# 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:** 78
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1542 "2026-01-31T04:26:56Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Oooh, can we pick what facial expression they’ll use? He looks like he’s about to declare, “Bread good!” and, “Fire bad!” ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1543 "2026-01-31T04:54:54Z")
There is a web site that tracks when Trump goes golfing. > **[Did Trump Golf Today?](https://didtrumpgolftoday.com/)** > > Track Donald Trump's golf outings and the cost to taxpayers. It now has this disclaimer on top: > Until further notice, golf days will not be updated unless a confirmed sighting of Trump on the golf course occurs. The Trump administration is actively narrrative crafting information to hide Trump’s declining health including his published schedule to discourage media questions. ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1544 "2026-01-31T06:21:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > The Trump administration is actively narrrative crafting information to hide Trump’s declining health including his published schedule to discourage media questions. Team Trump was doing this when I started the thread. It’s why I started the thread in the first place, because of the Weekend at Bernie’s shit they were pulling. There was a link posted a while back that speculates Trump had a stroke in September but I think it was actually in August when he all of a sudden became allergic to cameras for four days straight. But during that time he was “golfing”, meaning someone got him into a golf shirt and drove towards the golf course before somehow sneaking him off to Walter Reed. I feel like it wouldn’t be too hard to convert an SUV into a discreet ambulance. ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1545 "2026-01-31T06:32:55Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > But during that time he was “golfing”, meaning someone got him into a golf shirt and drove towards the golf course before somehow sneaking him off to Walter Reed. Not even necessarily that. This is a perfect job for a body double. Any slouchy overweight senior guy with a hat pulled down low would pass for him at a distance. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1546 "2026-01-31T12:44:13Z")
Can you imagine the field day the press would’ve had if the slouchy overweight senior guy that they’re using as a body double had a heart attack and dropped dead on the golf course in view of a bunch of cameras. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1547 "2026-01-31T14:13:32Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Any slouchy overweight senior guy with a hat pulled down low would pass for him at a distance. Hey! Fuck you! ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1548 "2026-01-31T14:36:38Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Can you imagine the field day the press would’ve had if the slouchy overweight senior guy that they’re using as a body double had a heart attack and dropped dead on the golf course in view of a bunch of cameras. [Said to the dictator’s body double] Good news! The leader has survived the rocket attack! Bad news: He has lost a leg. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1549 "2026-01-31T14:49:29Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > > [@Cervaise](#): > > > > Any slouchy overweight senior guy with a hat pulled down low would pass for him at a distance. > > Hey! Fuck you! Tell me you’re a slouchy overweight senior guy without telling me you’re a slouchy overweight sensor guy. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1550 "2026-01-31T14:49:32Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > He looks like he’s about to declare, “Bread good!” and, “Fire bad!” Ha! He does look like he needs to be chased with pitchforks and torches. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1551 "2026-01-31T14:50:59Z")
He does need that, and he should have gotten it in 2015. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1552 "2026-01-31T14:51:41Z")
I would say it’s not too late, but I fear it is. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1553 "2026-01-31T16:15:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@abcdefghij](#): > > > > > [@Cervaise](#): > > > > > > Any slouchy overweight senior guy with a hat pulled down low would pass for him at a distance. > > > > Hey! Fuck you! > > Tell me you’re a slouchy overweight senior guy without telling me you’re a slouchy overweight sensor guy. (whoosh? I think that was @abcdefghij’s joke) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1554 "2026-01-31T16:29:55Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > This is a perfect job for a body double. Any slouchy overweight senior guy with a hat pulled down low would pass for him at a distance. At last, a part time job that I can still do while retired. I mean, they _would_ pay me, right? ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1555 "2026-01-31T16:35:54Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > they _would_ pay me, right? In two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1556 "2026-01-31T17:44:01Z")
That’s some serious Mr Burns hump right there. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1557 "2026-01-31T22:40:14Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > > [@abcdefghij](#): > > > > > > > [@Cervaise](#): > > > > > > > > Any slouchy overweight senior guy with a hat pulled down low would pass for him at a distance. > > > > > > Hey! Fuck you! > > > > Tell me you’re a slouchy overweight senior guy without telling me you’re a slouchy overweight sensor guy. > > (whoosh? I think that was @abcdefghij’s joke) I know. I just said the punchline out loud (metaphorically). ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1558 "2026-02-01T01:13:31Z")
I’ve seen the doctors on YouTube who say he’s had malignant narcissism (since at least 2016 (and signs of dementia.) How he considers the cognitive tests like IQ tests. How his gait sort of swings his right leg about with his feet up so he doesn’t trip, supposedly a sign of a stroke event or part of Dementia. I don’t know when or if (Dr. patient confidentiality) any of the drawings on his cognitive tests will be released, yet if he was passing them, he’s allowed to show his clock drawing. Right now, I don’t think he can draw a circle. He has the best doctors who are closely following what I believe is dementia, and treating him with drugs beyond any known steroids. He very likely has congestive heart failure, too. Much will be learned about how to treat these illnesses. I do not think it is long before they can no longer be covered-up, except with several-day visits to “golf” at Walter Reed. I hope that when whatever it is becomes a truly viable malady and is recorded by the press, he’s gone (one way or another) within a week. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1559 "2026-02-01T01:41:49Z")
While as likely to happen as a journalist at a press conference pushing back against one of his BS non-answers, I’d love to see someone say “Mr President, could you please draw a clock showing the time ten minutes past eleven?”. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1560 "2026-02-01T05:36:19Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > I don’t know when or if (Dr. patient confidentiality) any of the drawings on his cognitive tests will be released Extremely likely answer: not while he is alive. The HIPAA law in the U.S. prevents healthcare providers from publicly disclosing any personal health information without the patient’s express approval, and you know that _that_ ain’t happening. The glowing, “impossibly healthy” details which get publicly released after his annual physicals are almost undoubtedly spun, if not outright fudged. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1561 "2026-02-01T06:37:44Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I mean, they _would_ pay me, right? Has el donald ever not paid anybody? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=79)