# 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:** 152
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3021 "2026-03-02T08:21:01Z")
I’m sure the FIFA version is being designed as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3022 "2026-03-02T09:28:24Z")
A definite yes to the poll. It’s a chance to brag about himself. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3023 "2026-03-04T00:14:09Z")
> Trump’s ICE director Todd Lyons compared his plans for immigrant warehouses to Amazon “Prime, but with human beings,” but at least 12 of his planned contracts have been cancelled amid nationwide pushback. [https://michaelpopok.substack.com/p/trumps-ice-stunned-as-contracts-get](https://michaelpopok.substack.com/p/trumps-ice-stunned-as-contracts-get) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3024 "2026-03-05T18:56:18Z")
another one bites the dust. [Trump says Kristi Noem is stepping down as homeland security secretary](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-says-kristi-noem-stepping-homeland-security-secretary-rcna248719) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3025 "2026-03-05T19:03:01Z")
Great news, but not so great to hear she’s being replaced by Markwayne Mullins. Maybe he’ll get in another dust-up with a union boss. Rather not go into his other accolades. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3026 "2026-03-05T19:14:25Z")
From your link: > He added that Noem, who he said “has served us well,” will take over a new role called “Envoy for The Shield of the Americas.” Strange he did not promote her to Groom of the Stool. I guess she would enjoy that role, and perhaps he does not like people enjoying _that_… huh, whatever you call it. Oh, well… > **[Groom of the Stool](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom_of_the_Stool)** > > The Groom of the Stool (formally styled: "Groom of the King's Close Stool") was the most intimate of an English monarch's courtiers, initially responsible for assisting the king in excretion and hygiene. > The physical intimacy of the role naturally led to his becoming a man in whom much confidence was placed by his royal master and with whom many royal secrets were shared as a matter of course. This secret information—while it would never have been revealed, for it would have led to the discred... ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3027 "2026-03-05T19:51:29Z")
seriously, craziest title ever. he might have a groom of the stool, or a few of them. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3028 "2026-03-05T19:53:43Z")
Yeah, really depends ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3029 "2026-03-05T19:55:16Z")
In French they are called _porte coton_, ie cotton bearer, also quite crazy, if you ask me. If you can’t imagine what the cotton is they are refering to, here is a caricature of King Louis XVIII from 1846. > **[Le porte coton de Louis XVIII](https://catzarts.beauxartsparis.fr/fr/notice/eba-7262-le-porte-coton-de-louis-xviii-8ee8d432-3bbe-41ab-b7c9-f609f7c4a826)** No, you don’t need to tell me who that looks like from behind. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3030 "2026-03-05T20:05:14Z")
That’s an impressive Swirler! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3031 "2026-03-05T20:06:30Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Great news, but not so great to hear she’s being replaced by Markwayne Mullins. From what I’ve seen, Markwayne Mullin is just as stupid as you’d think someone named Markwayne Mullin would be. Which is exceedingly stupid. So, perfect for this administration. But you knew there was no way she’d be replaced with anyone competent. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3032 "2026-03-05T20:13:39Z")
How much puppy-killing experience is in his CV? Surely that was taken into consideration. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3033 "2026-03-05T20:17:44Z")
Not sure, but he supposedly has experience in mixed martial arts, so he’d probably prefer to use his bare hands to do the job. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3034 "2026-03-05T23:13:54Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Strange he did not promote her to Groom of the Stool. That one’s promised to Karoline Leavitt. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3035 "2026-03-05T23:21:46Z")
Zing! You, Sir, are completely right. I apologize for suggesting something stupid. Karoline Leave It it is. > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > he might have a groom of the stool, or a few of them. Isn’t it bizarre that they seem to prefer to do it with their noses? Without even being granted the title? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3036 "2026-03-06T00:52:52Z")
The only US Senator without a bachelor’s degree and possibly the second dumbest member of that august body. (Our boy Coach Tubbs has to be number one) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3037 "2026-03-06T01:35:45Z")
[Iran has aimed drone strikes at Amazon data centers in the UAE and Bahrain](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2026/03/05/iranian-drone-strikes-on-amazon-data-centers-highlight-techs-exposure/89003035007/). Take THAT, Bezo$! How do you feel about enabling the orange chucklefuck now? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3038 "2026-03-06T02:00:50Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > [Iran has aimed drone strikes at Amazon data centers in the UAE and Bahrain](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2026/03/05/iranian-drone-strikes-on-amazon-data-centers-highlight-techs-exposure/89003035007/). I’ve already run across jokes about “Are we _sure_ the Iranians are the bad guys, here?” based on that. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3039 "2026-03-06T02:35:55Z")
Well, the White House claims Trump will attend the dignified transfer of remains of six service members killed in Kuwait when they arrive on Saturday. > **[White House says Trump will attend dignified transfer of six Army soldiers...](https://www.google.com/share.google?q=Z6pDv0rN3kKiXPR41)** > > The White House says President Trump will attend the dignified transfer of the six Army Reserve soldiers who were killed Sunday when a drone hit a command center in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, one day after the U.S. and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3040 "2026-03-06T02:44:38Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Well, the White House claims Trump will attend the dignified transfer of remains of six service members killed in Kuwait when they arrive on Saturday Let’s hope a little rain doesn’t keep him away from honoring fallen soldiers this time. I know a lot of Trump supporters are unhappy with him right now and I can’t help but feel sorry for them. When you can’t trust the lying, venal rapist you voted for to keep his promises then who can you really trust? [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=151) [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=153)