# 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:** 212
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4222 "2026-07-07T18:19:29Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > Is “pulling the goalie” a common thing in soccer at the end of games when you are behind? What @Atamasama said; also, its often the case that a team chasing a tie will send the goalie up the field in the event of a set piece play (corner or free kick) to give them another two feet and one head in the penalty area for the other team to guard. Very rarely, they’re the ones that score a tying goal - but it’s at least as likely, if not more so, that the other team scores back in the other direction as the goalie is scrambing back to the net. (Also, it’s now five substitutions per match, across three “substitution windows” during the course of play.) ---
**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:** [July 7, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4223 "2026-07-07T18:26:09Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > The team that beat them, Belgium, celebrated the win by [performing Trump’s signature “YMCA” dance](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-80-humiliated-with-his-own-dance-after-us-world-cup-loss/). And then the Belgian Football Association xitted this > > [@leahcim](#): > > Is “pulling the goalie” a common thing in soccer at the end of games when you are behind? Not at all, in fact never heard of the goalie being substituted for an additional field player. But the goalie sometimes goes up the pitch to try to score, particularly for set pieces like corners or free kicks. It only makes sense when they are down one goal and the game is about to end anyway (say: last minute, last two minutes is stretching it). It sometimes works. If the goalie does not score himself he at least can bring some confusion into the defending team, so that another team mate scores. That is: what **Atamasama** and **SunUp** wrote. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4224 "2026-07-07T18:30:04Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > (Also, it’s now five substitutions per match, across three “substitution windows” during the course of play.) Thanks for the correction! ---
**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:** [July 7, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4225 "2026-07-07T18:33:27Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > And then the Belgian Football Association xitted this In the Joke thread > [@More Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/7972): > > The head of FIFA picks up the phone. The caller says “I just need you to find me three more goals!” ---
**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:** [July 7, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4226 "2026-07-07T18:40:21Z")
The Babylon Bee (satire site) just posted that the entire Belgian team has been deported. Thus, by default, USA is into the round of eight. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4227 "2026-07-07T18:43:47Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > the entire Belgian team has been deported They should consider themselves lucky. **[Lèse majesté](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9)** used to be punished by stoning to death. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4228 "2026-07-08T03:44:34Z")
Judge tosses Trump Media’s $3.8 billion defamation suit against The Washington Post: > This time, it is a defamation lawsuit that the Trump Media and Technology Group brought against The Washington Post in 2023 over a story titled “Trust linked to porn-friendly bank could gain a stake in Trump’s Truth Social.” > > A federal judge in Florida has thrown out the suit, saying that Trump Media “failed to present evidence that would allow a jury to find by clear and convincing evidence” that The Post “published the allegedly defamatory statements with actual malice.” > **[Judge tosses Trump Media’s $3.8 billion defamation suit against The...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/media/trump-media-washington-post-defamation-lawsuit-dismissed)** > > Another one of President Donald Trump’s lawsuits against a news organization has fizzled out. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4229 "2026-07-08T04:10:42Z")
The best line I read about the FIFA debacle was, “I’m so disillusioned. I almost don’t even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year.” ---
**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:** [July 9, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4230 "2026-07-09T05:59:16Z")
I found a FIFA Peace Prize trophy on the side of the highway tonight. No idea why it would be out there, here, wherever. It’s a little dinged up, but will make a pretty good display on my Wall O’Shame. Largely consists of pistons with holes burned in them, snaped rods, pretzeled wheels… That kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4231 "2026-07-09T11:14:26Z")
Are you [Pickles the dog?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickles_(dog)) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4232 "2026-07-12T01:54:28Z")
