# 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:** 31
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/601 "2025-03-31T18:08:48Z")
You may enjoy the LeopardsAteMyFace subreddit more. ---
**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 31, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/602 "2025-03-31T20:28:09Z")
Get the Herman Cain Award ready, we have a winner! > [@](#): > > Just before 7 am on March 3, Danny Lemoi posted an update in his hugely popular pro-ivermectin Telegram group, Dirt Road Discussions: “HAPPY FRIDAY ALL YOU POISONOUS HORSE PASTE EATING SURVIVORS !!!” > > Hours later, Lemoi was dead. > > In the Telegram channel, administrators broke the news of his death to his followers. “Though it was obvious that Danny had the biggest heart, it was unbeknownst to him that his heart was quite literally overworking and overgrowing beyond its capacity, nearly doubled in size from what it should have been,” the admins wrote, adding: “We understand that this is going to raise questions for those who were following him.” > **[An Ivermectin Influencer Died. Now His Followers Are Worried About Their Own...](https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2023/03/14/an-ivermectin-influencer-died-now-his-followers-are-worried-about-their-own-severe-symptoms/)** > > (Vice) Danny Lemoi took a daily dose of veterinary-grade ivermectin and told his thousands of followers to give the drug to children. He died of a common side effect of the medication. Just before … ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/603 "2025-03-31T20:37:25Z")
Oof. Now that is schadenfreudelicious! ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/604 "2025-04-01T01:08:59Z")
I have the Darwin Awards Committee on Line 2. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/605 "2025-04-01T01:43:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Get the Herman Cain Award ready, we have a winner! That was two years ago. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/606 "2025-04-01T02:57:28Z")
Yeah, but I’m full of schaudenfreude now. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/607 "2025-04-01T04:57:41Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/xUCvLaO.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/xUCvLaO.jpeg) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/608 "2025-04-01T12:02:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I have the Darwin Awards Committee on Line 2. Looks like he never reproduced, so he would be technically eligible. > [Besides his parents he leaves a brother, Andrew R. Lemoi; a niece, Madison Lemoi; a nephew, Tegan Lemoi and many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was the brother of the late Samantha Lemoi.](https://eastgreenwichnews.com/obituary-daniel-p-lemoi-50/) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/609 "2025-04-01T13:57:01Z")
Wondering how the bovine (equine?) fucking idiot Sarah Huckerbee is processing all of this. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/610 "2025-04-02T19:37:47Z")
AP speculates that the DOGE days (and Elon’s) may be numbered. > **[Musk could be headed for a Washington exit after turbulent times at Trump's DOGE](https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-tesla-government-cuts-c47211544c5382a6207779ee95c6060b?user_email=c670f76b9ea3e4a287eac163aa636c2982b094e37632506fec6dbc1d27c6da2a&utm_medium=Afternoon_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=AfternoonWire_April2_2025&utm_term=Afternoon%20Wire)** > > Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have recently suggested that the billionaire entrepreneur's time in the administration might be running out. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/611 "2025-04-02T19:53:57Z")
So purge the purger once he’s become tainted. But then the process repeats. Yagoda, Yezhov, (almost) Beria…. (Which begs the comparison between Musk’s tech-bro henchmen and [Vasili Tech-Blokhin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Blokhin) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/612 "2025-04-02T19:56:34Z")
I read today that this is the “reason” why tesla shares are up 5.4% so far today. That, crazy as it is, relativises the schadenfreude for me, to be honest. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/613 "2025-04-02T23:14:22Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > So purge the purger once he’s become tainted. But then the process repeats. It’s certainly Trump’s pattern; Trump always turns on people close to him sooner or later. The weird thing is how there’s never a shortage of people willing to step up as replacements and get screwed over by him in turn. Over and over. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/614 "2025-04-02T23:34:47Z")
“Surely the leopards would never eat MY face!” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/615 "2025-04-03T01:34:15Z")
OK this is pretty minor Schadenfreude, but in times like these you take what you can get. Trump pardoned Eric Adams with the understanding that Adams would help him implement his ~~disappearing~~ immigration policy. They had hoped to keep him in line by threatening to indict him again and send him to jail if he didn’t follow through. But it turns out that pardons don’t work like that, particularly when a judge sees through your transparent quid pro quo bribe. Once he’s pardoned you can’t undo it and go after him again. For once Trump wrote the check before the work was done, and he’s the one who may be getting stiffed. > **[Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams](https://apnews.com/article/new-york-mayor-eric-adams-charges-ff3730a2e870cd219e8fead8899118b1)** > > A federal judge has dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case. Judge Dale E. Ho on Wednesday granted the Justice Department’s extraordinary request to set aside criminal charges so the mayor could aid President Donald Trump’s... ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/616 "2025-04-03T13:52:02Z")
