# 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:** 398
**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 27, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7942 "2024-08-27T15:45:20Z")
But I do agree with you that he’s showing promising by at least questioning whether he has the power to remove the biased members of the Election Board ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7943 "2024-08-27T15:48:47Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Seems like the right are slowly discovering that putting a bunch of petulant, incompetent idiots in charge is no way to get anything done. And if they get their way with the 2025 project they take this practice which worked so well on state committees and apply it to the whole federal government. Lovely. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7944 "2024-08-27T16:26:36Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Seems like the right are slowly discovering that putting a bunch of petulant, incompetent idiots in charge is no way to get anything done. IT IS TOO!!! [![](https://static.politico.com/46/f1/6e4a918f4991bd87600ddb21d318/08-donald-trump-9-gty-1160.jpg) ](https://static.politico.com/46/f1/6e4a918f4991bd87600ddb21d318/08-donald-trump-9-gty-1160.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7945 "2024-08-27T17:14:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Williams: “I object! This vote is a travesty. It’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of two mockeries of a sham. I move for a recount. Do you realize there is not a single homosexual on that committee?” > > Chair: “Yes there is.” > > Williams: “Really? Which one is it? Is it the big one at the end?” “Can you give him my number?” (_mimes holding a phone to his ear, mouths “Call me!”_) ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7946 "2024-08-27T17:33:44Z")
they both are. karamo is a bit more unhinged, was fired and replaced. karamo was the one escorted out. [Kristina Karamo - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina_Karamo) this is the person in charge [Pete Hoekstra - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hoekstra) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7947 "2024-08-27T18:21:01Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > It’s smart if he does. Not when you are losing. Carrying on as normal would cost him the election, he has to take risks. ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7948 "2024-08-27T22:22:00Z")
Just my opinion, but the much greater risk is to give him an unfiltered national platform where he’s trying to “win.” Honestly, I don’t think he has any viable options, since the best alternative is lots of effective TV ads and appearances where he follows a script. He is incapable of the latter. His only hope now, and it may yet be enough, is to just hope enough close swing states fall his way. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7949 "2024-08-27T23:04:15Z")
Two of the most beautiful words in the English Language: “superseding indictment.” > **[Special counsel files reworked indictment against Donald Trump in January 6...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/trump-superseding-indictment-january-6/index.html)** > > Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a superseding indictment in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, slimming down the allegations against the 2024 presidential nominee in light of the Supreme Court’s immunity... ---
**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:** [August 27, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7950 "2024-08-27T23:06:50Z")
Well…in this case it’s more of a subseding indictment. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7951 "2024-08-28T03:50:38Z")
But I think it’s _super_ that he’s doing this! ---
**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:** [August 28, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7952 "2024-08-28T06:51:52Z")
Fun fact: “Superseding Trump Indictment” fits with the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” theme song. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7953 "2024-08-28T07:06:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “Superseding Trump Indictment” fits with the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” theme song. Except this time it’s not the good guys who smell like a sewer. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7954 "2024-08-28T15:42:04Z")
I change my mind, we DO need a “like” button in this here thang. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7955 "2024-08-28T16:21:07Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > Hopefully, Sasse can be grilled in front of some kind of committee anyway. We can have some sweet schadenfreude then seeing him trying to explain these expenditures. It’s now being reported that Sasse will continue to earn his full $1 million per year salary from UF for the next FOUR years despite having stepped down last month. > **[Sasse to keep $1 million salary from UF until 2028](https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2024/08/26/sasse-keep-1-million-salary-uf-until-2028/)** > > His amended contract will continue to pay him at his base president’s salary until 2028 or until he finds a new job. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7956 "2024-08-28T16:31:39Z")
Yeah, I saw that. There is a caveat that the salary goes away if Sasse gets another job. But still kind of ridiculous that they could potentially pay him for four years to do very little. ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7957 "2024-08-28T16:38:57Z")
Considering the expenses he was racking up when he was “working,” it seems to me they’re saving money. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7958 "2024-08-28T19:30:00Z")
Truth Social seems to be circling the drain – the chief execs are selling off their shares > **[Truth Social CFO just sold almost 20% of his stock - rats meet ship](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/28/2266261/-Truth-Social-CFO-just-sold-almost-20-of-his-stock-rats-meet-ship?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web)** > > NewsCorpse has a story here about the continuing collapse of Truth Social stock — not that this should surprise anyone. He adds a little nugget in the story: Adding to the pressure on the stock price of Trump's media scam is that its own... ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7959 "2024-08-28T20:36:56Z")
And the lovely thing is that Trump still can’t sell his stock and just has to sit back and helplessly watch its value drain away to nothing. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7960 "2024-08-28T20:40:37Z")
Individual-ONE is [locked out of selling](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-soon-free-sell-stake-151519197.html) any of his stake in the company for about another month. His stake is _currently_ worth about $2.5B (less, really, because it is pretty hard to sell a large block without causing a price drop). According to the article, that block amounts to more than half his supposed net worth. > Matthew Tuttle, CEO of Tuttle Capital Management, didn’t mince words, telling Politico that Trump has “stepped on just about every rake he possibly could” since his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. This has been “hammering the stock.” Sideshow Don? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7961 "2024-08-28T21:01:53Z")
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