# 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:** 175
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3485 "2026-07-29T19:32:47Z")
Trump has already “joked” about being King. And Pope. “King and Tyrant” IS exactly what he wants to be. I think it is silly to argue about whether he will run for president again. Legally he can’t, we all agree. He knows that too. That doesn’t mean he won’t try something else, likely something involving violence or at least threats of violence or military action. It won’t be something legal. But He DOES NOT CARE. He does not care about what the Constitution says, that should be screamingly obvious. He absolutely will try to stay in power by some means, even - maybe especially - if it means the end of our democracy. Unless he’s dead. And then I wouldn’t put it past Vance to try the same thing, but I think Vance has much less chance of succeeding. ---
**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 29, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3486 "2026-07-29T20:18:59Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > And then I wouldn’t put it past Vance to try the same thing, but I think Vance has much less chance of succeeding. I predict a day coming when Vance gets Under-bussed worse than Apollo 13. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3487 "2026-07-29T20:34:29Z")
Maybe. Vance is Theil’s poodle, not trump’s. And Theil just might be the real _éminence grise_ behind the fascist takeover Project 2025. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3488 "2026-07-29T22:52:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I predict a day coming when Vance gets Under-bussed worse than Apollo 13. _Can_ a President get rid of a Vice President? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3489 "2026-07-29T23:07:17Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > _Can_ a President get rid of a Vice President? By what means is the big question here. I believe the VP would have to be impeached. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3490 "2026-07-29T23:08:50Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > By what means is the big question here. I believe the VP would have to be impeached. This, as I understand it. The VP is an elected official, not appointed by the President (the way that the rest of the Cabinet is), and the President has no ability to simply fire his VP. ---
**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 29, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3491 "2026-07-29T23:26:38Z")
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**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 30, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3492 "2026-07-30T13:04:31Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > i6s He can call himself a [luxury bus](https://www.scania.com/content/dam/scanianoe/market/ie/brochures-and-docs/bus-and-coach/Irizari6S.pdf)? > [@Toxgoddess](#): > > King. And Pope. [The Man Who Would Be King Of The Popes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2xWQr4VaUA) [3:45]. Anyway, I keep coming back to this thread hoping to read about a dire medical emergency. No joy. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3493 "2026-07-30T13:10:06Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > i6s > > He can call himself a [luxury bus](https://www.scania.com/content/dam/scanianoe/market/ie/brochures-and-docs/bus-and-coach/Irizari6S.pdf)? I read that and wondered what it was a typo for, too. Probably the word “or”. I was probably trying to correct a swypo with one of the choices my phone offers, and hit the “6” instead of the option. The options are close to the numbers, and i accidentally insert a number all the time, although i usually catch those and fix them. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3494 "2026-07-30T13:12:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Anyway, I keep coming back to this thread hoping to read about a dire medical emergency. No joy. This is not where i expect to learn of an actual medical emergency involving our fearless leader. I’ll get half a dozen news alerts on my phone, plus a few friends will mention it in Discord, and I’m likely to get a direct text from someone, too. ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3495 "2026-07-30T13:12:20Z")
Still, I can imagine him saying, ‘I am I6S of this country! I am Luxury Bus Donald J. Trump!’ > [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ll get half a dozen news alerts on my phone, plus a few friends will mention it in Discord, and I’m likely to get a direct text from someone, too. My phone is silenced most of the time. No SDMB or FB during the day. I’d see it on MSN, as I have a browser open at work. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3496 "2026-07-30T13:16:27Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > This is not where i expect to learn of an actual medical emergency involving our fearless leader. I’ll get half a dozen news alerts on my phone, plus a few friends will mention it in Discord, and I’m likely to get a direct text from someone, too. I got one of those regarding Trump falling while getting into his limo, but it turns out to have been yet another AI-generated hoax: [https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.C3BC99E](https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.C3BC99E) > [@](#): > > A video spreading across platforms purports to show Donald Trump falling to his knees and needing help to get into his presidential limousine, but it is a fabrication that was manipulated using artificial intelligence, according to the TikTok user who first posted it. Authentic footage of the moment shows the 80-year-old US president moving gingerly, but never collapsing. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3497 "2026-07-30T16:40:12Z")
The VP can resign. Agnew proved that. Therefore the VP can be pressured, or rewarded, to resign. So it’ll come down to how hard Vance’s backers want Vance to stay versus how hard trump or trump’s backers want Vance to go. Vance himself has no real power here compared to the amount of violence and money and criminality the various backing factions control. Remember, there are no rules in a dictatorship. There isn’t even precedent. There’s just power & convenience for that power. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3498 "2026-07-30T22:19:06Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > This is not where i expect to learn of an actual medical emergency involving our fearless leader. I’ll get half a dozen news alerts on my phone, plus a few friends will mention it in Discord, and I’m likely to get a direct text from someone, too. The choir of angels will be a big giveaway. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3499 "2026-07-30T22:44:54Z")
Rosebushes bursting into bloom in the middle of winter. Niagara Falls flowing **upward**. Cumulus clouds forming spontaneously into heart shapes. Cats and dogs swarming into the streets and yowling out Vivaldi’s “Spring.” Ya know: _signs._ ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3500 "2026-07-30T22:57:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ya know: _signs_ Flags will be above full staff. Order your flagpole extender today. ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3501 "2026-07-30T23:41:06Z")
> [@Ancient\_Nerd](#): > > Order your flagpole extender today. I fell for that. It was a Scam. ☹ ---
**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:** [July 30, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3502 "2026-07-30T23:47:27Z")
> [@Ancient\_Nerd](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > Ya know: _signs_ > > Flags will be above full staff. Order your flagpole extender today. No extender needed. The flags will just spontaneously rise up above current flagpoles and wave in joyous relief while floating in mid-air. ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3503 "2026-07-31T01:51:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Cats and dogs swarming into the streets …and being eaten by grateful Haitians. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3504 "2026-07-31T02:39:50Z")
An old joke from the Soviet Union is (unfortunately) appropriate in the US today. A man goes up to a newsstand and buys a newspaper… He then glances at the front page, then turns aside and tosses the whole newspaper straight into the trash. Next day, he turns up, and does the same thing. Buys it, glances at the front page, throws it in the trash. Next day, same thing. The newsstand worker is increasingly puzzled, but doesn’t say anything. But eventually, after a couple of weeks of this, he can’t take it. “I’m sorry, friend, but I must ask: why do you buy the paper every day and then just look at the front page and throw it out?” “Oh, I’m just checking for something.” “OK, but: what are you checking for?” “I’m checking for a particular obituary.” “But sir, you don’t even _open_ the newspaper! The obituaries aren’t even _on_ the front page!” “Oh, believe me, the one I’m waiting for will be.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=176)