# 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:** 190
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3785 "2026-09-28T14:20:21Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > The man can’t live forever. > > He seems to believe he will. Actually, Tucker Carlson recently gave an interview where Trump was far more fatalistic. > [@](#): > > [Carlson…]then I said, this war is not about Iran’s nuclear program, which you told me and the world that you eliminated back in last summer, in June. > > INSKEEP: Yeah. > > CARLSON: This war is being pushed by Israel with three aims. One, its own regional hegemony, take Iran off the map. You can’t-- they don’t have freedom of movement as long as Iran is a regional power. Two, diminishing the power of the GCC, the six Gulf states, which are rival to Israel and are becoming this kind of Switzerland of the Middle East, and that’s bad for Israeli interests. And three, getting the US out of the Middle East because we constrain their ambitions. Getting our bases out, destroying our bases. Israel wants our bases out of the Middle East. I said that to Trump, to his face, in the Oval Office, days before the war began. And **he looked at me and said, yes, you’re right. But in the end, we all die anyway, so it doesn’t matter. That’s exactly what he said. In the end, we all die anyway.** And I said to him, shocked, But what about our kids, and our grandkids, and our country? And he goes, ugh! That’s– > > INSKEEP: What does that mean? > > CARLSON: I don’t know. He didn’t respond. That’s a verbatim exchange. And I said-- and-- and as God watches, I said that. (My bold) It’s a real eye opening interview from a very loathsome person who nevertheless has turned on Trump. I’m surprised it didn’t get more discussion on these boards. [https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5903129](https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5903129) ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3786 "2026-09-28T18:27:09Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > It’s a real eye opening interview from a very loathsome person who nevertheless has turned on Trump. I’m surprised it didn’t get more discussion on these boards. I heard the NPR interview with Tucker Carlson, and I got very upset when I agree with things Carlson says. I blame Trump\[1\]. Fortunately later in the interview Carlson says that the Ukraine provoked the Russian invasion. This was part of a list of things that were said, and was unquestioned by the interviewer. Good to know Carlson is still a complete shithead. Still painful to have to listen to Carlson for 20 minutes, even when he’s talking about how bad of a move it was to attack Iran. My takeaway from the interview, was that some who supported Trump are realizing that Trump doesn’t care about them. They’re finding out that Trump only cares about Trump, and that Trump will tell them whatever he thinks they want to hear to get their support. We’ve all known this for a very long time, but it is interesting to hear that it is sinking in with some former Trump supporters who have a platform. Maybe enough people pay attention to Carlson that this will affect Trump’s base in a meaningful way, or maybe it will just cause Carlson to lose more of his audience. * * * 1. who also made Marjorie Taylor Greene say things I agree with, quite the ability Trump has? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3787 "2026-09-28T18:37:06Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > Fortunately later in the interview Carlson says that the Ukraine provoked the Russian invasion. She was asking for it, wearing those skimpy clothes and flirting with those other guys. ---
**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, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3788 "2026-09-28T18:48:51Z")
“I’d like to go home.” > **[Hot mic catches despondent Trump in plea to staffers: 'I'd like to go home'](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-golf-2677951095/)** > > A hot mic caught President Donald Trump muttering that he'd like to go home during the U.S. team's Presidents Cup victory celebration on Sunday — as the players around him promptly walked away.Trump, 80, attended the final round of the tournament at... ---
**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 28, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3789 "2026-09-28T19:00:00Z")
🎶 Hoist up the Don T. sail… 🎶 ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3790 "2026-09-28T20:26:49Z")
> [@bump](#): > > 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. If only there wasn’t a nigh inexhaustible supply of equally evil equally bad people who’re just like Miller, Bannon, & Patel ready to step into their shoes. Even if the shoes have their predecessor’s blood on them. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3791 "2026-09-28T22:16:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Even if the shoes have their predecessor’s blood on them. And are _completely_ the wrong size. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3792 "2026-09-29T02:26:20Z")
“Home… home is where you wear your hat… I feel so breakup, I wanna go home.” ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3793 "2026-09-29T02:33:02Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ll admit I got a tiny little rush when I saw new posts on this thread. One of these days, it will be true. I’m figuring I’ll hear the fireworks before I read it here. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3794 "2026-09-29T19:12:14Z")
I kind of hope that I’m out in some public place, just going about my business. Suddenly I’ll feel a change in the air. There’s a distant roar. Everyone starts talking to each other. I hear whoops and cheers, laughter and lamentation. Perhaps the sky changes color. It’s obvious something major is happening. And then I’ll know. It’s going to be magical. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3795 "2026-09-29T19:18:34Z")
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in jubilation and were suddenly cheering. ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3796 "2026-09-29T19:30:48Z")
My personal hope is that he just drifts off during one of those Oval Office glaze-fests he likes to hold and never wakes up again, because I want to see how long the sycophants keep flattering him before they realize something’s wrong. ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3797 "2026-09-29T19:40:49Z")
Trump will finally get the crowd sizes he has desperately craved for years. Maybe someone should point that out to him. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3798 "2026-09-29T19:55:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I want to see how long the sycophants keep flattering him before they realize something’s wrong. Ten years so far. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3799 "2026-09-29T20:05:20Z")
Either we spend the next two years in impeachment hearings of Trump’s stupid fat ass or having to deal with President JD’s stupid fat face. I don’t know what’s worse. ---
**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 29, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3800 "2026-09-29T20:17:00Z")
The former is worse. The latter means Trump is gone. Vance does not have the weird cult following of Trump so he’ll be relatively powerless. And also, impeachment hearings will be totally meaningless because they won’t go anywhere. I doubt we’ll have many, if any, because impeaching Trump without any actual removal just strengthens his standing (as we’ve seen). (It’s like the old saying, “When you strike at a king, you must kill him.”) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3801 "2026-09-30T07:57:33Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > lamentation Why ?! ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3802 "2026-09-30T10:59:59Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I kind of hope that I’m out in some public place, just going about my business. Suddenly I’ll feel a change in the air. There’s a distant roar. Everyone starts talking to each other. I hear whoops and cheers, laughter and lamentation. When Osama Bin Laden’s death was announced, the crowd at a baseball game did did just what you’ve described. > **[Crowd Breaks Out in 'U-S-A' Chant During Phillies - Mets Game After Hearing...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nSsBr67BqAt=01)** > > Here's the crowd going wild with U-S-A chants at Citizens Bank Park upon hearing the news of Osama Bin Laden's death. via Mocksession no copyright infringeme... ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3803 "2026-09-30T11:59:58Z")
In the area where I live, some folks will lament his passing. Not I! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3804 "2026-09-30T12:28:17Z")
Oh, it will be somber times indeed at the local diners around here (red Central Maryland). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=191)