# 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:** 125
**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:** [January 12, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2481 "2026-01-12T08:57:51Z")
Only in 3D. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2482 "2026-01-12T17:37:24Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Would you settle for a nature trail? > [@Gyrate](#): > > Only in 3D Well played. ---
**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 12, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2483 "2026-01-12T18:08:34Z")
I don’t know how anyone can see things like this and think Trump isn’t suffering from dementia. > **[Trump, 79, Wanders Off to Gaze at Nonexistent Building](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-wanders-off-to-gaze-at-nonexistent-building/)** > > Moments after welcoming oil CEOs to a White House meeting, Trump got up to admire construction on his ballroom. There is a 1 minute clip at the top of the article worth watching. Basically, Trump is in this big room filled with oil executives, top people for massive corporations, and he starts off with a stilted greeting read from a prepared speech, then stops to ramble on about how great it’s going to be to have a ballroom to sit in. Then he stands up, walks over to a window, and gazes out at a non-existent ballroom to talk about how beautiful it is. And gestures to the “door to the ballroom” that doesn’t exist. [![](https://www.thedailybeast.com/resizer/v2/BFL2FWLPSJH4VJHDNJ4IMCYRKA.jpg?auth=18d05a9e9ffe67f4e7f917788bbd3d737f49e43d7590ac7562cfc878925f88ca&width=1440&height=959) ](https://www.thedailybeast.com/resizer/v2/BFL2FWLPSJH4VJHDNJ4IMCYRKA.jpg?auth=18d05a9e9ffe67f4e7f917788bbd3d737f49e43d7590ac7562cfc878925f88ca&width=1440&height=959) After that weird moment, and nervous chuckling from executives who probably feel like crime bosses attending a meeting held by the Joker in a Batman comic wondering if they’re witnessing a madman breaking down in front of them, he seems to realize where he is and what he’s doing, and returns to them and admits, “Unusual time to look!” Making a weird “showman” hand gesture. And he also seems to realize, oh shit, I’m on film and the media is going to have a field day with this, and tries to get ahead of it by saying, “If the fake news would like go back and take a look, you can, but you’ll see a very big foundation.” Followed by a lie about being “ahead of schedule and under budget”, which in Trump language means “extremely far behind schedule and way over budget”. You also hear a pained inhalation as he sits, which is another sign of dementia, as cognitive decline can interfere with the simple process of breathing and swallowing. But I think you can see clearly that Trump’s mind is going in and out. His mind wandered to one of his favorite projects, the ballroom, and suddenly he remembers what he’s supposed to be doing and seems slightly embarrassed (I didn’t even know it was possible) and tries to cover it up. Non-delusional Trump supporters should be very alarmed by stuff like this. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2484 "2026-01-12T22:57:12Z")
Most of this article consists of screenshots. Basically, this guy voted for Trump, and can’t understand why he and his friends can’t just respect their differences. Someone replied that that might have been possible 20 years ago, but ‘That’s no longer the world we live in.’ It’s almost as if actions have consequences! [This MAGA fan is begging for advice after being cut off by their friends due to their Trump vote, and people are not exactly sympathetic](https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/this-maga-fan-is-begging-for-advice-after-being-cut-off-by-their-friends-due-to-their-trump-vote-and-people-are-not-exactly-sympathetic/ar-AA1U0pZD) ---
**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:** [January 12, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2485 "2026-01-12T23:22:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Non-delusional Trump supporters should be very alarmed by stuff like this. That is a very small demographic, however. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2486 "2026-01-12T23:34:01Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > That is a very small demographic, however. So are their hands. ---
**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 12, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2487 "2026-01-12T23:55:17Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > That is a very small demographic, however. There are two kinds of Trump supporters, in my view. The vast majority are those who Trump is using. These are the MAGA cult, the devoted follower, the toadies that work for him. They have their faith in him, or are kissing his ass to get a piece of the pie (like Noem, RFK Jr, Rubio, Vance). Then there are the folks using Trump, like Stephen Miller, or the Project 2025 people. The ones that are pulling on Trump’s strings. He has been useful for them, but their tool is breaking down. This has got to be a concern for them. