# 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:** 131
**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:** [May 7, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2602 "2026-05-07T16:01:02Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Also, he’s only ordering a _ **Medium** _ McCafe Chocolate Shake on top of the two Big Macs and two Filet o’ Fish. That’s showing admirable gustatory restraint Ha! Looking at the calorie listings on the McDonald’s website: - A Big Mac is 580 calories - A Filet-O-Fish is 380 calories - A medium chocolate shake is 650 calories So that’s 2,570 calories. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2603 "2026-05-07T16:34:27Z")
Yeah, I’d love an EV, but the installation of charging at my house would be too expensive along with a car payment, and insurance, (Michigan doncha know). ---
**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:** [May 7, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2604 "2026-05-07T16:56:52Z")
How much is electric power in Michigan? I’m paying about 16-cents per kWh and when I calculated it out, with gas at $3.50 a gallon I was paying about a third as much for “fuel.” Lately I’ve been smiling as I drive past each gas station with it at least a buck more than that. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Being the pathologically competitive fella he is, he HAS to eat bigger stuff and more of it than anyone else. He has to WIN at eating just like he has to win at handshaking and everything else. “[Donny Two-scoops](https://www.eater.com/2017/5/11/15623056/trump-ice-cream-white-house),” remember? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2605 "2026-05-07T17:13:09Z")
Not gas prices, though they are high. Last I was at work we were at 4.50 a gallon. _Insurance_ in Michigan is high and always has been. That and my car payment made me have to go back to work more than one day a week. I found something considerably lower than I was paying, but it’s still higher than anywhere else, or so I understand. And coughing up that kind of cash all at once (for installing charging) is out of our budget. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2606 "2026-05-07T17:14:58Z")
Ah. I missed the “installing.” Depending on your current service that can run into money, especially if you need level-2. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2607 "2026-05-07T17:17:50Z")
Yeah, if I had that kind of cash I’d put on a new roof and hire experts to do all the diying I’m trying to do on my own…very sllloowwwly. Then I’d think about charging. Sigh a girl can dream. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2608 "2026-05-07T17:27:11Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > hire experts to do all the diying I’m trying to do on my own I mis-read that as “all the _dying_” you were trying to do on your own. I thought, “Wow, you can hire experts to die for you? I should look into that.” Maybe that’s why this thread has lasted so long. As with so many things, Trump ignores the advice of the experts. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2609 "2026-05-07T17:29:07Z")
You know I thought it looked like that too, but left it rather than taking time to fix it. Yeah, if we had experts for that he’d ignore them too. He’s such a turd. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2610 "2026-05-08T04:15:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > two, 1/10 ounce Correction: 1/10 pound. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2611 "2026-05-08T15:50:03Z")
Shrinkflation hasn’t gotten _that_ bad. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2612 "2026-05-12T02:37:32Z")
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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2613 "2026-05-12T04:38:59Z")
Let’s just add another couple of inches to those cuffs. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2614 "2026-05-12T07:31:59Z")
From the comments; “Would you rather shake both those hands, or hug every single person on the hantavirus ship?” ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2615 "2026-05-12T17:17:55Z")
Decisions, decisions. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2616 "2026-05-12T17:43:52Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Would you rather shake both those hands, or hug every single person on the hantavirus ship?” Can I shake both hands AFTER hugging (and back slapping) every single person on the hantavirus ship? ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2617 "2026-05-12T18:03:05Z")
Is he slumped to one side? His right hand looks 2-3" lower than his left. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2618 "2026-05-12T20:56:02Z")
I was just noticing the other day how out of physical ( as well as mental) alignment he is. Just look at his shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2619 "2026-05-12T22:40:28Z")
Hey! They make Monk disenfectant wipes! Perfect for meeting the President. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2620 "2026-05-12T22:44:03Z")
Seriously, who cleans all the orange crap off of him? They must change his sheets every day I’m sure, but does he sleep in that stuff (well at meetings he does). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2621 "2026-05-12T23:44:51Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Can I shake both hands AFTER hugging (and back slapping) every single person on the hantavirus ship? Ouch! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=132)