# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/882 "2025-10-29T21:50:24Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I mean, unless you think, “sorry, the pain in your foot is caused by arthritis and we can’t do anything” a “risk”. Maybe “significant risk” wasn’t the exactly correct phrase - but you didn’t have those tests because you had no symptoms ( something was bugging you) and presumably the pain in your foot _could_ have been caused by something other than arthritis that nothing could be done about . What I meant about the “significant risk” is that people with no symptoms who are at significant risk of _something_ sometimes have scans or tests done just because of that risk. For example, only people of a certain age with a certain history of smoking are usually recomended to have an annual low dose CT screening for lung cancer. It’s not recommended for everyone. > [@doreen](#): > > Which is why I don’t buy that Trump’s tests were done for screening with no medical indication at all. Sure, his bone spurs might have been acting up - but that would be a medical indication and therefore not done for screening purposes. ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/883 "2025-10-29T21:56:34Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > **Someone should ask him what his IQ is.** I’m curious as to whether he’d A)Avoid answering the question B)Tell us his IQ is wildly high, ie 150+ or C)Have no concept of what the range of IQ scores is and **just pick something that sounds high, like 10** (My bolding.) If this happened, and if I could arrange to get 1/100th of a penny each time the resulting video clip was played, I’d very shortly become America’s first trillionaire! ---
**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 29, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/884 "2025-10-29T22:04:02Z")
No, get a dick piercing and then get the MRI. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/885 "2025-10-29T22:07:20Z")
Prince Albert has abdicated. ---
**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 29, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/886 "2025-10-29T22:11:20Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Prince Albert has abdicated. . Of Monaco? I just did Google search of Albert and Monaco and got nothing. (A whoosh??) ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/887 "2025-10-29T22:11:32Z")
To (almost) quote Denholm Elliot at the end of _Trading Places_: “Why can’t we do both?” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/888 "2025-10-29T22:13:51Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > No, get a dick piercing and then get the MRI. It the new Tug-Ahoy. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/889 "2025-10-29T22:15:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Of Monaco? Of down under… Google “Prince Albert slang” if you’re unfamiliar. ---
**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 29, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/890 "2025-10-29T22:19:22Z")
I was–thanks for fighting my ignorance. (Outside of Monaco, my only other reference for Prince Albert was the canned tobacco.) ---
**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 29, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/891 "2025-10-29T22:36:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And he should get an MRI _while wearing the medallion._ And here I was picturing it the size of a manhole cover and tossing him overboard. Shows how unimagining I was. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > No, get a dick piercing and then get the MRI. How are they going to find it? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/892 "2025-10-29T22:59:05Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > You really don’t need a compelling reason to get imaged,… A Democrat said “don’t get imaged.” ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/893 "2025-10-29T23:40:24Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > I’m sure the test is diagnostic of something, but clearly is not proof of sound cognitive health. I’m only 43, and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t do great on the clock part. I’ve always struggled to read a clock face, ever since the concept was introduced in second grade. If I can take a few seconds to look at it I can figure it out, but I completely panic if someone asks for the time. ---
**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 29, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/894 "2025-10-29T23:51:36Z")
As part of the Medicare annual health assessment, I’ve had to draw the clock every time. Seems like it’s always for 10:50. Don’t know what they’ll do when today’s kids get old, many just don’t see enough analog clocks to get good at reading them. They also give you three words to recite back later, not too difficult. I’ve never been tempted to boast about beating the test. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/895 "2025-10-29T23:56:26Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I completely panic if someone asks for the time You can always stall them by saying “You mean right now?” ---
**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:** [October 30, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/896 "2025-10-30T00:46:59Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I’ve always struggled to read a clock face, ever since the concept was introduced in second grade. If I can take a few seconds to look at it I can figure it out, but I completely panic if someone asks for the time. That dementia test isn’t asking someone to tell the time shown on an analog clock, but rather _draw_ a clock set to a specific time. I’m not sure if that’s any easier, but at least you’ll have more time as the test giver isn’t expecting an answer within a second or two. [![](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/0bb5d4b6-fbe7-11e7-93e1-366632afe6f9.jpg?d=960x1271) ](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/0bb5d4b6-fbe7-11e7-93e1-366632afe6f9.jpg?d=960x1271) [![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2a1cfa_ae3d09d567574391a47cd1f03214d364.jpg/v1/fill/w_847,h_1449,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/2a1cfa_ae3d09d567574391a47cd1f03214d364.jpg) ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2a1cfa_ae3d09d567574391a47cd1f03214d364.jpg/v1/fill/w_847,h_1449,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/2a1cfa_ae3d09d567574391a47cd1f03214d364.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/897 "2025-10-30T01:34:34Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Someone should ask him what his IQ is. [Jimmy Kimmell is offerring to host the IQ test between Trump/AOC/Crockett.](https://youtu.be/RWoDkB7wkIw?t=438) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/898 "2025-10-30T01:38:58Z")
Look. I don’t know if the Angel of Death exists. That’s a religious POV. I don’t even know if the Angel of Death has a sound track. If it does, I’d like to think that it’s this. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SbNNTG3iv4Y?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDSbNNTG3iv4Y ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/899 "2025-10-30T03:35:03Z")
Goddamnit. 900 posts and no corpse. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/900 "2025-10-30T03:54:08Z")
That first one is hard, the spatial executive function test…drawing a cube with those 1-A-2-B-3-C instructions?..was not going well!!! (I googled what the heck I was missing…duh, instructions!!) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/901 "2025-10-30T04:05:54Z")
> [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](#): > > That first one is hard, the spatial executive function test…drawing a cube with those 1-A-2-B-3-C instructions?..was not going well!!! Oh, thank fuck! I was having the exact same problem and was becoming seriously concerned! But yes, instructions clear it up just fine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=46)