# 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:** 197
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3925 "2026-10-27T21:35:57Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > If Biden and Obama are still alive at the time, I expect them to show respect for the office and be at the funeral. If we assume that they are even invited. Protocol is undoubtedly that living ex-presidents (and probably ex-VPs, too) would be invited to a state funeral for a president. Trump’s administration has had “fuck protocol and tradition” among its many features; if Trump dies in office, and is replaced by Vance as president, it would not surprise me at all if they decide to only invite true believers. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3926 "2026-10-27T21:37:56Z")
Everyone else can rent out Madison Square Garden for a memorial where everyone can speak poorly of the deceased. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3927 "2026-10-27T21:44:59Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I wouldn’t blame them if they didn’t feel like flying halfway around the world to attend. I’m sure they all have “matters of national importance” to tend to. as a matter of realpolitik, I imagine that most of the world leaders will be busy, and send a representative. .Maybe their retired ex-ambassador to the US, or some minor official like their Minister of Education or something. That way they don’t totally ignore protocol, but they also don’t show any respect for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3928 "2026-10-27T22:09:59Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Trump’s administration has had “fuck protocol and tradition” among its many features; if Trump dies in office, and is replaced by Vance as president, it would not surprise me at all if they decide to only invite true believers. Followed by their media lackeys asking why all the Democrats didn’t even have the common decency to show up. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3929 "2026-10-27T22:19:25Z")
If I owned a business, I’d have an extension ready for the flagpole so I could fly the flag at double staff when that joyous day happens. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3930 "2026-10-27T22:21:43Z")
I hope that, out of respect for the office, world leaders acknowledge it by sending the most junior diplomat they can find. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3931 "2026-10-27T22:34:46Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > If I owned a business, I’d have an extension ready for the flagpole so I could fly the flag at double staff when that joyous day happens. US Navy ships have a holiday flag flown on special occasions. At 17 x 8.95 feet it is nearly twice as big as the ordinary ensign. Shore stations have one bigger yet if they have a pole tall enough (55 ft.) ---
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3932 "2026-10-27T22:55:17Z")
You beat me to it – that’s exactly the image that flashed into my head. Although it also occurs to me that you might not get much of a reaction today from sticking a pin into that hand with all the makeup on it. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3933 "2026-10-28T00:04:21Z")
There were so many new posts… I thought for a moment it had really happened. Finally. :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3934 "2026-10-28T01:16:18Z")
I dread the day I see… > Trump is dying (part 2) > Continuing the discussion from Trump is dying (part 1) and he’s not. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3935 "2026-10-28T11:53:49Z")
Trump doesn’t respect the office. Nobody should go. Well, can you dance on his grave? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3936 "2026-10-28T12:16:13Z")
In the words of my beloved Grateful Dead: > [@](#): > > There may come a day I will dance on your grave > Unable to dance, I will crawl across it > Unable to dance, I’ll still crawl > Unable to dance I’ll crawl ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3937 "2026-10-28T12:38:44Z")
I’d pour a beer on his grave. But I’d run it through my kidneys first. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3938 "2026-10-28T15:17:16Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I do think that it’ll be the time when we really see who are Trumpers and who aren’t among the conservative types. Wait, can I do that now? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3939 "2026-10-28T18:18:43Z")
I mean that right now, there are a lot of Republicans who aren’t necessarily huge Trumpers, and who vote R. And there are huge Trumpers. When he dies, the first group won’t probably be too vocal about how tragic it is, etc… while the second group will. Kind of like the Charlie Kirk situation, only writ much larger. > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > I hope this. If Biden and Obama are still alive at the time, I expect them to show respect for the office and be at the funeral. Probably- Trump did show up to Carter and Bush’s funerals. I would imagine the still living presidents would show up to his, just to show respect for the office. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3940 "2026-10-28T18:20:50Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Probably- Trump did show up to Carter and Bush’s funerals. I would imagine the still living presidents would show up to his, just to show respect for the office. … even though Trump has no respect for the office. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3941 "2026-10-28T18:22:41Z")
True, but I think they’d be trying to set a precedent of sorts that Presidential funerals should be apolitical, not make any kind of statement about the man himself. The only thing I wish any ex-presidents would do is for W to endorse James Talarico or something like that in these midterms. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3942 "2026-10-28T18:30:34Z")
You mean like Karl Rove did? To quote John Oliver, “You know things have gone off the rails when you’ve lost the moral high ground to Karl Fucking Rove.” ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3943 "2026-10-28T21:40:01Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Well, can you dance on his grave? Dance? When I have a zipper handy? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3944 "2026-10-28T21:56:03Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Someone down the block from me has had an upside down flag on his flagpole for the last year or so. I wonder what he’ll do. Since an upside-down US flag is a sign of distress, wouldn’t that person likely be a critic of Donald? So when The Day arrives, the person may well take down the upside-down flag and turn it right-side up—and fly it high. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=196) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=198)