# 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:** 237
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4722 "2026-10-02T04:49:52Z")
From a US parachuting site, Trump _may_ be allowed to go, in the weight restriction category: > [@](#): > > With extra fee : Up to 240–250 lbs but note, this includes the weight of clothes, diaper and parachute. Removing the parachute would probably help him get into the top end of that category, but the “extra fee” part… well, that rules out Trump entirely. > **[Skydiving Weight and Height Requirements (USA Guide for Beginners) - Sky Dive...](https://www.skydiveguides.com/skydiving-weight-and-height-requirements/)** > > Skydiving is one of the most thrilling adventure sports in the world, but before you jump out of a plane, there are strict weight and height requirements you ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4723 "2026-10-02T12:09:48Z")
[![](https://www.raygunsite.com/cdn/shop/files/TheAtlantaHawkeyesRAYGUNShirtFlat_grande.png?v=1790772233) ](https://www.raygunsite.com/cdn/shop/files/TheAtlantaHawkeyesRAYGUNShirtFlat_grande.png?v=1790772233) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4724 "2026-10-02T12:48:40Z")
There is the added bit of schadenfrueda in that, despite Clark being fairly apolitical, Fox news has selected her as their “Great White Hope” constantly putting her at the heart of reverse-racist conspiracy theories. So to have her be instrumental in bringing down the whole house of cards is extra juicy. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4725 "2026-10-02T19:47:30Z")
> [@solost](#): > > ETA: oops, on a mobile device and I didn’t notice right away @Kimstu scooped me 😊 Hey, there _can’t_ be too many reminders out there (to always check that you ARE wearing a parachute when leaving the plane)… ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4726 "2026-10-03T03:14:24Z")
I can think of at least one guy for whom I’d be willing to skip all the safety protocols. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4727 "2026-10-03T05:31:21Z")
Some US citizens and Canadians who went to Russia have some regrets.With the stroke of a pen, they no longer have a path to promised citizenship unless through conscription into the meat grinder. Sad. [![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/fyjmijvu9y0ssfrpyn1l) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/fyjmijvu9y0ssfrpyn1l) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4728 "2026-10-03T15:58:21Z")
The comments shown are weird. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4729 "2026-10-03T16:19:16Z")
I had the same reaction. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4730 "2026-10-03T17:03:52Z")
Just a reminder that there are tons and tons and tons of bots out there, many located in Russia and India and other places, often directed to push particular political viewpoints on social media. And they’re far from perfect. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4731 "2026-10-03T18:24:28Z")
I think this is the right moment to thank again the Mods in this board for doing a great job of keeping those bots and their stupid, malignant, manipulation attempts away from us. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4732 "2026-10-04T05:36:04Z")
Anybody that jumps out of a perfectly good airplane is an idiot. So said my Airforce Pilot dad. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4733 "2026-10-04T20:25:53Z")
> Gaea Powell echoed a core idea from the Make America Great Again movement when she ran for San Luis Obispo County clerk-recorder earlier this year, arguing for new voter ID rules to improve “election integrity” in the Central California county. [A county jury found Powell guilty on nine counts of election fraud last week](https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/candidate-voter-fraud-22449220.php) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4734 "2026-10-05T19:00:23Z")
Former Speaker of the House and child molester Dennis Hastert has died. > **[Disgraced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/disgraced-former-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-84-rcna145700)** > > The Illinois Republican, the longest-serving GOP speaker in U.S. history, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after leaving Congress for scheming to cover up child molestation accusations. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4735 "2026-10-05T19:12:55Z")
Just in time to remind voters of the Glorious GOP Tradition of protecting child abusers as long as humanly possible. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4736 "2026-10-05T19:15:54Z")
Just don’t cross a border. Republicans will not put up with that! ---
**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:** [October 5, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4737 "2026-10-05T19:21:05Z")
Republican morality may be situational, limited, and unreliable. But…yeah, I got nothing. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4738 "2026-10-05T20:05:46Z")
That depends on the border, in which direction you are crossing it, and the pigmentation of your skin. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4739 "2026-10-05T23:41:13Z")
Trump apparently is going to pay out of his own (kidding, MAGA’s pocket) for the political ads he had the taxpayers foot the bill for! (we’ll see, I’ll believe it **only** if he actually pays, AND not just a token amount) > **[Trump says he will pay for campaign-style ads himself after backlash over...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/politics/trump-taxpayer-funded-ads-super-pac)** > > President Donald Trump said Monday he will no longer use taxpayer money to fund a series of promotional television ads, announcing that he will instead pay for them with funds raised for MAGA, Inc., the pro-Trump super PAC. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4740 "2026-10-06T00:31:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Former Speaker of the House and child molester Dennis Hastert has died. Hastur the Unspeakable, an eldritch Lovecraftian god, a.k.a. The King in Yellow, was heard to reply, “I’m Hastur not Hastert. No relation.” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4741 "2026-10-06T00:55:14Z")
> I may be an indescribable avatar of chaos and madness, but at least I’m not a pedophile. [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=236) [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=238)