# 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:** 241
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4802 "2026-10-11T18:23:20Z")
[Trump Mobile Hacked.](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mobile-hacked) All 3615 customers personal data released online. > We have no team to handle this. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4803 "2026-10-11T18:32:45Z")
Well, that’s a mighty schadenfreude-inducing fuck up, but nonetheless I’m a bit disappointed, because first skimming your post, I read “Trump’s mobile hacked. All 3615 contacts’ personal data released online”. That would have even been better. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4804 "2026-10-11T18:36:10Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > All 3615 customers personal data released online. From the linked article: > Conspicuously missing was any member of the president’s family. ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4805 "2026-10-11T19:31:29Z")
When you are running the Con you don’t fall for it yourself. Well, at least you shouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4806 "2026-10-11T19:34:03Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > All 3615 customers personal data released online. Wait, is 3,615 users the entire customer base for Trump Mobile? Because that’s pathetic. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4807 "2026-10-11T20:00:22Z")
My first thought, exactly. Of course that’s still 1.8-million (gross) into his pocket. > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I read “Trump’s mobile hacked. All 3615 contacts’ personal data released online”. That would have even been better. You were assuming Trump is capable of using a phone smarter than he is. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4808 "2026-10-11T20:05:53Z")
I guess so, or does he have a flunky by his side to do the job when he’s hate-posting from the loo at 2 AM? Gross! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4809 "2026-10-11T20:09:10Z")
> **[Dirty Jobs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Jobs)** > > Dirty Jobs is an American reality television series that originally aired on the Discovery Channel in which host Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the job's current employees. The show, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television, premiered with three pilot episodes in November 2003. It returned as a series on July 26, 2005, running for eight seasons until September 12, 2012. The show's setting was refocused in Australia for the fin T... ---
**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 11, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4810 "2026-10-11T20:48:56Z")
[Even this one is smarter than that Asshole](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=25%2b%2fWcLy&id=EC92EC860B0E700BDB2C683D2DA30BF8CA7CD4E2&thid=OIP.25-_WcLy0uyiBn4GHpI3kAHaFi&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fi.pinimg.com%2foriginals%2f4e%2f05%2fd0%2f4e05d09649c6f2c169cd0871ac9a2dc5.jpg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.db9fbf59c2f2d2eca2067e061e923790%3frik%3d4tR8yvgLoy09aA%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=816&expw=1090&q=play+skool+phone+toy&FORM=IRPRST&ck=09C9809040FFADD5514D3F2ABD7F823C&selectedIndex=0&itb=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4811 "2026-10-12T00:23:36Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > You were assuming Trump is capable of using a phone smarter than he is. I think the only things he knows how to do on a phone are making/ getting calls and posting on Truth Social. That’s all he cares about. He doesn’t text or send emails or do anything like work and Natalie and her ilk feed him social media. So just a dumb phone for him is perfect. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4812 "2026-10-12T16:06:15Z")
I’ve just seen a meme (white text on black background): > **Someone called Ukraine’s bombing of Russia’s bot farms ‘Operation: Quiet Piggy’.** > > **Holy shit, that’s good.** ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4813 "2026-10-13T07:22:55Z")
[Hahahahahahaha, ranchers’ edition.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/american-ranchers-wrestle-soaring-costs-231358038.html) > [@](#): > > Nebraska rancher Yvette Mannon was already having a rough year. > > In April, a wildfire destroyed 1,600 grazing acres and 13 miles (21 km) of fence along the ranch she bought in 2002. The ranch is nestled in a corner of Nebraska that’s home to rolling green hills under sweeping Midwestern skies, the landscape dotted with grain silos and feedlots alongside fields and fields of bovines. > > Mannon’s 300 cattle survived the blaze - but the fencing needed to be replaced, and the herd still needed to be fed. > > With steel prices at their highest levels in years, heavily affected by tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, that meant spending $4.89 a foot - for a total exceeding $300,000. > > On top of that, because so much good grazing land had been destroyed, Mannon also needed a tractor out every day delivering hay to her cattle - at a time when diesel prices, spiking due to the Iran War, were up more than 40% from the previous year. > > Then in August, the Trump administration announced it would import 300,000 metric tons of duty-free foreign beef in a bid to lower consumer prices. The news hit right before the September-November window when most US calves are weaned and sold. > > The cattle market tanked immediately. > > “So we’re ‘Buy American’, ‘Let’s Make America Great’,” said Mannon, 63, who voted for Trump. “But for you guys over here, sorry.” > > “It just felt like a betrayal,” she said. > > Many farmers and ranchers across the US say they are being hit from all sides. Recent years have been difficult, with drought affecting crops and already historically low cattle herds. But they say government policies have added to the strain. > > That has left some in Nebraska, which overwhelmingly backed President Trump during the last election, reassessing their political allegiances. Maybe, just maybe, this time, you’ll think before you vote. And, just to remind me of what I think of the problems you helped create for yourself: Hahahahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4814 "2026-10-13T08:32:27Z")
