# 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:** 55
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1082 "2025-12-11T20:05:25Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > MST3K did a decent job of handling that one. So did [Fanboy Flicks/Bad Movies with Mark](https://youtu.be/cBIorx4il40?si=ZNFh_TQyPx5ZO1w8) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1083 "2025-12-11T20:29:56Z")
Whatever the cause, the man has become the equivalent of a toddler. (List taken from someone else). - he’s back in diapers - he’s needs to take naps or he gets cranky - he’s up all night crying - he’ll wander off if you’re not paying attention - refuses to eat anything actually good for him - and anything he sees, is his ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1084 "2025-12-11T20:35:22Z")
- If he doesn’t get immediate attention to his every whim, it’s a problem (see 'Diet Coke button). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1085 "2025-12-11T20:58:49Z")
That explains that smile he adopts (where the skin on his chin does that odd contortion) The “Mommy, I pooped my pants and you have to clean it up” smile. [![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/efc29bac50266f2385531697d3ec582e0a333347/0_100_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/efc29bac50266f2385531697d3ec582e0a333347/0_100_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1086 "2025-12-11T22:33:14Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > - refuses to eat anything actually good for him Remember this gem from the last time he disgraced the White House? [Trump Has To Be Tricked Into Eating Veggies, Just Like a Toddler](https://www.fatherly.com/news/trump-has-to-be-tricked-into-eating-veggies) ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1087 "2025-12-11T23:28:32Z")
If that one isn’t in the “real headlines that sound like Onion articles” thread, it should be. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1088 "2025-12-12T20:22:49Z")
I posted a meme that reads [syntax fixed]: > This message is for President Donald Trump: > > You are almost 80 years old, sickly, weak, and your spirit is sagging more with each passing month. > > You are going to die long before our resistance to you does. > > And the day you die, there will be a global celebration the likes of which this planet [has not seen] since the end of WWII. > > I want you to remember that… in the dark of the night when your demons come calling. > > Tick Tock Donald… Your end awaits you. But according to my Trump cultist friend, the meme is laughable. She perceives Mr. Potato Head as being in the best health he’s ever been in. > Hysterical really 😆 cause Trump has never looked healthier to me, have you not noticed how slender and svelte he is now 😲 that old man exhausts me. IYKYK 🇺🇸🏆 🇺🇸 So according to her, he’s not dying. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1089 "2025-12-12T20:30:56Z")
Great job covering up that bruise yesterday! > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m7qzk4ahw22v)** > > Trump's mangled right hand was extremely spackled tonight at the White House congressional ball (Alex Wong/Getty) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreihsvewzr7exknbodqiocpqvh3uaon3uj52yosmahowwzrjvpmqwha@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreihsvewzr7exknbodqiocpqvh3uaon3uj52yosmahowwzrjvpmqwha@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1090 "2025-12-12T21:04:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > have you not noticed how slender and svelte he is now He’s in the losing weight stage, is he? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1091 "2025-12-12T21:07:26Z")
As my wife is an RN, my attention is often called to someone on TV when she says a person looks ‘gaunt’. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1092 "2025-12-12T21:16:21Z")
He hasn’t reached “gaunt”. And i thought he was taking glp-1 medications? Or did i just hallucinate that? But yes, weight loss in the elderly is often a bad sign. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1093 "2025-12-12T21:22:47Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > And i thought he was taking glp-1 medications? Or did i just hallucinate that? Maybe you were remembering stories that talked about Trump reaching a deal with manufacturers to lower the price of GLP-1 drugs. I can’t see any reputable source claiming that he’s _taking_ them. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1094 "2025-12-12T21:36:11Z")
Well, he’s definitely lost weight over the last few years (although he seems to be gaining some back recently), so that I assumed he was on one of those drugs. And he wouldn’t specifically say it because it would make him look weak or imply he _needed_ to lose weight. But he’s mentioned “the fat shot” a number of times this year, so it emphasized for me he’s taking (or has taken) it. Why else would he know what it is? He only knows about things that pertain to himself. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1095 "2025-12-12T21:40:21Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > But he’s mentioned “the fat shot” a number of times this year, so it emphasized for me he’s taking (or has taken) it. Why else would he know what it is? He only knows about things that pertain to himself. He _could_ be taking it, I just don’t think it has ever definitively came out that he did. That was the (at least implied) question I was answering; whether or not it was reliably reported that he was, and as far as I can tell, it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1096 "2025-12-12T21:42:37Z")
Oh, yeah, just conjecture at this point. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1097 "2025-12-12T21:44:04Z")
They might bundle in the shot with one of his diaper changes. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1098 "2025-12-12T21:50:25Z")
How did he know it was a shot and not a pill? And we know he’s not losing weight with diet/exercise. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1099 "2025-12-12T21:53:53Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > And we know he’s not losing weight with diet/exercise. Well, there were claims that Melania changed his diet, which helped him lose 30 pounds. [MSN: Inside Melania Trump’s ‘balanced’ diet that helped Donald Trump lose 30 pounds as she keeps ‘a firm hand’](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/inside-melania-trumps-balanced-diet-that-helped-donald-trump-lose-30-pounds-as-she-keeps-a-firm-hand/ar-BB1rmid1) But I can’t imagine Trump ever listening to his wife about anything, especially denying him something he wants, or having any sort of self-discipline. So he’s either on the shot, or having health problems that are being hidden. I think either is plausible. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1100 "2025-12-12T21:56:01Z")
Pfffft on Melanie influencing his diet. Has he actually been seen eating lots of healthy food? And we all know what he thinks about exercise. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1101 "2025-12-12T22:16:30Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Pfffft on Melanie influencing his diet. Has he actually been seen eating lots of healthy food? And we all know what he thinks about exercise. “Wow. $130,000 a work out seems like a lot, right?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=56)