# 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:** 68
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1342 "2026-01-17T16:31:33Z")
If Donald is lucky, Clarence Thomas can be the judge to get him off. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1343 "2026-01-17T16:40:05Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I wish they’d open some fireworks stands in anticipation of the blessed event. According to a Google search, Legion of Boom on the Lummi Reservation is open. You can get mortars on reservations. 🎇 🎆 🧨 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1344 "2026-01-17T17:04:29Z")
An engineer dies and goes to hell. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After a while, they’ve got air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy. One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and says with a sneer, “So, how’s it going down there in hell?” Satan replies, “Hey things are going great. We’ve got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there’s no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next.” God replies, “What??? You’ve got an engineer? That’s a mistake he should never have gotten down there; send him up here.” S atan says, “No way. I like having an engineer on the staff, and I’m keeping him.” God says, “Send him back up here or I’ll sue.” Satan laughs uproariously and answers, “Yeah, right. And just where are you going to get a lawyer?” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1345 "2026-01-17T18:25:15Z")
Yes taking his name off the Kennedy Center for starters. Then turning the Oval Office back into something that can be respected and not some bizzar carnival sideshow. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1346 "2026-01-17T18:25:49Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Clarence Thomas can be the judge to get him off. AAAAAAGH! Phrasing! ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1347 "2026-01-17T21:31:38Z")
Well, Clarence Thomas does seem to be in the Epstein Files… so… ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1348 "2026-01-17T23:18:26Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > If Donald is lucky, Clarence Thomas can be the judge to get him off. That’s a mental image I did \* **NOT** \* need! ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1349 "2026-01-17T23:31:06Z")
If he is going to die, he had better do so and decrease the surplus population. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1350 "2026-01-17T23:43:28Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I don’t know; I’d prefer to have him live and watch all of his “work” being undone. I picture him like the Mark Margolis character (“Hector Salamanca”) in _Breaking Bad_: in a wheelchair, barely able to communicate, but projecting a miasma of malice. (Good pic of that character here: [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546797/](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546797/) ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1351 "2026-01-18T02:39:15Z")
LOL! I know the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1352 "2026-01-18T02:43:43Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > _Make_ him watch. Like in A Clockwork Orange. Make him watch all the people cheering at all the undoings that will be done. He’d be so senile by then he’d believe they were cheering for him, no matter what was going on. ---
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1353 "2026-01-18T04:01:55Z")
Maybe he can spend his last few months on a ventilator unable to speak as he watches all those people celebrate. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1354 "2026-01-18T14:49:45Z")
Is today the day, Hector? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1355 "2026-01-18T23:07:31Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > LOL! I know the scenes. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > Is today the day, Hector? When that aired, no one could have predicted that the USA would soon have a President just as vicious, lawless, grasping, and generally nasty as Hector. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1356 "2026-01-18T23:28:52Z")
Hector was a better businessman, though. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1357 "2026-01-18T23:30:06Z")
Yeah, he was—no comparison, really. Hector actually made money; he didn’t have to rely on a Russian dictator wanting to keep him ‘on tap’ via generous loans. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1358 "2026-01-19T00:24:07Z")
America has been on auto-pilot since Competent Biden left office, leaving greedy scumbags in control. Sadly, the Otto Auto-pilot system is now failing… > **[Imgflip](https://imgflip.com/i/ahq7vm)** ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1359 "2026-01-19T04:21:03Z")
That means we all have to blow harder. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGZlNzZmNTgtNWZmZS00NTBjLWEyMDktYzNmMGUxMWVlNjVhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGZlNzZmNTgtNWZmZS00NTBjLWEyMDktYzNmMGUxMWVlNjVhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1360 "2026-01-20T18:44:33Z")
I can’t help but wonder if part of the reason he wants all of these “peace” medals is to prove to himself that he is worthy of heaven. Or maybe he just assumes he can buy his way in the same way he buys everything else. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1361 "2026-01-20T19:14:37Z")
For most leaders, you would think that they are concerned about their legacy. But I don’t think Trump gives a shit. He has never given the impression that he cares what people think about him when he’s gone, or what other impact his actions might have on anyone else. He just cares what happens to **him**. He is all that matters. So I do think that there might be something to the idea that he wants to buy his way into Heaven, or stay out of Hell. He has already made statements along those lines. There’s also the simple fact that he likes to show off. All the time. That’s why he got in hot water before, and was being charged with serious violations for keeping classified documents as souvenirs after leaving office, because he wanted to show them off to people. And he is on tape doing exactly that sort of thing; showing classified maps and war plans to people in some dinner (if I remember properly). He also had all of those fake _Time_ covers to show off to people at his house. He needs everything gilt, figuratively or literally, because if he can’t preen like a peacock to people he has nothing. The Nobel Prize medal is just another little thingy he can show off, along with his fake golf trophies he gave himself for declaring himself the winner of tournaments he ran at his own golf courses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=69)