# 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:** 387
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7722 "2024-08-19T15:26:14Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > I don’t see how they can ever eliminate social security and medicare as it is tied to so much of the economy. Especially the medical systems. That would be disastrous. Yes, yes it would. But when have they let a little thing like flushing the economy down the tubes stop them? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7723 "2024-08-19T15:28:15Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > when have they let a little thing like flushing the economy down the tubes stop them In the book I linked in my prior post, Vance, in his intro, _explicitly says_ it’s perfectly okay to make the economy worse if it wins them their social-warfare objectives. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7724 "2024-08-19T16:37:59Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Don’t worry, Steiner’s assault will bring it under control. I had to look that up. Appropriate, considering how JD Vance has described Trump in the past. But, hey, Trump knows more about the military than his generals did! ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7725 "2024-08-19T16:44:17Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > > [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > > > Don’t worry, Steiner’s assault will bring it under control. > > I had to look that up. Appropriate, considering how JD Vance has described Trump in the past. But, hey, Trump knows more about the military than his generals did! Oh my I misread generals as genitals and had to get up for a swig of early day beer. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7726 "2024-08-19T17:14:03Z")
The Orange Felon and serial liar is now pretending that Taylor Swift has endorsed him. 🤣 Swift so far hasn’t publicly endorsed anyone but she did support Biden-Harris in 2020. It’ll be amusing if Trump’s lie drives her to make a public statement in support of Harris, and amazing if she actually shows up at the DNC convention! > **[Trump posts fake AI images of Taylor Swift and Swifties, falsely suggesting...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics/donald-trump-taylor-swift-ai/index.html)** > > Taylor Swift has yet to endorse any presidential candidate this election cycle. But former President Donald Trump says he accepts the superstar’s non-existent endorsement. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7727 "2024-08-19T17:15:57Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > The Orange Felon and serial liar is now pretending that Taylor Swift has endorsed him. Given the tendency of his flunkies only to give him good news (and reportedly even lying to him on occasion), I could be persuaded he actually believes it and that nobody feels secure enough to give him any bad news. In his own mind, everybody actually admires him, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7728 "2024-08-19T17:47:37Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It’ll be amusing if Trump’s lie drives her to make a public statement in support of Harris… That would be a real _“Fuck Around and Find Out”_ moment for him. Get a solid dose of just how popular he really is and who can attract the biggest crowds. I know nothing about Taylor Swift, other than she’s Bigger than Sliced Bread. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7729 "2024-08-19T18:02:39Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Wasn’t that the same rally where he indicated that he believed he was speaking in North Carolina? > > [Donald Trump ‘Confusing’ State He’s In At Rally Raises Questions - Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-confusing-state-hes-raises-questions-1940779) If you go to a lot of different venues that is bound to happen occasionally. I remember being at a concert at University of Maryland where the performer repeatedly shouted “Is University of Michigan in the House?” and was flummoxed as to why he wasn’t getting his usual enthusiastic confirmation. On a side note I did find it amusing that the clip this article used had the Fox chyron “Trump: finances will never recover under Harris” right next to a ticker showing the Dow up 554 points to 40,563. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7730 "2024-08-19T18:05:18Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > “Trump: finances will never recover under Harris” I imagine he said equally preposterous things when running against Biden in 2020. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7731 "2024-08-19T18:07:24Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > And dog parks, weirdly enough. First they came for the dog parks, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Schnauzer. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7732 "2024-08-19T18:13:57Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Note that the 52 week low is listed as 22.55, despite the fact that DWAC was selling below 20 a year ago. > > We are about $1.30 over that low. The way things are going there is a good chance we’ll cross it in the next week. 😃 And there we go! As of 11:05AM we have a new all time low for DJT:US. The current price of $22.44 has not been seen since around January 16th, when Trump first secured the nomination with a big win in Iowa. Next goal is probably to get it below $17 which is around the flat area of DWAC’s price, when it was unclear whether there would be a merger and Trump was being challenged by DeSantis. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7733 "2024-08-19T18:22:55Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > I don’t see how they can ever eliminate social security and medicare as it is tied to so much of the economy. Especially the medical systems. That would be disastrous. I believe the main GOP economic platform is at this point: “Let’s fuck up the economy so badly that everything crashes and we can swoop in and buy everything for pennies on the dollar, leading to a utopian future where we are all multi-billionaires surrounded by serfs who do our bidding.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7734 "2024-08-19T19:03:36Z")
The Daily Show how did a fun supercut of Trump using his Biden attacks verbatim against Harris. Like an aging comedian who can’t be bothered to write a new set. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7735 "2024-08-19T19:17:05Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > On a side note I did find it amusing that the clip this article used had the Fox chyron “Trump: finances will never recover under Harris” Simple typo. It was supposed to say “Trump’s finances will never recover under Harris” ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7736 "2024-08-19T19:19:34Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Like an aging comedian who can’t be bothered to write a new set. “Take my opponent … Please!” - Donnie Oldman. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7737 "2024-08-19T19:25:42Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Simple typo. It was supposed to say “Trump’s finances will never recover under Harris” Ha!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7738 "2024-08-19T20:07:18Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I believe the main GOP economic platform is at this point: > > “Let’s fuck up the economy so badly that everything crashes and we can swoop in and buy everything for pennies on the dollar, leading to a utopian future where we are all multi-billionaires surrounded by serfs who do our bidding.” AKA why _Game of Thrones_ is so very popular. (Republicans need the help of fiction-writers in order to daydream, apparently: see also _The Handmaid’s Tale_.) Florida Republicans are not only infighting; they’re apparently embracing dirty tricks—against each other: > [@](#): > > …A voter guide falsely purporting to show a slate of endorsements by the local Republican party hit mailboxes in St. John’s County, sowing confusion just as the primary was about to kick off this month. > …The latest salvo in what many say is already an overheated election cycle, the incident has brought attention to an intra-party slugfest being waged inside the local GOP… > …“The local Republican party has been splitting off into different factions,” explains incumbent commissioner Christian Whitehurst. … Awwwwwww. > **[In Florida, a fake voter guide spurs accusations of dirty tricks](https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-fake-voter-guide-spurs-accusations-dirty-tricks/story?id=112894420)** > > Ahead of the local GOP primary St. John's County, Florida, the appearance of a fake voter guide has thrown a contentious election into even more turmoil. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7739 "2024-08-19T20:21:30Z")
Though he’s never suggested that Joe’s as attractive as Melania. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7740 "2024-08-19T20:23:37Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b2i9J8jTKoc/maxresdefault.jpg "“Lazy Apocalypsing” (Trump’s identical attacks on Biden & Harris) - Jon Stewart") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2i9J8jTKoc) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7741 "2024-08-19T20:39:29Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > … On a side note I did find it amusing that the clip this article used had the Fox chyron “Trump: finances will never recover under Harris” right next to a ticker showing the Dow up 554 points to 40,563. Poor benighted liberal, you don’t understand: the Dow is up in anticipation of Dear Leader’s foreordained victory in November and ~~canonization~~ ~~coronation~~ inauguration next January. [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=386) [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=388)