# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/841 "2025-04-23T15:17:00Z")
> [@solost](#): > > …like it was a vacation trip. “Oh boy, a funeral! I always wanted a reason to visit Rome!” Since Trump considers himself an expert on the value of real estate, I wouldn’t be surprised if he comments on how they’ve let a lot of the buildings in Rome fall into a state of such disrepair. “They really haven’t maintained them. Sad!” ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/842 "2025-04-23T15:19:28Z")
The problem is finding a brain to implant in his skull. I imagine his body would welcome any, any other brain. But how would we get over a transplanted brain rejecting Musk? ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/843 "2025-04-23T15:25:50Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > The S&P 500 is up 3.4% as I type this. It seems like every time Trump doesn’t do the thing he said he would do, markets soar. Like many people, I have some severely deluded co-workers. Their most recent take on the markets was "we were in a bubble, and this is a correction to the background trend with some natural day to day fluctuations. The capacity of some people for self-delusion is remarkable. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/844 "2025-04-23T15:29:02Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > The capacity of some people for self-delusion is remarkable. [“'Tis but a scratch”–The Black Knight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmInkxbvlCs) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/845 "2025-04-23T15:29:25Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > … we were in a bubble … I thought Bidenomics had driven the markets to all-time lows? (I know, Schrödinger has his fingers in everything where MAGA is concerned.) ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/846 "2025-04-23T15:54:51Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I’m gonna’ go out on a limb and suggest the only way elon could save his car company is to sell it. People have short memories, but his chaotic incompetent destruction of the government, our futures, our way of life won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Also if he sells it, _he_ won’t be running it anymore which can only improve its prospects. The best thing Musk can do for anything or anyone is to stay away from it. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/847 "2025-04-23T16:28:54Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Their most recent take on the markets was "we were in a bubble, and this is a correction to the background trend with some natural day to day fluctuations. Over on Breitbart, it was a bubble caused by liberals, and now it’s market manipulation by liberals to hurt Trump. I wish I were making that up. ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/848 "2025-04-23T16:32:48Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Over on Breitbart, it was a bubble caused by liberals, and now it’s market manipulation by liberals to hurt Trump. I love how much power liberals have! Why didn’t they just use that to win in 2024? Those idiots. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/849 "2025-04-23T16:36:09Z")
Schrodinger’s Liberal. Simultaneously unemployed, leaching off the government and wealthy enough to manipulate a $50 trillion market. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/850 "2025-04-23T16:42:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Why didn’t they just use that to win in 2024? It was those Reefer Cigarettes! the squares were right all along! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WeYsTmIzjkw/maxresdefault.jpg "Afroman - Because I Got High (Clean Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeYsTmIzjkw) ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/851 "2025-04-23T16:58:53Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Since Trump considers himself an expert on the value of real estate, I wouldn’t be surprised if he comments on how they’ve let a lot of the buildings in Rome fall into a state of such disrepair. “They really haven’t maintained them. Sad!” …and he excitedly pictures the potential for future real estate development, like he did [when he visited North Korea during trump 1.0](https://www.ft.com/content/f733b7d4-6e22-11e8-92d3-6c13e5c92914). “Such a beautiful city. Nobody knew Rome was so beautiful. Nobody. Except for that broken down Coliseum eyesore right in the middle of the city. Many people are saying, tear that old thing down and make way for new development! Some luxury condos, maybe a golf course.” What a visionary! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/852 "2025-04-23T17:17:31Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Except for that broken down Coliseum eyesore right in the middle of the city. Many people are saying, tear that old thing down and make way for new development! They could replace it with a domed, dual-use stadium (being in Europe, it would be soccer and cricket) with retro-style Astroturf. Trump would probably suggest making it look like a scaled-up version of the Pantheon–classy! And then they could replace the actual Pantheon with condos and still have the stadium facsimile for the tourists to visit when games aren’t being played–brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/853 "2025-04-23T20:05:38Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > They could replace it with a domed, dual-use stadium (being in Europe, it would be soccer and cricket) with retro-style Astroturf. Why not soccer and football? American football is a reasonably successful sport in Italy. Moreso