# 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:** 113
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2241 "2025-12-11T17:50:34Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Haven’t they been stealing washing machines from Ukraine during this war? Amusing, but I wonder if they were stealing appliances for the electronics they can get out of them. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2242 "2025-12-11T17:58:21Z")
Ah, chips and such. I donno. Or is it for the wife? Christmas gift. Remember to wipe the blood off of it first. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2243 "2025-12-11T18:31:17Z")
Really though, are they gonna put chips from a washing machine into a MIG. Or even learn about the rinse cycle for a freaking fighter jet? No, this is just murder and theft. ---
**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 11, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2244 "2025-12-11T18:35:36Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Remember when we used to pity the Soviets for having to put up with such shoddy inferior goods that their inhumane economic system inflicted on them? “[Is next…eveningwear.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpypTXccG2I)” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2245 "2025-12-11T18:43:42Z")
Love it. Evening wear comes with a flashlight. ---
**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 11, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2246 "2025-12-11T18:44:26Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Evening wear comes with a flashlight. 40 years later, it’s still one of my all-time favorite ads. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2247 "2025-12-11T19:45:57Z")
One of my all-time favorites, too. Thanks for posting it again! Still kills me! ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2248 "2025-12-11T19:53:44Z")
Anticipatory Schadenfreude: > **[GOP’s culture war is coming for your pocket change](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/11/2357956/-GOP-s-culture-war-is-coming-for-your-pocket-change?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web)** > > The Trump administration has opened a new front in its war on “woke,” this time in a place few Americans ever think to look: the nation’s pocket change. > > According to ... > The unveiling coincided with an even more controversial debate coming to a head:[whether to put](https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/business/trump-coin-treasurer-250-anniversary) President Donald Trump’s face on a new $1 coin. Considering the long-standing American aversion to using a dollar coin, I look forward to Trump melting down over no one wanting to use his “beautiful” face coins. There may even be stories of beggars refusing to take them! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2249 "2025-12-11T20:55:06Z")
I’d be OK with a dollar coin, don’t really use cash anymore, but I’m not OK with a traitors face on it. I’m very much not ok with a traitor in the White House. A moron at that. ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2250 "2025-12-11T21:00:15Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Considering the long-standing American aversion to using a dollar coin, I look forward to Trump melting down over no one wanting to use his “beautiful” face coins. There may even be stories of beggars refusing to take them! Conversely, one can also foresee governmental mandates (or, at least, pressure) placed on retailers to use the coins, lest they face the wrath of Donnie. ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2251 "2025-12-11T21:03:21Z")
Offer a discount if you pay all your income taxes in DonaldDuckBucks. People will be fighting in the streets to get them! ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2252 "2025-12-11T21:32:47Z")
You can hit those coins with a hammer and dent his face. Then paint it in rainbow colors. The coin will still be legal tender. Looks like an invitation to me. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2253 "2025-12-11T22:03:52Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Also, kohl means cabbage, which just makes it even funnier to me. Pictured: Helmut Kohl [![](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fy8kk7qbuqj921.jpg) ](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fy8kk7qbuqj921.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2254 "2025-12-11T22:11:24Z")
If the US makes a dollar coin with Trump’s face it, Canada will probably be okay if you call them by the nickname of our dollar coin. ---
**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 11, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2255 "2025-12-11T22:50:17Z")
Trump might console himself one way… I’m sure that if that coin ever gets minted, the moment he’s no longer in charge they will stop it, and people will hate the coin so much that it won’t get circulated a lot. Which means that they’ll be relatively rare, and they’ll be very valuable to coin collectors. Therefore, someone will really value his face on a coin! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2256 "2025-12-11T22:57:49Z")
If people hate the coin, won’t they try to spend it just to get rid of it? That’s what I l’d do. ---
**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 11, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2257 "2025-12-11T22:58:40Z")
I think it’s more like they’d decline to accept it in the first place, and demand a dollar bill. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2258 "2025-12-11T23:01:39Z")
Cashiers won’t bother to refuse to take it, they’ll just stuff it in the cash register and deposit it at the end of the shift. They’ll probably avoid giving it as change, which means they’ll end up back in the bank faster than other coins or bills. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2259 "2025-12-11T23:03:48Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Cashiers won’t bother to refuse to take it… A lot of them will refuse because it’s not a denomination they’re used to, so they’ll assume its fake. It also won’t work in vending machines, which has to be a significant portion of coin-usage in the US. ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2260 "2025-12-11T23:08:22Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It also won’t work in vending machines, which has to be a significant portion of coin-usage in the US. Only if Trump insists that it be a different size/weight/material than the current dollar coins. [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=112) [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=114)