# 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:** 38
**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 14, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/741 "2025-04-14T21:01:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > But you are being teleported, according to them. I joke all the time that I teleport on planes. Often I bring gear to make myself really comfortable, fall asleep around takeoff, then wake up around landing. To me it feels like minutes to transport many miles. Also, I used to travel backward in time flying from Boise back to Seattle, and landing at an earlier time than I took off due to crossing the time zone and the flight being so short. ---
**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 14, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/742 "2025-04-14T21:05:22Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > They lied to me! I feel so betrayed. They’re part of the coverup. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/743 "2025-04-14T21:48:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Flat-eartherism today is basically just young earth creationism with a new coat of paint on it. Crayons, not paint. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/744 "2025-04-14T22:49:48Z")
I’m thinkin’ Sharpies. ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/745 "2025-04-15T00:33:27Z")
During a visit to the White House by the Ohio State football team, alum VP Vance dropped the national championship trophy. > **[Vance fumbles Ohio State's NCAA football championship trophy as Buckeyes...](https://apnews.com/article/vance-trophy-fumble-ohio-state-trump-7b4bbdfca8ce6a20fd6e8724a24d329b)** > > Vice President JD Vance ended the Ohio State football team’s visit to the White House by fumbling the trophy the players won as their sport’s national champion. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/746 "2025-04-15T01:33:02Z")
So Rubio’s been loudly criticizing Venezuela, especially has they have been having problems with their power grid ( Some people believe the US is behind at least some of these problems and we know Trump pined for the days when the CIA did shit like this, but I haven’t looked into it further) So Rubio tweeted about an explosion at the German Dam which caused a widespread power failure. There was a transformer explosion and a power failure, but the German Dam does not exist. German Dam was the name of a reporter covering the story. > **[Marco Rubio Is Dam-ed Confused](https://www.newsweek.com/sen-marco-rubio-blames-power-outage-german-dam-explosion-doesnt-realize-1357712)** > > The Florida senator appears to have confused a reporter for a nonexistent hydroelectric plant in Venezuela. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/747 "2025-04-15T14:36:39Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’ve only got the one. 😧 Does it at least have bells on? > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > German Dam was the name of a reporter covering the story. That story’s from 2019, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/748 "2025-04-15T14:44:53Z")
Whoops, I missed that. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/749 "2025-04-15T15:46:23Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@OldOlds](#): > > > > Do they ever explain WHY the conspiracy? > > Evil atheist scientists are trying to fool you about the shape and nature of the Earth so you won’t realize that the Bible is literally true and the Earth is the center of the universe. Flat-eartherism today is basically just young earth creationism with a new coat of paint on it. And some of them are just flat-out trolls who know it’s BS but enjoy yanking your chain. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/750 "2025-04-15T15:49:06Z")
The actual Flerf trolls are few and far between. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/751 "2025-04-16T03:18:49Z")
So Chuck Grassley had a town hall and got an earful about the wrongfully disappeared Kilmar Abrego Garcia. This surprises me, as I would have figured that Iowans would be most upset about the tariffs, but I saw a few clips of this meeting on the news and people were _really_ pissed about this. The audience appeared to be mainly older folks. > **[Grassley gets hammered in Iowa, scuffles at Marjorie Taylor Greene town hall](https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-sen-grassley-pressed-trump-200028422.html)** > > A protester was tased, another dragged out of Georgia GOP congresswoman's event. > Many in Grassley’s audience in Iowa expressed concerns over the Trump administration’s refusal to comply with court orders to facilitate the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a prison in El Salvador, arguing Grassley and Congress haven’t adequately provided checks and balances on the Trump administration, allowing him to defy court orders. > “You going to bring that guy back from El Salvador?” an audience member shouted. > “That’s not a power of Congress,” Grassley responded. > “El Salvador is an independent country … The president of that country is not subject to our U.S. Supreme Court,” he added later. > You could hear a loud groan from a woman before a man yelled, “I’m pissed!” Madge’s town hall sounds like it was a shit show, but no surprises there. > **[Police tase 2 demonstrators at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/police-tase-2-demonstrators-marjorie-taylor-greene-town-hall-acworth-rcna201457)** > > Three audience members were arrested and about twice as many were removed from the event held in the Georgia Republican's district. I haven’t found any good footage of the protests that happened outside the venue but I’m sure they’ll show 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:** [April 16, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/752 "2025-04-16T04:29:11Z")
Hegseth under investigation for leaking info. Saw it on CNN just now. Missed the details, but more to come I’m sure! Hope this clown is on the way to under the bus. ---
**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 16, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/753 "2025-04-16T04:30:58Z")
Nothing will come of it. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/754 "2025-04-16T04:36:37Z")
It will be blamed on one of the news networks and the Orange Anus will call for their broadcast license to be revoked. And Heggie will continue as Sec. of D. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/755 "2025-04-16T04:41:10Z")
I just changed the channel, and was letting the dogs out, but someone was put on Admin leave and was escorted out of the Pentagon. Not clear that it was Heg, but maybe one of his lackies set up to take a fall. Sounds like there will be _something_ to look forward to tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/756 "2025-04-16T04:54:42Z")
Interesting. I look forward to tomorrow’s news about this. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/757 "2025-04-16T05:10:00Z")
[It’s one of his top advisors, Dan Caldwell](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-hegseth-advisor-dan-caldwell-put-leave-pentagon-leak-probe-2025-04-15/) Geez, what a damned hypocrite. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/758 "2025-04-16T11:28:48Z")
A usual suspect? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/759 "2025-04-16T14:00:33Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Science-literate commenters pointed out that the equation for buoyancy has a **g** right in the middle of it. Another thing that has “g” right in the middle? _Meshuggeneh._ In fact, _two_ gs, so it’s twice as much correlation! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/760 "2025-04-17T01:13:51Z")
More Lindell news. I almost feel bad for him. He got addicted to fame and flew too close to a giant orange ball of gas. It’s even sadder if he actually believes the Trump stuff. > **['I'm in ruins,' teary Mike Lindell tells judge in Smartmatic sanctions hearing](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/im-ruins-teary-mike-lindell-tells-judge-smartmatic/story?id=120887538)** > > Election denier and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell alleges he's left with no money to pay a voting software company after numerous legal battles. [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=37) [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=39)