# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/441 "2025-03-01T08:55:19Z")
Awe, the fact that people are angry about you supporting a petty little crook hurts your feelings? Skate it off. And I believe his grandmother was Ukrainian, but perhaps they just didn’t get along. /s > **[Janet Gretzky: Comments questioning Wayne's loyalty to Canada have 'broken...](https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/nhl/janet-gretzky-questioning-wayne-loyalty-broken-heart)** > > Janet Gretzky, the wife of the Great One, thanked Bobby Orr in an Instagram post while revealing Wayne's struggles with his critics. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/442 "2025-03-01T16:38:55Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > “Sesame Street” (wherever airing) is “wasteful and dangerous”? There aren’t enough rolleyes in the world. What a bunch of snowflakes. That headline is a bit misleading. Reading the article, the Iraq Sesame Street is in the “wasteful” category. The “dangerous” category includes funds to Afghanistan to improve and rebuild irrigation canals to encourage farmers to grow food instead of poppies - which backfired and just led to more poppy growing - and funding to medical groups that ended up funding Chinese military and Communist Party programs in Wuhan, and encouraging tourism to Libya - that currently has a recommendation against visiting due to safety concerns for tourists. As far as the Sesame Street version, of course they are going to see that as wasteful. They don’t believe in funding Sesame Street in America. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/443 "2025-03-01T20:18:21Z")
> **[Alex Berg (@itsalexberg.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/itsalexberg.bsky.social/post/3ljdkp3zidk2p)** > > Fox News reported that JD Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America, this is exactly the energy that should... ---
**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 1, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/444 "2025-03-01T20:37:04Z")
The frick’s he doing skiing? He’s supposed to be golfing! ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/445 "2025-03-01T22:28:40Z")
This just in: > **[Whale Dumps Entire Stash of US First Lady Melania Trump’s Official Memecoin...](https://www.byteseu.com/790477/)** > > Whale Dumps Entire Stash of US First Lady Melania Trump’s Official Memecoin at $15,680,000 Loss: Lookonchainhttps://dailyhodl.com/2025/02/28/whale-dumps-entire-stash-of-us-first-lady-melania-trumps-official-memecoin-at-15680000-loss-lookonchain/ ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/446 "2025-03-01T22:54:19Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > The frick’s he doing skiing? > He’s supposed to be golfing! I thought he was supposed to be caddying. You know, taking care of felon47’s balls. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/447 "2025-03-01T23:06:33Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > This just in: I mean, this might be a schadenfreude situation, or it might be how someone bribed the Trumps. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/448 "2025-03-01T23:19:24Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I mean, this might be a schadenfreude situation, or it might be how someone bribed the Trumps. I’ve heard of Crypto Currency being used for money laundering ( I might even have read about it here ). It’s just one reason I don’t want Pumpkinhead to link the Treasury to some Crypto scam. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/449 "2025-03-01T23:40:03Z")
Okay, I’ve read that a whale took a dump or something three time – once up thread and twice on the link – and I still don’t have the first clue what any of it means. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/450 "2025-03-02T00:10:19Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’ve read that a whale took a dump or something three time – once up thread and twice on the link – and I still don’t have the first clue what any of it means. “Whale” = big-time investor. “Dump” = they bought $30 million of Melania’s cryptocoin in January, then sold it off (“dumped” it) at a net loss of over $15 million a month later. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/451 "2025-03-02T00:56:53Z")
I actually sussed that out, but … what does it mean? I mean, why do I care? Who did he fuck over? I don’t get meme-coins. Why, back in my day memes were just fun little cat cartoons on Live Journal. AND WE LIKED IT!! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/452 "2025-03-02T01:03:20Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I don’t get meme-coins. It’s insider trading for techbros. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/453 "2025-03-02T01:03:53Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I actually sussed that out, but … what does it mean? I mean, why do I care? Who did he fuck over? I read it not so much that he “fucked over” anyone, so much as that he bailed out on the Melania coins, despite taking a big loss, because he believed that the value was going to drop further (and, thus, getting out before taking an even bigger loss). But, either way, the guy lost $15 million in a month due to buying Melania cybercoins, so still a subject of some schadenfreude. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/454 "2025-03-02T01:11:06Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > But, either way, the guy lost $15 million in a month due to buying Melania cybercoins, so still a subject of some schadenfreude. Unless - again - this was someone (like, say, Saudis) transferring wealth to the Trumps in a untrackable way. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/455 "2025-03-02T02:28:49Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Unless - again - this was someone (like, say, Saudis) transferring wealth to the Trumps in a untrackable way. Right. Who was selling the coins that Dale the Whale was buying? Did his money go right into the ICO, or did he create his position coin by coin? And who provided the liquidity to allow him to sell? Was the series of transactions a wash that simply moved $15 million from Dale’s pocket to someone else’s? ---
**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 2, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/456 "2025-03-02T03:47:51Z")
Argentina’s meme coin was done by the same people behind Melania’s coin. They are scammers, or at least scammers are involved with the projects. Coffeezilla did an informative report on them: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ud6GuH7gSDw/maxresdefault.jpg "Argentina's Memecoin Disaster Is Worse Than You Think") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud6GuH7gSDw) ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/457 "2025-03-02T05:11:53Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > [https://x.com/David\_Leavitt/status/1894456813946360017](https://x.com/David_Leavitt/status/1894456813946360017) > > It seems Tesla investors are asking Musk for a list of five things he did last week. Heh. Made my day! Just sent it to two Federal employees I know. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/458 "2025-03-02T09:54:33Z")
This is a man who finally realized he has sold his soul to the devil. Too late, little Marco, too late. Enjoy your time in hell. [![](https://i.imgur.com/RtoD95E.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RtoD95E.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/459 "2025-03-02T15:17:36Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I thought he was supposed to be caddying. You know, taking care of felon47’s balls. That made me laugh. ---
**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 2, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/460 "2025-03-02T22:00:13Z")
Probably posted elsewhere (getting harder to keep up!) Never knew there’d come the day I’d be cheering for China over the US. > **[An under-the-radar import rule means Trump's China tariffs could hurt the US...](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-china-imports-inflation-trade-war-consumers-fed-2025-2)** > > The White House is eyeing an end to the de minimis import rule. "U.S. consumers could face larger consequences than meet the eye," the New York Fed wrote. > [@](#): > > While that concern has been voiced for months since Trump won the election, a post this week from the New York Fed shows US data fails to capture the actual scale of trade between America and China. There’s as much as $100 billion in imports “missing” from official calculations, the bank said. > [@](#): > > While that fact alone can hide the true impact of tariffs on China, an even bigger price shock could come if the Trump administration manages to terminate the so-called “[de minimis](https://www.businessinsider.com/shein-temu-wont-be-killed-by-de-minimis-exemption-changes-2025-2?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.com)” import rule. If only just the asshole Americans could deal with that. Ponywish #2,317 [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=22) [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=24)