# 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:** 223
**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:** [August 8, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4442 "2026-08-08T16:29:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yet another shocked, _shocked_ Face-Eating Leopards Party voter. In 2010 long before anybody had heard of Trump in politics we here in Arizona had Sheriff Joe “Nickel-bag” Arpaio and [SB1070](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_SB_1070) that allowed local police to arrest people if they had “reasonable suspicion” that they were in the country illegally. At the time the two afternoon-drive guys, although not focused exclusively on politics, did talk about it some and would have guests and candidates on for interviews. One was libertarian, on the anarcho-capitalist (Republican-lite) side and the other was straight-up conservative. The latter kept saying, “I am neither conservative nor liberal – I am a skeptic,” but complained a lot more about Democratic perfidy than Republican. He straight-up mentioned he thought SB1070 was a good idea. One afternoon he spent twenty minutes literally crying on-air about his Mexican girlfriend who’d been detained at a traffic stop, handed over to ICE, and deported. I felt sorry for the girl but found it real hard to muster up any sympathy for him. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4443 "2026-08-08T19:26:28Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > One afternoon he spent twenty minutes literally crying on-air about his Mexican girlfriend who’d been detained at a traffic stop, handed over to ICE, and deported. We have two house cleaners (yeah, I know, but it’s time and we can support them and the economy by hiring them) Anyway, one is from the Dominican Republic. She went back for a vacation. She was allowed back into the USA, which kind of stuns me. The other is a deaf Ukrainian. God only knows where this clown show would send her. Shit, I was born in Chicago, am as white as white bread, but who knows who they are gonna come for. Good and Pretti come to mind. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4444 "2026-08-10T20:01:00Z")
He’s terrified! > Donald Trump was spotted golfing at Bedminster this weekend flanked by an AN/TWQ-1 Avenger short-range air defense system, an unusual sight alongside the president’s golf course. > > The added security comes after F-16 fighter jets intercepted non-threatening civilian aircraft that violated the temporary no-fly zone around Bedminster yesterday. > > Trump kept golfing as the air defense system stood nearby. [![](https://i.ibb.co/5fBM9P5/FB-IMG-1786383424702.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/5fBM9P5/FB-IMG-1786383424702.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4445 "2026-08-10T20:28:50Z")
Uh, Epstein files under the rug? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4446 "2026-08-10T20:40:45Z")
After _Bowling Alone_, the next American social drama for the whole childless single dad family: _Golfing Behind Barbed Wire_. I don’t know what that > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > AN/TWQ-1 Avenger short-range air defense system (I’ll take your word for that, sounds impressive) is there for, but my impression is that if you can take a picture of someone, a good sniper can shoot him. I am not sure the > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > AN/TWQ-1 Avenger short-range air defense system is the right priority. Not that I really care, to be honest, but it feels like security compliance theater to me. But if it keeps him happy… I wonder whether the > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > AN/TWQ-1 Avenger short-range air defense system (I’m starting to like this, it rolls so nicely off the tongue) is even loaded. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4447 "2026-08-10T23:03:11Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Uh, Epstein files under the rug? Under the rug or a festering boil, ready to burst open eventually? At least a bill was passed, even if the executive branch is thumbing its nose at it so far. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4448 "2026-08-10T23:07:00Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Uh, Epstein files under the rug? Seems unlikely - his wig isn’t _that_ big. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4449 "2026-08-10T23:12:00Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > but my impression is that if you can take a picture of someone Yeah; I wonder if he somehow thinks Iranian drones are going to get him on the golf course. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4450 "2026-08-11T00:11:22Z")
I’m pretty sure that the fear of Iranian drones is **exactly** why that’s there. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4451 "2026-08-11T01:43:32Z")
So there’s an apparently credible threat if Trump plays golf and it makes more sense to move anti-aircraft weapons to the first tee than it does to just not fucking play golf. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4452 "2026-08-11T01:52:19Z")
I wonder how much it’s costing taxpayers to have a personal anti-air defense system following Trump around. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4453 "2026-08-11T01:53:15Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I wonder if he somehow thinks Iranian drones are going to get him on the golf course. honestly asking: would they want to kill him? surely Vance would be less…I don’t know, stupid? easy to fool/distract/mock? ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4454 "2026-08-11T01:59:12Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > it makes more sense to move anti-aircraft weapons to the first tee than it does to just not fucking play golf. Not to mention setting up and then taking down the concertina wire. Or maybe that’s a permanent hazard at his golf course. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4455 "2026-08-11T02:01:50Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Or maybe that’s a permanent hazard at his golf course. “That’s the rough. I mean, the _really rough_.” ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4456 "2026-08-11T02:24:49Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > honestly asking: would they want to kill him? Yes, they absolutely would. They have vowed revenge against him a number of times, including for the assassination of their general, Qasem Soleimani, in 2020, and for the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of this war. Israel recently informed the U.S. that they have discovered a new Iranian assassination plot against Trump. > **[How Serious Are Iran’s Threats Against Trump?](https://time.com/article/2026/07/11/how-serious-are-iran-s-threats-against-trump-/)** > > Iran’s Supreme Leader vowed vengeance Saturday after his father’s funeral, which was marked by chants calling for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump. Experts assess the credibility of the threat. > **[Israel shared intelligence with US of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump,...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/politics/trump-assassination-plot-iran-israel)** > > Israel shared intelligence with the United States that Iran had recently devised a new plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, two sources familiar with matter told CNN, adding another layer of tension as a ceasefire deal between the countries... ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4457 "2026-08-11T06:09:59Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Yes, they absolutely would. They have vowed revenge against him a number of times… This is like when UCLA plays Notre Dame. I wish they could both somehow lose, but they can’t. And whoever wins, I’m gonna hate it! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4458 "2026-08-11T09:04:31Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > So there’s an apparently credible threat if Trump plays golf and it makes more sense to move anti-aircraft weapons to the first tee than it does to just not fucking play golf. …or get a WII… ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4459 "2026-08-11T11:39:28Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Israel recently informed the U.S. that they have discovered a new Iranian assassination plot against Trump. And we believe Netanyahu because? I don’t doubt that the Iranian’s want Trump dead, but Bibi’s government probably doesn’t want a peace yet, and Trump is so easily manipulated. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4460 "2026-08-11T14:02:22Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Trump is so easily manipulate yes, that’s the thing. leaders in any country KNOW this, as they are adults and they listen to experts. wouldn’t it be nice if that’s what we had?! and thanks for the links, @kenobi_65 ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4461 "2026-08-11T17:52:40Z")
I don’t think everything Iran does is based completely on reason. Just saying. [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=222) [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=224)