# 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:** 189
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3765 "2026-09-27T17:39:54Z")
Watch a Trump 2016 campaign event and one of his rallies lately and you see a huge decline. 10 years is a long time sure but it’s very noticeable because you see he still talks about the same things as then so it’s just the delivery that stand outs. You can say the stuff he talks about is just tired rhetoric on its own merit too but focus just on the delivery out of the mouth. It was a lot faster and less as if he is just reading someone else’s lines written for him. To be honest this was the same identifier you could tell with Biden that he was declining a lot because Biden for all of his career up until his presidency used to be the no-filter guy who talked for too long if you put a microphone in front of him. But that made him seem authentic and shaped his public image to be president in the first place. And it’s how he became chairman of major senate committees and Obama’s point-man in the swing states in 2012. He became the frontrunner for 2020 as soon as Hillary lost because lots of people wanted him in 2016. Biden in 2016 would have crushed Trump if you watch his speeches back then. Strange thing about old politicians though is Jimmy Carter was still very sharp in the mind in his 90s and could run rings around most younger politicians on major issues of the 2000s and 2010s with them or reporters. But without anyone ever thinking “maybe we could do with him back in there now”. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3766 "2026-09-27T20:09:29Z")
> [@Nyvaak](#): > > Trump is standing at the top of the stairway, waving or some such. > > His adult diaper has a containment failure, which he either doesn’t notice or ignores. > > Some portion of the stool travels down his pant leg and falls to the step below. Where he steps on it as he descends, and slips. > > His feet go dramatically out from under him, and he hits his head HARD, causing a non-survivable brain injury. That’s a hell of an act. What do you call it? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3767 "2026-09-27T20:15:46Z")
The Aristocraps! ---
**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:** [September 27, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3768 "2026-09-27T20:16:40Z")
[golf clap] ---
**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:** [September 27, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3769 "2026-09-27T20:28:24Z")
That was 👏 worthy. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3770 "2026-09-28T02:01:07Z")
In my mind it’s "thud thud thud. . " as his fat gourd hits every step on the way down(accompanying xylophone sounds optional). ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3771 "2026-09-28T02:19:16Z")
While normally not wanting to wish ill on a protagonist I’m prepared to make allowances. In a schadenfreude situation of an extended fall down the stairs of AF1 in the full glare of national TV coverage … wouldn’t he just be the palliative care patient from hell? ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3772 "2026-09-28T03:51:21Z")
My own hope is Trump snuffs it January 2nd. One day before Vance would be eligable to serve 2 terms. It would serve him right. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3773 "2026-09-28T03:57:04Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > One day before Vance would be eligable to serve 2 terms. Bold of you to assume Vance would be able to get elected to one term. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3774 "2026-09-28T04:02:07Z")
Oh, he probably won’t. It just would give me joy for him to know it. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3775 "2026-09-28T04:02:21Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > My own hope is Trump snuffs it January 2nd. One day before Vance would be eligable to serve 2 terms. Trump took office on January 20, 2025. If he snuffs it anytime before 1/20/27, Vance would be eligible to be re-elected only once. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3776 "2026-09-28T04:05:11Z")
I’m not sure if the clock sets on inaguration day or when the new congress is sworn in. You could argue either way I guess. I just wanted to be absolutely sure. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3777 "2026-09-28T04:08:47Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > if the clock sets on inaguration day The clock started at noon on inauguration day, and the presidential term will end at noon on 1/20/2029. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3778 "2026-09-28T11:39:35Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > My own hope is Trump snuffs it January 2nd. One day before Vance would be eligable to serve 2 terms. A theory I’ve heard floated over the last year or so is that if there’s any intention to remove him via the 25th amendment, Vance (and everyone else) is holding out until then to make sure he can still run for two terms after this one. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3779 "2026-09-28T12:05:13Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > though whether that’s as a sentient humanoid is highly doubtful. Why would he start now? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3780 "2026-09-28T12:17:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The man can’t live forever. He seems to believe he will. And so far, dammit, he’s been right. > [@Nyvaak](#): > > since part of me still thinks it wrong to wish someone else ill. I got over that a long time ago. I file it under the "he needed dyin’ " defense. > [@Boycott](#): > > Biden for all of his career up until his presidency used to be the no-filter guy who talked for too long if you put a microphone in front of him. No kidding. He was a guest at Arizona Speaker Series, as ex-VP, and boy did he go on and on and on. It was amazing to see in person. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3781 "2026-09-28T12:46:11Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > A theory I’ve heard floated over the last year or so is that if there’s any intention to remove him via the 25th amendment, Vance (and everyone else) is holding out until then to make sure he can still run for two terms after this one. Why would anyone other than Vance care? I didn’t think he had that strong a following. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3782 "2026-09-28T12:55:08Z")
I don’t think he does. But they can’t invoke the 25th without getting Vance on board. And he’s still delusional enough to think he could get elected president. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3783 "2026-09-28T13:13:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But the people riding him into backstage positions of power for themselves are not. _IF_ I was a murderous sort, which I am not, I think I’d go after them first. Trump without the Stephen Millers, Steve Bannons, Kash Patels, and Todd Blanches would be considerably less directed, and more prone to doing himself and the Republican cause harm than otherwise. Problem is, outside of actual conspiracies and coups d’etat, most assassins are just lunatics acting on their own, and I kind of think that if we haven’t seen a coup d’etat already, we’re not going to. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3784 "2026-09-28T13:27:15Z")
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