# 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:** 499
**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 17, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9962 "2025-01-17T23:17:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Republican congressman who Johnson booted from the Intel committee at Trump’s order is going on strike. From the article: > Turner, an Ohio Republican who is one of the House GOP’s staunchest critics of Vladimir Putin and supporters of Ukraine, was forced out of the role by Johnson reportedly because of concerns from the incoming president. He was replaced by Arkansas Rep. Rick Crawford. Yeah, you can’t let someone get in the way of doing everything that Putin wants the US to do. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9963 "2025-01-18T00:12:33Z")
Gosh, what if they…can’t? 🥺 ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9964 "2025-01-18T02:08:54Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > they are moving the inauguration inside due to weather. What’s the new venue, Saint John’s parish hall? [Also, what if he throw’s a ~~party~~ luncheon and nobody ~~important~~ comes?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-presidents-obama-clinton-bush-041528798.html) (The link goes to Yahoo.) > Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s traditional inaugural lunch. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9965 "2025-01-18T04:07:24Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’m wondering if “weather” is a handy excuse, when the real reason is security. This is my hypothesis. He’s Chicken-Shit. He’s the biggest thing you can grab Women by. (Sorry) As far as TV goes, there should be lots of King related programming on to tune into, shouldn’t there? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9966 "2025-01-18T04:25:22Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s traditional inaugural lunch. Clinton’s gone mostly vegan and I suspect the rest don’t want happy meals. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9967 "2025-01-18T08:10:54Z")
Hey, McDonald’s hosts weddings in Hong Kong. Why not an inauguration in America? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9968 "2025-01-18T09:13:29Z")
It’s poetic that he will be inaugurated in the place where his coup attempt became public. An attempt that has ultimately been successful. It just took four years and brainwashing 77 million people to pull off. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9969 "2025-01-18T15:04:27Z")
[The Meidas Touch take on moving the inauguration inside](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7o5OJK3lRU) (there’s a short in-video promotion you can skip over): > MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Trump voters who are pissed off that Trump canceled the outside inauguration and move it inside the Rotunda after they spent lots of money and traveled to DC. One comment on X highlighted is a post that Trump didn’t seem to care about how the weather affected the crowds during his outdoor rallies in the summer when people were passing out and needing treatment for heat stroke. I somehow suspect this is about potential crowd size and not really the weather. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9970 "2025-01-18T16:19:56Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I somehow suspect this is about potential crowd size and not really the weather. I agree. The weather is a convenient excuse. > Hotel occupancy rates for next Sunday hovered at about 70 percent as of last week, according to Smith Travel Research. That’s compared to 95 percent the night before Trump’s first inauguration eight years ago [MSN link](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dc-hotel-bookings-way-down-for-trump-inauguration-as-even-protesters-decide-to-skip/ar-BB1rqDuB?ocid=BingNewsSerp) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9971 "2025-01-18T19:20:13Z")
Andy Borowitz (satire, if that’s not obvious): > Blasting Donald J. Trump’s decision to move the Inauguration indoors, Senator Bernie Sanders issued a post on Friday declaring, “Wear some fucking mittens.” ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9972 "2025-01-18T19:23:29Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I somehow suspect this is about potential crowd size and not really the weather. That’s my guess. He’s worried about his tiny crowd size. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9973 "2025-01-18T19:24:11Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > He’s worried about his tiny crowd size. Cold weather causes shrinkage. ---
**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 18, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9974 "2025-01-18T22:19:49Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > He’s worried about his tiny crowd size. Yep. And the fact that his fans are unhappy to have spent so much money in order to pay tribute to him, is unlikely ever to be dignified with so much as a comment from his revolting lips. They can just shut up and reflect on their losses. (How will they be able to afford eggs _now_??) ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9975 "2025-01-18T23:18:08Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > How will they be able to afford eggs _now_?? You haven’t heard? The price will be plummeting on Tuesday, along with all grocery prices. We’ll all be able to eat again since America will be great again again. ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9976 "2025-01-19T06:26:33Z")
Wrong thread ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9977 "2025-01-19T07:20:35Z")
Make America Grate Again! No more pre-shredded or pre-grated cheese. It’s cheaper to do it yourself. ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9978 "2025-01-19T07:29:30Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > No more pre-shredded or pre-grated cheese. It’s cheaper to do it yourself. And it tastes better, because the pre-grated stuff is coated with anti-caking agents that give it a somewhat chalky flavor. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9979 "2025-01-19T08:52:10Z")
I wasn’t quite sure where this should go, but it does please me if the religious Trump voters might finally see that faith is just another moneymaking opportunity for him: > **[Thousands sign Christian petition against reported Trump "pay-to-pray" plan](https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-sign-christian-petition-trump-pay-pray-plan-2017133)** > > Nearly six thousand people have backed a Christian petition calling out president-elect Donald Trump's reported "pay-to-pray" plan. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9980 "2025-01-19T15:37:05Z")
Old story. They landed the man they wanted and even got him to the altar, but they’re still holding out hope that the love of a good cult will make him change his ways despite all historic evidence to the contrary. ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9981 "2025-01-19T16:01:24Z")
Do Trump supporters use TikTok? Because that would be [Schadenfreude-y](https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-tiktok). [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=498) [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=500)