# 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:** 204
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4062 "2024-02-07T01:09:07Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’m not saying Republican lawmakers don’t have some responsibility. They have a lot of responsibility, especially early on when they nominated Trump in 2016. Republican lawmakers didn’t nominate Trump. They couldn’t stand him. Republican voters nominated Trump. Once Trump was clearly going to be nominated, that’s when Republicans who hated him suddenly pretended to love him, because they wanted part of that sweet MAGA action. See also: Lindsay Graham, Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell… (Don’t think I am defending Republican lawmakers; on the contrary these populist sociopaths will point in whatever direction the wind blows as they watch the country burn while they sip Scotch and smoke cigars.) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4063 "2024-02-07T01:12:17Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > (Don’t think I am defending Republican lawmakers; on the contrary these populist sociopaths will point in whatever direction the wind blows as they watch the country burn while they sip Scotch and smoke cigars.) To be fair, a burning country is an excellent way to light one’s cigar. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4064 "2024-02-07T01:30:57Z")
Only as long as the wind is blowing in the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4065 "2024-02-07T02:46:05Z")
“Nobody expected the fire would burn down **my** house after I sprayed gasoline on it.” ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4066 "2024-02-07T03:53:59Z")
FYI: Lurking around far right messsage boards its clear that this is going over like a lead balloon. There is near universal agreement that they will never ever touch Budweiser or any other Anheiser product ever again despite what Trump says. This is encouraging in that it indicates that they are smart enough to recognize a sham paid endorsement for what it is, But on the other hand its also discouraging that they are standing their ground on such a stupid thing. Given the way they are vilifying the company, one would have thought that they had been found to have boiled children to brew their beer instead of there being just one single instagram promotional post to a target audience which was immediately retracted, apologized for, and the people responsible sacked. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4067 "2024-02-07T05:02:18Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I’ve read that Trump actually does use Heinz, because they make tiny airplane size bottles that pop when you open them, indicating that you might not be poisoned. I just assumed it was MickeyDee packets. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4068 "2024-02-07T05:21:28Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I’ve read that Trump actually does use Heinz, because they make tiny airplane size bottles that pop when you open them, indicating that you might not be poisoned. Heinz does. I’ve got a few before, when I’ve ordered room service. They’re shaped like tiny little Heinz bottles, only holding 57 ml (coincidence?), or 2 oz. And they do pop when you open them. I’m sure that Trump would go through at least two or three at each of lunch and dinner, if not more. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4069 "2024-02-07T05:59:51Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > There is near universal agreement that they will never ever touch Budweiser or any other Anheiser product ever again despite what Trump says. Yeah, and they were never going to watch football again after Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem; now they’re rooting for the 49ers to beat Taylor Swift. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4070 "2024-02-07T14:23:04Z")
What’s the beef with Anheiser Busch? Is it still over the beer can with the trans woman on it? Or is there something else? What a bunch of snowflakes. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4071 "2024-02-07T15:05:49Z")
It seems like not much hay is being made over the trump White House pharmacy’s casual dispersion of drugs, considering the noise made about the little packet of coke. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4072 "2024-02-07T15:08:28Z")
Trump lives a criminal gish gallop. It’s not easy focusing on just one thing. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4073 "2024-02-07T15:21:38Z")
You’re not kidding. Scandal after scandal, any one of which would have the potential of sinking any other person just didn’t affect Trump. I will admit to suffering from outrage fatigue. Trump would do something I knew should piss me off, but it happened so often all I could do was acknowledge he was wrong and shrug. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4074 "2024-02-07T15:29:40Z")
We don’t need outrage, we need resolve. Ignore all the bullshit, there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Just resolve to vote against the bullshit every chance you get. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4075 "2024-02-07T18:13:36Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > What’s the beef with Anheiser Busch? Is it still over the beer can with the trans woman on it? Or is there something else? Its about the beer can with the trans woman, followed by several weeks (or was it months) of Right Wing and social media fanning the flames of outrage. At this point I’m not sure that most of them remember why Budweiser was bad, only that its evil incarnate. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4076 "2024-02-07T18:24:11Z")
They never had the basic facts for their outrage correct in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4077 "2024-02-07T20:35:36Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > At this point I’m not sure that most of them remember why Budweiser was bad Because they use rice in their beer, for one thing. Bud/Bud Light has always been proof that the majority of beer drinkers in the country are morons with naugahyde palates. The flap over Dylan Mulvaney just means they’re bigoted morons as well. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4078 "2024-02-07T20:36:26Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I just assumed it was MickeyDee packets. Considering his water bottle technique, I figure he doesn’t have the coordination or manual dexterity to open those without looking like he fell into a cart full of tomatoes Also, probably makes him feel like a big boy to open a bottle like a real adult ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4079 "2024-02-07T21:15:32Z")
And the aiplane size bottle really compliments those tiny hands. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4080 "2024-02-07T21:28:18Z")
John Kerry and his [family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Heinz) appreciate Trump’s support. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4081 "2024-02-07T22:47:08Z")
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