# 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:** 145
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2882 "2026-06-02T13:45:49Z")
Bragging that a test you’ve taken four times (think that might have provided a clue to correct answers?) shows that you have “extreme intelligence”, when the test isn’t designed to measure intelligence, [could be taken as a sign of mental impairment](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/seth-meyers-finds-proof-trump-actually-failed-dementia-test/). It’d be fun to ask Trump at a news conference if he’d take a different cognitive test on live TV along with Gavin Newsom, with the results to be judged by an independent panel of neurologists. The resulting Trumpian explosion would probably make “Shut up, piggy” sound like an endearment. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2883 "2026-06-02T14:03:43Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > …when the test isn’t designed to measure intelligence, [could be taken as a sign of mental impairment](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/seth-meyers-finds-proof-trump-actually-failed-dementia-test/). That’s good. I’ve got to start watching Seth Meyers again, especially since the Colbert Show is no more. This quote, changed to past tense, should be trump’s epitaph: > “He brags about stuff that you wouldn’t have to brag about if the thing you were bragging about was actually true.” ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2884 "2026-06-02T14:24:32Z")
> [@solost](#): > > since the Colbert Show is no more. Are you aware that he has moved to YouTube? You can stream from Paramount. > **[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert](https://www.youtube.com/@colbertlateshow?si=7u5mOyWQ6Wy3alnp%2F)** > > Welcome to the official YouTube channel for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"! Weeknights at 11:35pm/10:35c. > > Stream on Paramount+. www.paramountplus.com/lateshow /aside ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2885 "2026-06-02T14:29:28Z")
It’s like saying, “I’m such a good driver, I’ve passed three field sobriety tests this month. The cops keep on giving them to me, and I keep on passing!” ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2886 "2026-06-02T14:30:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Are you aware that he has moved to YouTube? I did hear something about that, now that you mention it. So he’s going to be putting up new episodes on YT? So far it looks like that YT link is of his past shows up to the Paramount finale. No new content yet. But I imagine he’ll want to take a nice long break and regroup before he gets back into it. > [@Alessan](#): > > It’s like saying, “I’m such a good driver, I’ve passed three field sobriety tests this month. The cops keep on giving them to me, and I keep on passing!” Yep 🙄 I know this gets said ad nauseum, but I _ **do not** _ understand how anybody, at this point, can continue to pretend that he is anything but a national embarrassment. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2887 "2026-06-02T15:13:57Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I did hear something about that, now that you mention it. So he’s going to be putting up new episodes on YT? So far it looks like that YT link is of his past shows up to the Paramount finale. No new content yet. But I imagine he’ll want to take a nice long break and regroup before he gets back into it. I posted that after a hasty search on my phone. Sorry. See if this clarifies. It may take more searching. > **[Stephen Colbert Makes Surprise YouTube Move After Late-Night Show Cancellation](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/stephen-colbert-makes-surprise-youtube-062127169.html)** > > Stephen Colbert launched a new YouTube channel days after ending The Late Show, sparking fresh buzz online. > ## Stephen Colbert launches YouTube channel after show cancellation > > Instead of making a polished comeback announcement, [Stephen Colbert](https://www.mandatory.com/news/1779324-stephen-colbert-second-act-project-talk-show-cancellation) resurfaced through a small Michigan public-access station. His new YouTube channel appeared over the weekend and quickly pulled in more than 120,000 subscribers after uploading a video titled “Only In Monroe — May 22, 2026.” The clip features Colbert visiting Monroe Community Media, a local station in the town of Monroe, Michigan (via [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/26/stephen-colbert-youtube-channel)). > > During the appearance, Colbert joked about how quickly he returned to television after leaving CBS. “It’s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV,” he said before joking that he was happy to appear on Monroe Community Media, “before they also get acquired by Paramount.” The line referenced Paramount’s recent merger deal involving Skydance Media and executives Larry and David Ellison, who are seen as allies of the current US President Donald Trump. > … /end of aside ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2888 "2026-06-02T15:14:16Z")
It’s like Colin Jost said about George Santos when the latter claimed to have been a volleyball star at Baruch College: “That’s a fine thing to be, but a really weird thing to pretend to be.” ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2889 "2026-06-02T23:25:42Z")
I don’t think it’s mental impairment in his case. I think it’s his monumental ego and an inherent lack of curiosity. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2890 "2026-06-03T02:34:59Z")
For a guy in perfect health, he has developed a sudden allergy to cameras over the past week: > **[Trump missing publicly for 7th day after 'too good to be true' health report](https://www.aol.com/entertainment/trump-missing-publicly-7th-day-165100085.html?guccounter=1)** > > President Donald Trump did not hold any public events for the seventh day in a row, sparking renewed health concerns as his 80th birthday approaches And would you look at that timing? Right at the beginning of a new month! Almost as if there is some treatment that he undergoes every 30 days! Of course, being who he is, he’ll pop back up again. Or will he? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2891 "2026-06-03T02:37:39Z")
Maybe he’s getting a face lift and he wants the black and blue marks to be gone by his birthday. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2892 "2026-06-03T02:48:48Z")
That would explain the structure on the WH lawn. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2893 "2026-06-03T04:24:18Z")
I seriously suspect that they are so he can be suspended from cables and show MAGA he can fly. I imagine it would make him look like Baron Harkonnen. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2894 "2026-06-03T05:49:19Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Of course, being who he is, he’ll pop back up again. Or will he? Short of a wooden stake, yeh, he will. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2895 "2026-06-03T06:26:49Z")
A Trump Stake, yet! ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2896 "2026-06-03T12:20:43Z")
That would fail. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2897 "2026-06-03T14:03:10Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > A Trump Stake, yet! Spitroast? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2898 "2026-06-03T14:23:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I imagine it would make him look like Baron Harkonnen. He doesn’t even look like Barron trump. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2899 "2026-06-03T14:50:58Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Gatopescado](#): > > > > the funniest thing about this cartoon is that the cat can “read”. > > About as well as the dog can spell. And cows can make tools. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2900 "2026-06-03T14:53:27Z")
[![](https://cidu.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/aug17-loosecows.png) ](https://cidu.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/aug17-loosecows.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2901 "2026-06-03T20:50:04Z")
Columnist Mike Brock posted an attention-getting column stating that Donald had died on Monday. But about a half hour ago, he posted on X that this wasn’t the case, after all: > We keep getting our hopes up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=146)