# 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:** 24
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/461 "2025-03-03T02:38:55Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Never knew there’d come the day I’d be cheering for China over the US. How would removing the de minimis help China? Although I hate to say it, I kind of agree with the Trump administration on this one. I don’t think the de minimis rule was created with the idea that we’d be individually ordering so many products directly from China on Temu or Shein. ---
**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 3, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/462 "2025-03-03T05:01:16Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > How would removing the de minimis help China? I was thinking (vindictively, admittedly) more that it would hurt the US, further. > **[Trump's tariffs on China are a 'double-whammy' for Temu and Shein](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-06/trump-tariffs-shein-temu-china-trade-amazon-online-retail/104893912)** > > Donald Trump's last trade war with China allowed Shein and Temu to become e-commerce giants during a cost-of-living crisis. But his latest tariffs will not hurt the companies as much as those who rely on them. > [@](#): > > The new tariffs and the closure of the de minimis loophole will see Americans foot the bill when their orders from sites such as Shein and Temu arrive in the US. For example, a $US100 order from Temu would attract an import duty of $US20 — and past research indicates that it is lower-income households that would be disproportionately affected, as they have become increasingly reliant on the cheap retailers. Regrettable that the lower-income / minority bracket will get hit the hardest from this outcome. Hopefully this bracket will be mainly a certain 77,300,000. > [@](#): > > The double-whammy of removing the de minimis exemption and an additional 10 per cent tariff also risks worsening inflation in the US, explained Dean Baker, a senior economist from the Center of Economic and Policy Research in Washington DC. ---
**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 3, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/463 "2025-03-03T09:53:01Z")
Welp, RFK Jr. is finally recommending that people get vaccinated and it only took TWO measles epidemics caused by him. [https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/kennedy-jr-measles-outbreak-vaccine](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/kennedy-jr-measles-outbreak-vaccine) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/464 "2025-03-03T14:57:20Z")
Let me know when they bring back the flu shot. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/465 "2025-03-03T15:08:33Z")
Maybe, just maybe, if one is wishing ill on America and Americans, then it may be worth considering whether the psyop warfare which has obviously _helped_ create the MAGA contingent is also being directed at you, just in the other way. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/466 "2025-03-03T15:20:03Z")
Maybe. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/467 "2025-03-03T18:02:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Welp, RFK Jr. is finally recommending that people get vaccinated and it only took TWO measles epidemics caused by him. Please use his official title in the future. “Secretary Brainworm”. /end trite, juvenile name calling though it makes me feel better to call out this gormless waste of oxygen. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/468 "2025-03-08T08:52:10Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Unless - again - this was someone (like, say, Saudis) transferring wealth to the Trumps in a untrackable way It’s brilliant! What other kind of bribe allows you a 50% refund, without losing influence? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/469 "2025-03-10T15:39:34Z")
> **[Four Cybertrucks catch fire at Seattle Tesla storage lot in SODO](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/4-cybertrucks-catch-fire-in-downtown-seattle/281-4d0d6726-b545-40c4-92c0-f672e3820749)** > > The lot is a temporary storage space for Tesla cars until they are delivered or picked up by customers. Seattle FD is still investigating the cause of the fire. You can’t see it in the embedded video, but there’s an anti-abortion billboard next to the lot. In one shot shown on the local news you can see ‘This is evidence of God’ and the burning Deploreans. 😂 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/470 "2025-03-10T15:46:16Z")
That’s dated “3 Oct 25”. Are you from the future? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/471 "2025-03-10T15:47:44Z")
Here’s the timestamp from the link: > Published: 5:22 AM PDT March 10, 2025 > Updated: 5:44 AM PDT March 10, 2025 It looks like someone put 10/3/2025 instead of 3/10/2025. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/472 "2025-03-10T15:49:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Deploreans First time I heard Teslas called ‘Deploreans’. I like it! 👍 Teslas burning, Tesla stock plummeting, SpaceX spaceships blowing up, heated arguments with Cabinet members…Musk’s fortunes are crashing and burning, literally and metaphorically, on all fronts. > **[Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-power.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.f8eL.HfFykWbEEPJx&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)** > > Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/473 "2025-03-10T15:51:16Z")
> [@solost](#): > > First time I heard Teslas called ‘Deploreans’. I like it! 👍 I didn’t make it up. While ‘Swasticar’ is popular now, ‘Deplorean’ is an earlier moniker, and refers specifically to the Cybertruck (because it’s stainless steel and angular like a Delorean). ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/474 "2025-03-10T15:55:20Z")
Makes sense. I will now and forever after refer to Cybertrucks as ‘Deploreans’. Or at least as long as they’re around, which may not be that much longer… ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/475 "2025-03-10T16:30:01Z")
My personal preference is “wankpanzer”, but it’s a little less clever. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/476 "2025-03-10T16:37:57Z")
And there’s always **Chefguy** ’s nickname, however intentional or not it may have been 😁 > [@Misread thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/814): > > [Tesla Cyberfuck is Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck-is-here/989702). I knew they were trying to get into my head. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/477 "2025-03-10T19:36:37Z")
I’ve mentioned my Trump cultist Farcebook friend. Last week she told me I needed to come up with better insults, so I made a version of a Trump meme I made. It was Trump looking dopey on the left, and Bugs Bunny on the right, pointing at him and saying, ‘What a maroon.’ I replaced the Trump image with her FB profile photo. It was reported, and FB removed it as bullying. Fair enough. But another friend also (seems to have) made it his mission to call her out on her BS. He reported her posts that used the word ‘retarded’. I rarely go to her page, but I went to see what she was up to. She had a notice that if her friends get a friend request from her, it’s probably real. She says she may have to set up a new account. (The first one was taken down by FB, and the current one seems to be in danger.) I saw that subsequent posts she’s made have been hidden. Rather than unfriend me, she’s just excluded me – and thus my friends – from seeing what she’s posting. Whatever. Now here’s some potential Schadenfreude. A friend has a P.I. license and is friends with a judge. He found her address. He also found that her home insurance has lapsed, and that she is collecting Social Security even though she’s five years away from retirement age. (I’m guessing that means she’s 58.) Her face may very well be eaten by leopards when her Messiah cuts off her Social Security. If her house burns down without insurance, that would be tasty too. Note: I don’t condone my friend looking up these details. It’s a bit stalker-y. But itgives me something to smile at when Trump guts Social Security. ---
**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 10, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/478 "2025-03-10T21:08:44Z")
Notice how all the richest men in the world are losing money EXCEPT for the one who decided not to be a fascist shithead. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qtdb7ylvq4kk5cgvdvvb7p53/bafkreig5tgsyvulhhfwolxj54i2wk2avkff4uc2pef6vzzpzpxlz24763q@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qtdb7ylvq4kk5cgvdvvb7p53/bafkreig5tgsyvulhhfwolxj54i2wk2avkff4uc2pef6vzzpzpxlz24763q@jpeg) Also, TSLA has now lost all of the gains it made after the election and is down another 15% today. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lraekf2qeri6d4aai2mljla2/bafkreifc3gw5csekmyi3perhnxwaf26qygauxcuc4m5iiocasi4ekbqxrm@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lraekf2qeri6d4aai2mljla2/bafkreifc3gw5csekmyi3perhnxwaf26qygauxcuc4m5iiocasi4ekbqxrm@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/479 "2025-03-10T22:28:37Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Also, TSLA has now lost all of the gains it made after the election and is down another 15% today. I wonder how much of that drop is a result in Elmo dumping shares? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/480 "2025-03-10T22:58:36Z")
The DJIA is also back to where it was prior to the post election jump. [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=23) [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=25)