# 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:** 79
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1562 "2026-02-01T17:56:08Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > 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. More likely related to [foot drop](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/17814-foot-drop), which has a number of causes, most commonly related to nerve compression/damage or muscular issues. There have been (?scurrilous?) posts on Twitter in the past couple of days, showing video of a White House ceremony where a woman standing behind the seated Trump starts fingering her nose repeatedly, with staff/handlers subsequently rushing press out of the room. Supposedly she was signifying that Trump had dropped a load in his drawers and they were shooing out reporters before they could detect the stink. 🤔 ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1563 "2026-02-01T19:01:53Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > > [@Coriolanus](#): > > > > 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. > > More likely related to [foot drop](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/17814-foot-drop), which has a number of causes, most commonly related to nerve compression/damage or muscular issues. After Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska, much was made of his inability to walk in a straight line. There was an article in which a doctor analysed the video of Trump wandering from side to side of the red carpet. He said that dementia patients often display a circular movement of one leg that causes them to veer off course. Then they overcompensate in the other direction. The video in the article was slowed down, and you could clearly see the circular motion of Trump’s right leg. If anyone remembers that article, I’d love to read it again. ETA: I did not find a link to the article, but I did see [a post I made on August 27th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/87). > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Yesterday I read an article wherein a psychologist said that it looks to him as if Trump has frontotemporal dementia. (I can’t find it now.) The psychologist pointed to the video of Trump walking on the red carpet at his Alaska meeting, saying that Trump is exhibiting a symptom of the disease. Something about Trump moving his right leg in a circular gait, causing him to veer left. Trump over-corrects, and goes to the right edge of the carpet. I’ve only seen the sped-up video of Trump taking the up whole width of the carpet, and I couldn’t see what the psychologist was seeing. ETA 2: [This might be the article](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/experts-warn-trump-showing-one-35798335). It’s from _The Mirror_ (left-leaning tabloid), and the videos are taking a while to load. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1564 "2026-02-01T19:39:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If anyone remembers that article, I’d love to read it again. I have heard Dr. John Gartner talk about that numerous times although mostly in videos. Here’s a Salon article from March of 2024 where a different doctor (Dr. Elisabeth Zoffman) also talks about Trump’s weird gait: > **[Forensic psychiatrist on physical signs of Trump's mental decline: "Changes...](https://www.salon.com/2024/03/25/forensic-psychiatrist-on-physical-signs-of-mental-decline-changes-in-movement-and-gait/)** > > The physical signs of Trump's mental decline ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1565 "2026-02-01T21:26:51Z")
That’s a 2-year-old article, written before Biden’s disastrous debate performance, and IMO it hasn’t aged particularly well. I would count it as evidence _against_ the idea that there’s anything seriously wrong with Trump, at this point. (A lot of the evidence cited – poor vocabulary, lack of inhibition, socially inappropriate behavior, lack of self-awareness – just seems to be part of his natural personality, as far as I can tell. He’s immature, not terribly bright, and probably has _some_ age-related cognitive decline, but none of that means he’s ill or that he’s declining particularly fast.) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1566 "2026-02-01T21:52:52Z")
Case in point:Trump endorses a TX state senate candidate who gets clobbered in a special election by a Democrat, and less than 24 hours later “forgets” he had any interest in or knowledge of the race. > **[Trump Flails After Candidate He Endorsed Got Clobbered in Texas District He...](https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-flails-after-candidate-he-endorsed-got-clobbered-in-texas-district-he-won-by-17-points-i-had-nothing-to-do-with-it/)** > > The President pleaded ignorance when asked about a Texas Republican he endorsed who lost big in a deep-red district Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. Seems more like his usual blatant lying than dementia though it’s being viewed as the latter. Before his term ends though, signs of serious mental decline will be commonplace and undeniable. ---
