# 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:** 471
**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 11, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9402 "2024-11-11T15:55:10Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > [@Irishman](#): > > > > He did threaten to pull out of NATO. > > Thankfully, that would require an act of congress . I’m not sure Congress will be blocking anything Trump wants to do. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9403 "2024-11-11T15:59:39Z")
I think there are enough level headed republicans that would not back something as mind-blowingly stupid as withdrawing from NATO. I hope. Fuck. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9404 "2024-11-11T16:08:26Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > Look up “Kurds” > Or “Trumps betrayal of the Kurds” > Or “US betray Kurds, again” “Threaten our allies” implied NATO and I was replying about NATO allies. Trump was and will be a threat to the Kurds but I don’t think he thought that had anything to offer that made them worth trying to specifically threaten. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9405 "2024-11-11T16:09:50Z")
Allegedly a lady was curious about Nick Fuentes, well-known dipshit, and decided to go knock on his door. He pepper-sprayed her and kicked her down the stairs. I’m sorry she’s hurt, but I’m glad he’s scared. I’ve only read about it on social media so may be fake news. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9406 "2024-11-11T16:10:33Z")
So, Rudy could turn out to be our first homeless Attorney General. That would be interesting. ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9407 "2024-11-11T16:12:49Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > So, Rudy could turn out to be our first homeless Attorney General. He’s no longer allowed to practice law. I don’t think that’s technically a requirement for AG, but it would be _unusual._ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9408 "2024-11-11T16:14:07Z")
Don’t worry Rudy, you can always get SNAP . . . BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9409 "2024-11-11T16:17:51Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > level headed republicans Those have been discontinued. No longer available. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9410 "2024-11-11T16:41:28Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > > [@Irishman](#): > > > > > > He did threaten to pull out of NATO. > > > > Thankfully, that would require an act of congress . > > I’m not sure Congress will be blocking anything Trump wants to do. But Donald Trump doesn’t need to _do_ anything to essentially pull out of NATO. He just has to _not do_ stuff, like sending our troops to aid an ally, and he is quite good at not doing something. The only way for Congress to intervene, therefore, would require it to _do_ something, _viz._ impeach and remove the chief executive (and probably the veep as well) during a time of war to pass the presidency down to the Speaker of the House, assuming that person would want to go to the aid of NATO. Translation: military alliances with the U.S. are only as good as the president who commands the military that enforces them. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9411 "2024-11-11T17:29:55Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I think there are enough level headed republicans that would not back something as mind-blowingly stupid as withdrawing from NATO. Bless your heart. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9412 "2024-11-11T18:40:38Z")
The post I replied to literally mentioned “any allies”. But feel free to move the goalposts to just before “grocery bag”. ---
**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 11, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9413 "2024-11-11T21:50:48Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I think there are enough level headed republicans that would not back something as mind-blowingly stupid as withdrawing from NATO. I’m hoping that Republican A who has a grudge with Republican B for saying something mean about them will vote differently out of spite. Repeat ad nauseam. That’s why they struggle to elect Speakers. Sometimes **not** being level-headed also works. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9414 "2024-11-11T23:51:34Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’m hoping that Republican A who has a grudge with Republican B for saying something mean about them [Trump’s Team Falling Apart As Infighting Grows Out Of Control](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7AHiTSuPnM) [Video link] ---
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9415 "2024-11-12T00:58:36Z")
I’m envisioning some parts of the Orange Peril’s agenda\* being stalled due to opposition from Empty Greene and the unFreedom Caucus — because they don’t go far enough. (Maybe I shouldn’t, since my 77 year old heart might not be able to stand up to the laughing fit.) \* Such as it is, other than making him rich and getting revenge on those who don’t show him proper respect ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9416 "2024-11-12T03:12:56Z")
The magas are going to picket Marsha Blackburn’s office because they’re upset that the Senate leadership election is a secret ballot and thus they won’t be able to send death threats to those who don’t vote the way they want them to. > **[Unhappy MAGA voters prepping vote protest — over race for GOP Senate majority...](https://www.rawstory.com/maga-senate-leader/)** > > The dust has barely settled over Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, and many of his most fervent supporters are looking to apply some of the same tactics from the 2020 "Stop the Steal" protests to the vote over who will be the next... Republican voters with power are like a mule with a spinning wheel. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9417 "2024-11-12T03:19:21Z")
A protest? Great, another march on the capitol, over-running the barricades, seizing the airports, rockets red glare, gallows, … “It’s late Steve, go to bed.” ---
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9418 "2024-11-12T03:50:53Z")
Not Steve. It’s Jeff. As in Jeff Redfern. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9419 "2024-11-12T04:56:35Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Republican voters with power are like a mule with a spinning wheel. To save anyone else from googling, it’s a _The Simpsons_ reference. ‘No one knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it!’ ---
**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 12, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9420 "2024-11-12T05:01:26Z")
Thanks, **Johnny**. I knew it sounded familiar, but just couldn’t place it. The Monorail episode, right? Anyway, much appreciated! ---
**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 12, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9421 "2024-11-12T05:49:32Z")
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