# 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:** 258
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5142 "2026-10-31T13:04:32Z")
We need a metallurgist STAT (and not someone Trump hires). Sheeeessss. Is this just like all his other ‘gold’? ---
**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 31, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5143 "2026-10-31T17:40:23Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Sounds like good news! Survival of the… > Oh, wait… Richest? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5144 "2026-10-31T20:28:59Z")
From what I’ve been able to find, this might just be an internet rumor. ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5145 "2026-10-31T20:51:03Z")
Correct. What looks like “melting” is likely just weathering effects reflecting off the light in such a way to appear golden. [![](https://i2-prod.themirror.com/incoming/article2090930.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200f/0_Trumps-multimillion-dollar-renovation-is-already-melting.jpg) ](https://i2-prod.themirror.com/incoming/article2090930.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200f/0_Trumps-multimillion-dollar-renovation-is-already-melting.jpg) That looks like reflective scuff marks to me. If it was “melting” it wouldn’t look like that. It looks more like dust than anything wet. _The Mirror_ is a tabloid after all. It’s not an actual journalistic piece that does any sort of research or fact-checking. ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5146 "2026-10-31T20:54:14Z")
Although it is sad that everyone’s first thought is that this was the result of a shitty renovation by Trump. Everything he touches turns to shit. ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5147 "2026-10-31T20:55:37Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Although it is sad that everyone’s first thought is that this was the result of a shitty renovation by Trump. Yeah, it’s a completely rational assumption to make considering all of the physical destruction of various landmarks he has illegally wrought. ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5148 "2026-10-31T20:56:29Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Everything he touches turns to shit. Looking at those statues at least he disproved the idea that you can’t polish a turd. In fact, he has shown that you can make a turd of anything by gilding it and then polishing it. TIL. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5149 "2026-11-01T00:18:32Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > AI said this: AI;dr ---
**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:** [November 1, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5150 "2026-11-01T00:51:52Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The two statues in Washington DC that Trump had regilded with “gold” leaf are apparently melting, leaving streaks of gold-colored material streaming down the base of the monuments. So this administration can’t even copy The Gilded Age right. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5151 "2026-11-01T01:02:16Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > So this administration can’t even copy The Gilded Age right. They never could do it because there never was a Gilded Age. Never in the history of mankind. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5152 "2026-11-01T01:15:18Z")
Huh. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5153 "2026-11-01T02:58:27Z")
NBC News: Judge dismisses Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit against the _WSJ_ over Jeffrey Epstein birthday card story > **[Judge dismisses Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit over Jeffrey Epstein...](https://www.aol.com/articles/judge-dismisses-trump-10-billion-210934000.html)** > > Trump said he was defamed by a Wall Street Journal report about a 50th-birthday card to Epstein that the Journal attributed to Trump. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5154 "2026-11-01T03:49:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > NBC News: Judge dismisses Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit against the _WSJ_ over Jeffrey Epstein birthday card story [![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/tt8WpWm4gi4AAAAd/simpsons-hahah.gif) ](https://media1.tenor.com/m/tt8WpWm4gi4AAAAd/simpsons-hahah.gif) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5155 "2026-11-01T07:40:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > NBC News: Judge dismisses Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit against the _WSJ_ over Jeffrey Epstein birthday card story Note that the lawsuit was dismissed _with prejudice_ which means it can’t be refiled. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5156 "2026-11-01T16:15:23Z")
Ketchup time. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5157 "2026-11-01T19:15:38Z")
Not to defend the mango asshole, but… that is probably a lot like they looked when Italy first gave them to the US. They were gilded bronze, and this isn’t the first time they’ve been refurbished. I have to assume though that previous times were probably bided contracts that didn’t go stupidly over budget, and make the sitting president a bit of pocket change on the side so to speak. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5158 "2026-11-02T23:50:00Z")
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s push to force California to set aside thousands of ballots from people the federal government claims are noncitizens, a decision that came hours before the final day of voting in the pivotal midterm elections. The high court refused to immediately intervene in a case involving 20,000 people the Republican administration flagged as likely noncitizens on the largely Democratic state’s voter rolls. The swift rejection capped a string of losses for the president’s effort to intervene in the election before the counting of ballots to decide who controls Congress in the last two years of his second term. No justices publicly dissented. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5159 "2026-11-03T00:01:08Z")
A unanimous decision, amazing. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5160 "2026-11-03T00:01:42Z")
I’ve read of a few Trump losses recently regarding that bullshit. Nice to get one from the Supremes, as well. Those motherfuckers. (ETA: Unanimous? Well. Still motherfuckers.) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5161 "2026-11-03T00:21:23Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > A unanimous decision, amazing Not necsaarily. These denials are typically just “issued.” Some justices might have disagreed, but didn’t want (for whatever reason) to note their dissent publicly. [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=257) [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=259)