# 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:** 48
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/941 "2023-07-19T15:56:52Z")
Heheheheh. > **[2024 election: Republican state parties in disarray ahead of crucial contests](https://www.aol.com/news/2024-election-republican-state-parties-110532290.html)** > > With big opportunities in Arizona and Michigan, the GOP is dealing with local struggles. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/942 "2023-07-19T16:21:08Z")
I’m not counting my chickens as far as the next election goes, but I’m at least enjoying the show for right now. Smelling the roses, etc, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/943 "2023-07-19T17:11:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > “Such abuse could have included groping of Plaintiffs breasts through clothing or similar conduct, which is a far cry from rape,” > > Could have. But _did_ include vaginal penetration either with a finger (which isn’t a far cry from rape) or penis (which is actual rape). And his victim couldn’t tell the difference, which is not a detail that I would brag about if I were Tiny Hands Trump. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/944 "2023-07-19T18:18:04Z")
Se if you can find the part where I choked: > [@](#): > > “Any speculation that Mayor Rudy Giuliani ‘flipped’ against President Donald Trump is as false as previous lies that America’s Mayor was somehow a Russian Agent,” [Ted] Goodman, [Giuliani’s political advisor] said in a statement on Twitter. > > Goodman continued: “In order to ‘flip’ on President Trump — as many in the anti-Trump media fantasize over — Mayor Giuliani would’ve had to commit perjury, because all info he has on this case points to President Trump’s innocence.” > **[Rudy Giuliani Denies He 'Flipped' On Donald Trump In DOJ Jan. 6 Probe](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-jan-6-probe_n_64b7d7dbe4b093f07cb23223)** > > Trump's former personal lawyer doesn't expect to be charged in the case, his political adviser told CNN. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/945 "2023-07-19T18:29:50Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > Goodman continued: “In order to ‘flip’ on President Trump — as many in the anti-Trump media fantasize over — Mayor Giuliani would’ve had to commit perjury, because all info he has on this case points to President Trump’s innocence.” Now here’s a nice brain twister: Is it possible for Rudy to be a prosecution witness, without realizing it, because all the facts he thinks points to Trump being innocent are actually damning, but Rudy doesn’t get that? I mean, we know that Trump himself is convinced that he only ever has “Perfect” phone calls. “Mr. Giuliani, in this phone call, did Mr. Trump ask the officials in Georgia to ‘find’ him votes?” “Why, yes, he did. That was perfectly normal, of course.” “Prosecution rests.” ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/946 "2023-07-19T18:38:20Z")
You mean one of the many stable geniuses surrounding Trump? Might not be stable? Or even remotely a genius? Who in his drunken dotage may now be a blowhard idiot who says 8 incriminating things before breakfast? Say it ain’t so… ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/947 "2023-07-19T18:39:50Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Now here’s a nice brain twister: Is it possible for Rudy to be a prosecution witness, without realizing it, because all the facts he thinks points to Trump being innocent are actually damning, but Rudy doesn’t get that? Ding ding ding! We have a winner folks! ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/948 "2023-07-19T18:45:50Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Ding ding ding! We have a winner folks! Via the power of time travel, I’ve managed to find video of [Trump and Giuliani in court.](https://youtu.be/0jsuvkoXmwQ) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/949 "2023-07-19T21:39:46Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > So, like most of his blather, Trump once again is missing both the facts and the law. It occurs to me that it would be interesting to know the total number of person-hours that have been wasted in Trump’s lifetime so far by lawyers, judges, jurors, and others in the legal profession over his massive and never-ending frivolous pleadings and lawsuits. It would surely be in the hundreds of thousands of person-hours. Even more when you count the work involved in the legitimate criminal cases being brought against him. Just one of the countless evils the Orange Shitstain has perpetrated on the world. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/950 "2023-07-19T21:44:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Heheheheh. > > [2024 election: Republican state parties in disarray ahead of crucial contests](https://www.aol.com/news/2024-election-republican-state-parties-110532290.html) I posted an article similar to this a while back in Politics and Elections, and **Flurb** , as he always awesomely does, set the record straight on it, if he doesn’t mind me re-posting it, here: > [@](#): > > …MAGA world has done an excellent job of building up a legion of small-dollar donors who can be reliably goosed into making a contribution every couple months through some manufactured outrage…[B]ig donors always seem to come home during the general election. Even if not contributing directly to the party, they funnel their money into PACs that have functionally the same effect of supporting the MAGA loons. (I do like how the linked article, above, adds that Minnesota and Colorado’s GOP are in some deep water too.) (and groin-kicking at GOP state committee meetings is kinda nice, too) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/951 "2023-07-19T23:04:28Z")
Massive and never ending frivolous pleadings? From this fella: # Trump: ‘I didn’t know what a subpoena was, now I’m becoming an expert,’ says former president as he jokes about his legal challenges Donald Trump said he has received a letter notifying him he is a target in a US Justice Department investigation into attempts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election." You must have him confused! /s ---
**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:** [July 20, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/952 "2023-07-20T01:32:15Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Trump: ‘I didn’t know what a subpoena was, now I’m becoming an expert,’ says former president as he jokes about his legal challenges The lying fucker knows damn well what a subpoena is. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/953 "2023-07-20T01:57:16Z")
“Addressing “misbehavior” matter-of-factly is what helps kids learn to take responsibility for their actions.” > **[Why Children Laugh When Being Corrected](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/zero-six/202108/why-children-laugh-when-being-corrected)** > > No, they are not sociopaths. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/954 "2023-07-20T09:07:30Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > > > I’m going to go all skeptic here and say I don’t believe this. Nobody has ever said anything like that. Nobody is that stupid, possibly not even Trump. > > I have no idea what the backstory is. > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUh6xVoXIAAbePB.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUh6xVoXIAAbePB.jpg) The Coen Brothers have also [explored that image](https://youtu.be/pukq_XJmM-k). ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/955 "2023-07-21T09:59:32Z")
Yeah, but it makes him feel insecure. “I get only the biggest poenas, none of them are sub! Many strong man with tears in their eyes, powerful attorneys, have said how great my poenas are! Sleepy Joe, very sub! MAGA!” ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/956 "2023-07-21T10:04:16Z")
Superpoenas! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/957 "2023-07-21T11:33:06Z")
“I only get sirpoenas, because I’m so respected.” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/958 "2023-07-21T11:57:41Z")
Dompoenas? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/959 "2023-07-21T13:28:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > “I only get sirpoenas, because I’m so respected.” “And this process server came up to me, big strong guy, with tears in his eyes, and said ‘sir, I’m proud to present to you this sirpoena’.” ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/960 "2023-07-21T13:38:00Z")
And then the auto subtitles system spells it “Sir Penis”, and every Trump supporter out there suddenly decides being gay is perfectly acceptable. [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=47) [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=49)