# 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:** 62
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1221 "2025-06-20T22:34:17Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Or the taxpayers, since we’d have been on the hook for those millions he’s been ordered to pay. Don’t forget this: [Taxpayers’ Tab For Trump’s Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-again-26-million_n_67e6c885e4b0f69ef1d3886c) [Mar 29, 2025, 09:38 AM EDT| **Updated** Apr 7, 2025] > WASHINGTON — American taxpayers have now spent more than $26 million in [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump)’s second term so the president can play golf at one of his own courses. > … > It is his 14th day at that course and 18th day on one of his courses since his Jan. 20 inauguration, meaning he has spent more than a quarter of his 69 days in office in his second term playing golf. > > According to a HuffPost analysis based on a 2019 Government Accountability Office [report](https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/696512.pdf), the total cost to date for Trump’s second-term golf outings is $26,127,531. The various expenses include moving his motorcade equipment and security personnel around as well as the immense cost of flying Air Force 1. So that was three months in. At the rate he’s going, paying off Carroll will be cheaper than his golf tab by the end of his term, probably even with the interest accruing on the penalties. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1222 "2025-06-20T23:30:53Z")
I wonder how many of those dollars were paid to Trump-related business. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1223 "2025-06-20T23:59:27Z")
No doubt at inflated rates. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1224 "2025-06-23T07:49:07Z")
_I must inform the Teeming Millions I am not glorifying in this woman’s suffering, nor am I celebrating her predicament. I’m sure if one feels so moved, one could search the SDMB for the entirety of my posts regarding the republicans’ and so-called conservatives’ stance on restricting or outright banning abortion, and other reproductive issues. What I am doing here is showing that, yes, an extreme position is extremely wrong._ [Florida Repubiclan Congresswoman had an ectopic pregnancy](https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-representative-ectopic-pregnancy-clashes-222156833.html.) She was initially denied abortion and she blamed that on the left, of course. > [@](#): > > A [Florida](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida) [Republican](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans) congresswoman is blaming fearmongering on the left for the reluctance of hospital staff to give her the drugs she needed to end an ectopic pregnancy that threatened her life. > > Kat Cammack went to the emergency room in May 2024 where it was estimated she was five weeks into an ectopic pregnancy, there was no heartbeat and her life was at risk. Doctors determined she needed a shot of methotrexate to help expel her pregnancy but since Florida’s six week abortion ban had just taken effect medical staff were worried about losing their licenses or going to jail if they did. > > Cammack looked up the state law on her phone to show staff and even attempted to contact the governor’s office. Hours later, doctors eventually agreed to give her the medication. > > But Cammack, who opposes abortion and co-chairs the House pro-life caucus, [told the Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/republicans-life-threatening-pregnancy-collided-with-floridas-abortion-politics-ad96f8d4) she blames messaging from pro-abortion groups for delaying her treatment, which is not banned [under Florida’s restrictive statutes](https://www.yahoo.com/news/tracking-where-abortion-laws-stand-192817071.html), who have created fear of criminal charges. I wonder if she is truly unaware that her party in other states would still have banned her receiving that lifesaving care. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1225 "2025-06-23T08:03:24Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I wonder if she is truly unaware that her party in other states would still have banned her receiving that lifesaving care. If she had been in Texas, Paxton would likely have filed criminal charges against either her or her doctor or both. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1226 "2025-06-23T08:43:25Z")
Also, designing abortion laws in a deliberately vague way in order to create the fear of criminal charges even where not explicitly set out is the entire MO of the Republicans. Hurting women (and hurting doctors who help women) is neither a bug nor a feature; it is the _entire purpose_. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1227 "2025-06-23T08:47:19Z")
Fuck. An ectopic pregnancy is NOT a pregnancy. It’s just not. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1228 "2025-06-23T13:04:07Z")
