# 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:** 252
**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:** [October 25, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5022 "2026-10-25T13:57:50Z")
@Monty, I sincerely believe that modern American Christianity’s focus on faith over ethics (and the application thereof) is a huge part of the problem with MAGA… and many non-MAGA as well, since we’re at it. And that’s what that woman found out. She _believed_, because she has been told that belief is all that matters. ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5023 "2026-10-25T14:11:19Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > “I’m gonna need a couple of pry bars, a hammer, and some large garbage bags. No, it’s all just plastic crap, I don’t need any help” “Besides, I kind of want to do it myself.” > [@Monty](#): > > Jesus Horatio! What religious reasons? It cannot be because he’s a model of Christian values. I would guess a pro-life Catholic. ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5024 "2026-10-25T14:16:31Z")
Nitpick, but those that oppose abortion are not necessarily pro life. ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5025 "2026-10-25T14:20:35Z")
I know but that’s the term they like to use and I was trying to be polite. For some, “Pro-fetus” is indeed, more accurate or maybe, “Anti-woman.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5026 "2026-10-25T14:34:41Z")
“Forced Birthers” ---
**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:** [October 25, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5027 "2026-10-25T15:00:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “Will he run againin 2028?” I’m really beginning to wonder if civics class is a thing in the United States now. Now? He’s 55, he would’ve graduated high school around 1989. ---
**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 25, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5028 "2026-10-25T15:04:22Z")
True. More’s the pity. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5029 "2026-10-25T15:24:58Z")
From one of Monty’s links: > [@Monty](#): > > Trump Unity Bridge Shop More like Trump MAGA Unity Bridge Shop, that should’ve been called. Like, who-on-earth-the-fuck-else would ‘unify’ with that POS? > [@Monty](#): > > ICE hats are selling… One of the more disipiriting (sure, not surprising) things I’ll probably read all day today. ---
**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 25, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5030 "2026-10-25T15:44:11Z")
Reminds me of a movie – title forgotten – set in Saigon while the Viet Nam war was was rolling. An idiot was wearing a CIA field jacket because he thought it looked cool. It said, “Shoot me,” to the VC agent who killed him. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5031 "2026-10-25T17:49:28Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > One of the more disipiriting (sure, not surprising) things I’ll probably read all day today. At least they have the decency to identify themselves. Oh, range time is this Thursday for my wife and I. Twice a month to keep up our skills. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5032 "2026-10-25T18:09:30Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Then I want him to pick up the phone and say “I’m gonna need a couple of pry bars, a hammer, and some large garbage bags. No, it’s all just plastic crap, I don’t need any help” “Oh wait. I could use some help. Can you send a crew to demolish that damn ballroom, that stupid arch, and the concrete mess called the Rose Garden? Yeah, I want to make it a true garden again.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5033 "2026-10-25T18:47:20Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > “Oh wait. I could use some help. Can you send a crew to demolish that damn ballroom, that stupid arch, and the concrete mess called the Rose Garden? Yeah, I want to make it a true garden again.” And there will be quite a delivery charge for that mess. I’ll need a company to be able to take it to Florida. Yes Florida, the State. ---
**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 25, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5034 "2026-10-25T18:52:04Z")
Of _course_ I have an address. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5035 "2026-10-25T19:36:41Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > ICE hats are selling… > > One of the more disipiriting (sure, not surprising) things I’ll probably read all day today. On the other hand, on the heartening side, today I saw generic America-themed shirts in the bargain bin at Academy Sports. It’s not quite as red-coded as actual MAGA stuff, but blue patriots don’t feel as much need to wear gear to reassure themselves that they care about America. In my neck of the woods, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen anyone actually wearing ICE apparel. I have seen it occasionally last year or so, though, which I agree is dispiriting but not surprising. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5036 "2026-10-26T19:08:21Z")
Venues across Ohio have been canceling Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign stops over his pro-child-rape ad. > **[Ohio venues cancel Vivek Ramaswamy events as backlash grows](https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-venues-cancel-vivek-ramaswamy-events-backlash-grows-midterms-amy-acton-12618375)** > > The cancellations come as Vivek Ramaswamy faces criticism over an advert featuring his rival Amy Acton's estranged mother. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5037 "2026-10-26T19:34:14Z")
That ad just handed the win to Acton. Resounding outrage. The upcoming denial by Orange Foolius that he ever even heard of it (let alone vigorously endorsing it) will be hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5038 "2026-10-26T19:53:51Z")
[Trump responds to controversial Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring Amy Acton’s mother - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rSa3S3rmSlY) “_I [haven’t seen it and] don’t know ANYTHING about it, but I also understand the mother went rogue on the daughter and saw some things herself and had some things of her own to say…_” The second half of the statement seems to directly contradict not knowing anything about it. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5039 "2026-10-26T19:56:39Z")
Trump contradicting himself in one sentence? You don’t say… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5040 "2026-10-26T20:01:22Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > The second half of the statement seems to directly contradict not knowing anything about it. > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Trump contradicting himself in one sentence? It’s classic Trump, of course. If he just stuck with the first half of that sentence, he’d contradict his statement in support of the ad from last week, but at least it’d be a clear case of throwing Ramaswamy under the bus. But, he can’t help himself from providing his “expert opinion” on anything and everything, and he has no ability to stick to the script and then shut up. ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5041 "2026-10-26T20:19:21Z")
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