# 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:** 111
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2201 "2025-12-07T14:45:53Z")
I’m wondering if instead he should have said ‘Idaho’s Potato Commision’ gave me the award, and a big bowl of mashed potatoes. Rub it in. Kohl’s is pretty damn funny too. Especially “And a $50 gift card” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2202 "2025-12-07T14:50:43Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Target only gives out prizes in the sciences? Okay, _that_ was funny. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2203 "2025-12-08T01:26:31Z")
Trumps approval rating in Texas is down more than any other state that voted for him. [Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING as VOTERS LEAVE HIM…IN TEXAS!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uVXr4Ge26s) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2204 "2025-12-08T09:10:15Z")
Just to bring in his Russian enablers: > **[Bordcomputer gibt falsche Signale: In Russland stehen Hunderte Porsche still](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/panorama/bordcomputer-gibt-falsche-signale-in-russland-stehen-hunderte-porsche-still-15028969.html)** > > Viele der Luxusautos lassen sich nicht mehr starten. Die Ursache ist unbekannt. Gerätselt wird über einen Zusammenhang zum Krieg in der Ukraine. > Hundreds of luxury models from Porsche are suddenly unusable in Russia. This is reported by, among others, the Moscow-critical publication ‘The Moscow Times’, which operates from exile in Amsterdam, citing various Russian media sources. > Hundreds of Porsche owners are complaining about ‘engine failures and fuel supply blockages,’ writes Auto Motor und Sport. ‘The problem affects all models – every vehicle (from Porsche) can be blocked,’ Julia Trushkova, service director of the Russian Porsche dealer Rolf, told the Russian media company RBC. > The reason for the system failures is believed to be the satellite-controlled Vehicle Tracking System (VTS), a type of electronic anti-theft device controlled via satellite. According to Trushkova, the vehicles’ on-board computers mistakenly received a signal that the satellite position was incorrect. ‘Simply put, it appears to the on-board computer as if someone is trying to steal the car or that it has already been stolen > > Translated with [DeepL.com](http://DeepL.com) (free version) Same thing that happened to the agricultural machinery the Russians stole from Ukraine. Wonder how Ukraine pulled this one off, but I tip my hat anyway. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2205 "2025-12-08T09:58:21Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > My first thought was that it had something to do with eyeliner Genuine giggle from me on that. My brain did some serious bouncing around. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2206 "2025-12-08T10:17:46Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Trumps approval rating in Texas is down more than any other state that voted for him. > > [Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING as VOTERS LEAVE HIM…IN TEXAS!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uVXr4Ge26s) A feature of extreme gerrymandering to favor Party X is that anti-X will outperform if sentiment turns. Wouldn’t it be sweet if the Texas gerrymander backfires!! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2207 "2025-12-08T15:22:09Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Same thing that happened to the agricultural machinery the Russians stole from Ukraine. Wonder how Ukraine pulled this one off, but I tip my hat anyway. I almost wonder if this has to do with the GPS jamming that Russia is doing in and around Ukraine. Perhaps they’ve scored an own-goal here? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2208 "2025-12-08T16:21:54Z")
They are also trying to jam the Ukrainian drones flying into their oil deposits and raffineries, which sometimes are close to cities. If Ukraine can jam the jamming, the drones come through. If Russia jams the jamming of the jamming, the cars don’t drive. If Ukraine then in turn… It looks like someone fell into a classic blunder here. The most famous is ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia’, but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against an oligarch when his Porsche is on the line’. Or it may be something completely different, of course. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2209 "2025-12-08T16:34:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Their grocery stores did look pretty cool, though Okay, when they’re going on about “MAGA!!”, why can’t they be talking about this? We use to build cool stuff, why can’t we do that again? I want my retro-futuristic grocery store! ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2210 "2025-12-08T16:35:47Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > We use to build cool stuff, why can’t we do that again? _looks at Trump_ There wasn’t enough cheap gold leaf in use back then, is my guess. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2211 "2025-12-08T16:54:27Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > A feature of extreme gerrymandering to favor Party X is that anti-X will outperform if sentiment turns. Wouldn’t it be sweet if the Texas gerrymander backfires!! This is what I’m hoping for. And not in a political sense, but in the sense that I just want to see the Republicans humiliated. ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2212 "2025-12-08T17:37:28Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Okay, when they’re going on about “MAGA!!”, why can’t they be talking about this? Make American Grocers Awesome ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2213 "2025-12-08T17:50:31Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I just want to see the Republicans humiliated. I want to see them spending months trying to convince the courts that those maps, that _they_ designed and defended all the way up to the Supreme Court, are unconstitutional\*, and should be erased. \*Except in the districts they won, of course. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2214 "2025-12-08T18:12:51Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > We use to build cool stuff, why can’t we do that again? That would cost money. Under modern American hypercapitalism every penny is pinched so that _everything_ becomes more and more flimsy, poorly made and utilitarian. Unless you pay extra. ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2215 "2025-12-08T20:04:59Z")
Say bye-bye, Alina: > **[Former Trump personal lawyer Alina Habba resigns as acting US attorney for...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/politics/alina-habba-resigns-acting-us-attorney-for-new-jersey)** > > Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, has resigned as the acting US attorney for the district of New Jersey, following an appeals court ruling finding that she was serving in her position unlawfully. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2216 "2025-12-08T20:08:47Z")
She’ll take on a Reich House personal assistant position. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2217 "2025-12-08T20:18:03Z")
Is it actually possible to resign from a position you never had? I hereby resign the Presidency of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2218 "2025-12-08T20:22:50Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > I hereby resign the Presidency of the United States. Oh great. Alina Habba said she was your Vice President, so now she’s President! Way to go, champ. ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2219 "2025-12-08T20:28:28Z")
Don’t worry, if you shine a blacklight on the US Constitution, you’ll see the secret language that covers these kinds of events. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2220 "2025-12-08T22:39:02Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Is it actually possible to resign from a position you never had? > > I hereby resign the Presidency of the United States. Wasn’t she a legally appointed temp for a short amount of time? It’s just that the time has expired. Or am I thinking of someone else? [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=110) [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=112)