# Physical altercation between Trump and Biden? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887 "2020-09-30T13:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/1 "2020-09-30T13:22:53Z")
Just wondering – how do you think an actual physical confrontation between Donald Trump and Joe Biden would go down? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/2 "2020-09-30T13:29:13Z")
About two seconds of Trump’s impotent bluster before the Secret Service intervenes. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/3 "2020-09-30T14:05:45Z")
Like many bullies, trump is all bark, so he would most likely avoid a physical confrontation at all costs. But just to go with the hypothetical, Biden is in better physical shape, but trump has sheer weight of bulk on his side. So if trump got in a good roundhouse early on, he might win the fight, but if it went into a minute or two of trading punches, trump would collapse from exhaustion and possibly stroke out. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/4 "2020-09-30T14:07:51Z")
You are certainly correct about that, but in this hypothetical situation, let’s leave the Secret Service out of it. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/5 "2020-09-30T14:10:12Z")
I haven’t watched presidential debates in many years, but I would definitely watch if the next debate was cancelled in favor of a bare-knuckle cage match. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/6 "2020-09-30T14:13:58Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > You are certainly correct about that, but in this hypothetical situation, let’s leave the Secret Service out of it. Spoilsport. 😉 OK, goad Trump into rushing Biden, Biden steps aside and lets Trump stumble past. Kind of like a matador and a clumsy bull. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/7 "2020-09-30T14:20:25Z")
A flight of tequila shooters and a bevvy of Latina hookers would go a long way toward that end. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/8 "2020-09-30T14:33:10Z")
> [@solost](#): > > So if trump got in a good roundhouse early on, Roundhouse? He’d slip and fall trying to throw a punch. No, he’d rush Biden and try to knee him in the groin, bite, or gouge an eye. He’d be a nasty, dirty fighter. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/9 "2020-09-30T14:42:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > OK, goad Trump into rushing Biden, Biden steps aside and lets Trump stumble past. Kind of like a matador and a clumsy bull. Oddly enough, ‘Clumsy Bull’ is one of the topics for the next debate… ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/10 "2020-09-30T14:56:22Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > So if trump got in a good roundhouse early on, > > Roundhouse? He’d slip and fall trying to throw a punch. No, he’d rush Biden and try to knee him in the groin, bite, or gouge an eye. He’d be a nasty, dirty fighter. Yeah, you’re right, trump’s best bet to win, and first instinct, would be to fight dirty. Plus, even attempting one good roundhouse would probably be enough to cause his blood pressure to spike and blow a gasket. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/11 "2020-09-30T15:09:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > OK, goad Trump into rushing Biden, Biden steps aside and lets Trump stumble past. I’m envisioning the scene from the old Kung Fu series where Kwai Chang Biden has come into a bar and asked for a glass of water. A redneck doesn’t like the look of him and attacks him, he parries him and knocks him to the ground using the elbow of the arm that’s holding the glass of water, without spilling a drop. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/12 "2020-09-30T15:12:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > About two seconds of Trump’s impotent bluster before the Secret Service intervenes. What are the rules of engagement here? Does each Secret Service team nominate a champion on behalf of their protectee to continue the brawl, while the two protectees are bundled into two limousines, which then try to run each other off the road on the way to the hospital? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/13 "2020-09-30T15:18:48Z")
Finally. People are hearing what I’ve been advocating for months. Yes. A good solid punch in his stupid wet mouth is well overdue. Bonus points if Trump bleeds. He looks like a bleeder. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/14 "2020-09-30T15:47:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@gytalf2000](#): > > > > You are certainly correct about that, but in this hypothetical situation, let’s leave the Secret Service out of it. > > Spoilsport. 😉 > OK, goad Trump into rushing Biden, Biden steps aside and lets Trump stumble past. Kind of like a matador and a clumsy bull. Something like this? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oqCQuiq6eOo/hqdefault.jpg "Bully for Bugs 1953") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqCQuiq6eOo) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/15 "2020-09-30T23:20:58Z")
People here are VASTLY overestimating Bidens abilities. He would dodge Trump’s first punch and then reply “Why can’t Black America do this against the cops?” ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/16 "2020-10-01T00:33:30Z")
All Joe has to do is go for the hair. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/17 "2020-10-01T00:40:43Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > All Joe has to do is go for the hair. - Just bring a fan. [![](https://i.redd.it/mm54aepd7yg51.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/mm54aepd7yg51.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/18 "2020-10-01T01:01:30Z")
Right now it would probably be a draw. In five years I’d give the edge to Trump. Prison has a way of making one more comfortable with physical confrontation. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/19 "2020-10-01T01:02:56Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Right now it would probably be a draw. In five years I’d give the edge to Trump. Prison has a way of making one more comfortable with physical confrontation. - His knees will be unstoppable. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887/20 "2020-10-01T01:09:13Z")
I think Joe would take him. Yeah, he’s older but probably in better shape. Plus, Joe has probably been in a few physical fights in his life. trump has people for that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-altercation-between-trump-and-biden/921887.md?page=2)