# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/881 "2025-04-28T00:45:13Z")
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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/882 "2025-04-28T00:47:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Noem’s bag was stolen by a masked man Sunday night while she was having dinner with her family in Washington, D.C. We didn’t even get a chance to thank him. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/883 "2025-04-28T01:34:54Z")
nm misleading news report ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/884 "2025-04-28T22:14:51Z")
A megalomaniac desperately lashes out as his failures mount. SAD! > **[As his approval rating sinks, Trump wants investigations into pollsters](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/approval-rating-sinks-trump-wants-investigations-pollsters-rcna203262)** > > Instead of dealing with the failures that have led to his drop in support, the president is blaming pollsters and news organizations. ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/885 "2025-04-28T22:18:12Z")
To quote _Doctor Who:_ > The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views…which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering. ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/886 "2025-04-28T23:42:48Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views A very old concept, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/887 "2025-04-29T08:43:10Z")
_“I have done that,”_ says my memory. _“I could not have done that,”_ says my pride, and remains inexorable. Finally — memory yields. —Nietzsche ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/888 "2025-04-29T14:06:46Z")
As noted, Lincoln’s terrible first hundred days weren’t due to _his_ idiocy: > **[The Worst 100 Days Of A Presidency - Above the Law](https://abovethelaw.com/2025/04/the-worst-100-days-of-a-presidency/?utm_campaign=Above%20the%20Law%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_TnfMYCA_PAcMknIAYSeesJHHV3z-TtlqlDCMaBcQR3dPDrxz1wRFY59SlSXZCcU9Yx7iHlVOe5r2C0I4nBGFbskL81g&_hsmi=358969238&utm_content=358969238&utm_source=hs_email)** > > Trump has proven that he's unreliable; that reputation won't go away. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/889 "2025-05-04T12:20:41Z")
Mar a Lardo🤞 > **[Doomed Soviet satellite from 1972 will tumble uncontrollably to Earth next...](https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/doomed-soviet-satellite-from-1972-will-tumble-uncontrollably-to-earth-next-week-and-it-could-land-almost-anywhere)** > > The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery reentry to Earth. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/890 "2025-05-04T12:32:57Z")
Well, it looks like Trump now wants to be Pope. [https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-posts-ai-generated-photo-himself-pope-2025-05-03/](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-posts-ai-generated-photo-himself-pope-2025-05-03/) I’m not sure what changes he’d make. Wafers and wine to fries and diet Coke? “Wait a minute ! What do you mean the Pope can’t rape little boys and girls like Epstein and I used to do ? In that case I don’t want it…” ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/891 "2025-05-04T14:08:22Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > I’m not sure what changes he’d make. Bring back the inquisition, and turn the figurative witch hunts against his enemies into literal ones. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/892 "2025-05-04T14:56:50Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Bring back the inquisition, and turn the figurative witch hunts against his enemies into literal ones. But ICE agents aren’t allowed to be armed. Oh, that’s next week. Never mind. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/893 "2025-05-04T16:16:19Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > I’m not sure what changes he’d make. Cover the Vatican in tacky gold foil, try to have himself declared God (“We all know it’s true”), rape some nuns. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/894 "2025-05-04T16:28:22Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > rape some nuns I have a Catholic upbringing, and I can assure you that Trump is no match for a nun. The god squad will win every time. Those ladies are fierce and intimidating, and do not take shit ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/895 "2025-05-04T18:27:30Z")
[Sunday Funday Comix: Hey kids, how many things can you find wrong with this picture?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/hegseth-pentagon-ridiculed-over-next-205030522.html) > ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/896 "2025-05-04T18:33:08Z")
> [@solost](#): > > “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.” You missed the obvious options. Casino - THE COLISEUM Sports Arena - I like the dual-use idea. American football - doubles as a launch platform for The New Gladiator Fights! “American Gladiator” my ass, this will be the real thing. Add modern wrapping weapons: the chainsaw, the zombie axe or hatchets. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/897 "2025-05-04T19:17:02Z")
> [@solost](#): > > “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.” Is there still a sand flooring? Maybe there can be some peanut vendors. Of course The Taj will have to fight with MGM for the rights… but if you toss Pope Trump in vs a few MGM lions, even the lawyers would be satisfied. Possibly Siegfried and Roy too. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/898 "2025-05-04T19:26:56Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > but if you toss Pope Trump in vs a few MGM lions, even the lawyers would be satisfied. If it’s a Trump Org. production, I’d expect gladiatorial fights to go more like the [Children’s Matinee scene from _The Life of Brian_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FU0ZMRB_Q). ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/899 "2025-05-05T09:29:24Z")
Very useful to have your package labeled “drugs.” ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/900 "2025-05-05T10:22:10Z")
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