# 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:** 121
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2401 "2025-12-30T05:17:36Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > unless she melts down and “tells all” If that happens, it will be time for trophy #4. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2402 "2025-12-30T05:19:10Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I’m not sure if I could identify a more vapid, uninteresting and just plain dull subject for a movie. I’d suggest that “just plain dull” is key here. When I think of movie biopics, I think of them as being about somebody who has somehow made a mark on the world. That may be in music, or in sports, or in science. So we have _Bohemian Rhapsody_, about Freddie Mercury; _42_, about Jackie Robinson; or _Oppenheimer_; about, well, Robert Oppenheimer. Point is, that they all did something that deserves remembering. What has Melania done other than to basically be in the background, making no difference in the world, and doing nothing that she should be remembered for? ---
**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:** [December 30, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2403 "2025-12-30T07:35:38Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > What has Melania done other than to basically be in the background, making no difference in the world, and doing nothing that she should be remembered for? She raised a boy who thinks Andrew Tate is a worthy role model - that’s gotta be worth something! ---
**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 30, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2404 "2025-12-30T10:32:02Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > What has Melania done She **[took her clothes off](https://www.newsweek.com/russian-state-tv-airs-melania-trumps-nudes-primetime-1982683)** and had some fun when she was young and all important people in her world were still friends with Epstein. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2405 "2025-12-30T11:54:12Z")
Was she a Trump ‘model’? I wonder how old? ---
**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:** [December 30, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2406 "2025-12-30T17:29:58Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > What has Melania done other than to basically be in the background, making no difference in the world, and doing nothing that she should be remembered for? Are you telling me you haven’t heard of her hugely impactful “Be Best” campaign? Not sure how you missed the memo on that one. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2407 "2025-12-30T18:02:02Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Are you telling me you haven’t heard of her hugely impactful “Be Best” campaign? Not sure how you missed the memo on that one. Be best, marry the worst. I know you where being sarcastic, but it was a mixed message right from the get go. ---
**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 30, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2408 "2025-12-30T18:06:00Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > but it was a mixed message right from the get go. Especially as a big part of its thrust was “don’t be a bully on social media,” a behavior for which her husband is infamous. ---
**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 30, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2409 "2025-12-30T18:28:21Z")
Do as she says, not as he does. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2410 "2025-12-30T19:14:38Z")
Am I missing something? We’ve got this far and nobody has said… _ **I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?** _ j ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2411 "2025-12-30T21:38:23Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > We’ve got this far and nobody has said… That’s because it was so dumb, we would have been better off leaving that in the dust bin of forgotten history. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2412 "2025-12-30T21:39:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > That’s because it was so dumb, we would have been better off leaving that in the dust bin of forgotten history. Does anyone ever EMPTY the Dustbin of History? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2413 "2025-12-30T21:47:51Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Was she a Trump ‘model’? I wonder how old? I don’t know for sure, but according to Michael Wolff’s book, Epstein claimed that the first time Melania and Donald had sex, [it was on Epstein’s plane](https://fandomwire.com/fact-check-did-donald-trump-have-sx-with-melania-for-the-1st-time-on-epsteins-plane/). No word on whether Epstein had a note from his mom. ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2414 "2025-12-30T21:52:51Z")
If this is so, then there must be a video of this somewhere in Epstein’s vaults. Maybe those shameful 27 seconds going viral is what has trump so scared. ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2415 "2025-12-30T21:56:12Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Does anyone ever EMPTY the Dustbin of History? I think the old stuff just disintegrates eventually. > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Maybe those shameful 27 seconds going viral is what has trump so scared. Followed by 27 minutes of Trump gaslighting Melania about the experience. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2416 "2025-12-30T21:59:43Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > If this is so, then there must be a video of this somewhere in Epstein’s vaults. Maybe those shameful 27 seconds going viral is what has trump so scared. Melania peeing on him on Epstein’s plane while Putin himself takes pictures from a corner? That would be the jackpot. ---
**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 30, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2417 "2025-12-30T22:25:25Z")
Ugh. Pass the brain bleach, would you? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2418 "2025-12-30T23:16:42Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > What has Melania done other than to basically be in the background, making no difference in the world, and doing nothing that she should be remembered for? Didn’t she get a “genius” visa? ---
**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 31, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2419 "2025-12-31T00:05:34Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Didn’t she get a “genius” visa? > **[Melania Trump's visa questioned in congressional hearing](https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-einstein-visa-questioned-jasmine-crockett-2090901)** > > "It doesn't take an Einstein to see that the math ain't mathin' here," Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett said. > “Why aren’t we talking about integrity when it comes to the president’s family’s visas?” she asked. > > The congresswoman specifically targeted Melania Trump’s 2001 EB-1 visa, also known as the “Einstein visa,” a category typically reserved for individuals with “sustained national or international acclaim.” > > “Let me tell you how you receive an Einstein visa,” Crockett said. “You’re supposed to have some sort of significant achievement, like being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize or a Pulitzer; being an Olympic medalist; or having other sustained extraordinary abilities and success in sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. Last time I checked the first lady had none of those accolades under her belt.” > > Crockett acknowledged Melania Trump’s modeling career but questioned whether it rose to the level the EB-1 visa demands. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2420 "2025-12-31T00:59:45Z")
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