# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175 "2025-01-20T19:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 28, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/181 "2025-01-28T18:48:19Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > There may certainly have been a sideshow appeal to it. That’s certainly a factor in why I watched it. I knew he was going to lie about the numbers no matter what they were, so watching vs. not watching made no difference to the propaganda. But I’m in full “Witness to History” mode now. I’m too old to go out rioting or something, but I can at least bear witness to the mess, so that in 10 or 20 years, I can call out whatever the equivalent of Holocaust Deniers will be, and say, “I saw it as it happened, assholes.” ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/182 "2025-01-28T20:00:24Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > [Houston man pardoned for Jan. 6 crimes now wanted for online solicitation of a minor – Houston Public Media](https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/01/27/512085/houston-man-pardoned-for-jan-6-conviction-wanted-for-online-solicitation-of-a-minor/) > > To clarify the headline, he was previously wanted, and is now sought. _So_ glad Trump carefully thought things through before pardoning any J6 defendants. ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/183 "2025-01-28T20:01:52Z")
Should be a _lot_ weaker, dammit. > **[Once again, Trump starts a term with a weak approval rating](https://www.aol.com/once-again-trump-starts-term-160946149.html)** > > Introducing 538's new average of President Donald Trump's job approval rating. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/184 "2025-01-28T20:03:34Z")
[Indiana man pardoned for Jan. 6 crimes is killed in traffic stop shooting by deputy](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-man-pardoned-jan-6-crimes-killed-traffic-stop-shooting-deputy-rcna189502) Not sure where else it would go, but a pardoned Jan6er got into an altercation with a deputy and ended up dead. While I’ll still take the police’s statement with a massive grain of salt, I doubt the traitor actually waited until his pardon before illegally obtaining a firearm. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/185 "2025-01-28T20:14:57Z")
(that was also noted in post 169) ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/186 "2025-01-28T20:25:04Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Not sure where else it would go Probably in a thread where it wasn’t already posted a day ago. 😜 ---
**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:** [January 28, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/187 "2025-01-28T20:39:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Should be a _lot_ weaker, dammit. > > [Once again, Trump starts a term with a weak approval rating](https://www.aol.com/once-again-trump-starts-term-160946149.html) He did get a bit of an inauguration bump, but that’s swiftly disappearing. ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/188 "2025-01-28T20:45:53Z")
Well, given the price of eggs and gas, that’s no shock. Much as I hate to say it, the average American does not pay attention to the national goings-on and likely wouldn’t care if they did. But they do notice the hit to their pocket books. If prices moderate, that approval rating might change. But given the set of actions that would do little to help those, if not actually exacerbate food and energy prices, I suspect lots of tweets featuring “exaggerations”, i.e. outright fabrications, of popularity figures plus a lot of shouting at various staffers about how they’re screwing things up. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/189 "2025-01-28T21:00:45Z")
Someone needs to keep a running count of J6ers who get re-arrested, killed by police, etc. I bet you they re-offend at an extraordinarily high rate. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/190 "2025-01-28T21:52:52Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > (that was also noted in post 169) > [@Atamasama](#): > > Probably in a thread where it wasn’t already posted a day ago. 😜 That’ll teach me to only look back to Trump crowing about the inauguration. ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/191 "2025-01-28T22:02:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Maybe it’s like those baseball stats you hear about where they add so many qualifiers to a “record” that it becomes meaningless. but they mention it to fill the time and have something to talk about during a particularly dry part of a game. You mean like [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgCY_o1SR3o)? (Youtube clip, scene in _Mr. Baseball_) > [@Atamasama](#): > > If you add enough garbage you can make anything seem like a record. And if your job was to inflate Trump’s ego (or at least limit his tantrums) you can conjure any kind of “technically true” stat that makes him feel better about what was clearly a disastrous showing for a presidential inauguration by any objective measure. The problem with this theory is Felon47 is hellbent on ensuring any such record is still a negative. > [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Chisquirrel](#): > > > > Not sure where else it would go > > Probably in a thread where it wasn’t already posted a day ago I posted it over in the clusterfuck continues thread before it was posted here, IIRC. ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/192 "2025-01-28T22:12:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > > [Houston man pardoned for Jan. 6 crimes now wanted for online solicitation of a minor – Houston Public Media](https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/01/27/512085/houston-man-pardoned-for-jan-6-conviction-wanted-for-online-solicitation-of-a-minor/) > > > > To clarify the headline, he was previously wanted, and is now sought. > > _So_ glad Trump carefully thought things through before pardoning any J6 defendants. Right. If the Houstan man had done this in the vicinity of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, going by the very clear text of the pardon, he wouldn’t have to worry about it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/193 "2025-01-29T04:40:11Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Someone needs to keep a running count of J6ers who get re-arrested, killed by police, etc. > > I bet you they re-offend at an extraordinarily high rate. What worries me are the ones who’ll go gunning for people they believe ratted them out. Stewart Rhodes’ family must be terrified. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/194 "2025-01-30T00:33:04Z")
This one’s ugly. [Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter gets 10 years for deadly DUI crash](https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/what-i-did-was-ungodly-jan-6-rioter-who-caused-deadly-dui-crash-while-driving-drunk-on-wrong-side-of-highway-goes-from-pardon-to-prison/) ---
**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:** [January 30, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/195 "2025-01-30T19:10:26Z")
Get yer Trump-shaped “Moron Cakes” today! > **[Danish Bakery Sells Orange 'Moron Cakes' in Honor of Trump and His Greenland...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/30/2300090/-Danish-Bakery-Sells-Orange-Moron-Cakes-in-Honor-of-Trump-and-His-Greenland-Fantasies?utm_campaign=trending)** > > by Mark C. Eades In response to Donald Trump’s absurd and persistent demands that Denmark hand possession of Greenland over to the United States, a Danish bakery has begun selling orange “moron cakes” bearing Trump’s image, with what appears to be... ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/196 "2025-01-30T19:17:25Z")
LOL, those are frothing at the mouth… ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/197 "2025-01-30T19:45:50Z")
The director of 2024’s _The Apprentice_ is a graduate of the National Film School of Denmark, the clearest explanation for the whole Greenland thing. ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/198 "2025-01-30T20:49:23Z")
Then why did Trump want to buy it back in 2019? > **[No Joke: Trump Really Does Want To Buy Greenland](https://www.npr.org/2019/08/19/752274659/no-joke-trump-really-does-want-to-buy-greenland)** > > The president confirmed a recent report in The Wall Street Journal that he'd asked his advisers to look into purchasing the Arctic island. But Denmark's prime minister says Greenland is not for sale. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/199 "2025-01-30T22:00:27Z")
It’s very frustrating, what’s going on now. And very serious, because there will be a steep pile of bodies before this is all over. I promise to stay out of the Trump threads, since all I have to offer in this situation is unwelcome attempts at humor over his pettiness. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/200 "2025-01-30T23:10:23Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Get yer Trump-shaped “Moron Cakes” today! Where is Marvin Suggs when you need him? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175.md?page=11)