# 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:** 229
**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:** [September 12, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4562 "2026-09-12T23:41:21Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The video “God Gave Us Trump” shown at Donald’s Dallas “midterm convention” reminded me instantly of an ad Florida’s Ron DeSantis released (and, yes, was mocked for) in 2022, when running for reelection as Governor. I remember the Trump video from a few years back. Shit like that is why it’s hard to tell satire from real life. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4563 "2026-09-13T11:55:45Z")
God _did_ give us Trump. Because not enough locusts were available. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4564 "2026-09-13T12:30:06Z")
The locusts were supposed to work with Trump, but even locusts have standards. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4565 "2026-09-13T17:24:10Z")
I thought the locusts voted him into office? ---
**Author:** ![EnglishGrey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/englishgrey/32/14111_2.png) [@EnglishGrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnglishGrey)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4566 "2026-09-13T20:49:12Z")
What voted him into office was, tragically, tens of millions of americans. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4567 "2026-09-13T20:58:00Z")
In case you’re not aware, a “locust” isn’t a species. It’s actually a description of a _behavior_; in particular, a species of grasshopper in Africa can go from being peaceful to becoming widely destructive when a time of scarcity triggers a chemical change in their brains. I was making the analogy that Americans are losing their minds after being subjected to right wing lies, a new public acceptance of bigotry, normalization of terrible behavior, rule of law being suspended for the “right” people, etc. They’re like locusts swarming polls for their own destruction. Voting in a convicted felon who organized a failed insurrection, who committed espionage act violations, was recorded attempting to extort Georgia officials into faking vote counts, was found by a jury to have committed rape, and so on. Doesn’t matter, he’s their guy. In the pasr such a person couldn’t even come within sniffing distance of the White House. Hatred and ignorance has triggered people like locusts. ---
**Author:** ![EnglishGrey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/englishgrey/32/14111_2.png) [@EnglishGrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnglishGrey)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4568 "2026-09-13T21:05:25Z")
Thank you for the explanation of your thought process, much appreciated. I think that dehumanising people with different opinions (which I dont now think you were doing) risks making the problem of undoing the rot much harder. Sorry if I’m not explaining myself well, it’s late here. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4569 "2026-09-13T21:08:35Z")
Demographic anxiety. Trump would never have gained power in his 20th-century attempts, because whites weren’t yet anxious enough. > [@](#): > > In 1950 and 1960, the U.S. population was roughly 88% to 89% White > 2020: the U.S. population was roughly 57.8% to 61.6% White This freaked some people out enough to let them overlook massive corruption and incompetence—so long as Their Guy would be the Hammer of the Non-Whites. > **[Read](https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/9599/chapter/4)** > > Read chapter 3. An Overview of Racial and Ethnic Demographic Trends: The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. I... No schadenfreude here, sadly, unless it’s for the entire world—being made much, much poorer this very minute by the efforts of Donald and his Band of Venal Morons. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4570 "2026-09-13T21:10:36Z")
It would’ve been fun to listen in on [the phone call](https://fortune.com/2026/09/12/after-saudi-pipeline-trump-houthis-iran-red-sea-shipping/) where Trump reassured a Saudi leader after the attack on the country’s oil pipeline. > [@](#): > > Asked about a recent call with Saudi’s crown prince, Trump said: “He’s a good friend of mine, and I can just say everything’s going to work out fine and dandy. It’s going to be very good.” (imagining a happy group of Saudi royalty dancing around in their robes, chanting “it’s going to be fine and dandy, Trump has so decreed”). ---
**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:** [September 15, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4571 "2026-09-15T12:57:14Z")
Well, I know that I would certainly be reassured. Who wouldn’t, hearing that from such a wise and skillful statesman? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4572 "2026-09-15T13:45:26Z")
This is a short but very telling video showing trump progressively lowering expectations for the midterms over time; beginning with typical bragaddocio about how much the Repubs are going to absolutely _crush_ the midterms… to “eh, the party in power always loses the midterms. Nobody can explain it. They still love _me_, they just don’t like the Republican party that much. Whaddaya gonna do? (shrug)”. trump is getting ready to throw his own party under the bus! “The Republican party? I hardly know them. I think they brought me coffee once”. For someone who brags incessantly about anything having to do with himself against all evidence and reality, and also is doing everything he can to sabotage the process, the level to which he’s willing to accede that maybe the midterms may not go so well for the Repubs toward the end of the video is very telling. At least, it gave me a little frisson of schadenfreude… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fw5N3RjOaqo/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump keeps LOWERING the bar as the midterms approach") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw5N3RjOaqo) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4573 "2026-09-16T02:22:40Z")
Irish Welcome. [![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/wuvqoutsnwmhmnjwgmd7) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/wuvqoutsnwmhmnjwgmd7) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4574 "2026-09-16T02:25:00Z")
Strange. That doesn’t spell YMCA… ---
**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:** [September 16, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4575 "2026-09-16T02:33:32Z")
Or HELP. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/The_Beatles_-_Help%21.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/The_Beatles_-_Help%21.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4576 "2026-09-16T07:57:39Z")
I was expecting some blokes pissing on the course. But this is better 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4577 "2026-09-16T10:38:20Z")
That doesn’t spell HELP either, it says NUJV\* ! \* An Irish word meaning “nonce” (not really) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4578 "2026-09-16T12:46:49Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Irish Welcome. CUAT? Ohhh…that’s _not_ an ‘A’ 😊 ---
**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:** [September 16, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4579 "2026-09-16T16:41:15Z")
[![](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/ao5LdQg_460s.jpg) ](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/ao5LdQg_460s.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4580 "2026-09-16T23:06:29Z")
This looks fun! [Trump-Epstein bookmobile](https://www.ketv.com/article/trump-epstein-bookmobile-comes-to-omaha/73732095) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4581 "2026-09-16T23:16:55Z")
Rep. Stephen Lynch gave Scott Bessent an earful. > During Bessent’s appearance before the House Financial Services Committee, Lynch said Trump does not have “a grasp” of “what we’re dealing with” regarding AI. > > “I’ll be honest, I don’t think the president could spell AI if I gave him the first letter,” quipped the Massachusetts Democrat, the ranking member of a House Financial Services subcommittee focused on AI. > **[Dem rep asks Bessent to ‘talk sense’ into Trump on regulating AI](https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6090823-lynch-urges-bessent-trump-ai-regulation/amp/)** > > Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch (Mass.) on Tuesday urged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to convince President Trump to reverse course on regulating artificial intelligence (AI). During Bessent’s ap… [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=228) [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=230)