# 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:** 423
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8442 "2024-09-21T20:53:31Z")
Barron is a name you give a fucking dog. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8443 "2024-09-21T22:00:43Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I guess any hope that Barron would escape his doom was futile. This was my thought. I know Barron, as a minor and mostly out of the public eye, has been considered off limits for criticism for the most part. If he’s 18 now and actively participating in the grifting though I think he has to be considered fair game. Other Trump family members have managed to escape the cult to various degrees, but I don’t think any did that were so deeply enmeshed as Barron has presumably been. You know that kid has been getting a steady diet of brainwashing on a daily basis for a long time now. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8444 "2024-09-21T22:09:21Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > If he’s 18 now and actively participating in the grifting though I think he has to be considered fair game. Is he actively participating? Or is this more shit his father and brothers have signed him up to without his consent? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8445 "2024-09-21T22:22:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Is he actively participating? Or is this more shit his father and brothers have signed him up to without his consent? Good question. I went looking at recent news stories about this and can’t find any direct quotes. It’s all Trump talking up his son. It’s certainly possible this was done without his consent, but if he’s a crypto bro anyway that doesn’t really raise my opinion of him if I’m being honest. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8446 "2024-09-21T22:24:14Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > If he’s 18 now and actively participating in the grifting though I think he has to be considered fair game. He is 18, as of this past March. He just started college, at New York University. So far, he seems to only be indirectly (or at least non-publicly) involved with any of his father’s stuff, but that said, as per Wired: > [@](#): > > But fans of Barron won’t need to make up their own personal headcanons any longer, especially as it looks like Barron is beginning to take on a more public-facing role supporting his father. He made an X account on Monday to join a Space hosted by Trump to announce the former president’s [new crypto venture](https://www.thedailybeast.com/barron-ghosts-launch-of-trump-family-crypto-business). “He talks about his wallet, he’s got four wallets or something, and I’ll say, ‘What is a wallet?” the former president said. When Trump [sat for an interview with Kick streamer Adin Ross](https://www.wired.com/story/the-trump-campaign-is-all-in-on-dude-bro-politics/) earlier this year, he said that [Barron was a fan](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-son-barron-told-him-talk-to-streamer-adin-ross-2024-8) of Ross. “My son’s told me about you,” Trump told him. > **[Barron Trump Is Finally Taking the Stage](https://www.wired.com/story/nyu-obsessed-barron-trump/)** > > For years, internet users have seen what they want to in Donald Trump's youngest son. Now a freshman at NYU, Barron Trump being obsessively filmed—and making his first appearances alongside his father. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Barron is a name you give a fucking dog. [Barron Hilton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron_Hilton) (full name William Barron Hilton) was one of Conrad Hilton’s sons. He succeeded his father as head of the Hilton Corporation, and was the original owner of the Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers football team. Also, he was Paris Hilton’s grandfather. When I first learned that Trump used the pseudonym “John Barron,” and that he had named his son Barron, I was pretty sure he used the name due to Barron Hilton. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8447 "2024-09-21T23:05:46Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > “Decentralized Finance Visionary” I just noticed that was the last one I needed on my bullshit bingo card. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8448 "2024-09-21T23:31:13Z")
“Barron Harkonnen, big guy you know, huge, not like me, but a big guy. Love him, he really knows how to play a crowd, not as well as me of course, but well. Spends too much time talking about things like spices, needs to be more serious though. Anyway, I’m talking about how great a guy he is, and he says, with tears in his eyes, that he’s always looked up to me, and knows people who know people. Good guy I said, but really, I keep saying he needs to show some more style, a bit of bright red would totally up his game!” [I’m not as good as @Smapti and others at channeling Trump-speak, but figured since he treats other fictional characters as real, why not? And yes, the Baron isn’t mono colored in the original, but more people are probably familiar with the movie than the book] ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8449 "2024-09-21T23:34:31Z")
The Grift Must Flow. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8450 "2024-09-21T23:37:31Z")
The article is paywalled for me, but all I can think is - that poor child. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8451 "2024-09-22T00:02:17Z")
Yeah. If this was the 1960s, I’d like to see Donald’s response when Barron tunes in, turns on, drops out, and goes to Woodstock. Kids today … ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8452 "2024-09-22T00:02:20Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Barron Harkonnen, big guy you know, huge, not like me, but a big guy. The late great Barron Harkonnen. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8453 "2024-09-22T02:20:33Z")
J.Duh Vance and Pucker Carlson are having an event in Hershey, PA. Apparently it’s only half-full and the ticket price has dropped drastically. 😁 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8454 "2024-09-22T03:40:06Z")
Awh, I was there last week. I could have heckled them. As I mentioned in another thread, my anecdotal survey showed more Harris/Waltz signs than Trump/Vance. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8455 "2024-09-22T03:57:09Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > He is 18, as of this past March. He just started college, at New York University. As an in-state or out-of-state student? > [@ParallelLines](#): > > “Barron Harkonnen, big guy you know, huge, not like me, but a big guy. Love him, he really knows how to play a crowd, not as well as me of course, but well. Spends too much time talking about things like spices, needs to be more serious though. Anyway, I’m talking about how great a guy he is, and he says, with tears in his eyes, that he’s always looked up to me, and knows people who know people. Good guy I said, but really, I keep saying he needs to show some more style, a bit of bright red would totally up his game!” > > [I’m not as good as @Smapti and others at channeling Trump-speak, but figured since he treats other fictional characters as real, why not? And yes, the Baron isn’t mono colored in the original, but more people are probably familiar with the movie than the book] Could’ve used a reference to the pumpkin spice flavor at McDonald’s now that we’re close to October. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8456 "2024-09-22T04:18:02Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The Grift Must Flow. 🎶 Get the money! All the money! Oh, our con is never done, For we must keep grifting along! While you’re derided; While you’re insulted; We are doing more conning; And we must keep grifting along! 🎶 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8457 "2024-09-22T04:21:48Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Perhaps accidental but Barron was a no show at the shitshow unveiling of this latest scam. Maybe he was busy having decentralized finance visions, with the aid of powerful drugs. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8458 "2024-09-22T06:38:23Z")
I can understand and even sympathize with his wish to escape a reality in which Donald Trump is his father. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8459 "2024-09-22T06:47:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > As an in-state or out-of-state student? I’d guess out-of-state, as his family moved to Florida as their primary/official residence after they left the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8460 "2024-09-22T07:29:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I can understand and even sympathize with his wish to escape a reality in which Donald Trump is his father. We haven’t heard much from Barron, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the Trump Crime Family told him that now that he was an adult, he had to join the family business as the “Decentralized Finance Visionary,” whatever that means. “Do a good job in a sinecure job, Barron, and you can grow up to be _consigliere_ in the family.” I’d love for Barron to respond, “Screw you, Dad, I’m going to NYU for Art History.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8461 "2024-09-22T08:13:36Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’d love for Barron to respond, “Screw you, Dad, I’m going to NYU for Art History.” “Barron Trump? I hardly knew him. I may have had sex with his mother once or twice, but I do that with thousands of people.” (Can you tell I watched the Lev Parnas documentary last night?) [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=422) [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=424)