**Hunter Biden wins $1.7m in suit over Iran bribery claim by ex-CEO of [Overstock.com](http://Overstock.com)** The judge on Friday wrote that “the evidence is clear and convincing that defendant has engaged in intentional misrepresentation with conscious disregard towards plaintiff’s rights” – and he awarded Biden $1 in nominal damages along with $1.7m in punitive damages. Wilson also ordered Byrne to pay Biden about $35,000 in court sanctions. The case had been scheduled for a jury trial in October. But the judge wrote on Friday that Byrne “failed to appear” for the proceeding and fired his lead trial attorney, delaying the proceedings “at the expense” of Biden and the court. After his failure to appear at trial, Wilson found Byrne [to be in default](https://www.courthousenews.com/patrick-byrne-defaults-ahead-of-trial-in-hunter-bidens-defamation-lawsuit/) as a sanction for what the judge described as “repeated, intentional disobedience of court orders and unceasing efforts to delay proceedings”. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4233 "2026-07-12T06:41:13Z")
Sen. Lindsey Graham dead after visiting Zelenskyy. Let the conspiracy theories roll. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4234 "2026-07-12T16:00:20Z")
Certainly takes the focus off of McConnell’s apparent circling the drain. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4235 "2026-07-12T16:33:17Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Sen. Lindsey Graham dead after visiting Zelenskyy. Let the conspiracy theories roll. Can’t believe Putin had him killed like that. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4236 "2026-07-12T16:47:43Z")
That’s gonna be one thorough tox screen. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4237 "2026-07-13T06:24:28Z")
[Hispanic Trumpers in Texas regret their choice.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/texas-hispanics-swung-hard-trump-180000799.html) > [@](#): > > Benny Melendez voted for President Donald Trump in 2024. But since Trump returned to the White House, it has been increasingly difficult for Melendez to run his small construction company in south Texas. He says immigration officers have detained workers at his job sites and while driving his company trucks. Since the beginning of 2025, more than 10 of those workers have been deported. > > The chaos of the past year-and-a-half has convinced Melendez to abandon his support for Trump and Republicans, and instead back the Democrat in this year’s U.S. Senate election, state Rep. James Talarico. > > “How can we continue voting for someone that is targeting our community?” Melendez said. “There’s no way possible we’re going to support that. No way.” > > Melendez is not alone. One in five Hispanic business owners in Texas say they’ve had an employee deported in the past year, according to a new survey commissioned by the U.S. Hispanic Business Council and [shared first with POLITICO](https://static.politico.com/9a/9c/1bbfaa044dd39bf97df2ed0916ae/ushbc-texas-member-midterm-pulse-key-findings.pdf). Seven in ten said their businesses had been impacted by Trump’s tariffs. Among those surveyed, Talarico holds a seven-point lead over Attorney General Ken Paxton, the GOP nominee, even though a plurality of the over 1,000 respondents self-identify as Republican. Almost one quarter who supported Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary now say they’ll back Talarico, while over half say they’ll back Paxton. > > The survey is the clearest sign yet of Paxton’s vulnerability among Texas’ robust Hispanic business community amidst broader signs that Hispanic voters around the country are [swinging hard against him](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/14/latino-voters-powered-trumps-comeback-now-theyre-turning-on-his-economy-00726548), thanks to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and the shaky economy. The survey was conducted from June 2 to 15 and included 1,012 Texas-based USHBC members. Respondents included business owners in construction, food services, retail, manufacturing and other industries. > > Those business owners pointed to the fear the deportation push created in the community, as well as their bottom lines, for why they were turning on Trump and toward Talarico. Let me quote myself here: _This is what they wanted for others. This is what they voted for for others. This is what they got for themselves._ I have exactly zero sympathy. If it were possible to have negative sympathy, I would definitely max out on that. And, once again, my mantra: _This is what they wanted for others. This is what they voted for for others. This is what they got for themselves._ ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4238 "2026-07-13T06:37:12Z")
“Turkeys who voted for Thanksgiving regret their choice” ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4239 "2026-07-13T07:51:08Z")
I also think Paxton might get pissed that Trump fucked him by turning so many voters against him from all the abuse. Yet another in a very long line of suckers who thought that riding Trump’s coattails was an easy road to victory; they leaned that position just means Trump is poised to shit all over 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:** [July 13, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4240 "2026-07-13T14:03:07Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > If it were possible to have negative sympathy… The Germans have a word for that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4241 "2026-07-13T14:28:13Z")
Quoting Monty’s link: > [@Monty](#): > > “How can we continue voting for someone that is targeting our community?” Melendez said. You don’t continue voting for him, dipshit. You gave him his second term, that’s all he needs. Dipshit. [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=211) [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=213)