# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 3)

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**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")\
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**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:** [May 7, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3682 "2026-05-07T18:48:17Z")

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This made my day.

_USA Today_: Melania Trump interrupted by laughter after mentioning husband’s empathy

> **[Melania Trump interrupted by laughter after mentioning husband's empathy](https://www.aol.com/articles/melania-trump-interrupted-laughter-mentioning-151616000.html)**
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> First lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump hosted a military mothers event. As she spoke of her husband's empathy, audience members laughed.

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**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:** [May 7, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3683 "2026-05-07T20:28:57Z")

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Eh. Trump starts mugging before the laughing starts, who knows if they’re laughing at the idea of his empathy, or if it’s a room full of quislings responding to his smarmy smile. I’m guessing attendees are pretty well vetted, though.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3684 "2026-05-07T20:56:30Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> _USA Today_: Melania Trump interrupted by laughter after mentioning husband’s empathy

The page appears to have been taken down.

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3685 "2026-05-07T21:06:48Z")

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Ohh, goodie. That’s a sign that they were lying and are about to issue a retraction, apologizing to the public that they ever hinted anything about the Trumps are laugh-worthy.

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**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:** [May 7, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3686 "2026-05-07T21:07:39Z")

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It’s still there for me.

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3687 "2026-05-07T21:08:49Z")

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Ah, okay it’s there for me as well. But in your heart you know I’m right!

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**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:** [May 7, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3688 "2026-05-07T23:04:17Z")

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It might still be cached on some browsers, but I get:

**Hi there! The page you’re looking for does not exist. Try searching or check out the stories below.**

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**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3689 "2026-05-07T23:59:31Z")

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This just opened for me on a completely different browser that I haven’t used today:

> **[Melania Trump interrupted by laughter after mentioning husband's empathy](https://www.aol.com/articles/melania-trump-interrupted-laughter-mentioning-151616006.html)**
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> First lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump hosted a military mothers event. As she spoke of her husband's empathy, audience members laughed.

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**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:** [May 8, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3690 "2026-05-08T00:33:28Z")

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> [@robby](#):
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> This just opened for me on a completely different browser that I haven’t used today:

Interesting! That works for me as well, while the original link in the older post doesn’t.

Looking at them closely, they are _not_ the same link. The first one ends in “151616000.html”, while the second (working) one ends in “151616006.html”. It’s literally just the last digit in the number at the end of the HTML filename. I’m not sure what that’s about.

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**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:** [May 8, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3691 "2026-05-08T04:23:19Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> _USA Today_: Melania Trump interrupted by laughter after mentioning husband’s empathy

**Hi there! The page you’re looking for does not exist.**

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3692 "2026-05-08T04:36:00Z")

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> [@Ponderoid](#):
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> But in your heart you know I’m right!

[Rocky voice] Again? But that phrase never works! [R v]

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3693 "2026-05-08T04:39:37Z")

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Someone did a little Photoshopping, and posted this on X. Warning: Lingerie alert.

> <https://x.com/theGMChammer/status/2051975554862055535>

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**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:** [May 8, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3694 "2026-05-08T05:07:00Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> Someone did a little Photoshopping, and posted this on X. Warning: Lingerie alert.
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> [https://x.com/theGMChammer/status/2051975554862055535](https://x.com/theGMChammer/status/2051975554862055535)

What’s the point of that?

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3695 "2026-05-08T05:35:41Z")

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The NBC story had a link to “bodyshaming”, and this was it.

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**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:** [May 8, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3696 "2026-05-08T05:39:43Z")

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You post that like it’s supposed to explain something.

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**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3697 "2026-05-08T06:27:47Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> **Hi there! The page you’re looking for does not exist.**

They apparently changed the link slightly for some reason. See my post two posts above yours with a link that works.

> [@A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3689):
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> This just opened for me on a completely different browser that I haven’t used today:

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3698 "2026-05-08T09:17:13Z")

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I think Johnny\_L.A. was wittily noting that “empathy” and “Donald Trump” cannot coexist in the same web page.

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**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:** [May 8, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3699 "2026-05-08T12:39:13Z")

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Paranoid, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son…

> **[Kash Patel ordered polygraphs of more than two dozen members of his team,...](https://www.ms.now/news/kash-patel-ordered-polygraphs-of-more-than-two-dozen-members-of-his-team-sources-tell-ms-now)**
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> The FBI director is said to be looking for leaks and has ordered polygraphs to be taken of current and former members of his security detail, as well as other staff.

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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:** [May 8, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3700 "2026-05-08T14:34:35Z")

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AKA “who told them I was drunk off my face?”

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**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3701 "2026-05-08T14:37:46Z")

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Whoops…indeed. 🤦

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