# 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:** 168
**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:** [July 18, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3345 "2026-07-18T01:55:29Z")
[![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cells.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cells.png) Now, if it selectively kills cancer cells in a petri dish, it is at least a great breakthrough for everyone suffering from petri dish cancer ---
**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:** [July 18, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3346 "2026-07-18T03:18:19Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Trump says because Diet Coke kills grass, it also kills cancer cells. I can’t trust anything Dr. Oz says; he also claimed that Trump told a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3347 "2026-07-18T05:37:12Z")
JOH… ---
**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:** [July 18, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3348 "2026-07-18T22:57:58Z")
Behold, the healthiest president ever. [![](https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/donald-trump-at-the-trump-international-golf-club-in-bedminster-new-jersey-on-july-28-2022-image-shutterstock.jpg?id=60204333&width=3600&height=2624) ](https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/donald-trump-at-the-trump-international-golf-club-in-bedminster-new-jersey-on-july-28-2022-image-shutterstock.jpg?id=60204333&width=3600&height=2624) ---
**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:** [July 18, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3349 "2026-07-18T23:11:15Z")
I am happy that he’s outside consuming all that fine particulate matter that my country is sending his way right now. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3350 "2026-07-18T23:33:40Z")
That pic was from 2022. On the plus side, he is golfing at Bedminster today. [Air Quality Unhealthy](https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/bedminster-township/07921/air-quality-index/1-2174845_1_al) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3351 "2026-07-18T23:38:12Z")
One positive thing if year-round DST goes into effect: his term will be one hour short of four years. Inaugurated at 12 pm EST 1/20/25. out at 12 pm EDT 1/20/29. Of course, if he figures it out, he’ll withdraw his support. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3352 "2026-07-19T00:23:23Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > That pic was from 2022. So in other words, he was 4 years younger in that picture. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3353 "2026-07-19T02:39:30Z")
Both Trump and Mitch McConnell are aging backwards. It’s a MAHA miracle. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3354 "2026-07-20T11:31:35Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > One positive thing if year-round DST goes into effect: his term will be one hour short of four years. Inaugurated at 12 pm EST 1/20/25. out at 12 pm EDT 1/20/29. Fraud! Election interference! He’ll use it as an excuse for another four years, assuming he doesn’t make most of the world happy and pass on before then. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3355 "2026-07-23T15:48:59Z")
So, is he still dying??? (There hasn’t been a post for a couple of days and I’m starting to worry…) ---
**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:** [July 23, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3356 "2026-07-23T16:01:14Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > So, is he still dying??? No sign that he’s turning into a literal god-emperor **yet**. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYud7YaAILZr0tMXf9WDRmRmeYVmIO7p1BK9BE_u1NQrB5Qz-x3-55wBqN&s=10) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYud7YaAILZr0tMXf9WDRmRmeYVmIO7p1BK9BE_u1NQrB5Qz-x3-55wBqN&s=10) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3357 "2026-07-23T22:30:40Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > No sign that he’s turning into a literal god-emperor **yet**. Leto II was competent _and_ he actually cared about other people. No risk of Trump doing either. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3358 "2026-07-23T22:48:02Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > No risk of Trump doing either. I also don’t think Trump would partake of Spice unless it was maybe in a new “Diet Coke with Melange”. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3359 "2026-07-24T02:51:50Z")
Are you sure about that? The resemblance is uncanny. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRygI3hr7KQ1prk-Myd3FkZpZ84y6IgjyWmHFTtxpBjWDA7SCPfggJSwW4&s=10) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRygI3hr7KQ1prk-Myd3FkZpZ84y6IgjyWmHFTtxpBjWDA7SCPfggJSwW4&s=10) ---
**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:** [July 24, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3360 "2026-07-24T03:29:40Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > The resemblance is uncanny. I think that’s Steve Millet’s dad. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3361 "2026-07-24T03:33:50Z")
Ah, the man with very little grain. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3362 "2026-07-25T03:40:40Z")
That was a rye observation He was probably a wheat supremacist ---
**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:** [July 25, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3363 "2026-07-25T04:01:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I think that’s Steve Millet’s dad. _Stephen_ Miller, not Steve. The space cowboy/gangster of love/Maurice doesn’t deserve this kind of guilt by association. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3364 "2026-07-25T04:16:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The space cowboy/gangster of love/Maurice doesn’t deserve this kind of guilt by association. [Although, he _did_ steal his most-famous song.](https://www.straightdope.com/21342137/in-steve-miller-s-the-joker-what-is-the-pompatus-of-love) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=169)