# 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:** 495
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9882 "2025-01-13T20:59:02Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > If there is any thieving it would likely be the other way. There doesn’t have to be _actual_ stealing for Trump to complain about this. When he finds out that Musk has profited more off MAGA than Trump has, Trump will declare that Musk stole all that money from Trump, since MAGA and all their money rightfully belongs to Trump. He’s [done it before](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team): > The first time Trump paid attention to any of this was when he read about it in the newspaper. The story revealed that Trump’s very own transition team had raised several million dollars to pay the staff. The moment he saw it, Trump called Steve Bannon, the chief executive of his campaign, from his office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower, and told him to come immediately to his residence, many floors above. Bannon stepped off the elevator to find Christie seated on a sofa, being hollered at. Trump was apoplectic, yelling: _You’re stealing my money! You’re stealing my fucking money! What the fuck is this?_ ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9883 "2025-01-13T21:06:21Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > He’s [done it before](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team): > > > The first time Trump paid attention to any of this was when he read about it in the newspaper. The story revealed that Trump’s very own transition team had raised several million dollars to pay the staff. The moment he saw it, Trump called Steve Bannon, the chief executive of his campaign, from his office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower, and told him to come immediately to his residence, many floors above. Bannon stepped off the elevator to find Christie seated on a sofa, being hollered at. Trump was apoplectic, yelling: _You’re stealing my money! You’re stealing my fucking money! What the fuck is this?_ I am at a completely loss for why anyone pledges any loyalty to Trump, or expects him to do anything in their favor that isn’t ancillary to his own enrichment. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9884 "2025-01-13T21:12:52Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I am at a completely loss for why anyone pledges any loyalty to Trump, or expects him to do anything in their favor that isn’t ancillary to his own enrichment. They just seem to think that _they_ are somehow the special ones who Trump won’t use and discard. It never actually works like that, but there seems to be an endless line of new sheep to be sheared to replace the old ones. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9885 "2025-01-13T21:24:38Z")
Except Trump doesn’t just shear them; he skins them alive and throws them still breathing under the the combine. Seriously, even as primed as the electorate is for fascism and autocracy, how does _this guy_ find so many people willing to do his dirty work? What is the appeal of this clownish buffoon who has never been successful at anything except self-promotion and running waterfront casinos into bankruptcy? Ugh! Stranger ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9886 "2025-01-13T22:40:50Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Can’t stop laughing at this - when will it come to a head? _Who will prevail?_ The sad part (from our perspective) is that Donald is almost certainly LOVING the fact that His Boys are fighting over him. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9887 "2025-01-14T16:11:54Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Except Trump doesn’t just shear them; **Kiwi:** I’m not _shearing!_ Get your own! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9888 "2025-01-14T20:26:34Z")
It’s looking like inauguration day is going to be a bust. Hotel bookings are way down and even protesters can’t be bothered. [https://www.rawstory.com/trump-inauguration-2670804690/](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-inauguration-2670804690/) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9889 "2025-01-14T21:48:26Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > It’s looking like inauguration day is going to be a bust. Now, that would be a hoot! A tiny crowd for Donny’s inauguration! ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9890 "2025-01-14T22:13:43Z")
Is that why crates of Sharpies and stick figure templates have been delivered to the White House recently? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9891 "2025-01-14T22:47:54Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > It’s looking like inauguration day is going to be a bust. Hotel bookings are way down and even protesters can’t be bothered. > [https://www.rawstory.com/trump-inauguration-2670804690/](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-inauguration-2670804690/) And for the majority of Americans: many are urging that if home on Monday 1/20 during the appropriate hours, DO have the television on, and obviously to some channel that isn’t showing the Inauguration. (This in reply to calls to NOT watch TV at all on Monday. Having the TV on to another channel not only denies Trump ratings for his Big Show but increases the ratings of competitors.) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9892 "2025-01-14T23:45:54Z")
Facebook’s AI lawyer has fired them as a client due to Zuckerberg making his midlife crisis into everyone else’s problem. > **[Mark Lemley on LinkedIn: I have struggled with how to respond to Mark...](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marklemley_i-have-struggled-with-how-to-respond-to-mark-activity-7284685204676362241-7h9r)** > > I have struggled with how to respond to Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook's descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness. While I have thought about quitting… | 107 comments on LinkedIn ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9893 "2025-01-15T00:13:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Facebook’s AI lawyer has fired them as a client I thought you meant Facebook had hired an AI program as a lawyer, and even that thing was sick of them. Reading the article, it appears that this is a person that they had hired as a legal consultant for AI matters (which makes a bit more sense than my first assumption). ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9894 "2025-01-15T00:19:54Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > And for the majority of Americans: many are urging that if home on Monday 1/20 during the appropriate hours, DO have the television on, and obviously to some channel that isn’t showing the Inauguration. > > (This in reply to calls to NOT watch TV at all on Monday. Having the TV on to another channel not only denies Trump ratings for his Big Show but increases the ratings of competitors.) Sharing. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9895 "2025-01-15T15:38:10Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > A tiny crowd for Donny’s inauguration! You misspelled, “An even larger crowd than the record-breaking crowd he had the last time!” Come on, you know this will be the claim. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9896 "2025-01-15T15:50:43Z")
‘Everyone on earth attended my inauguration!’ ` DJT ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9897 "2025-01-15T15:53:50Z")
“And generations yet unborn!” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9898 "2025-01-15T18:55:13Z")
Can’t wait for them to bring Sean Spicer out of retirement to speak his signature tagline once again: This was the largest audience to witness an inauguration. PERIOD! ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9899 "2025-01-15T22:02:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > And for the majority of Americans: many are urging that if home on Monday 1/20 during the appropriate hours, DO have the television on, and obviously to some channel that isn’t showing the Inauguration. > > > > (This in reply to calls to NOT watch TV at all on Monday. Having the TV on to another channel not only denies Trump ratings for his Big Show but increases the ratings of competitors.) > > Sharing. That’s great—the more people who do this, the higher Donald’s blood pressure will go. And it’s not necessary to watch tv—just to have it on. My suggestion elsewhere: In re what TV channel to have on in place of Inauguration: We need to be thinking ‘what would annoy Trump most’? Candidates: anything that celebrates - science and learning - decency and kindness - loving relationships All these things are like Kryptonite to Donald. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9900 "2025-01-15T22:26:04Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > That’s great—the more people who do this, the higher Donald’s blood pressure will go. I can’t link the image. It’s white text on a dark blue background. > If you are home on Monday, January 20th during the hours of the Inauguration: > > 1. Do have the television on. 2. Put it on a channel that is not showing the inauguration. > > Having the TV on to another channel not only denies Trump ratings for his Big Show, but increases the ratings of competitors. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9901 "2025-01-15T22:34:40Z")
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