# 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:** 106
**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 27, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2101 "2025-11-27T06:23:59Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > He remebers that he took one By his own admission he has taken _several_, which is not something that happens to those who have sound minds. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2102 "2025-11-27T06:27:43Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > By his own admission he has taken _several_, which is not something that happens to those who have sound minds Watch - next year he’ll announce he’s just aced his very first mental exam. ---
**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 27, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2103 "2025-11-27T06:34:38Z")
God willing, by this time next year the only time I will have to see his name in a headline is when there is one about how the high concentration of urine in the soil around his gravestone is causing the grass to die at the golf course he is buried at. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2104 "2025-11-27T13:15:16Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > As I said in a prior thread, I would _prefer_ that he have an Xmas miracle, like the Grinch (though he’d probably need to grow a LOT more than three sizes) Love your positivity! Re: trump’s heart growing 3 sizes, judging by those swollen cankles he’s been sporting, that may have already happened. Unfortunately for him, in the real world that’s not a sign of growing a conscience, but of congestive heart failure… ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2105 "2025-11-27T17:10:03Z")
Heh, it isn’t positivity, it’s more the opposite. The sort of “you only get one wish and it can’t physically hurt anyone” sort of revenge that gives you maximum satisfaction for minimal direct harm. I first mentioned it in context of a thread about “What headline did you want to wake up to see?” or similar. Plus, I get the plausible deniability that I’m not actually wishing actual harm on a public figure (👋 FBI) - I just want him to have a moral miracle! Though if it actually happened, it would be more likely the result of a sudden stroke or other medical condition than any actual improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2106 "2025-11-27T22:11:04Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > So they’re struggling to find a way for them to disavow Trump without admitting they were idiots/bigots. > > The way for them to do this is to twist their reality so the Trump is the one who changed. Except the change Trump made was to embrace the socialist muslim. So their way to not admit they are bigots is to complain Trump isn’t being enough of a bigot? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2107 "2025-11-27T23:35:06Z")
Their goal isn’t to "not admit they are bigots ". Their goal is to have a reason to disown Trump while at the same time not admitting they made a massive mistake voting for him. ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2108 "2025-11-28T14:51:00Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > at the golf course he is buried at God no, he’d love the idea of golfing for eternity. Bury him under a windmill. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2109 "2025-11-28T15:29:54Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > God no, he’d love the idea of golfing for eternity. > > Bury him under a windmill. [The windmill is the hardest hole.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9W__CZEqvrzfRi5jfKJBCSq47bQDewqA7xEiWUsHlOc8VojgvEV2jXF0iwBhnuUv08WmsvOXp7RDrX5BxkmSylYGQ1x_63wVP7NS2sL9TGkgcXFWGRXevvYUWz_rZ1vlpuuxkGQ/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/National+Miniature+Golf+Day+at+the+Arnold+Palmer+Crazy+Golf+course+in+Skegness+9+May+2015.JPG) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2110 "2025-11-29T11:44:53Z")
Add some magnets and maybe a shark to the casket. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2111 "2025-11-29T16:05:57Z")
The magnets are inside: [![](https://static.designboom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/yr-shanghai-the-coffin-designboom01.jpg) ](https://static.designboom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/yr-shanghai-the-coffin-designboom01.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2112 "2025-11-29T17:04:32Z")
Ha. Too funny. It will need to be a bit wider though, looks like. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2113 "2025-11-29T19:28:33Z")
Should be a clown car. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2114 "2025-11-30T04:25:35Z")
Good on this guy: > **[Indiana GOP state senator says he will vote no on redistricting push after...](https://www.aol.com/news/indiana-gop-state-senator-says-210251616.html)** > > Indiana state Sen. Michael Bohacek said he would vote no on a GOP push to redraw congressional districts after Trump used a slur for intellectually disabled people. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2115 "2025-11-30T05:41:14Z")
I’m glad he’s doing the right thing, but fuck him for waiting to publicly draw that line until after the Leopards ate his face Principles shouldn’t come into play only after you are personally affected ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2116 "2025-11-30T05:52:05Z")
A candidate subject for an updated _Profiles in ~~Courage~~ You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows_. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2117 "2025-11-30T18:39:55Z")
An encouraging poll for all who loathe Trump: > **[Americans say Trump has done more to raise prices than lower them by 2-to-1:...](https://www.aol.com/articles/americans-trump-done-more-raise-152537962.html)** > > A Yahoo/YouGov poll found that 49% of respondents said Trump's actions since taking office in January have raised prices rather than lowering them. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2118 "2025-12-01T15:50:51Z")
> **[Video Appeals court upholds disqualification of Alina Habba as US attorney...](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/appeals-court-upholds-disqualification-alina-habba-us-attorney-128001946)** > > A federal appeals court has disqualified President Trump's former personal attorney Alina Habba from serving as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey. Oh dear. So sad. ETA: It’s not a “Video Appeals Court”, ABC. It’s a video about the Appeals Court decision. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2119 "2025-12-01T16:11:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > ETA: It’s not a “Video Appeals Court”, ABC. It’s a video about the Appeals Court decision. My WAG; there was supposed to be a colon after “video” which was removed or forgotten. Still really sloppy. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2120 "2025-12-01T16:39:09Z")
Agreed. Here’s CNN’s coverage: > **[Former Trump personal lawyer Alina Habba is unlawfully serving as the US...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/politics/alina-habba-new-jersey-3rd-circuit)** > > A federal appeals court on Monday found Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is serving unlawfully as US attorney for New Jersey, dealing a legal blow to the Trump administration that could have far-reaching consequences on... [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=105) [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=107)