# 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:** 233
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4642 "2026-09-23T20:23:00Z")
It’s harder to run when the leopards are up there chewing on your face ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4643 "2026-09-23T20:32:05Z")
True. Not that they don’t deserve it–fully. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4644 "2026-09-24T01:12:20Z")
I’m not sure if this is the thread in which to post this, but it seemed appropriate. Peter Navarro, who is high on the list of Most Despised People In This Country, is urging Trump and his cabinet members to not grant interviews to FOX News, after FOX supported the three networks that Trump banned from the WH last week. > “FOX may call that solidarity. I see a network using its position to settle a score with a President it has never liked,” the Trump aide wrote. “And FOX can’t pretend it was simply following the crowd.” > > The Rupert Murdoch-owned network, “wore our jersey and played for the other team,” Navarro continued. [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/6106900-navarro-urges-fox-news-boycott/](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/6106900-navarro-urges-fox-news-boycott/) ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4645 "2026-09-24T01:32:13Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Peter Navarro, who is high on the list of Most Despised People In This Country, is urging Trump and his cabinet members to not grant interviews to FOX News, after FOX supported the three networks that Trump banned from the WH last week. Navarro says Fox has always hated Trump? Just more evidence that even when you kiss Trump’s ass and help him get elected he’ll turn against you the moment you’re not polishing his balls. I’m starting to think MAGA has some sort of humiliation kink. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4646 "2026-09-24T01:47:57Z")
Who’s this Peter Navarro fellow. We should be hearing from Ron Varo and maybe John Barron. Those guys always seemed to be in the know about what Trump was doing. Only ever got them to call in, though… ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4647 "2026-09-24T15:40:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Setting aside the idiocy of believing anything Trump said in 2024, the GOP have been openly gunning for the LGBTQ+ community since forever. > > She may not have voted for the murder of her daughter but she certainly voted for her persecution Another case of “they were going to go after THOSE, not after us”. I bet like many others she figured her daughter’s rights were mostly a settled issue as long as she lived in a Blue City, and at worst would face discrimination, but that the “real” danger was some Muslim terrorist “illegal” would kill her under “Sharia Law” just for being gay so you had to crack down hard on _them_. ---
**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 24, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4648 "2026-09-24T18:55:28Z")
Meanwhile, in Big Law: > **[Big Law Firms Who Surrendered to Trump’s Demands Ended up Losing](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange-insights-and-commentary/big-law-firms-who-surrendered-to-trumps-demands-ended-up-losing)** > > Opinion: The strategy of self-preservation embraced by some of the most prestigious law firms in the face of President Donald Trump’s demands didn't work. One year later, the firms that caved have lost partners and clients. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4649 "2026-09-25T03:20:50Z")
Trump tries to ban CNN and others from covering him at the WH. Pretty much the next day he whines like a big orange toddler that CNN won’t cover him at the WH. Make up your mind you moronic imbecile! [![](https://i.imgur.com/TmeqK7R.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/TmeqK7R.png) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4650 "2026-09-25T03:56:31Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Trump tries to ban CNN and others from covering him at the WH. Pretty much the next day he whines like a big orange toddler that CNN won’t cover him at the WH. Don’t forget that he thought his White House ban for those news organizations extended everywhere outside the WH too—witness his interaction with CNN’s Kaitlin Collins at the UN: “You shouldn’t be here.” I had the same reaction: he bans news organizations, then wonders why they aren’t covering the arrival of Xi, and his welcoming of the Chinese leader. I do find it ironic that he says these news organizations have poor ratings. If their ratings are so poor, then why is Hegseth’s Department of War [_sic_] buying commercial time on CNN to advertise how tough the US military is, and that might makes right? ---