[Everything is blowing up in Elon Musk’s face](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/everything-is-blowing-up-in-elon-musk-s-face/ar-AA1CdcUB) So yeah, everyone knows that Leon Skum has lost about a quarter of his net worth, he’s lost $20 million (or whatever) trying to get a pro-Trump judge elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Tesla sales keep falling while China’s BYD electric car maker saw a surge in sales of 60%, and he appears to be on the outs with His Nibs. But I do like this paragraph from the article. > It was never clear how Musk planned to replace those customers with folks from red states who have long resisted EV adoption. So far, various [attempts to stem the bleeding](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/19/business/elon-musk-tesla-stock-nightcap/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn) have only made things worse. OK, that particular quote isn’t Schadenfreude. It’s more ‘stupid motherhumper’ material. I mean, Teslas _were_ popular with coastal Lefties, and _hated_ by Trump’s coal-rolling base. It’s pretty stupid to expect Red State trailer-dwellers to go out and buy a new $40,000 or $60,000 _electric_ car. I’m posting the link in this thread in this thread though, because of everything ‘blowing up in his face’. I get some Schadenfreude out of that. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/617 "2025-04-03T14:40:36Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I mean, Teslas _were_ popular with coastal Lefties, and _hated_ by Trump’s coal-rolling base. It’s pretty stupid to expect Red State trailer-dwellers to go out and buy a new $40,000 or $60,000 _electric_ car. Yeah, my MAGA uncle gave us an anti-electric car rant last year right before Musk got so cozy with Trump. I can’t imagine he scraped up the funds to get even a sedan, much less a refriga-Lorean. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/618 "2025-04-03T14:45:44Z")
One of my MAGA neighbors went on an anti-EV tirade on FB a couple of years ago, I pointed out some wrong things, and she kind of exploded at me. She ain’t ever buying a Tesla, even with the kinds of whipsawing these people are capable of. Reason #99 I’m glad to be off FB. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/619 "2025-04-03T16:45:04Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > refriga-Lorean I believe the correct term is “Incel Camino”. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/620 "2025-04-03T17:14:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Everything is blowing up in Elon Musk’s face](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/everything-is-blowing-up-in-elon-musk-s-face/ar-AA1CdcUB) > > So yeah, everyone knows that Leon Skum has lost about a quarter of his net worth, he’s lost $20 million (or whatever) trying to get a pro-Trump judge elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Tesla sales keep falling while China’s BYD electric car maker saw a surge in sales of 60%, and he appears to be on the outs with His Nibs. > > But I do like this paragraph from the article. > > > It was never clear how Musk planned to replace those customers with folks from red states who have long resisted EV adoption. So far, various [attempts to stem the bleeding](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/19/business/elon-musk-tesla-stock-nightcap/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn) have only made things worse. > > OK, that particular quote isn’t Schadenfreude. It’s more ‘stupid motherhumper’ material. I mean, Teslas _were_ popular with coastal Lefties, and _hated_ by Trump’s coal-rolling base. It’s pretty stupid to expect Red State trailer-dwellers to go out and buy a new $40,000 or $60,000 _electric_ car. I’m posting the link in this thread in this thread though, because of everything ‘blowing up in his face’. I get some Schadenfreude out of that. Exactly. Buying a Tesla isn’t like paying $5 for a Chick-fil-A sandwich to own the libs or even a couple of hundred bucks for some Jason Aldean concert tickets or merchandise. A new car is a major purchase of the sort that most people (even those who are comfortably middle class) make only once or twice a decade, if that (prior to purchasing my current car, it had been more than 20 years since I had last bought a new vehicle). Very few Trump supporters, or anyone really, can afford to drop 60K just to make a statement. And it doesn’t help that many conservatives have been conditioned to despise electric vehicles, due in no small part to Trump and other like-minded chuds having spent years demonizing such cars. Given the choice between buying a big-ass coal rolling pick-up or a fucking Tesla, I honestly have a hard time seeing even the most faithful of MAGAs forgoing the coal-roller just to throw Elon a bone. [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=30) [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=32)