# 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:** 305
**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:** [May 20, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6082 "2024-05-20T14:30:24Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Wait, I thought teleprompters were only for the senile. Isn’t that what we’ve been hearing from the right wing for many years? Trump doesn’t even bother making his lies seem plausible; the sad and scary thing is that the rest of the right is learning they can get away with ridiculously implausible lies as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6083 "2024-05-20T19:57:24Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > In fairness to Rudy, it was almost true. He tried to surround himself with a gold fringe, but none of them are real blondes so it didn’t count. Somewhere out there, Marisa Tomei is turning her back in faux-offense while doing her best to hide that she’s laughing her ass off. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6084 "2024-05-20T20:02:26Z")
> [@solost](#): > > My wife kinda subscribes to a theory that trump occasionally employs Melania body doubles. “Melania usually fights more. Also, could you wash my balls after? My golf bag is over there…” ---
**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:** [May 20, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6085 "2024-05-20T20:59:10Z")
No, the Melania body doubles would be for public appearances. For sex he probably employs Ivanka body doubles. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6086 "2024-05-20T22:38:57Z")
SAD! > **[Trump’s Social Media Company Posts Q1 Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of...](https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/)** > > Trump Media and Technology Group reported $770,500 in revenue for the first quarter of 2024 and a net loss of $327.6 million. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6087 "2024-05-21T00:31:17Z")
Just wait… It’ll turn around. In two weeks. ---
**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 21, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6088 "2024-05-21T01:42:45Z")
I just a great meme on Xitter: “My name is Ashli Babbitt and I won’t be voting for Trump this November”. ---
**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 21, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6089 "2024-05-21T01:46:59Z")
I would check for one or more absentee ballots in her name. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6090 "2024-05-21T01:57:34Z")
Is she eligible for a Darwin Award? Or had she already passed on here genes? ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6091 "2024-05-21T02:15:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Is she eligible for a Darwin Award? Or had she already passed on here genes? - > **[Darwin Awards: Rule 1: Reproduction](https://darwinawards.com/rules/rules1.html)** > > History and Rules: Reproduction > The existence of offspring, though potentially deleterious to the gene pool, does not disqualify a nominee. Children inherit only half of each parent’s genetic material and thus have their own chance to survive or snuff themselves. If, for instance, the offspring has inherited the “Play With Combustibles” gene, but also has inherited the “Use Caution When…” gene, then she is a potential innovator and asset to the human race. Therefore, each nominee is judged based on whether or not she has removed her own genes, without consideration to the number of offspring or, in the case of an elderly winner, the likelihood of producing more offspring. ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6092 "2024-05-21T02:33:37Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I would check for one or more absentee ballots in her name. I believe this is the required Meme: [![](https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E05/1058357.jpg?b64lines=IE9ILCBNWSBHT0QtLSBUSEUgREVBRAogSEFWRSBSSVNFTiBBTkQgVEhFWSdSRQogVk9USU5HIFJFUFVCTElDQU4uIA==) ](https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E05/1058357.jpg?b64lines=IE9ILCBNWSBHT0QtLSBUSEUgREVBRAogSEFWRSBSSVNFTiBBTkQgVEhFWSdSRQogVk9USU5HIFJFUFVCTElDQU4uIA==) ---
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6093 "2024-05-21T12:04:08Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Darwin Awards: Rule 1: Reproduction](https://darwinawards.com/rules/rules1.html) Translation: we don’t want to bother with checking. Let’s just have a good time and laugh at the dumb people without getting caught up in pedantry ---
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6094 "2024-05-21T13:02:48Z")
In other news, former NFL team owner Dan Snyder, who was such a foul and terrible asshole that even NFL owners, a group filled with foul and terrible assholes, wanted nothing to do with him is incensed that a Trump movie he helped fund is closer to reality than the flattering election year hagiography he expected, showing his ineptitude and assholery truly extended beyond running a sports team to all aspects of his life. > **[Inside the Legal Battle to Recut Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’: Why...](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-trump-movie-the-apprentice-dan-snyder-feud-1236010060/)** > > As ‘The Apprentice,' a look at Donald Trump's early years, premieres in Cannes, one of its investors, Dan Snyder, is furious over the film ---
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6095 "2024-05-21T15:30:44Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > … and a net loss of $327.6 million. That actually made me stop and say “What the Fuuuu…” Even as bad as he is at business, this is spectacularly bad… ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6096 "2024-05-21T15:32:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Trump Media: Q1 Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of $327.6 Million](https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/) And yet the stock is holding on at ~$44. ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6097 "2024-05-21T15:36:33Z")
This part of the article was odd: “Snyder isn’t the only investor in “The Apprentice.” Justin Trudeau’s Canadian government also put in money, as did the Irish and Danish governments.” ---
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6098 "2024-05-21T15:42:03Z")
That’s part of his incompetence. The film from the beginning was clearly not going to be complimentary to Trump. So why he just assumed it would be so is strange. As for the government involvement, it was probably a bit overstated. Some of the production companies involved do get some government funding and likely there are tax breaks for filming in those countries but it’s not like there were government agencies directly involved in the actual production of the film. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6099 "2024-05-21T15:42:30Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Justin Trudeau’s Canadian government also put in money I’m betting that some portion of the film was made in Canada, and this money was just standard government subsidies and/or tax cuts. If you watch the credits of a lot of movies, they film bits and pieces of them all over the place, to take advantage of various such schemes. I suspect the Canadian government didn’t even know what the film was about. All they’d care about is if they employed Canadian film industry people, and brought money into the country. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6100 "2024-05-21T15:45:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > That actually made me stop and say “What the Fuuuu…” Even as bad as he is at business, this is spectacularly bad… Trump’s not really running the show here. Other people created the Truth Social platform and gave Donald a ton of stock in it in exchange for becoming his primary Twitter replacement. Trump doesn’t run the company. This deal was just a lucky break for him and an opportunity to grift his followers. ---
**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 21, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6101 "2024-05-21T16:00:41Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > [Trump Media: Q1 Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of $327.6 Million](https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/) > > And yet the stock is holding on at ~$44. Are we _sure_ that’s not the market capitalization? [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=304) [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=306)