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2488 "2026-01-12T23:56:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > their tool is breaking down So… Mr. Potato Head isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2489 "2026-01-13T00:34:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Then there are the folks using Trump, like Stephen Miller, or the Project 2025 people. The ones that are pulling on Trump’s strings. He has been useful for them, but their tool is breaking down. This has got to be a concern for them. Most of them are _also_ delusional, just in different ways. If you eliminate all delusional people from consideration, you basically don’t even _have_ a right wing anymore. Denial of a reality that doesn’t fit their prejudices and desires has been core to the Right for as long as it’s existed, all the way back to when the term meant supporting the French aristocracy. All that changes is what reality is being denied; instead of denying that aristocrats aren’t innately superior to peasants, it’s denying that non-whites and women are just as human as white men. The content changes but the pattern remains the same. ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2490 "2026-01-13T00:35:12Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Most of them are _also_ delusional, just in different ways. Fair point. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2491 "2026-01-13T00:52:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I don’t know how anyone can see things like this and think Trump isn’t suffering from dementia. In that same meeting, the following happened: > [@](#): > > During the meeting, Trump was mid-sentence when Rubio, seated next to him, placed a small piece of paper in front of him. > > “Marco just gave me a note,” the president announced, before launching into a read-aloud. ”‘Go back to Chevron, they want to discuss something.’” > > Appearing take Rubio’s advice, he continued, “Go ahead, I’m going back to Chevron.” > > The president added, “Thank you, Marco,” with a laugh and a pat on Rubio’s back. > > The moment appeared to cause some confusion; a voice could be heard asking, “Is there a question, Mr. President?” > > Trump deferred to Rubio. > > “Yes. Go ahead. Marco, what are you saying here?” he asked, waving the note. > **[Marco Rubio Passes Trump A Private Note And He Immediately Reads It Out Loud](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marco-rubio-trump-note_n_695edea6e4b07c5009384f24)** > > "Marco just gave me a note," the president announced during a meeting with top oil executives. ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2492 "2026-01-13T00:56:53Z")
I would just point and laugh except **HE’S RUNNING MY FUCKING COUNTRY**. 😮‍💨 ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2493 "2026-01-13T13:56:32Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > their tool is breaking down > > So… Mr. Potato Head isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed? He’s not even the sharpest spoon in the drawer. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2494 "2026-01-13T14:04:49Z")
Well, to be fair to the man, ice cream scoops are not known for their sharpness… more for their ability to mimic Trump’s body shape. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2495 "2026-01-13T17:36:47Z")
The CEO of a Michigan company gloating that “We executed one of yours!” has been [booted by the board of his company](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/01/13/renee-nicole-good-michigan-ceo-resigns-after-remarks/88148999007/). I am not sure I could say that he learned anything, though. He feels that he and the board just have “different visions of America.” Seems the board’s vision involved not having a racist hateful asshole at the helm. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2496 "2026-01-13T17:48:00Z")
[Non-paywalled link.](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/michigan-ceo-resigns-remarks-minneapolis-113326877.html) He actually had a lot more to say than, ‘We executed one of yours.’ > “The storm is here … no one can stop what is coming,” Scott says in the footage before calling anti-ICE protesters “(expletive) terrorists” and urging others to join him. “Patriots get out here. We need the backup.” > > “All you liberal, commie mother (expletive), keep your hands to yourself or you’re going to get hurt today, alright? We executed one of you yesterday,” he continued. Scott, the founder and CEO of **Harmony** [😂] Investment Group announced on LinkedIn that he and the Board had ‘different views of the future of America.’ ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2497 "2026-01-13T18:15:55Z")
You mis > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Scott, the founder and CEO of **Harmony** [😂] Investment Group announced on LinkedIn that he and the Board had ‘different views of the future of America.’ Decent people have a differnet view as well. How do I email this asshole? I’ll look. The fucker better not have a golden parachute. Unless he’s kicked out of a plane with it. ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2498 "2026-01-13T18:34:45Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > You also hear a pained inhalation as he sits, which is another sign of dementia, as cognitive decline can interfere with the simple process of breathing and swallowing. To be fair, any of us would be aggravated to sit back down before our diaper got changed. ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2499 "2026-01-13T19:03:29Z")
> [@vbob](#): > > To be fair, any of us would be aggravated to sit back down before our diaper got changed. If I had to sit next to his diaper I’d probably want to stop breathing altogether. ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2500 "2026-01-13T19:06:52Z")
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