I won’t take pleasure in it, but she’ll have no “thoughts and prayers” from me either. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1229 "2025-06-23T13:05:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Also, designing abortion laws in a deliberately vague way in order to create the fear of criminal charges even where not explicitly set out is the entire MO of the Republicans. Hurting women (and hurting doctors who help women) is neither a bug nor a feature; it is the _entire purpose_. She’s already a walking talking contradiction. Today’s republicans are against DEI. Women are in political office only _because_ of DEI. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1230 "2025-06-24T06:39:25Z")
[I have no way of adequately describing this.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-bizarre-n-word-calls-165447885.html) Bizarre just doesn’t have the oomph for it. it also too pathetically like a little boy trying very hard to get his daddy to like him. > [@](#): > > As the U.S. braced for Iran’s next move in the Middle East, President Donald Trump rambled on social media with a bizarre post where he invoked the “N word” but meant nuclear and referred to Vladimir Putin as “THE BOSS.” > > “Did I hear Former President Medvedev, from Russia, casually throwing around the “N word” (Nuclear!), and saying that he and other Countries would supply Nuclear Warheads to Iran?" Trump wrote on Truth Social. > > The post and a series of others fired off on Monday suggested the president was watching television and posting about it in real time amid escalating conflicts around the world. > > “Did he really say that or, is it just a figment of my imagination? If he did say that, and, if confirmed, please let me know, IMMEDIATELY.” Trump continued. > > The president then wrote that the “‘N word’ should not be treated so casually. I guess that’s why Putin’s ‘THE BOSS.’” ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1231 "2025-06-24T06:52:57Z")
> [@from Monty's link](#): > > “Did he really say that or, is it just a figment of my imagination? If he did say that, and, if confirmed, please let me know, IMMEDIATELY.” Trump continued. So instead of calling up one of his, oh, I don’t know, national security people, he’s asking posters to confirm intel? Although, admitting he could be delusional is new. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1232 "2025-06-24T07:03:34Z")
Drat. I posted that in the wrong thread. But, hey, admitting he’s clueless is new. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1233 "2025-06-24T13:46:18Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > So instead of calling up one of his, oh, I don’t know, national security people, he’s asking posters to confirm intel? Except, he fired his National Security people and replaced them with unqualified TV faces. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1234 "2025-06-29T23:48:02Z")
Another one bites the dust. Kenneth Chesebro disbarred. [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/26/former-trump-lawyer-loses-law-license-in-new-york-00429102](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/26/former-trump-lawyer-loses-law-license-in-new-york-00429102) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1235 "2025-06-30T01:17:38Z")
And to help even the score, Trump fires three prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases. > **[Justice Department abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal...](https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-prosecutions-capitol-riot-trump-bondi-1107441a68cef171dfff4e680e438452?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share)** > > The Justice Department has fired at least three prosecutors involved in U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases, according to two people familiar with the matter. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1236 "2025-06-30T21:54:53Z")
That’s Alexandra Petri, she used to be at the Washington Post before Bezos destroyed it. Canadian who loved Trump dies in ICE custody. > **[Canadian National Who Died In ICE Custody Was Big Donald Trump Fan](https://www.wonkette.com/p/canadian-national-who-died-in-ice)** > > Doubtful that his comrades will mourn him. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1237 "2025-06-30T22:18:48Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > And to help even the score, Trump fires three prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases. I think all Trump does all day is look at the thousands of legal cases against him and get revenge. That’s it. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1238 "2025-07-03T21:05:24Z")
Dr. Phil’s company, Merit Street Media, is filing for bankruptcy. It doesn’t have anything to do with his support of Dear Larder, but I’m still pleased. > **[Dr. Phil's Merit Street Media company files for bankruptcy less than 2 years...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bankruptcy-dr-phil-merit-street-media-trinity-broadcast-lawsuit/)** > > The multiplatform network owned by the once popular talk show host is facing financial struggles for which it finds its partner, Trinity Broadcasting Network, at fault. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1239 "2025-07-03T21:13:34Z")
Wait, I thought Dr. Phil was a border patrol agent? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1240 "2025-07-03T21:20:35Z")
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