**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:** [September 26, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4651 "2026-09-26T01:07:16Z")
[Oh, cry me a lake.](https://www.aol.com/articles/ceo-loses-job-over-viral-184446000.html) (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > The chief executive of a [Michigan](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/michigan-guatemala-homeland-security-grand-rapids-gretchen-whitmer-b3055957.html) bank has lost her job after facing backlash for a social media photo of her family in sweatshirts that read “Lake America,” referencing[Donald Trump’s relabeling of Lake Ontario](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rename-lake-ontario-america-canada-b3040577.html). > > Jane Smith from Family First Credit Union recently went viral after sharing the photo of her and three relatives wearing navy blue crewnecks with the words “Lake America” scrawled in white. The picture was snapped as her family left on September 11 for a 10-day trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia, but Smith says the sweatshirts were edited onto their bodies using[AI](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-superintelligence-ai-regulation-china-b3055069.html). > > **“We weren’t trying to make a political statement,”** Smith told Michigan outlet [WJRT](https://www.abc12.com/news/business/saginaw-ceo-in-viral-lake-america-post-voices-ai-concerns/article_b8cfeaa1-4122-4bcf-a5e9-14121e0dbe52.html). “However, we were kind of poking fun at the fact that one of the Great Lakes’ names were getting changed.” > > Family First Credit Union announced Wednesday that Smith was no longer with the company and that Jason Acosta, the chief operations officer, would serve as interim CEO. > > “We sincerely apologize for the concern, disappointment and pain this situation has caused our members and community,” the bank [wrote](https://www.facebook.com/Fam1stCU/posts/pfbid02bT5NHcmwUXAzxez4pQYaJ6WybQ6gvSGbtRFdjS3K444jTCaTQj33JYfgE1yMXheyl) on Facebook. Yeah, right. Of course you were making a political statement. Nice touch, doing that particular one on September 11, too. She should use her newfound free time to work on her English. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4652 "2026-09-26T01:31:32Z")
I think I’m missing something, To be clear, the woman’s a jackass IMO, but I’m not seeing the fire-able offense here. ---
**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 26, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4653 "2026-09-26T01:34:48Z")
“That’s a nice bank you have there. It would be a shame if it burned down.” ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4654 "2026-09-26T01:51:26Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > To be clear, the woman’s a jackass IMO, but I’m not seeing the fire-able offense here. Being a jackass is often enough for a senior executive. Companies are generally risk averse. Banks are often more so, and bad publicity due to your CEO is a risk ---
**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4655 "2026-09-26T03:14:17Z")
Will the bank not draw Trump’s ire? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4656 "2026-09-26T05:23:29Z")
Only if they don’t “donate”. Otherwise, he couldn’t give a rat’s ass ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4657 "2026-09-26T12:12:14Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > but I’m not seeing the fire-able offense here. > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Being a jackass is often enough for a senior executive. Companies are generally risk averse. Banks are often more so, and bad publicity due to your CEO is a risk I’m not sure if this changes anything, but if she was the CEO, she wasn’t an ‘employee’ to be fired, she’s a c-suite executive that the board can vote out. Also, did any of the articles actually say she was fired or otherwise involuntarily removed from her position? It’s very possible she resigned or retired. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4658 "2026-09-26T13:55:43Z")
The article says “she’s no longer with the firm,” which I guess could mean a number of things. Not that I care much, but I’m still perplexed at the reaction. What if, for example, it had been a picture of her posse wearing red MAGA caps, would their message have been substantially the same? Would it likely have produced the same “out you go” result? We all despise Trump, but surely signaling support on your own time isn’t culturally beyond the pale. And, again, in case my confusion gets misinterpreted, fuck her. I shed zero tears for her and her gang of miscreants. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4659 "2026-09-26T14:01:28Z")
I wonder if part of the risk to the credit union is member ties to Canada (like family or cross-border work), given the proximity. That, and her posting > “Like our sweatshirts? Not sure Canada will. Lol lol” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4660 "2026-09-26T14:12:04Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > We all despise Trump, but surely signaling support on your own time isn’t culturally beyond the pale. Is that decision up to _you_, or to the _employer?_ ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4661 "2026-09-26T14:30:21Z")
Definitely the employer. It turns out they did not confer with me, a poor choice on their part. [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=232) [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=234)