# 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:** 476
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9502 "2024-11-17T00:06:53Z")
Believe it or not… Wimpy as DJT Brutus as JD Vance Circus Manager as Chuck Schumer Sea Hag Shyster as Alina Habba Popeye as Vladimir Putin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtFgJUPVaUo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtFgJUPVaUo) ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9503 "2024-11-18T01:01:10Z")
I’m pretty sure that along with his other unqualified picks, he can fire the white house executive chef and replace him with the fry cook at the West Palm Beach McDonald’s. ---
**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 18, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9504 "2024-11-18T01:20:12Z")
McConnell says no recess appointments for Trumpy Wumpy. > **[Senate GOP head delivers unwanted 'message to Trump team': report](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mcconnell-unwanted-recess-message/)** > > Donald Trump on Sunday got a potentially devastating message from the Senate GOP leader, according to a report. > > Trump prior to announcing his nomination of Matt Gaetz said Republican leaders need to be ready to consent to recess appointments to... ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9505 "2024-11-18T01:36:13Z")
DOGE in action. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9506 "2024-11-18T01:37:03Z")
If I was a White House cook or employee I’d consider quitting… I know they go from president to president and aren’t really supposed to be considering the particular office holder. But this one is an exception, that one in a million that I’d hate to work for. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9507 "2024-11-18T02:13:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > McConnell says no recess appointments for Trumpy Wumpy. What I find so delicious about headlines like this is that we are seeing Trump’s opposition in action and it isn’t Democrats. The people who are supposed to be giving Trump unlimited power are instead stabbing him in the back _immediately_ and he’s not even sworn in yet! ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9508 "2024-11-18T02:40:39Z")
Yeah, but how many times has McConnell spoken out against Trump before, only to cave almost instantly. When he says “there will be no recess appointments”, I think “here come the recess appointments.” ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9509 "2024-11-18T02:57:32Z")
McConnell’s term ends in 2026. It’s quite possible he won’t stand for another term, in which case he has no fucks left to give and is likely more concerned with his legacy than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9510 "2024-11-18T03:10:52Z")
First Cornyn, and now McConnell. My bingo “N” will be Rick DeSantis, who will find some Desantish way to be the next fly in Donald’s hair varnish. ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9511 "2024-11-18T03:12:17Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > It’s quite possible he won’t stand for another term, in which case he has no fucks left to give and is likely more concerned with his legacy than anything else. I was thinking the exact same thing. ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9512 "2024-11-18T03:18:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yeah, but how many times has McConnell spoken out against Trump before, only to cave almost instantly. When he says “there will be no recess appointments”, I think “here come the recess appointments.” Yeah, like when Trump told McConnell to abolish the filibuster in 2017, and he immediately did so. Right? McConnell cares about preserving the power of the Senate a lot more than he cares about making Trump happy. And that goes for most senators, else Rick Scott would be Majority Leader now. Hell, at this point he and Thune are doing more to hamper Trump’s agenda than Schumer and Jeffries are with their wishy-washy “I hope the Speaker decides to release the ethics report on his own because that would be the bipartisan thing to do” talk. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9513 "2024-11-18T10:38:47Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yeah, but how many times has McConnell spoken out against Trump before, only to cave almost instantly. When he says “there will be no recess appointments”, I think “here come the recess appointments.” I read on the DailyKos that Rick Scott immediately replied “Yes, there will be.” So there may be some infighting there. I also read that some Trump supporters have come up with a workaround for recess appointments. It’s to use a clause in the Constitution in a way that doesn’t match what it plainly says. They think the second half of this clause gives the President the power to recess Congress: > [@US Constitution Article 2 Section 3](#): > > [the President] may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9514 "2024-11-18T13:59:54Z")
What do you think it plainly says? I think it plainly says he can adjourn Congress, and potentially they can’t reconvene until he recalls them at ‘such Time as he shall think proper’. It’s arguable that he can only adjourn on extraordinary Occasions, but I’d argue that clause is only for convening. And considering the deference SCOTUS now gives to unfettered executive power, who is going to disagree? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9515 "2024-11-18T15:52:39Z")
Because that worked so well for Charles 1. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9516 "2024-11-18T19:07:30Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > What do you think it plainly says? It says he can only adjourn them **when they disagree on when to adjourn**. If there’s no disagreement, or if there’s a disagreement on something other than the time, he can’t force them to adjourn. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9517 "2024-11-18T19:14:31Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > If there’s no disagreement, or if there’s a disagreement on something other than the time, he can’t force them to adjourn. The theory is, the MAGAs in the house are more loyal to Trump than the senators, and they’ll manufacture a disagreement, no matter how stupid it will look. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9518 "2024-11-18T22:40:43Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I’m pretty sure that along with his other unqualified picks, he can fire the white house executive chef and replace him with the fry cook at the West Palm Beach McDonald’s. Certainly he can. But practically speaking, a lot of what Trump likes about the way his McDonald’s food tastes comes from proprietary ingredients. So he’ll still have to extort the Corporation into supplying the new cook with that stuff. > [@Smapti](#): > > McConnell says no recess appointments for Trumpy Wumpy. I’ll believe it when I see it. So far my betting money would be on Donald getting everything he wants, Mitch or no Mitch. Matter of fact, “no Mitch” earlier than 2026 may be one of the things Donald wants. ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9519 "2024-11-18T23:30:46Z")
Mike Johnson says we don’t need to see the Ethics Committee report on Gaetz. The chairman of the Ethics Committee says that’s not his call and they’re voting on releasing it on Wednesday. > **[GOP Ethics chair: We don't take orders from Speaker Johnson on the Gaetz report](https://www.rawstory.com/michael-guest-matt-gaetz/)** > > House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not get to dictate what the House Ethics Committee does, said the bipartisan committee's Republican chair on Monday, per Politico.The committee has to decide whether to release a potentially explosive report... ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9520 "2024-11-18T23:37:02Z")
I don’t know why everyone is treating this as a binary outcome: > [@](#): > > Even if the Ethics panel doesn’t want to make the report public, they can vote to share it with the Senate Judiciary Committee ahead of potential confirmation hearings. […] Instead of handing over the report, House members could make the report available in a secure room where senators could — gulp — venture to the House to read it. [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/11/18/that-upcoming-house-ethics-meeting-explained-00190247](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/11/18/that-upcoming-house-ethics-meeting-explained-00190247) ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9521 "2024-11-18T23:50:34Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > > Even if the Ethics panel doesn’t want to make the report public, they can vote to share it with the Senate Judiciary Committee ahead of potential confirmation hearings. This sounds like exactly the kind of compromise I’d expect Congress to make. [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=475) [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=477)