# 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:** 464
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9262 "2024-11-01T17:03:06Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > You know, I give up. I watched the video once, not knowing it was satire, and just kept saying to myself “WTF is wrong with that guy?” I watched it again, knowing it’s a put-on, and laughed myself silly. The line is so blurred these days, you just don’t know anymore. I was fooled too. When real headlines look like Onion headlines, it’s hard to figure out fact from fiction. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9263 "2024-11-01T17:11:45Z")
“Truth is stranger than fiction” - Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9264 "2024-11-01T17:54:23Z")
I first read that as “ **Trump** is stranger than fiction” and yes, yes he is. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9265 "2024-11-01T18:38:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > IANAL but it seems to me that the blatant lack of any merit to this case surely must stray into the “sanctions for the lawyers stupid enough to file it” realm. Glory, glory, Hallelujah! Work for Trump and he will screw ya I was a lawyer for That stinky orange dinosaur And I ain’t a lawyer no more ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9266 "2024-11-01T18:40:30Z")
Nicely done! 👏 ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9267 "2024-11-01T20:26:31Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Maybe the Harris campaign should file a similar suit against Fox for not letting her come and sit on the couch… They would have to pry Vance off of it first. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9268 "2024-11-01T20:37:10Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Maybe the Harris campaign should file a similar suit against Fox for not letting her come and sit on the couch and blather on for hours. as I understand their claims, it’s not that they gave Harris the interview, but that they deceptively edited the Harris interview to hide how stupid she sounds. Of course, that’s not a valid lawsuit (even if true) and Fox would be in big trouble if you could sue over something like that. Apparently, they’re relying on a Texas consumer protection statute. > “To paper over Kamala’s ‘word salad’ weakness, CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news,” the filing stated. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9269 "2024-11-01T20:47:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > They would have to pry Vance off of it first. Eww and LOL, respectively. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9270 "2024-11-01T21:40:18Z")
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**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:** [November 1, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9271 "2024-11-01T22:07:28Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Glory, glory, Hallelujah! > Work for Trump and he will screw ya > I was a lawyer for > That stinky orange dinosaur > And I ain’t a lawyer no more > [@Spoons](#): > > Nicely done! 👏 Agreed! > [@Smapti](#): > > While Trump is rambling about Biden, a supporter yells “who cares” > [x.com](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1852455474823925868) **trump in the video clip:** who said that? That’s a great line. _What probably happened next…_ **trump in an aside to an aide:** Have security rough that man up, and get his name and contact info. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9272 "2024-11-01T22:15:05Z")
> [@solost](#): > > **trump in the video clip:** who said that? That’s a great line. Trump seemed to take it as “who cares about Biden” instead of the way it was probably meant as “why do you care, shut up already”. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9273 "2024-11-01T22:21:54Z")
Yeah, your take is probably more accurate-- trump likely just completely read his own meaning into it to support his ego. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9274 "2024-11-01T23:13:27Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > “Truth is stranger than fiction” - Mark Twain Of course it is. Fiction has to make sense. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9275 "2024-11-01T23:17:18Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Of course it is. Fiction has to make sense. What are we doing here more at the Dope, nitpicking fiction or reality? Maybe fiction makes more sense. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9276 "2024-11-01T23:26:02Z")
Mockumentary ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9277 "2024-11-02T01:02:36Z")
I took it as “Who cares? He’s leaving soon!” 😁 ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9278 "2024-11-02T01:15:26Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Trump seemed to take it as “who cares about Biden” instead of the way it was probably meant as “why do you care, shut up already”. I took it the same as Donald 🤢 (I hope this is the only time I have to express _that_) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9279 "2024-11-02T02:22:30Z")
> Beatrice Keul, a former pageant queen in New York, is now the twenty-eighth woman to accuse Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. [https://newrepublic.com/post/187761/pageant-queen-beatrice-keul-trump-sexual-assault](https://newrepublic.com/post/187761/pageant-queen-beatrice-keul-trump-sexual-assault) ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9280 "2024-11-02T03:00:33Z")
I just read that Trump recently bragged that per the latest polls, he has a 97% chance of winning. I love it – his inability to keep his mouth shut and the constant need to stoke his own ego is now going to convince a lot of lazy MAGAts to stay home! If only it could also increase turnout for Harris, but Harris supporters know he’s a serial liar and generally don’t give a shit what he says. But at least some of the MAGA crowd will be thinking “why bother voting when I can stay home and drink beer straight out of the can while cleaning my guns, and then smashing each empty can against my forehead? So much more intellectually stimulating than standing in line to vote!” ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9281 "2024-11-02T03:29:15Z")
I don’t think he cares if they vote or not, he is just setting the stage for claiming the election was stolen, after all a great many people were saying he was 97% certain to win and then he didn’t [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=463) [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=465)