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Schadenfreude over Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis was more about cosmic justice than joy in another’s pain

  • Written by Lee M. Pierce, Assistant Professor Rhetoric and Communication, State University of New York, College at Geneseo
imageTrump, after downplaying the seriousness of COVID-19, ended up contracting a serious case of the virus himself.Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

After President Donald Trump announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, Merriam-Webster Dictionary reported a 30,000% increase in searches for the word “schadenfreude.”

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