than cricket, anyway. > **[Italian Football League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_League)** > > Italian Football League (IFL; the name is in English) is the top level American football league in Italy first established in 1978. The first recognized league champion was crowned in 1980. > The annual final playoff game to determine the league champion is called the Italian Bowl, that awards, for American football, the title of "champion of Italy" and the scudetto. > In Italy, the first American football game took place in Genoa on 27 November 1913 when the teams of the USS Connecticut and USS Ka... j ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/854 "2025-04-23T20:29:44Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Why not soccer and football? American football is a reasonably successful sport in Italy. Moreso than cricket, anyway. Football and soccer fields are too similar in shape and size. You need to screw-up the fields and seating for both sports in the same stadium. It’s a comment on Trump’s real estate judgment and the MAGA desire to return to America’s glorious past. [Multi-purpose stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-purpose_stadium) > It is used most commonly in Canada and the United States, where the two most popular outdoor team sports—[Canadian football](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_football) or [American football](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football) and [baseball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball)—require radically different facilities. Football uses a rectangular field, while baseball is played on a [diamond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_field) with a large outfield. > … > In North America, multipurpose stadiums were primarily built during the 1960s and 1970s as shared home stadiums for [Major League Baseball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball) and [National Football League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League) or [Canadian Football League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Football_League) teams. > … > As multipurpose stadiums were rarely ideal for both sports usually housed in them, they had fallen out of favor by the 1990s, with the [SkyDome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyDome) (in Canada) that opened in 1989 being the last such stadium completed to accommodate baseball and football. > … > While multipurpose stadiums were intended to easily accommodate both American football and baseball (and in some cases, association football), the fundamentally different sizes and shapes of the playing fields made them inadequate for either sport. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/855 "2025-04-23T20:30:49Z")
Point taken. j ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/856 "2025-04-23T21:58:16Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Trump would probably suggest making it look like a scaled-up version of the Pantheon–classy! Why not [The Fabulous Forum](https://www.google.com/search?num=10&client=safari&sca_esv=94edaffc3de70e95&rls=en&q=%22the+fabulous+forum%22&udm=2&fbs=ABzOT_CWdhQLP1FcmU5B0fn3xuWpA-dk4wpBWOGsoR7DG5zJBq9_MDeSwocf8-rceDq6x_7NGDnggjwWSPxogjVTDBxg6OCzZdBw-1hTChiuBQw3ZgovSerjLC_1x4JTD7E7WO_VCi2N-iRPmvuvgqqKfzygfCW3l0_3ju1xwCqEMAnepv3tvvUt0nm-ImcoxhwAHS-XdOeCrdoO8fzPoZMf4zF4PGWf9w&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVkvHHku-MAxU4LEQIHbfECsMQtKgLegQIChAB&biw=1331&bih=800&dpr=2) ? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/857 "2025-04-23T22:13:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Why not [The Fabulous Forum](https://www.google.com/search?num=10&client=safari&sca_esv=94edaffc3de70e95&rls=en&q=%22the+fabulous+forum%22&udm=2&fbs=ABzOT_CWdhQLP1FcmU5B0fn3xuWpA-dk4wpBWOGsoR7DG5zJBq9_MDeSwocf8-rceDq6x_7NGDnggjwWSPxogjVTDBxg6OCzZdBw-1hTChiuBQw3ZgovSerjLC_1x4JTD7E7WO_VCi2N-iRPmvuvgqqKfzygfCW3l0_3ju1xwCqEMAnepv3tvvUt0nm-ImcoxhwAHS-XdOeCrdoO8fzPoZMf4zF4PGWf9w&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVkvHHku-MAxU4LEQIHbfECsMQtKgLegQIChAB&biw=1331&bih=800&dpr=2) > ? I think it would be more in character for Trump to destroy a historic building like the Pantheon and replace it with a monstrous, dysfunctional, and crassly commercial replica of it that Trump would consider a superior version than replace it with something generically “Roman-looking” like the Forum in LA. Although I’m not sure, maybe Trump thinks the Forum is more authentically “Roman-looking” than the Pantheon. Trump’s not exactly a student of history. ---
**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 23, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/858 "2025-04-23T22:46:38Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > American football is a reasonably successful sport in Italy. Hell yeah! Italy is home to the Bologna Warriors!!! [![](https://www.diyticket.it/images/artists/DIY-Warriors-Abb-600x400.jpg) ](https://www.diyticket.it/images/artists/DIY-Warriors-Abb-600x400.jpg) Best football team name **EVER**. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/859 "2025-04-24T00:59:31Z")
They should play the [The Zucchini Warriors - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zucchini_Warriors)! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/860 "2025-04-24T01:29:56Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The problem is finding a brain to implant in his skull You could replace his brain with Quaker Oats and get a higher IQ. [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=42) [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=44)