# 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:** 136
**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 30, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2701 "2026-01-30T18:32:42Z")
> **[Melania movie first screening chaos as distributors 'forget to send film'](https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/melania-trump-screening-canceled-cinema-36642836)** > > Melania Trump's documentary premiered in Washington, D.C. on January 29 - however, the first screening scheduled at a Vue cinema in London was canceled this afternoon Oops. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2702 "2026-01-30T18:37:35Z")
Forgot to send the film. Typical Trump crap. BTW, I just checked the closest theater to me that is showing the movie - 4 tickets sold for 3 screenings. ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2703 "2026-01-30T18:38:58Z")
Did they play a re-run of ‘Stingray’ instead…? Presented in Plasticine-Color ! ( I don’t care. Do You…? ) ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QLA203hD7C4/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/QLA203hD7C4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDQLA203hD7C4 ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2704 "2026-01-30T18:56:54Z")
I assume they forgot to send the film to a lot of theaters, but so far only one has noticed. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2705 "2026-01-30T19:16:13Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Forgot to send the film. Typical Trump crap. It’s a good example of “Omni-incompetence”. There’s literally nothing that they’re actually competent at doing. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2706 "2026-01-30T19:32:56Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Oops. If I were conspiracy minded I’d get the impression the distributors had no intention of anyone seeing this movie. ---
**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 30, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2707 "2026-01-30T19:34:47Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > There’s literally nothing that they’re actually competent at doing. While I don’t disagree, this one probably has nothing to do with the Trump administration, or his toadies, fucking up. It’s likely on Amazon, or whatever third-party company they use to do the actual distribution of the film files (everything’s digital these days) to the theaters. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2708 "2026-01-30T19:38:36Z")
Maybe the distributor is still on dial-up, and even a film with that much redundancy couldn’t be compressed enough for a timely delivery. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2709 "2026-01-30T20:15:23Z")
I mean, AmazonMGM Films isn’t familiar with sending films out, probably just growing pains…couldn’t have been any kind of sabotage. ---
**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 30, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2710 "2026-01-30T20:19:43Z")
Meanwhile, one of the Epstein Files that wasn’t supposed to has gotten through… > **[DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It.](https://www.meidasplus.com/p/doj-just-deleted-this-document-from)** > > The Trump Department of Justice has done it again. \< Music to read by \> ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/upgCCAUI6TI/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/upgCCAUI6TI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLtIDJ-AVzKxvMmsJm6tmjLScpUj-5DjKa ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2711 "2026-01-30T20:21:23Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > I assume they forgot to send the film to a lot of theaters, but so far only one has noticed. ..or only one has complained. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2712 "2026-01-30T20:38:05Z")
Remember all those celebrities going to the Kennedy Center for the premiere of Melania? Yeah, most of them didn’t bother to show up. Don Jr was the only Teump kid who showed and that includes Barron who apparently had better things to do. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2713 "2026-01-30T20:56:27Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Don Jr was the only Teump kid who showed and that includes Barron who apparently had better things to do. Maybe we’ll see a scene of the Barron documentary where he tells Melania, “I”ll watch it on Prime.” ---
**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 30, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2714 "2026-01-30T21:01:43Z")
But what did the Secret Service Agent she has been banging have to say? ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aP8Rbct_50Y/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/aP8Rbct_50Y?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDaP8Rbct_50Y ---
**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 30, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2715 "2026-01-30T21:03:33Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Don Jr was the only Teump kid who showed and that includes Barron who apparently had better things to do. When not just your stepkids, but your own biological child, blows off the premiere of your movie, it can’t be good. ---
**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 30, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2716 "2026-01-30T21:03:49Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > > [@Superdude](#): > > > > The masterbatory vanity project > > I can’t imagine a movie about Melania, whose only fame in this country is proximity to Trump, would be a box office success in South Africa I just read this in a FB post: > The reviews are in, folks, and uh, they are not good. > > “First Lady is a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda,” reads the headline at British newspaper, “The Independent.” > > “Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving, the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau,” writes reviewer Nick Hilton, who gave the film one star. > > “To call Melania vapid would do a disservice to the plumes of florid vape smoke that linger around British teenagers. She calls herself a ‘mother, wife, daughter, friend,’ yet is only depicted preening and scowling.” > > “ This is American history through the idiosyncratic prism of a woman who is part-puppet of the regime, part-delusional creative, and part-symbol of America’s immigrant community.” > > “The “film” is part propaganda, sure, and part sop to Big Tech companies who require constant regulatory approval for financial manoeuvrings. Even then, it is bad. It will exist as a striking artefact – like The Birth of a Nation or Triumph of the Will – of a time when Americans willingly subordinated themselves to a political and economic oligopoly.” ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2717 "2026-01-30T21:10:36Z")
Someone is going to have to translate that review into MAGA-speech for the cult followers. ---
**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 30, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2718 "2026-01-30T21:13:13Z")
I have never used chatGPT to do anything with text. Until now. Here’s what it came up with. > The reviews are in, folks — and let me tell you, it’s the **same tired fake-news crowd** melting down again. > > The _so-called_ critics over at a failing British paper are in full panic mode, throwing insults because they **can’t stand strength, success, or America First values**. One reviewer practically faints because the Trumps live beautifully — sorry, Nick, winning looks better than losing. > > They sneer at Melania because she’s **elegant, private, and doesn’t play their woke games**. They mock her for being a mother, a wife, a daughter — you know, the things normal Americans actually respect. That’s how out of touch these elites are. > > What they call “propaganda” is really just **American history told without their globalist filter**. And notice how fast they start crying about “Big Tech” and “oligarchies” — projection, folks. These are the same people who cheer when unelected corporations and bureaucrats run your life. > > Bottom line: > They hate the film because it reminds them of a time when **America wasn’t apologizing** , when success wasn’t a crime, and when voters — not critics, not tech bosses, not foreign newspapers — were in charge. > > And that’s why they’re so mad. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2719 "2026-01-30T21:23:40Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I’m betting that the local Republican party bought the seats, and are telling their members to take any seat that’s prepaid. At least at AMC theaters you have to show ID to enter on a ticket purchased online. Although I guess the local GOP faithful might carpool there. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2720 "2026-01-30T21:44:39Z")
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