# 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:** 183
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3645 "2026-08-27T22:28:35Z")
Yeah, I hear ya. But consider that he’s a year closer to the end than he was when the thread started. So there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3646 "2026-08-27T23:04:01Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I dislike this thread title. I forget about it, and every time I see it my heart does a little pitter-pat until I realize this thread is a year old and he’s not really dying. It gives me hope in the mornings. I’ll take what I can get. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3647 "2026-08-27T23:08:49Z")
Today I saw a car with various political activist bumper stickers. Local dark horse candidates, Vote Yes on Proposition 4, etc. But one was noteworthy and thread-relevant. > STILL LIKE TRUMP? > Stay back 500 feet > I don’t trust your judgment I chuckled. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3648 "2026-08-28T00:00:51Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I see you shiver with antici > > …pation. (Tim Curry tribute) I’m dissecting a man With dyed hair and a fake tan Who has been the cause of all our… Tension. /// Yeah but seriously there will be so much chatter about what REALLY killed him, and like they said you know if he lives to be 100 the wahoos will still insist he died because of the poke. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3649 "2026-08-28T13:04:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > But consider that he’s a year closer to the end than he was when the thread started. As are we all. At least those of us who haven’t been featured in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1783). ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3650 "2026-08-28T15:31:35Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I dislike this thread title. I always assume there’s a typo in the title. The d should be an l. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3651 "2026-08-28T16:10:54Z")
I only want to live long enough to see him go before me. Too bad Dolly and Tim Curry didn’t have that satisfaction. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3652 "2026-08-28T17:26:50Z")
True that. In fact I feel sorry for anyone who dies before him. At 71 and diabetic, I feel my chances are about 50/50. I wonder what the genetic factors are in his lineage? Googling, Fred Trump lived to be 93 years old. That’s not encouraging. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3653 "2026-08-28T17:49:52Z")
Yeah, but Fred was only a racist asshole. I’d bet he didn’t treat his body as badly as old Donnie 2-Scoops treats his. It’s that genetic longevity (plus his mother, who lived to 88) that maybe has allowed him to live this long. Long-lived parents is no guarantee of anything. If nothing else, there are falling pianos around that might take him out – he’s made himself such a cartoon, it would only be fitting. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3654 "2026-08-28T18:07:47Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > there are falling pianos around that might take him out – he’s made himself such a cartoon, it would only be fitting. Knowing our luck, he would walk away from it, bouncing up and down like an accordion. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3655 "2026-08-28T18:19:56Z")
Maybe if you rigged up the piano to explode when he plays the high note in “Those Endearing Young Charms”…. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3656 "2026-08-28T18:22:24Z")
His fingers are too short, and he would play the wrong note. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3657 "2026-08-28T19:34:36Z")
Yosemite Sam will show him how to do it right. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3658 "2026-08-30T14:11:48Z")
I hear Iran has a hit out on Barron, and we know Drumpf was hiding from them in the catering cart. He should take care of himself… ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3659 "2026-08-30T14:18:20Z")
Now this I had _not_ heard: > **[What to Know About the Apparent Iranian Threat Against Barron Trump](https://time.com/article/2026/08/26/iran-state-media-threat-barron-trump/)** > > The U.S. Secret Service has said it is “aware” of the threat. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3660 "2026-08-30T17:05:24Z")
I have a feeling that Trump’s attitude towards his children is similar to Kasper Gutman’s: “Well, if you lose a son, it’s possible to get another.” ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3661 "2026-08-30T19:24:55Z")
My gut tells me that there’s a pretty short list of Things Up With Which Melania Simply Will Not Put. Losing her child … because of DJ Trump … I’m going to guess is fairly high on that list. If you recall, Abbey Bartlet was furious with Jed after Zoey’s kidnapping because she believed the abduction was direct retaliation for Jed’s secret order to assassinate a foreign official. The loss of his youngest child may not elicit a normal human reaction in DJ Trump. I’m not sure. But he’s rumored to be terrified of Melania. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3662 "2026-08-30T22:21:00Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > But he’s rumored to be terrified of Melania. She knows a lot. And _he_ knows that there’s no emotional connection that would keep her from spilling it, were she to be so motivated. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3663 "2026-08-30T23:01:22Z")
If she starts down that road she needs to avoid standing near open windows. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3664 "2026-08-30T23:24:33Z")
I can’t imagine what she could possibly spill that’s worse than what we already know about him. And nobody cares about any of that stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=184)