# 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:** 444
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8862 "2024-10-14T17:52:04Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I’m sure Trump was on Truth Social immediately to reassure them about everything he was doing to save them. He didn’t even throw rolls of paper towels at them, the bastard. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If they wanted to be really community minded, they could make a few extra round trips with their fellow rally-goers. From the ‘I got mine, Jack’ crowd? You forgot the /s tag, right? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8863 "2024-10-14T18:54:37Z")
Yeah, that’s the one! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8864 "2024-10-14T20:15:10Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And you’re assuming the owner of the site where the rally was wants/allows several hundred(?) cars driving on to their property. Ah, but there wouldn’t be. If one bus carries 40 drivers back to the parking lot, those 40 drivers get in their cars and go back to the rally site. Then it’s only 40 cars showing up together. The number of bus seats was a limited resource; it makes logistic sense to use them as beneficially as possible. It would have been tough, maybe impossible, to organize on the spot, but might have made a bad situation a little better. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8865 "2024-10-14T20:18:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If one bus carries 40 drivers back to the parking lot, those 40 drivers get in their cars and go back to the rally site. Then it’s only 40 cars showing up together. Socialist! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8866 "2024-10-14T22:12:49Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Gave off Sovereign Citizen vibes. The County Sheriff _believes_ they prevented the next Trump assassination attempt. The Sheriff appears to be a big Trump Supporter who has ambitions to be CA’s next governor. Spinning this as “saving” Trump from another assassination attempt might help his chances. [Blue state sheriff says he’s ‘changing teams,’ urges support for Trump](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-sheriff-says-hes-changing-teams-urges-support-trump) _Sheriff Chad Bianco has teased at a potential run for governor_ > A well-known conservative [California sheriff](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/california) joked that he was “changing teams” ahead of the 2024 election and urged people to support a “convicted felon.” > > “I think it’s time we put a felon in the White House,” Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco said in a video posted to social media Saturday. > > Bianco’s comments come after [former President Trump](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump) was convicted last week on 34 felony counts in New York, making the former president the first president to be convicted of a felony. > … > “Trump 2024, baby, let’s save this country and make America great again,” Bianco concluded. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8867 "2024-10-14T23:24:17Z")
Yes, he indeed sounds like a Ch(o)ad. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8868 "2024-10-15T20:18:02Z")
> Noel, who appeared in court shackled and wearing an orange jumpsuit and pink handcuffs, was mostly expressionless at the defense table during Monday’s hearing, though he broke into tears after a letter — written by his niece — offered a stark rebuke: “Grandma and grandpa would be very disappointed.” > **[Disgraced Indiana GOP operative sentenced to 15 years in prison as part of...](https://www.rawstory.com/jamey-noel-2669399450/)** > > Former Clark County Sheriff and longtime Republican operative Jamey Noel could spend upwards of a decade in prison after a judge accepted his guilty pleas to more than a dozen felony charges in court Monday. The plea deal brings a close to Noel’s... ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8869 "2024-10-15T20:56:42Z")
This is priceless. > [@Trump at Truth Social](#): > > Does Ian Sams, Lyin’ Kamala’s Special Advisor, own FoxNews? He is on all the time, as are so many other of her supporters. So ridiculous that Fox allows this to happen right before the Election. We will WIN without Fox. MAGA2024! How dare a propaganda arm of the Trump party allow the enemy to speak! And right before the election!! ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8870 "2024-10-16T00:09:35Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > How dare a propaganda arm of the Trump party allow the enemy to speak! And right before the election!! Then he’s going to love the fact that Harris herself is going on there tomorrow… > **[Trump is very upset at Fox News for agreeing to interview Harris](https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-fox-news-kamala-harris-interview-rcna175462)** > > Trump has long attacked Fox News for what he perceives as disloyalty toward him, yet it is arguably the only mainstream network that lets him go on uninterrupted tirades. > “I would have preferred seeing a more hard hitting journalist, but Fox has grown so weak and soft on the Democrats, constantly polluting the airwaves with unopposed Kamala Representatives, that it all doesn’t matter anymore,” he wrote. And there goes Fox under the bus yet again. Hey Donny? Why not do an interview with MSNBC? I’m sure Rachel Maddow or Laurence O’Donnell would love to do a sit down interview with you… ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8871 "2024-10-16T01:13:09Z")
Trump had a bizarre town hall yesterday, where members of his audience started fainting from the heat, at which point Trump ended questions and just played random songs instead. > **[Trump's bizarre music session reignites questions about his mental acuity](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna175464)** > > With President Joe Biden out of the race, Democrats have started questioning the mental fitness of Trump, who would be the oldest president in history if he wins in November. Earlier today, he flunked an interview on economic issues. > **[Trump Crumbles When Pressed on Economic Policy in Tense Interview](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-crumbles-pressed-economic-policy-bloomberg-interview-1235134459/)** > > Donald Trump was unable to give coherent answers on his economic plans in an interview with Bloomberg at the Economic Club of Chicago. Now, I just heard that he’s at least an hour and a half late to tonight’s campaign appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8872 "2024-10-16T03:10:20Z")
