil War was… > > ---
**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:** [December 28, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3441 "2023-12-28T22:29:03Z")
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