# 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:** 40
**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 21, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/781 "2025-04-21T16:24:28Z")
Is it only me, or is there a strong note of irony in the Secretary of Homeland Security getting robbed? I hope she doesn’t take her anger out on any pets. > **[Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag, including $3,000 in cash, is...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/politics/homeland-security-kristi-noem-purse-stolen/index.html)** > > Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, the secretary confirmed Monday. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/782 "2025-04-21T16:33:13Z")
From the article. > The Secret Service, **which provides security for Noem** , reviewed security camera footage at the restaurant and saw an unknown white male wearing a medical mask **steal her bag and leave the restaurant,** a law enforcement source said. One of these things is not like the other. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/783 "2025-04-21T16:42:24Z")
Let’s hope the thief got her phone and can share her Signal chats with us. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/784 "2025-04-21T17:21:39Z")
Medical mask, huh? See, masks are bad! We have proof of that now. It’s not her fault for not being vigilant, it’s the mask! If those mask-loving loonies like Fauci didn’t push that narrative, it wouldn’t be okay for people to walk around everywhere with masks to casually snatch purses and stuff. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/785 "2025-04-21T17:59:31Z")
Nice to see the guy in The Onion making the same hand-waving moves VP JD made in front of Selenski in that infamous press conference. Also reading that > According to the ECFR (Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning) paper published simultaneously this week in the _International Journal Of Science_ and the adolescent magazine _God’s Word For Teens!_, […] makes me search on-line for _God for Dummies_. Looks like I will have to write and publish it myself. May take a while. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/786 "2025-04-21T18:03:20Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Let’s hope the thief got her phone and can share her Signal chats with us. I just saw on CNN that her ID badge was in the bag. I imagine this is something like a Controlled Access Card one uses to gain entry to buildings and rooms. I needed my ID badge to get on the NIH campus and my lab when I was there. So the Secretary of Homeland _Security_ has her security badge stolen. And while being protected by the Secret Service. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/787 "2025-04-21T18:27:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > From the article. > > > The Secret Service, **which provides security for Noem** , reviewed security camera footage at the restaurant and saw an unknown white male wearing a medical mask **steal her bag and leave the restaurant,** a law enforcement source said. > > One of these things is not like the other. Who could’ve known that a “white male” might be a threat? That’s not in the playbook. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/788 "2025-04-21T18:31:12Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I just saw on CNN that her ID badge was in the bag. I imagine this is something like a Controlled Access Card one uses to gain entry to buildings and rooms. Anyone want to bet they neglect to deactivate the thing? ---
**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 21, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/789 "2025-04-21T18:31:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Anyone want to bet they neglect to deactivate the thing They already fired the two people who knew how to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/790 "2025-04-21T18:58:25Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Is it only me, or is there a strong note of irony in the Secretary of Homeland Security getting robbed? I hope she doesn’t take her anger out on any pets. Why didn’t her dog prevent the theft? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/791 "2025-04-21T19:11:47Z")
I’m picturing some insurance claim reviewer seeing a listing for “$3000 cash in my purse” and raising an eyebrow like he’s practicing for a Mr. Spock look-alike contest. ---
**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 21, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/792 "2025-04-21T19:25:39Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Why didn’t her dog prevent the theft? It probably tried but ghosts can’t interact with the living in that way. ---
**Author:** ![GorgonZolla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorgonzolla/32/19036_2.png) [@GorgonZolla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorgonZolla)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/793 "2025-04-21T19:33:37Z")
fluffy was in on the take…an inside job ---
**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 21, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/794 "2025-04-21T19:44:29Z")
Welcome, **GorgonZolla**! Hope you enjoy your time here on the SDMB, with your intriguing mix of cheese and ancient Greek myth. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/795 "2025-04-21T19:46:52Z")
What I don’t get is the $3k in CASH. While I do still carry a bit of cash around, I wouldn’t be tooling around town going to restaurants with that much cash on the regular. Beyond a certain level of expenditure, you have to figure a card is just more convenient and secure. For self-evident reasons in this case. And certainly raises fewer questions. Not that I would accuse Kristi Noem of caution, probity, or just basic decency. ETA: full disclosure, I just saw one of her disgusting DHS ‘commercials’ for the first time last week. I had heard about them but was totally unprepared for the full on Nazi bullshit on display. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/796 "2025-04-21T19:59:30Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > What I don’t get is the $3k in CASH. While I do still carry a bit of cash around, I wouldn’t be tooling around town going to restaurants with that much cash on the regular. Also, I would think most of her daily expenses are probably office related, and she’d use the gov’t card. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/797 "2025-04-21T20:03:45Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Also, I would think most of her daily expenses are probably office related, and she’d use the gov’t card. Those have had their spending limit reduced to $1. ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/798 "2025-04-21T20:37:04Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > What I don’t get is the $3k in CASH Also, blank checks? Who carries checks these days? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/799 "2025-04-21T20:41:09Z")
I get it for some people who may have limited access to banking services. But this is somebody who has money and presumably normal or enhanced access to such. It’s just asking for trouble going around with a checkbook these days, unless you have no other options. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/800 "2025-04-21T23:38:36Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > While I do still carry a bit of cash around, I wouldn’t be tooling around town going to restaurants with that much cash on the regular. If I had secret service protection, I probably would have felt safe carrying cash. Of course now I know better, but the point is moot since I’ll never have secret service protection anyway. [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=39) [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=41)