# is the president gaining weight? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 17, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370 "2017-03-17T01:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/21 "2017-03-17T12:56:34Z")
> [@UDS](#): > > When you tie your tie so that the broad end hangs down unusually far, the corollary is the the narrow end rides unusually high. This may mean that it’s not hanging down far enough to pass through the fabric loop that would help to hold it flush with the longer half of the tie, or it only just passes through and will easily come out if the tie is disturbed by, e.g., a gust of wind, careering around a corner or an over-enthusiastic bout of cossack dancing. This leaves the short end flapping around independently of the long end. Social _ruin_, my dear! > > To avoid this sartorial faux pas, Trump uses adhesive tape to stick the short end of the tie to the back of the longer end. There used to be such things as tie-pins. I’m thinking something like diamonds set in a nugget of pure gold. > [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > :dubious: > > it seems like there should be - I mean, when scientists told us how high Mount Everest was they weren’t using a tape measure. There used to be professional Guess-Your-Weight men at all the best carnivals. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/22 "2017-03-17T15:04:55Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > His gastroenterologist says he’s the healthiest man who ever existed, so that’s that. I’m not so sure that we are the only ones who have noticed it: [SethMeyers]“Cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts? Again, not surprised. The only art you like are paintings of yourself where **they take out the neck fat**. But Meals on Wheels?!” [/SethMeyers] ~Bolding Mine~ [General Cite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIQ4ng0e1GU) [Specific Cite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIQ4ng0e1GU&feature=youtu.be&t=515) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/23 "2017-03-17T15:53:51Z")
Trump’s supporters did not vote for him because of his physical fitness, they voted for him because of his mental strength. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/24 "2017-03-17T15:55:22Z")
I get a warm glow every time I see a news photo of him eating a bacon cheeseburger or a bucket of fried fast food, thinking about that 70-year-old heart struggling to push that sludge through the veins. He’s definitely getting fatter. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/25 "2017-03-17T16:25:29Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > His gastroenterologist says he’s the healthiest man who ever existed, so that’s that. You mean \*\*a \*\*gastro, chosen at random from the phone book because he would sign something on a Saturday night. I suspect DonDon wears only the finest in body armor these days, which combined with the haggard looks all presidents acquire, looks like weight gain. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/26 "2017-03-17T19:06:24Z")
I forgot about body armor …still, aren’t the three chins new? ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/27 "2017-03-17T19:14:21Z")
So do we want Trump to live on and make colossal mistake after mistake, messing up the country but making it to clear to his supporters that they made an error and elected a con man? Or do we want him to die, putting someone else in charge who will do the same thing, but voters didn’t elect him so they elect the next con-man to come along. What is better… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/28 "2017-03-17T19:33:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Trump’s supporters did not vote for him because of his physical fitness, they voted for him because of his mental strength. …gained by using dumbbells it would seem… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/29 "2017-03-17T20:00:57Z")
> [@UDS](#): > > I’d say he displays a commendable indifference to such trivia as fashion and appearance, were it not for the fact that his hair-constructing and skin-colouring regime must consume many hours, and probably a selection of chemicals that are banned by the Geneva Conventions. So he’s a walking contradiction in this respect (as in so many others). The irony is also that Trump apparently _is_ obsessed about suits and ties and appearances, at least for his staffers. I’ve read about this in several places (particularly after Sean Spicer’s ill-fitting suit in his first press briefing); this article outlines some of his particular demands for staffers: [http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/89095341/Trump-likes-female-staff-to-dress-like-women-Trump-campaign-worker](http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/89095341/Trump-likes-female-staff-to-dress-like-women-Trump-campaign-worker) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/30 "2017-03-17T20:04:04Z")
> [@UDS](#): > > I’d say he displays a commendable indifference to such trivia as fashion and appearance, were it not for the fact that his hair-constructing and skin-colouring regime must consume many hours, and probably a selection of chemicals that are banned by the Geneva Conventions. So he’s a walking contradiction in this respect (as in so many others). Reminds me of one of my favorite classic MAD magazine bits, one of those multi-level things: [ul] [li]When you’re DOWN AND OUT: You don’t have time to worry about fashion and wear whatever you have.[/li][li]When you’re JUST GETTING BY: You wear the latest styles… carried by the discount stores, who are three years behind the times.[/li][li]When you’re MAKING IT: You wear only the latest styles, all hand-tailored to suit you perfectly.[/li][li]When you’re ON TOP OF THE HEAP: Whatever you wear IS the fashion.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/31 "2017-03-17T20:33:44Z")
I bet he couldn’t walk 1/32ndth of a mile and not collapse into a wheezing heap. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/32 "2017-03-17T20:54:15Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > I bet he couldn’t walk 1/32ndth of a mile and not collapse into a wheezing heap. And, if whe did, it would be Obama’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/33 "2017-03-17T21:25:22Z")
All I know is his suit jackets are fucking _huge_. I can’t imagine he’s wearing that ill-fitting of a suit unintentionally. He’s hiding his huge badonkadonk. ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/34 "2017-03-17T22:18:58Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Good. Here’s hoping he has a stroke. Or A HUGE YUGE coronary infarction ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/35 "2017-03-17T23:39:07Z")
I’m waiting for him to start REALLY combing his hair upwards to make himself look taller, a la Kim Jung Whoever’srunningnorthkorearightnow. Anyone remember Spike from the original “DeGrassi High”? I could totally see him doing that. SFW. [https://www.google.com/search?q=spike+degrassi+high&rlz=1C1LDJZ\_enUS504US504&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGuLbf2t7SAhUc0IMKHU5WCMcQ\_AUIBigB&biw=1024&bih=679](https://www.google.com/search?q=spike+degrassi+high&rlz=1C1LDJZ_enUS504US504&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGuLbf2t7SAhUc0IMKHU5WCMcQ_AUIBigB&biw=1024&bih=679) ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/36 "2017-03-17T23:48:28Z")
He’s trying to get on that show “My 600lb Life”. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/37 "2017-03-18T07:27:31Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > I didn’t consider him all that slim or fit before he became president. [80s/90s Trump](http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/56cddd358a4565946f9eb797-1190-625/how-donald-trump-helped-destroy-a-pro-football-league-in-the-80s.jpg) was in decent shape. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/38 "2017-03-18T13:34:00Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > [80s/90s Trump](http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/56cddd358a4565946f9eb797-1190-625/how-donald-trump-helped-destroy-a-pro-football-league-in-the-80s.jpg) was in decent shape. his "hair’ is the same :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/39 "2017-03-18T17:52:20Z")
Well yeah, once you got a sweet style like that, you don’t give it up! ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370/40 "2017-03-18T19:20:19Z")
Maybe Melania loves a sweating, huge septuagenarian with drooping man boobs bearing down on her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370.md?page=3)