# 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:** 235
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4682 "2026-09-30T02:41:55Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > So Kristi Noem has filed for divorce. Is she going to take her (ex)husband out to the gravel pit and shoot him? ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4683 "2026-09-30T03:34:29Z")
Trump is all about the wonders of AI. > **[Trump touts America.gov, but its government-sourced AI answers undercut many...](https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-touts-america-gov-government-151833000.html)** > > The Trump administration has launched a revamped website, America ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4684 "2026-09-30T04:42:31Z")
Doesn’t any young kid assigned with the research job know how to google “games with ‘hawks’ on (date)”? Idiots is right. ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4685 "2026-09-30T05:11:38Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > even though there were probably dozens of college and pro games that night. As mentioned, I was wrong about this. There were no other NBA games that night and no men’s college games either. So the crack researchers drew the obvious conclusion that Smith was at the Hawks game. With Fani Willis. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4686 "2026-09-30T10:04:17Z")
Eric Schmitt later immediately went onto various right-wing shows and podcasts continuing to claim that he had got one over on Jack Smith, even after Klobuchar and Smith had handed him his own ass, well-roasted. Schmitt continued to double down on his bullshit about Smith being a “perjurer” and “dirtbag”. Schmitt’s office is now being inundated with angry calls and emails, something which will change his ways not a whit. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4687 "2026-09-30T11:53:41Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > As mentioned, I was wrong about this. There were no other NBA games that night and no men’s college games either. So the crack researchers drew the obvious conclusion that Smith was at the Hawks game. With Fani Willis. There were, in fact, five other games played in the NBA on that date. Hell, he could have been meeting with any sort of nefarious characters in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, San Antonio and Dallas as well as Atlanta. ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4688 "2026-09-30T13:29:35Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > There were, in fact, five other games played in the NBA on that date. Thanks for the correction! I foolishly believed what Schmitt’s staff told him. And as a matter of fact, there were a large number of men’s Division 1 basketball games that day, including Duke vs North Carolina. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4689 "2026-09-30T13:33:01Z")
I believe the caveat they offered is that it was the only NBA game with a 7:30 tip off. Others were earlier or later. ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4690 "2026-09-30T13:46:44Z")
I also believe it was found that the Aurora was visible that evening, in that part of the day, in that part of the country, though localized entirely in the kitchen of a local elementary school principal. And no, you aren’t allowed to see it ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4691 "2026-09-30T14:14:57Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Hell, he could have been meeting with any sort of nefarious characters in Chicago, [snip] Maybe Alphonse Capone? And, I bet, Schmitt has the telegrams to prove it! ETA: not sure why quote looks weird; new phone. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4692 "2026-09-30T14:33:00Z")
They way the only showed their big poster for a few seconds before putting it away, I wonder if they knew they were wrong. They just wanted the moment anyway and hoped he wouldn’t remember going to a different game. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4693 "2026-09-30T14:40:32Z")
Senator Katie Britt’s expression as Smith stomped on Schmitt is precious. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ux2fkM8VD50/hqdefault.jpg "Katie Britt's face as she listens to Jack Smith refutes Sen. Eric Schmitt's blunder during hearing.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux2fkM8VD50) ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4694 "2026-09-30T15:09:44Z")
I like to think that that moment will cause her to question all of her political life choices and start making better ones. She can hardly switch parties and survive politically being in Alabama, but maybe she can become an important part of a future, post-MAGA Repub reformation. I mean, I doubt that it will happen, but I like to think so. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4695 "2026-09-30T15:12:13Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > ETA: not sure why quote looks weird; new phone. It’s the dollar signs. Get rid of them. Also make sure the [quote] and [/quote] are on their own lines with nothing else on those lines. If you can’t see the dollar signs, you need to use the other mode (the not-WYSIWYG mode) to compose your posts. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4696 "2026-09-30T16:52:20Z")
That’s the look of someone whose coworker just pulled a grenade and threw the pin. ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4697 "2026-09-30T17:24:38Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Eric Schmitt later immediately went onto various right-wing shows and podcasts continuing to claim that he had got one over on Jack Smith, even after Klobuchar and Smith had handed him his own ass, well-roasted. Schmitt continued to double down on his bullshit about Smith being a “perjurer” and “dirtbag”. I’ve known leftists who are living in their own little fantasy world but today’s Republicans seem to have taken a patent out on the idea. > [@Railer13](#): > > I foolishly believed what Schmitt’s staff told him. That way lies madness. A prominent Republican said a generation ago, “Trust but verify,” With today’s Republicans the best path is to assume they are a lying sack of shit and work your way in from there. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4698 "2026-09-30T18:58:23Z")
That face looks like she’s personally horrified. I wonder if she had a hand in setting up the “perjury trap”. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4699 "2026-09-30T19:10:45Z")
I don’t know if she helped plan it, but she almost certainly knew it was coming. There are numerous tweets (since deleted) from the MAGA crowd quoting Schmitt’s “gotcha” of “what would you say if I had a series of text messages…” Smith corrected the error shortly after, so for all these people to post these tweets in the brief window between the accusation and correction, the posts must have been prepped and ready to go. There was a plan and marching orders disseminated in advance. ---
**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 30, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4700 "2026-09-30T21:57:12Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Smith corrected the error shortly after, so for all these people to post these tweets in the brief window between the accusation and correction, the posts must have been prepped and ready to go. There was a plan and marching orders disseminated in advance Yes, I’ve seen evidence of this presented on a few shows (MSnow mostly). Apparently the talk in MAGA world was that Eric Schmitt was the Next Big Thing. He’d be Vance’s VP in 2028!!!\* So there was a media plan in place, with interviews, supportive tweets, etc. All to celebrate his Massive Take-down of Jack Smith!!! > [@Railer13](#): > > So the crack researchers drew the obvious conclusion that Smith was at the Hawks game. **With Fani Willis.** With NO attempt to prove where Fani Willis was that night, note. (My bolding in your quote.) Even if Smith had been at a game with Willis: what, exactly, was supposed to have come of that? What anti-Trump actions did either perform subsequent to that night, either alone or in concert? If you’re going to have a conspiracy theory shouldn’t it be about something? I mean, the ‘moon landings were faked’ CT at least refers to something that was in the news (namely, landings on the moon). What is the ‘_Smith and Willis at the game_’ CT supposed to refer to??? ---
**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 30, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4701 "2026-09-30T22:44:29Z")
They believe Willis was so damaged by the affair scandal, the stink would rub off on Smith if he was anywhere in Atlanta, like at a basketball game. Other than that, I got nothin’. [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=234) [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=236)