**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 4, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1567 "2026-02-04T01:55:44Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Before his term ends though, signs of serious mental decline will be commonplace and undeniable. I believe that too, though in 2016 I predicted he’d die in jail. There’s really no way that his mind wanders far away, that he won’t be tugged away. And always plausible deniability/ That we have to wait till he cannot recognise his press secretary or VP is very sad. Reagan, with Alzheimer’s, wasn’t in a place to do any more than Casper Weinberger and others, and be “not recall” stuff like the Iran-Contra. Let Vance or Rubio answer to the "I didn’t know he was THAT demetia’s when many doctors diagnosed it in 2015 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1568 "2026-02-05T06:50:42Z")
They’ll just say it was the Democrats’ fault. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1569 "2026-02-05T12:54:29Z")
Then Trump can blow it out his ass. Oh wait… he already does… “Now, that’s not nice.” “Nice? Nice !? That’s Not Roses, Fella…! “ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1570 "2026-02-05T15:30:46Z")
“We HAD to cover up his scarily dangerous mental decline to keep the woke progressives from destroying the country!” “And besides, we were enjoying our little power trips too much.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1571 "2026-02-05T18:23:00Z")
Still better than having the parasite. Might as well celebrate the wins you get, instead of grumping that you didn’t get the wins you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1572 "2026-02-07T16:28:15Z")
“Also the Biden coverup was worse.” ---
**Author:** ![Lizzie1210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Lizzie1210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizzie1210)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1573 "2026-02-07T17:29:31Z")
I spent about 3 decades working as a clinical and public health nurse. When I look at and listen toTrump these days, I see an old man whose physical and mental functions are degrading before our eyes. I think he’ll be propped up as aggressively as possible for as long as possible for the duration of his term because MAGA popularirity is all about him….Vance is widely unlikable even throughout MAGA land. Without Trump, there is no MAGA. Now that the GOP has allowed itself to be completely subsumed by Trump, without him, the party will dissolve….along with MAGA. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1574 "2026-02-07T17:38:57Z")
Good ol’ “Medical Diagnosis by watching TV.” I’m sure whatever his real medical condition is, it’s more complicated than anything being speculated about. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1575 "2026-02-07T17:53:28Z")
> [@Lizzie1210](#): > > without him, the party will dissolve….along with MAGA. The MAGA people will still be there, with their same ignorance, racism and hatred. Trump did not create them; he harnessed them. They’ll just crawl back under their rocks, waiting for their next chance to come out and attempt another takeover. Rinse and repeat. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1576 "2026-02-07T17:54:21Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They’ll just crawl back under their rocks, waiting for their next chance to come out and attempt another takeover. Rinse and repeat. As depressing at that is, it’s still better than them basking on their rocks as they are now. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1577 "2026-02-07T18:21:56Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > Good ol’ “Medical Diagnosis by watching TV.” > > I’m sure whatever his real medical condition is, it’s more complicated than anything being speculated about. I’m sure that it’s nothing that can’t be discovered with a good autopsy. As for JD Pants, given the rousing round of International Boos at the olympics, I can’t see a person with even one working brain cell voting for him. (If you wish say, “But that’s all of MAGA”, well I’d never try to dissuade you of your opinion. ) ---
**Author:** ![Lizzie1210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Lizzie1210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizzie1210)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1578 "2026-02-07T18:26:33Z")
Sure. The people will still be here, just as they’ve always been here. My point is that without Trump, the movement, such as it is, will lose it’s leader and therefore it’s relative cohesion. Without Trump, they will dissolve back into the hateful and fearful amorphous little tribes they were before he encouraged them to come out in public. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1579 "2026-02-07T19:28:58Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > As for JD Pants, given the rousing round of International Boos at the olympics, I can’t see a person with even one working brain cell voting for him Beware of the Pauline Kael bubble: “I can’t believe Nixon won….nobody I know voted for him.” ---
**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:** [February 7, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1580 "2026-02-07T20:52:13Z")
Yes, the main argument against MAGA voting for Vance, and this applies to any and all crown princes, is simply that he isn’t Trump, and he doesn’t have the ability to become Trump. Nothing else will really matter. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1581 "2026-02-07T21:27:31Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Beware of the Pauline Kael bubble: “I can’t believe Nixon won….nobody I know voted for him.” Well it is Italy. Perhaps they will turn his and his mistresses world upside down? ( There is precedent… ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=80)