> [@](#): > > “So we’re ‘Buy American’, ‘Let’s Make America Great’,” said Mannon, 63, who voted for Trump. “But for you guys over here, sorry.” Well, yes. If that going to be your response to all the people hurt by what you support why shouldn’t it be the same for you? Enjoy the ~~day~~ life you voted for. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4815 "2026-10-13T14:51:58Z")
Ukraine undoubtedly understands how important the American midterm elections are to world order; a fully Democratic Congress might have some teeth. So with weeks to go before the election, Zelensky does us a favor by bombing Russian bot farms, where most of Trump’s online supporters originate. At least, I like to think this was all strategically done. > **[A small bit of good news from the war: Russian bot traffic takes a hit](https://fox56.com/news/local/a-small-bit-of-good-news-from-the-war-russian-bot-traffic-takes-a-hit)** > > As Russia’s war against Ukraine grinds on, there is at least one small — and unexpected — development that could be welcomed well beyond the battlefield.Ukraine ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4816 "2026-10-13T17:07:48Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Ukraine undoubtedly understands how important the American midterm elections are to world order; a fully Democratic Congress might have some teeth. > > So with weeks to go before the election, Zelensky does us a favor by bombing Russian bot farms, where most of Trump’s online supporters originate. > > At least, I like to think this was all strategically done. It’s not just Trump; online support for the Right in nations like Germany also _mysteriously_ suddenly crashed when the bot farm was hit. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4817 "2026-10-13T17:39:55Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It’s not just Trump; online support for the Right in nations like Germany also _mysteriously_ suddenly crashed when the bot farm was hit. This all needs to be taken with a grain of salt. The biggest headline about the 99% drop in bot traffic is misleading. Most of that were Yandex’s standard web crawlers that index the web. And there doesn’t appear to be any actual analysis of a drop in right-wing comments on social media – it’s all anecdotal, or based on misinterpreting data, or in one case on some apparently AI-fabricated chart. > Researchers from dTeam, a US-based group that tracks Moscow-linked influence operations, told BBC Verify there has not been “any traffic change from known Russian accounts and bot clusters on any platform”. > **[Is Zelensky right to say data centre strikes have taken down Russian bots?](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9y7l0pm8jkko)** > > Experts say there is no evidence that Russian trolls have been affected by Ukraine’s Yandex attacks. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4818 "2026-10-13T17:49:59Z")
I don’t think bot farms are conveniently in one location. Most if not all of their contributors would be remote. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4819 "2026-10-13T17:57:15Z")
If it’s too good to be true it is mostly wishful thinking. If taking down Russian trolls was so easy, many people would have done it by now and the Russians would have rebuilt their former capacity many times over, hardened. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4820 "2026-10-13T18:09:32Z")
Here is an article from _The Independent_ on the subject. > **[People are saying something huge just happened on social media. It’s not...](https://www.the-independent.com/tech/russia-bots-offline-facebook-instagram-x-yandex-b3065614.html)** > > Bot traffic has really reduced in the wake of an attack on a Russian internet company – but it doesn’t tell the full story Essentially, there **has** been a reduction in bot traffic, and of course you would because a datacenter that runs bots was destroyed, but the claims about social media misinformation suddenly dropping are overblown. Rather, there doesn’t actually seem to be much actual change at all of that kind of activity. In fact, The Guardian says that there has been **no** reduction of it. > **[Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian datacentres reduce online disinformation?](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/13/ukrainian-strikes-russian-datacentres-online-disinformation-bots)** > > While some viral online graphs suggest less bot activity, Zelenskyy’s claims of improved social media discourse do not entirely pass muster > Khan and his team track about 40 disinformation networks around the world, from the UK to Australia to Syria, and monitor what narratives they put out and how publics respond to them. They have seen no drop in the volume of posts from these networks, saying: “Yandex datacentres have no practical connection to social media bot farms.” So unfortunately, people are celebrating something that didn’t actually happen. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4821 "2026-10-13T18:45:41Z")
If you work for the orange sleazebag, you can do stupid sleazy shit as long as you don’t get caught. Get exposed, however, and it’s your ass. > **[White House ousts Kimberly Guilfoyle as US ambassador to Greece | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/13/politics/kimberly-guilfoyle-resign)** > > Kimberly Guilfoyle, the embattled US ambassador to Greece, has been asked to resign from her position after a string of reports about alleged misconduct, marking a sudden and spectacular downfall for a high-profile figure in the MAGA movement with... [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=240) [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=242)