# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/41 "2023-05-24T13:25:43Z")
> [@CNN Article](#): > > Trump’s lawyers have filed a motion to [move the criminal case to federal court](http://www.cnn.com/2023/05/04/politics/trump-bragg-hearing/index.html) in Manhattan, arguing the crimes Trump is accused of committing are tied to his duties as president. Two questions; 1. Is there a federal judge in Manhattan a Trump appointee? That is the only reason I can think of for the PAB to want to move the trial to a venue where, according to him, he cannot gat a fair trial. 2. What, exactly, is their argument that the hush money payments that Candidate PAB made are tied to President PAB’s duties, when they were made _before_ he was president? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/42 "2023-05-24T15:13:38Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Is there a federal judge in Manhattan a Trump appointee? That is the only reason I can think of for the PAB to want to move the trial to a venue where, according to him, he cannot gat a fair trial. Or may be it’s just a delaying tactic? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/43 "2023-05-24T15:18:11Z")
Or provides an excuse for losing. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/44 "2023-05-24T15:21:55Z")
> [@TheTooth](#): > > Everyone knows you can’t tarnish a turd. although Mythbusters proved you could [polish one](https://youtu.be/yiJ9fy1qSFI). ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/45 "2023-05-24T15:23:18Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > > [@TheTooth](#): > > > > Everyone knows you can’t tarnish a turd. > > although Mythbusters proved you could [polish one](https://youtu.be/yiJ9fy1qSFI). - Get out of my mind! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/46 "2023-05-24T17:08:42Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > Is there a federal judge in Manhattan a Trump appointee? That is the only reason I can think of for the PAB to want to move the trial to a venue where, according to him, he cannot gat a fair trial. > > Or may be it’s just a delaying tactic? Yeah - that occured to me right after I posted. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/47 "2023-05-24T17:35:46Z")
[10 Mm Real DINOSAUR POOP Bead Gold Wire Dangle Earrings Utah - Etsy](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1427249077/10-mm-real-dinosaur-poop-bead-gold-wire?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_-jewelry-domestic_high&utm_custom1=_k_4ffc0358d8e3142ce2376736924b6b70_k_&utm_content=bing_412373260_1310618158162782_81913698685109_pla-4585513250315451:pla-4585513250315451_c__1427249077&utm_custom2=412373260&msclkid=4ffc0358d8e3142ce2376736924b6b70) yep, sometimes it looks pretty. ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/48 "2023-05-24T18:14:18Z")
Trump _is_ a dinosaur, of sorts, but I really doubt his poop looks like that. ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/49 "2023-05-24T18:40:38Z")
If there is any man who would be interested in having his own poops come out as gold-bedazzled jewelry, it is Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/50 "2023-05-24T22:02:30Z")
> **[Man who rested feet on Pelosi office desk on Jan. 6 sentenced to over four...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/politics/richard-barnett-pelosi-office-sentencing/index.html)** > > The man who was infamously photographed with his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to four and a half years in prison. Over four years for Foot on desk man. Of course, no remorse, for he did nothing wrong, and will appeal. Don’t think that’s going to work out the way he wants… Unless he’s expecting Trump to win and pardon him, but, well, one can hope we avoid the worst of all possible worlds. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/51 "2023-05-24T22:35:41Z")
James Trusty and John Rowley III send an absurd letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding a meeting because of how “unfair” Special Counsel Jack Smith is treating Donald Trump. Glenn Kirschner “To say this is amateur hour/bush league/mickey mouse is probably an understatement.” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUfXwFY7iE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUfXwFY7iE) ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/52 "2023-05-24T22:48:42Z")
It’s about as independently created as that letter from his doctor that Trump flaunted before the 2016 election about how fabulous his health is. I doubt those lawyers did much beyond toning it down a bit before submitting it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/53 "2023-05-24T23:05:23Z")
Dang. I’m not a lawyer (or any sort of professional), but letting that load of infantile bullshit appear below my (or my firm’s) letterhead would be seriously embarrassing. ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/54 "2023-05-24T23:17:42Z")
I imagine that it falls under the same heading as “cry all the way to the bank” but with “embarassed” instead of “cry”. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/55 "2023-05-24T23:56:38Z")
crying all the way to the bank worked a month ago. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR5mnBxGpPM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR5mnBxGpPM) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/56 "2023-05-25T00:13:57Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Dang. I’m not a lawyer (or any sort of professional), but letting that load of infantile bullshit appear below my (or my firm’s) letterhead would be seriously embarrassing. Ghoulani levels of lawyering. ---
**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 25, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/57 "2023-05-25T01:47:48Z")
From your link: > Richard Barnett, also known as “Bigo,” I humbly suggest the following new moniker for him: “Be Gone”. p.s. Is the text of the judge’s full statement regarding sentencing available online? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/58 "2023-05-25T09:07:24Z")
Meatball Ron’s campaign announcement [didn’t go as smoothly as he’d hoped.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V8sPPrWGs1w) SAD! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/59 "2023-05-25T09:47:19Z")
And [FOX stripped out all of Tucker’s studio equipment](https://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-studio-equipment-tucker-carlson-home-maine/) VERY quickly. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/60 "2023-05-25T09:55:25Z")
Well, why wouldn’t they? It’s their stuff. Once you leave the job you’re not supposed to keep your employer’s stuff (as Trump is learning). [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=2) [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=4)