And yet the election is still too close to call. I know it’s been said before, but I just don’t get it. I can’t wrap my mind even a little bit around the fact that he’s going to get somewhere between 45 & 50% of the vote. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8873 "2024-10-16T03:18:31Z")
It’s quite simple. 45-50 percent of Americans are assholes, and he gives them permission to flex their assholery without consequences. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8874 "2024-10-16T03:25:36Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Earlier today, he flunked an interview on economic issues. I watched that [interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGgxTFYF844) and would disagree with the Rolling Stone headline. Yes, on a factual basis Trump failed miserably. He would never answer any of the questions, and what he talked about instead was entirely disjointed from reality. But he was reasonably articulate in the weave and oddly mesmerizing, sort of like a Garison Keiler Lake Woebegone monologue. If one had no knowledge of economics, or history or political science or current events, and was under the impression that Trump was mostly truthful. It would be easy to be convinced that Trump was very knowledgeable and the interviewer just didn’t understand how these things worked. As for Micklethwait getting challenging Trump to get back on track I didn’t see that at all. What would happen is that Micklethwait would ask a question, Trump would use half a sentence to pivot and then go on this long monologue about whatever story he wanted to tell which all ended with everyone in the world being so impressed with him and bowing to his every whim to make America great again. Then eventually Micklethwait would interrupt him with a new question and the process would start again. He tried a few times early on to nail Trump down, but then after a few questions realized the futility of it and just let him weave. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8875 "2024-10-16T03:25:38Z")
Don’t forget that at least one third of Americans don’t vote, so it’s only 45-50% of the remaining two-thirds that are assholes. That makes it seem better, doesn’t it? 🙄 ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8876 "2024-10-16T03:36:05Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > If one had no knowledge of economics, or history or political science or current events, and was under the impression that Trump was mostly truthful. It would be easy to be convinced that Trump was very knowledgeable and the interviewer just didn’t understand how these things worked. This sounds like a way of saying if one’s worldview is completely divorced from reality and mired in ignorance then Trump sounds reasonable. i.e. Low information voters. The uneducated tha Trump loves so much. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8877 "2024-10-16T03:43:14Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s quite simple. 45-50 percent of Americans are assholes, and he gives them permission to flex their assholery without consequences. I don’t know if the percentage of assholes is really that high. A lot of MAGA supporters are just flat out ignorant and they tend to do mental somersaults when confronted with facts that contradict their worldview. My MAGA mother is pro-choice and blames the Democrats for Roe v. Wade being overturned. She blames the Democrats for not doing enough to stop Roe from being overturned but does’t hold Trump or MAGA responsible. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8878 "2024-10-16T03:45:21Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > But he was reasonably articulate in the weave and oddly mesmerizing, sort of like a Garison Keiler Lake Woebegone monologue. I refer you to my transcription of his answer to the question of how he would reduce government spending; “When I first sat down, a general came into my office and he said, ‘Sir, it’s nice to meet you, would you please sign this?’ I said, ‘What is it?’ It’s a contract for a new Air Force One, which is actually a contract for two planes, not one, two Boeing 747s, And I said, ‘How much is it?’ $5.7 billion. That’s a hell of an expensive plane, but there’s reasons for that. I said, nope, I’m not signing it. Who negotiated it? Barack Hussein Obama. I said I’m not signing it. Why? Because there’s a lot of fat. But we should have a new Air Force One. When we see these planes from Saudi Arabia, brand new, and ours is, like, 32 years old, and it’s a very different plane, it’s a much smaller plane, the whole thing. The United States should have the best plane, I will tell you.” And for the record; “the weave” isn’t a real thing. That’s Trump realizing that he’s no longer speaking cogently and trying to pretend that he meant to do that. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8879 "2024-10-16T03:51:41Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Low information voters. The uneducated tha Trump loves so much. I remember these people posting on social media back in 2016 about how Trump is this genius, successful businessman and he is always the smartest person in the room. Apparently, a lot of them thought _The Apprentice_ was real. Some of the ones I knew personally had no idea about Trump’s bankruptcies or failed businesses. Anything bad said about him was just jealousy. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8880 "2024-10-16T03:53:29Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Then eventually Micklethwait would interrupt him with a new question and the process would start again. He tried a few times early on to nail Trump down, but then after a few questions **realized the futility of it and just let him weave.** Why do interviewers and debate moderators keep letting this happen? It’s maddening. Why is the media so fecking frightened of shutting this stupidity down, or at least acknowledging it? Rhetorical question, really; we know it’s corporate greed. I can’t help but envision students in their history class 100 years from now, studying the 2nd American Civil War. They’ll be asked to explain what the causes were and one of the answers will be " the media was indifferent and in some cases complicit". ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8881 "2024-10-16T04:21:41Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Why do interviewers and debate moderators keep letting this happen? “Access journalism” has bred a generation of reporters who think their job is to be stenographers to the rich and famous. Just hold up the microphone, let them talk, and report what they said. Don’t look into whether it’s true or not, because if you’re mean to them they might let someone from another channel hold up the microphone instead. [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=443) [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=445)