# 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:** 126
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2502 "2026-04-30T13:01:22Z")
While I’d love for Mr. Potato Head to be on a coin, it would have to be a new coin with no value. ‘No cents’. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2503 "2026-04-30T13:19:39Z")
That is good. Tell him since he is ‘America’s favourite president’ he can replace Lincoln on the penny. It would be fun to watch him reinstate the penny to circulation. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2504 "2026-04-30T13:26:52Z")
It will have to be a 14 karat gold penny. Might be hard to pull off. ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2505 "2026-04-30T13:45:14Z")
It’ll be a penny with some Real Gold® ™, as in one molecule of gold per ton of pennies. Which trump will loudly insist are actually made of solid pure gold. And half the country will believe him. And pay him personally hundreds of dollars for each penny coming from the trump-owned mint. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2506 "2026-04-30T13:48:28Z")
> [@Ancient\_Nerd](#): > > Operation warp speed dropped to quarter impulse when it was time for production and distribution. It was important when it might have gotten him reelected; once that didn’t happen, who cares? Not Trump. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2507 "2026-04-30T14:03:56Z")
No sense. ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2508 "2026-04-30T14:25:31Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Ancient\_Nerd](#): > > > > Operation warp speed dropped to quarter impulse when it was time for production and distribution. > > It was important when it might have gotten him reelected; once that didn’t happen, who cares? Not Trump. I actually think that his covid decisions were driven by his personal businesses, which are largely aimed at vacationers: hotels, golf courses, resorts. So on the one hand, he didn’t want people to take it seriously, and forego vacations. On the other hand, he was motivated to minimize the actual risk, to the extent he could do so without encouraging people to worry about it. Vaccines play nicely to that. Masks don’t, because they are visible and scary. And if i had to guess, he personally disliked masks, as many Americans do. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2509 "2026-04-30T14:46:22Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > No sense. That’s what I said. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2510 "2026-04-30T15:13:38Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It will have to be a 14 karat gold penny. 14 k of g in a f p d 14 karat of gold in a funny penny, donald ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2511 "2026-04-30T15:16:10Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > And if i had to guess, he personally disliked masks You don’t have to guess: he _hated_ masks, entirely because he didn’t like how he looked in a mask, and he refused to be photographed in public wearing one. ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2512 "2026-04-30T15:46:18Z")
Gawd damn! ~~We~~ You _finally_ solved it. That is truly amazing work on your part. Hip hip hooray!!!1!1! 🤪 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2513 "2026-04-30T16:28:50Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > And if i had to guess, he personally disliked masks > > You don’t have to guess: he _hated_ masks, entirely because he didn’t like how he looked in a mask, and he refused to be photographed in public wearing one. Yep, one of many occasions in which the MAGA crowd took one of trump’s many personal peccadilloes and turned it into culture-war gospel. I remember, going back to early in his first term-- trump expressed a preference for having his steak cooked well-done, and for a period of time after that, anyone who preferred their steak medium-rare was a woke-ass pansy, as far as the rabid trumpers were concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2514 "2026-04-30T16:41:16Z")
I like mine rare. I wonder where that puts me on the “woke scale”. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2515 "2026-04-30T16:42:53Z")
Had the right/MAGA been under the belief that masks prevented them from getting covid (instead of preventing other people from getting it from them), they would’ve been hoarding them. Instead of acting like they’ll pass out if they so much as put one over their mouth, not even their nose, they would’ve wearing multiple masks at the same time (and showing off because it meant less masks for other people). I think if there was a way to convincingly lie about what the masks do, we could’ve flattened the curve a lot faster. ---
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2516 "2026-04-30T20:13:26Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > It was important when it might have gotten him reelected; once that didn’t happen, who cares? Not Trump. Moderna and Pfizer did not want to roll the dice on spending the money for production before the vaccines were approved. el donald could have promised to have the government cover their costs if they were rejected. When the approval came, the trucks could have been ready to roll and everyone could have their first shots by Christmas. If that happened, it would take place before the election but, it didn’t. As it actually played out, when el donald lost the election, nothing else mattered to him. He totally freaked out. Rudy filed his sixty frivoulous lawsuits. The last desperate attempt was on January 6. Vaccine, what Vaccine? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2517 "2026-04-30T20:21:27Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > While I’d love for Mr. Potato Head to be on a coin, it would have to be a new coin with no value. ‘No cents’. A fake penny, so they are non-cents. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2518 "2026-04-30T21:08:35Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I like mine rare. I wonder where that puts me on the “woke scale”. Trotskyite. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2519 "2026-04-30T22:34:16Z")
Real Men eat their steaks rare. Only pansies who feint at the sight of blood eat their steaks well-done. [/s] ---
**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 30, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2520 "2026-04-30T22:58:12Z")
REAL Real Men kill the cow by hand then tear out some parts to eat while still warm from life. Well done eaters are squealing unworthy weaksters. Just ask Chuck Norris. _Before_ he went MAGA-stupid. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2521 "2026-04-30T23:03:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > REAL Real Men kill the cow… Only wimps and pansies kill the cow first. /s [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=127)