# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1901 "2025-10-28T02:01:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What’s an average Tesla sell for? @DrStrangeLove would probably be the best one to answer this, but I haven’t seen him post in a month or so. I’ll do my best. I’d WAG it was somewhere around $50K. Well, that would be before the whole Twitter acquisition happened. Tesla’s large back order list basically vanished (mostly cancelled) in the last two months of 2022, so they started discounting in early 2023. That would have dropped the average price. But they wouldn’t have had to discount without Musk’s shenanigans, so lost sales between $50 and 63 billion, plus more loss because the sales they did make were discounted. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1902 "2025-10-28T02:03:23Z")
I’m not smarter than you, but I would venture a guess that $50K as the average price of a new Tesla vehicle in 2022 would be a conservative estimate. A million missed sales at that price point is $50bn. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1903 "2025-10-28T02:05:53Z")
_“That’s T for Tesla, and that stands for Trouble, and that rhymes with B, and that stands for BILLION!”_ Ouch. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1904 "2025-10-28T11:12:17Z")
The stock price is up to $450, so there’s no expectation that he’s gonna learn anything here. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1905 "2025-10-28T16:11:37Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > The stock price is up to $450 Too many fanboys in the Musk-cult keep the price high. He’s been promising FSD will be perfected every year for about 8 years now and it hasn’t happened yet. It won’t happen this year or next year either. You’d think those guys would learn, but it’s a cult. Reality doesn’t intrude into their thinking. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1906 "2025-10-28T17:02:01Z")
I understand your skepticism, but all Tesla has to do is grow its annual income from $7B to about $150B this year, and their P/E ratio will be in line with other auto manufacturers. What a goal! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1907 "2025-10-28T17:11:42Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > but all Tesla has to do is grow its annual income from $7B to about $150B this year Right, sure. Companies do that kind of thing all the time. (where’s the rolleyes smilie when you need it?) ---
**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:** [October 28, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1908 "2025-10-28T17:33:48Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > where’s the rolleyes smilie when you need it? roll\_eyes with a colon on each end. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1909 "2025-10-28T17:36:36Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > roll\_eyes with a colon on each end. Oh. I tried it without the underscore and it didn’t work. Nor could I find it in the table of smilies. So thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1910 "2025-10-28T17:57:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > roll\_eyes with a colon on each end. Try it with the underscore = 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1911 "2025-11-05T18:46:01Z")
Perfectly reasonable schaudenfreude: ALL THE MAJOR ELECTION RESULTS!! John Plaff, quoted by Heather Cox-Richardson (paraphrased): “Every race. Governors, mayors, justices, school boards, water boards, janitors, Uber drivers…every one.” Also Prop 50 passed which hopefully means Mike Johnson won’t have a job much longer. People hate you amd your cronies, Trump. Suck it. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1912 "2025-11-05T18:54:18Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > People hate you amd your cronies, Trump. Suck it. Maybe there **are** such things as consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1913 "2025-11-05T19:15:54Z")
> > [@Toxgoddess](#): > > > > Also Prop 50 passed which hopefully means Mike Johnson won’t have a job much longer. You probably know he is from Louisiana. Unless you meant as Speaker, in which case > > [@White Queen](#): > > > > Here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in the same place. And if you want to go anywhere you must run at least twice as fast as that. because of all the other gerrymandering. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1914 "2025-11-05T19:26:00Z")
Yes, I meant Speaker…but any comeuppance for that lying weasel is welcome. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1915 "2025-11-05T20:28:44Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > because of all the other gerrymandering. I’m not worried about the gerrymandering. I expect at least half of those in red states to be dummymanders. Especially Texas, which would be extra Schadenfreudey. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1916 "2025-11-05T21:10:10Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > because of all the other gerrymandering The gerrymander effort in Kansas is put on hold, at least until next year. > **[Kansas legislators won't have a special session to join the US redistricting...](https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-kansas-midterms-trump-7847d53b34245aead8cac5bf8cd6e12f)** > > The Kansas House's top Republican has given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S. There were a handful of GOP reps that refused to sign the petition calling for the special session. Good for them. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1917 "2025-11-05T23:49:37Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Especially Texas, which would be extra Schadenfreudey. Except, Prop 50 was specifically a response to the kerfuffle in Texas earlier this year, which involved D Legislators leaving the state to deny a quorum on the regerrymandering vote and the governor threatening them with, basically, violence. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1918 "2025-11-06T00:50:49Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Except, Prop 50 was specifically a response to the kerfuffle in Texas earlier this year, which involved D Legislators leaving the state to deny a quorum on the regerrymandering vote and the governor threatening them with, basically, violence. Well, I don’t think California’s gerrymandering will backfire. It’s going to be a blue wave everywhere, not a blue wave in red states and red wave in blue ones. But at the time the legislators left Texas, I thought it was the wrong move. Ya know, interrupting an opponent when they were making a mistake. But on thinking it over, it was a good move from a visuals standpoint. Got the base excited that someone was doing something to oppose the Rs. The fact that it ultimately failed was actually good. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1919 "2025-11-06T01:10:34Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Got the base excited that someone was doing something to oppose the Rs. The fact that it ultimately failed was actually good. Yep. Fascism requires acquiescence of the majority. Every public act of resistance chips away at their control. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1920 "2025-11-06T14:03:08Z")
I still wonder how many of these new 50%+1 districts will end up being 50%-1? [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=95) [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=97)