# Trump is dying **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 27, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520 "2025-08-27T07:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 112
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2222 "2026-04-13T23:11:13Z")
It made me picture the Pope driving around in the Pope mobile writing tickets and getting into high speed chases. šŸ˜„ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2223 "2026-04-13T23:36:56Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Part of the problem - not all of it, just part - is that people _stop doing_ certain actions. After my hysterectomy I discovered I was starting to have trouble getting up off the floor. Some people would say ā€œwell, guess Iā€™m not sitting on the floor anymoreā€. Me, I actually added that to my exercise routine. Thatā€™s a huge observation. Your reaction is the successful forward thinking lean-in response. ā€œI guess I donā€™t do that any moreā€ is the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2224 "2026-04-14T01:06:36Z")
That _screams_ buddy-movie, perhaps with the Dalai Lama? _One is the Vicar of Christ on Earth, the other has lived many lives, together **they fight crime!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2225 "2026-04-14T01:22:25Z")
I would totally watch that movie. All the robes and stuff would just make it. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2226 "2026-04-14T02:07:34Z")
But who is the ā€œBy the bookā€ cop and whoā€™s the rebel? I said the Dalai Lama. Leo: ā€œYou canā€™t use that ramp, this is a Popemobile, not a Ferrariā€ Dalai Lama, the road reflected on his Ray-Bans: ā€œNo choice, this should work, and if it doesnā€™tā€¦ Iā€™ll see you in our next life!ā€ ---
**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:** [April 14, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2227 "2026-04-14T02:19:24Z")
I hope they have a Rabbi informant who gives them the ā€œword on the streetā€. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2228 "2026-04-14T02:21:52Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I hope they have a Rabbi informant who gives them the ā€œword on the streetā€.- That would be from a pair of door-to-door Mormon teen missionaries. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2229 "2026-04-14T02:32:02Z")
The rabbi is their weapons supplier. ā€œI hear your guy liked to turn swords into plowshares. We do thingsā€¦ (opens a sliding cabinet full of guns) ā€¦differently.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2230 "2026-04-14T02:35:49Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > But who is the ā€œBy the bookā€ cop and whoā€™s the rebel? I said the Dalai Lama. I mean, the Popeā€™s name is literally [LEO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_officer)ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2231 "2026-04-14T03:24:54Z")
Heā€™s taking too long. Anybody got a pillow? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2232 "2026-04-14T03:43:44Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > A big test Iā€™d heard of is whether you can get off the floor without using your hands Is [this](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lLJ0AeNfG9c?feature=share) cheating? > [@Broomstick](#): > > Yeah, like I said - a month after a hysterectomy I found I could no longer do that. So I started practicing the movement. When I was in my 30s I got certified in massage, and during the lecture portion weā€™d sit on the floor. One time, not even showing off, I rose from a cross-legged position by rolling my right foot until it was flat on the floor, then rising on the one leg, the left just being along for the ride until it could be deployed. One of the other men in his 50s just watched that then said, ā€œGawddammit!ā€ Iā€™m 76 now and thereā€™s no way Iā€™d even attempt it. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2233 "2026-04-14T04:15:17Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Heā€™s taking too long. Anybody got a pillow? If you can wait 'til itā€™s warmed up, I have a poker. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2234 "2026-04-14T04:29:24Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Heā€™s taking too long. Anybody got a pillow? Stay away from that line of thinking. The only way for him to go unnaturally should be via one of his own flock. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2235 "2026-04-14T04:29:30Z")
So, the [Edward II treatment](https://www.stneotsmuseum.org.uk/articles/edward-ii-monarchs-who-met-a-nasty-end/)? Sign me up. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2236 "2026-04-14T15:39:57Z")
Ahemm: Elders. šŸ˜‰ They see it all. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2237 "2026-04-14T15:49:50Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > A big test Iā€™d heard of is whether you can get off the floor without using your hands. I do yoga, so I cheat. I just tried it and, while easy and fast, it did make me notice that I usually do use my hands, so my muscle memory made me want to use my hands. Now, what I do have a problem with is getting out of bed in the morning (my mattress is on the floor) without using anything to prop myself up, since when I have just awoken I am not in my full limberousness. I rock myself back and forth a couple of times before I can grab the chair next to my bed to help me up. Getting up from my afternoon nap is easier because Iā€™m still limber. Iā€™m not going to start sleeping on a regularly-elevated bed though. Iā€™ve slept on the floor for so long that sleeping in a regular bed feels dangerous, especially since I have fallen out of bed once or twice as a child. The only advantage I see to them is that you can store things under them, plus, if I get slightly less limber, it will be easier to get out of. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2238 "2026-04-14T16:00:14Z")
I was at some event recently where people were showing off rising from a cross legged position just with their legs. Iā€™ve never seen anyone do it with a single leg. Wow! I can get up and down from a chair with just my legs (doing it slowly, so as not to hurt my knees too much, i did it 5 times is 14 seconds.) But i use my arms when Iā€™m on the floor. I just attempted it without arms, and was able to do it, but itā€™s really awkward. Anyway, i agree with > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Darn shame that a ā€œ6-year periodā€ is hundreds of times too long for our nationā€™s own health. Sadly, he may be with us for a while longer. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2239 "2026-04-14T16:23:14Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The Vatican most certainly does have a foreign policy. And what amount to embassies in many foreign countries. And the equivalent of a Department of State. There are also dark whisperings of a secret Vatican intelligence agency called [the Entity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entity_(intelligence_service)). But I donā€™t want to hijack the thread with it any further. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2240 "2026-04-14T16:49:37Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > That seems to me a very unrealistic standard for just about any American adult over 40. 5 times in 15 seconds? When I read that test to my sister she said that she was going to die soon then! But I had her try it, and she did it easily ā€“ probably in about 10 seconds (itā€™s longer than you think). If you have specific issues it might be harder, but it was not difficult for me either, and I have arthritis in my knees. Weā€™re 73 and 74. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2241 "2026-04-14T16:57:21Z")
I could not do a kip when I was in high school, did gynastics, and weighed under 100 lbs. I really donā€™t see me doing it now. I can rise from a chair without using my hands, I did it 15x in short order but I didnā€™t time myself. I cannot get down on the floor without my hands, though I can rise with great difficulty. I used to be able to sit into and rise out of a crosslegged position. I used to be able to assume the lotus position and get up and walk on my knees. This was all well into my 40ā€™s. Not so much anymore. My knees are bad, and I just discovered I have sciatica and scoliosis. My left knee is a big issue these days. I can still touch my toes with my feet together, and I can touch palms to the floor with my feet about a foot apart. Iā€™m still pretty flexible for 67 though Iā€™ve lost a lot of strength. Getting old sucks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=113)