# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/541 "2025-03-17T23:21:16Z")
While I think subsidies would most likely be raised, let’s not forget it’s a very tight margin in Congress and it’s possible Dems _might_ realize they can’t vote yes on anything. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/542 "2025-03-18T02:59:57Z")
I wonder what Musx thinks about paying farmers to not grow shit? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/543 "2025-03-18T11:02:01Z")
Does it involve Tesla sales? Then I’m sure he doesn’t give a shit. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/544 "2025-03-18T13:09:57Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > let’s not forget it’s a very tight margin in Congress and it’s possible Dems _might_ realize they can’t vote yes on anything. Although, as this NPR article points out, the money doesn’t necessarily have to be approved by Congress. > Yet the USDA created this new program out of thin air; it decided that an old law authorizing a USDA program called the Commodity Credit Corp. already gave it the authority to spend this money. [Farmers Got Billions From Taxpayers In 2019, And Hardly Anyone Objected : The Salt : NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/12/31/790261705/farmers-got-billions-from-taxpayers-in-2019-and-hardly-anyone-objected) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/545 "2025-03-18T13:54:59Z")
Rump is now begging Denmark for eggs… and it’s not going well… “When a good neighbor asks you for a cup of sugar vs when a bad neighbor asks you for a cup of sugar.” - 1950’s > **[Trump begs Denmark for eggs after months of threats and taunts](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/17/2310865/-Trump-begs-Denmark-for-eggs-after-months-of-threats-and-taunts?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_6&pm_medium=web)** > > Donald Trump is shameless.� > > He was barely minted as the new president when for some unfathomable reason decided to threaten Denmark over Greenland, demanding the Nordic country sell the semi-... ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/546 "2025-03-18T14:15:56Z")
The annual White House Easter Egg Hunt is looking in jeopardy. Or the eggs will be brought in under armed guard… ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/547 "2025-03-18T14:25:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Or the eggs will be brought in under armed guard… Nah, he’ll turn it into a circus. “See all those eggs out there? They’re all Woke Eggs [smuggled into the United States from Failing Mexico](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/eggs-are-now-the-new-hottest-smuggled-item-into-the-us-even-more-than-drugs/articleshow/119054413.cms?from=mdr)! Mexican Cartels are suffering so much because they can’t smuggle fanitol, they’re now “Egg cartels”, trying to destroy our beautiful egg Farms with their woke breakfast foods! Guards, round up all these children for possession of Illegal Eggs!” ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/548 "2025-03-18T14:31:56Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > “See all those eggs out there? They’re all Woke Eggs [smuggled into the United States from Failing Mexico](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/eggs-are-now-the-new-hottest-smuggled-item-into-the-us-even-more-than-drugs/articleshow/119054413.cms?from=mdr)! From the article: > [@](#): > > ## Crackdown at the Border—Is This the End of Egg Trafficking? > > Authorities are scrambling to contain the illegal egg trade. I assume the author must be a doper… ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/549 "2025-03-18T15:03:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The annual White House Easter Egg Hunt is looking in jeopardy. Easter egg roll, not hunt. But I was surprised to see that it (typically) uses 30,000 eggs, supplied free by some nefarious group called “The Egg Board”, which usually donates another 30,000 eggs to shelters. [How the White House gets 30,000 eggs for its Easter Egg Roll](https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/04/06/how-the-white-house-gets-30000-eggs-for-its-easter-egg-roll/70061529007/) Gonna be an expensive year for The Egg Board, but the costs of lobbying & kissing ass, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/550 "2025-03-18T15:05:56Z")
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**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 18, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/551 "2025-03-18T15:07:14Z")
“Easter Egg Roll”? Sounds like some Chinese Communist Party propaganda extravaganza to me! ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/552 "2025-03-18T15:08:46Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > But I was surprised to see that it (typically) uses 30,000 eggs, That’s really a lot of eggs. What the hell are they doing with all those eggs? A couple dozen kids show up, right? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/553 "2025-03-18T15:30:12Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Sounds like some Chinese Communist Party propaganda extravaganza to me! Sounds to me like an event where a bunch of people show up to celebrate Easter but instead of eggs they get a Rick Astley performance. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/554 "2025-03-18T15:30:20Z")
Satellite imagery shows that it’s actually only 40 eggs, but the National Park Service has taken those photos down. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/555 "2025-03-18T17:09:29Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > That’s really a lot of eggs. What the hell are they doing with all those eggs? A couple dozen kids show up, right? Try _ **40,000** _ attendees. [https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-04-01/what-to-know-about-the-2024-white-house-easter-egg-roll](https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-04-01/what-to-know-about-the-2024-white-house-easter-egg-roll) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/556 "2025-03-18T17:13:35Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Try _ **40,000** _ attendees. Shit. What I don’t know could fill a stadium. That’s insane. Ignorance fought a bit I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/557 "2025-03-18T18:47:52Z")
Yesterday: Minnesota Republicans introduce a bill to codify Trump Derangement Syndrome as a mental illness. > **[Minnesota Republicans push to classify 'Trump derangement syndrome' as a...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/03/18/minnesota-republican-senators-introduce-trump-derangement-syndrome-bill/82513249007/)** > > Donald Trump and his supporters have accused critics of having 'Trump derangement syndrome.' Minnesota Republicans want to classify it as a mental illness. Today: one of the bill’s co-authors arrested and will be charged with soliciting sex from a minor. [https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/18/gop-state-sen-justin-eichorn-arrested-for-suspicion-of-soliciting-sex-with-a-16-year-old-girl/](https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/18/gop-state-sen-justin-eichorn-arrested-for-suspicion-of-soliciting-sex-with-a-16-year-old-girl/) I am equal parts ha-ha and ew. Edit to add: this is the guy. Doesn’t give off Sex Creep vibes at all, _no sir._ [![](https://minnesotareformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/06Eichorn-e1742320814534.jpg) ](https://minnesotareformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/06Eichorn-e1742320814534.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/558 "2025-03-18T19:57:53Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Today: one of the bill’s co-authors arrested and will be charged with soliciting sex from a minor. When are the drag queens doing stuff like this going to make the headlines? We all know they are the worst, right? /s ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/559 "2025-03-18T20:06:30Z")
> [@](#): > > But Trump’s insufferably bullying behavior shouldn’t lead to an automatic “no” from potential egg exporters. Perhaps they could take a page from Trump’s ritual humiliation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, and force Trump to show up, demand he apologize, interrupt his every word with “YOU DON’T HAVE THE CARDS!” and heap insult upon insult. I like this idea. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/560 "2025-03-18T20:29:58Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Edit to add: this is the guy. Doesn’t give off Sex Creep vibes at all, _no sir._ I feel like I was harassed just seeing his photo. [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=27) [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=29)