# 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:** 138
**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 31, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2741 "2026-01-31T15:30:48Z")
WTF? “Gimme Shelter” is on the soundtrack of this dreck, and the Stones gave consent? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2742 "2026-01-31T15:37:44Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > And my god, a TAN suit? Is she trolling? I’ve long held the theory that Melania has been subtly (or not so subtly) trolling her husband and maybe Repubs in general since the start of trump 1.0. Case in point: a speech she gave publicly after trump won the first time that was liberally plagiarized from a Michelle Obama speech; her First Lady pet project during trump 1.0 was to form an anti cyber bullying campaign— hmm…who is the cyber bully in chief?; the infamous ‘I don’t really care, do U?’ jacket; probably a few others I’m forgetting; and now, the ^tan suit. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2743 "2026-01-31T16:46:52Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > WTF? “Gimme Shelter” is on the soundtrack of this dreck, and the Stones gave consent? Unlikely. From 2020. > **[Rolling Stones warn Trump not to use their songs - or face legal action](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53208593.amp)** > > The president's campaign could face legal action if it ignores "cease and desist directives". (Then again, money for licensing smooths over a lot of friction) ---
**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 31, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2744 "2026-01-31T17:21:25Z")
The Trump campaign consistently used music despite cease and desist letters. They don’t give a shit. ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2745 "2026-01-31T18:01:42Z")
Must be that. Mick Jagger is a businessman and grabs every dollar he can get, but even he has his principles. And given that the Stones attacked more harmless (harmless only in a relative way) US administrations in 1990 (“Highwire”) and 2005 (“Sweet Neo Con”), I can’t imagine they have anything but contempt for the current administration. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2746 "2026-01-31T18:22:55Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Yeah, I keep waiting to hear from the Second Amendment fans how outraged they are over the killing of this man for simply legally carrying a firearm, and not using it in any way during the attack. Keep waiting. The right wing pivoted in a day from “Don’t tread on me” to “You must comply” ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2747 "2026-01-31T18:48:18Z")
My off-the-cuff reaction is that the movie **“Melania”** is being used to launder money to buy influence with Trump. “Amazon paid Ms. Trump’s production company $40 million for the rights to “Melania,” about $26 million more than the next closest bidder, Disney. The budget for “Melania” is unknown, but documentaries that follow a subject for a limited amount of time usually cost less than $5 million to produce. The $35 million for marketing is 10 times what some other high-profile documentaries have received.” [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/business/media/amazon-melania-trump-film-critics.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/business/media/amazon-melania-trump-film-critics.html) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2748 "2026-01-31T19:01:26Z")
Some local to me schadenfreude: Dr Oz is accusing Armenians of fraud. The Armenian community has tended to think of themselves as “model immigrants” and vote more republican than the typical SoCal resident. But of course the fascists in office only see “immigrant”. There’s also the history of this being Adam Schiff’s former district. Schiff, as a good representative, was very good at constituent service, despite Armenians tending to be more conservative. [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/why-dr-oz-is-spending-time-outside-armenian-bakeries-00756440](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/why-dr-oz-is-spending-time-outside-armenian-bakeries-00756440) ---
**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 31, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2749 "2026-01-31T19:17:22Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > My off-the-cuff reaction is that the movie **“Melania”** is being used to launder money to buy influence with Trump. Yes, there are two parts: a direct bribe, and the _The Producers_ scam. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2750 "2026-01-31T20:20:36Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Dr Oz is accusing Armenians of fraud. The Armenian community has tended to think of themselves as “model immigrants” and vote more republican than the typical SoCal resident. But of course the fascists in office only see “immigrant”. Great so that’s the new strategy? Find some large immigrant minority somewhere that had elected thorns in their side (Omar/Walz/Somalis; Schiff/Newsom/Armenians) , and broadly accuse their businesses of fraud? (And really, a Turkish-American going after Armenian-Americans??) ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2751 "2026-01-31T20:21:46Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > (And really, a Turkish-American going after Armenian-Americans??) My first thought as well. ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2752 "2026-01-31T20:38:07Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > (And really, a Turkish-American going after Armenian-Americans??) In case this is not a whoosh: there is longstanding antagonism between Turks and Armenians. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2753 "2026-01-31T20:47:51Z")
I would want to believe that at SDMB there would be no need to explain why THAT was not a good look. ---
**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 31, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2754 "2026-01-31T22:37:56Z")
Same. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2755 "2026-01-31T23:14:12Z")
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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2756 "2026-01-31T23:18:22Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Amazon paid Ms. Trump’s production company $40 million for the rights to “Melania,” about $26 million more than the next closest bidder, Disney I have heard that around $28 million of this was a direct payment to Melanie herself. I’ve also seen a photo claiming to be from the recent Epstein files dump that shows the director Ratner together with Epstein, both groping two very young ladies with their faces blurred. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2757 "2026-02-01T01:02:11Z")
[Now I know what “Eyes wide shut” means.](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-fans-spent-550m-family-145618505.html) > [@](#): > > When Trump fans snapped up $550 million worth of WLFI, the token tied to the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial crypto project, they thought they were getting the deal of the century. > > Tokens bought for between $0.015 and $0.05 between October 2024 and January 2025 soared to an all-time high of $0.33 when they [started trading](https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/world-liberty-financial-proposes-making-wlfi-token-tradable/) last September, turning modest purchases into small fortunes overnight — at least on paper. > > But there was just one catch. > > World Liberty Financial’s creators, which include US President Donald Trump and his sons Eric, Donald Jr., and Barron, granted themselves the sole power to decide who can sell and when. > > The project has so far released 20% of the tokens and has promised a vote among holders on when the rest will be made available for trading. > > But months have passed, and that vote hasn’t materialised. > > Now, dozens of token holders are taking to the World Liberty Financial forum, begging the protocol’s creators to let them cash out as they watch WLFI’s value evaporate. > > The token has fallen some 54% over the past five months. Bwhahahahahahahahahahaha! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2758 "2026-02-01T01:11:06Z")
Done! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2759 "2026-02-01T02:12:38Z")
Me, too! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2760 "2026-02-01T02:48:47Z")
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