# 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:** 75
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1482 "2026-01-27T14:41:53Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Trump himself estimates he’ll be in a coffin within ten years: > > [Trump, 79, Freaked Out Allies With Prediction About When He’ll Die](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-79-freaked-allies-prediction-132913270.html) Why would saying he’d be dead within 10 years ‘freak out’ his allies? That would take him to almost 90. Do they expect him to live forever? Unless it freaked out people like JD Vance for the opposite reason – “Damn, I was hoping for within 10 _ **months** _”. ---
**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 27, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1483 "2026-01-27T18:35:04Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Why would saying he’d be dead within 10 years ‘freak out’ his allies? That would take him to almost 90. Do they expect him to live forever? I was thinking the same thing. ---
**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 27, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1484 "2026-01-27T18:42:41Z")
Today is the anniversary of Indian actor Sabu Dastagir (27 January 1924). He died of a heart attack a month before his 40th birthday. I think Trump has overstayed. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1485 "2026-01-27T19:32:47Z")
My younger daughter’s birthday is the 23rd of next month. Everyone in my household is hoping for the Best Present Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1486 "2026-01-27T19:48:14Z")
Mine’s on Monday and I’m really hoping the groundbeefhog doesn’t see his shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1487 "2026-01-27T20:02:38Z")
Mine is February 12th. If I woke up on my birthday to this news, it would be the best birthday gift I’ll ever get! ---
**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:** [January 27, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1488 "2026-01-27T20:09:20Z")
My twentieth anniversary is on the 11th. The traditional gift is china, but we’d prefer BONES. ☠ ---
**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:** [January 27, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1489 "2026-01-27T20:22:22Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Why would saying he’d be dead within 10 years ‘freak out’ his allies? The source is The Daily Beast so the headline may or may not contain clickbait. > [@solost](#): > > Unless it freaked out people like JD Vance for the opposite reason – “Damn, I was hoping for within 10 _ **months** _”. Yes, I think this may be part of it as well. It will be interesting to see the stories that come out after he dies about how deeply he is hated by Republicans. ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1490 "2026-01-27T20:35:30Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > It will be interesting to see the stories that come out after he dies about how deeply he is hated by Republicans. I think the speed he goes from “messiah” to “pariah” might be fast enough to cause whiplash. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1491 "2026-01-27T20:37:57Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > Mine is February 12th Mine is the following day, the 13th. I would be thrilled to share this gift with you! ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1492 "2026-01-27T20:57:09Z")
Why? once he’s gone they’ll consider him a saint and fight for his legacy. ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1493 "2026-01-27T21:01:20Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > once he’s gone they’ll consider him a saint and fight for his legacy. I wouldn’t count on it. For a lot of loathsome strategists on the right, he’s a useful figurehead. Once he’s gone, I expect he’s going to be a liability. He is not going to have a great legacy among anyone other than the true cultists, and once he’s gone that demographic won’t have nearly as much motivation at the polls. I’m sure there will be another fascist waiting in the wings to take over, but I don’t know that there is going to be anyone with that unique personality and circumstance to have the impact Trump did. My suspicion is that whoever comes along later will be more subtle, insidious, and competent than Trump (and probably a lot more dangerous). ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1494 "2026-01-27T21:07:35Z")
I thing you couldn’t be more wrong, but we’ll see, hopefully soon. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1495 "2026-01-27T21:08:36Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > The traditional gift is china, but we’d prefer BONES. ☠ As would China. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1496 "2026-01-27T21:11:02Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Why? once he’s gone they’ll consider him a saint and fight for his legacy. The Soviet Union went through a de-Stalinization process following the death of Stalin. The politburo didn’t exactly refute Stalin, but they tried to pull back on his style of terror tactics and tried to ensure they wouldn’t have another dictator like him. There’s always going to be someone who loves people like Stalin. I had an intern from Kazakhstan a few years ago who couldn’t stop gushing over how great Stalin was. I don’t even remember how that conversation got started. Trump’s faithful will always be there. I do think a lot of weasels are going to explain how they didn’t like Trump but just had to lick his boots for one reason or another. Or they’ll say they tried to be the adult in the room. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1497 "2026-01-27T21:17:07Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > The Soviet Union went through a de-Stalinization process following the death of Stalin. The politburo didn’t exactly refute Stalin, but they tried to pull back on his style of terror tactics and tried to ensure they wouldn’t have another dictator like him. The past few days it’s definitely felt more like a Stalin administration than like that other famous mustachioed dictator. I don’t even think the Austrian painter had as blatant a case of creating a fall guy than with Bovino. I’m surprised that we haven’t seen pictures AI-doctored to remove his likeness. ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1498 "2026-01-27T21:23:47Z")
My birthday is June 12. (It falls on International June the 12th Day this year! 🙂 ) That would be a nice present. Incidentally, I frequently hear the data in movies and TV shows. Is it mentioned a lot? Or just confirmation bias? ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1499 "2026-01-27T21:46:22Z")
Tomorrow is Wednesday. I would like it to become Great Wednesday. ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1500 "2026-01-27T21:57:17Z")
I predict Trump will die on an EU holiday. ‘But how can you predict that?’ _Any_ day Trump dies will be an EU holiday! ---
**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 27, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1501 "2026-01-27T22:02:22Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Tomorrow is Wednesday. I would like it to become Great Wednesday. “Mommy, if today is Ass Wednesday, when is Easter…?” “Shut Up and eat your chocolate.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=76)