# 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:** 251
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5002 "2024-03-25T15:51:54Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Even now, at almost the last minute, I don’t think he really believes that this is really going to happen _to him_. Guys like that really don’t believe that consequences will ever hit them, otherwise they’d at least try to not be quite so shitty. Sadly, this is because guys like him, and especially him, don’t ever seem to suffer consequences for their actions. Nothing equal to their bad behaviors, anyway. And, case in point, this _ **just** _ in-- the bond has been reduced. FUCK. [Trump has to post $175 million to meet the terms of the $464 million civil fraud judgment against him](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-bond-deadline-trials-03-25-24/index.html) AND he’s been given 10 more days to raise the reduced $175 mill. Why the _ **fuck** _ do the courts keep cutting him breaks??!? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5003 "2024-03-25T15:55:48Z")
> [@solost](#): > > And, case in point, this _ **just** _ in-- the bond has been reduced. FUCK. Yeah, that came in literally as I was writing that… ETA: > [@solost](#): > > AND he’s been given 10 more days to raise the reduced $175 mill. Why the _ **fuck** _ do the courts keep cutting him breaks??!? This at least makes a bit of sense. He hasn’t had a chance to find a source for the lower bond, and it would be the heights of hilarity if the court was to reduce his bond, but not give him any time to even try to pay it. Now, come next week, when no one will front him even the lower amount of cash, we might see something. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5004 "2024-03-25T16:02:24Z")
> [@solost](#): > > And, case in point, this _ **just** _ in-- the bond has been reduced. If his appeal fails, he’ll still have to pay the original amount anyway. Right? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5005 "2024-03-25T16:03:51Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > he’ll still have to pay the original amount anyway. Right? They might rule that he did commit fraud, but that the cost was lower, so maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5006 "2024-03-25T16:04:14Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Now, come next week, when no one will front him even the lower amount of cash, we might see something. Unless, if he still can’t come up with it, the courts reduce the amount by more than half again, and give him another 10 days to come up with it. What is the point, even, of making these judgements against him in the first place, if the amounts are reduced and the deadlines extended every time he whines he can’t meet them? > [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > > he’ll still have to pay the original amount anyway. Right? > > They might rule that he did commit fraud, but that the cost was lower, so maybe not. I imagine he’s also hoping he’ll win his appeal. At the very least, trump is a master of dodging or delaying consequences seemingly infinitely. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5007 "2024-03-25T16:27:38Z")
Thank you for doing that. Should we ask the mods to replace the link to [clickbait.com](http://clickbait.com) with your proper one? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5008 "2024-03-25T16:41:54Z")
Does anyone else feel like this? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/a3_PPdjD6mg/maxresdefault.jpg "He can't keep getting away with it [HQ]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3_PPdjD6mg) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5009 "2024-03-25T16:51:16Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Does anyone else feel like this? I do. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5010 "2024-03-25T16:54:47Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Does anyone else feel like this? ✋ 😠 ---
**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:** [March 25, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5011 "2024-03-25T16:57:57Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > And 10 more days > Schadenfreude delayed and reduced Delay, Delay, Delay. Should be Trump’s middle name. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5012 "2024-03-25T16:59:04Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > > [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > > > Schadenfreude delayed… > > … is schadenfreude denied! Indeed it is. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5013 "2024-03-25T17:01:45Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Does anyone else feel like this? This section of the thread, right here, should be mandatory reading for the Dopers who seem convinced that Trump will eventually get his due and that the rest of us are paranoid alarmists. Sadly, he will never, ever pay. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5014 "2024-03-25T17:02:55Z")
What happens to a schadenfreude deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. _Or does it explode?_ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5015 "2024-03-25T17:04:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Or does it explode? Factual Questions is around the corner. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5016 "2024-03-25T17:05:16Z")
You’re thinking of “Will it blend?” ---
**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:** [March 25, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5017 "2024-03-25T17:06:30Z")
Absolutely #%^\*€! maddening, especially given his outrageous online criticism of the trial judge AND his assertion as recently as Friday that he had more than enough cash to post the bond. Grrrrrr. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5018 "2024-03-25T18:37:47Z")
Well, shit. I’ve been excitedly looking forward to Monday all weekend, and then so happy to open this thread with so many new replies. First I find out that today is not when they start seizing, today is the deadline to pay and tomorrow is when they start seizing. Super disappointing, but I can wait another day. But now they knocked $275 million off the tab and gave him 10 more days. _Mo-ther-fucker._ ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5019 "2024-03-25T20:33:12Z")
And that right there is why you stack the courts! /grrr ---
**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:** [March 25, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5020 "2024-03-25T20:46:21Z")
Best justice money can’t buy. Sad! ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/5021 "2024-03-25T20:47:44Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > I am not predicting another delay or a White Knight, but that’s probably only because I would be crestfallen if that occurred. Everything that happens around Trump is unprecedented (my most hated word). Predicting what will happen in any situation is pointless. It will not be what you expect and will most likely favor Trump. Maybe someday the unprecedented result will not favor Trump but it’s pointless to predict that. We are living in unprecedented territory. Did I say it’s all unprecedented? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=250) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=252)