# 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:** 93
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1842 "2026-03-08T05:52:26Z")
This has been an historical lesson I’ll take to heart… ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1843 "2026-03-08T14:02:23Z")
And a nadder. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1844 "2026-03-08T15:12:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > We always have consonant sounds between vowel syllables, whether that’s reflected in writing or not. We just don’t have consecutive vowel syllables. Cooperative, beatitude, and, of course, dieresis. ---
**Author:** ![doomtastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@doomtastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomtastic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1845 "2026-03-08T15:23:36Z")
Coop-erative. Beat-itude. Die-resis. I’m not seeing the problem? /s ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1846 "2026-03-08T15:56:42Z")
Someone should redo the iconic scene in Total Recall with Trump instead of Kate Murtagh. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1847 "2026-03-08T16:13:35Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Someone should redo the iconic scene in Total Recall with Trump instead of Kate Murtagh. Wasn’t that Priscilla Allen? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1848 "2026-03-08T16:34:05Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Someone should redo the iconic scene in Total Recall with Trump instead of Kate Murtagh. Please, God, no. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1849 "2026-03-08T16:45:09Z")
I’m watching a TV show where the president dies. When the person making the announcement to the nation stepped to the podium in the WH press room and said the words “The President is dead,” it gave me chills. I thought that was a good time to pause the show and remind my wife that if the big announcement ever comes while I’m sleeping or not home that the champagne is currently on the top shelf in the fridge behind all the yogurt. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1850 "2026-03-08T17:26:26Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > Cooperative, beatitude, and, of course, dieresis. “Coop” is pronounced with a “w” between the “o” syllables. “Co-wop.” “Beatitude” is pronounced with a “y” between the “e” and “a”. Just as “dieresis” has a “y” between the “i” and “e”. We always do that in English, exactly as I said, whether the spelling reflects it or not. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1851 "2026-03-08T17:32:34Z")
You sure you didn’t mean to post that in the More Jokes thread? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1852 "2026-03-08T17:48:35Z")
You bring shame to your username. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1853 "2026-03-08T17:51:22Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “Beatitude” is pronounced with a “y” between the “e” and “a”. Only if “be” has a “y” in it. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1854 "2026-03-08T17:52:52Z")
It’s pronounced like “be-ya”; it’s subtle but it’s there. That’s how we separate syllables between vowel sounds. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1855 "2026-03-08T17:57:34Z")
No , the first syllable is pronounced in exactly the same was as “be” - if “be” doesn’t have a “y” sound, then neither does “be-at”. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1856 "2026-03-08T17:58:44Z")
I never said it did. Read my post again. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1857 "2026-03-08T18:06:07Z")
And the word, “be” is pronounced with a little bit of a “y” at the end of it, which is more pronounced if the next slowly starts with a vowel. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1858 "2026-03-08T18:08:06Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > You may have misspelled “shitting.” We’ve had enough fertilizer! As Og is my witness, I still wish someone would butt plug that f-cking hole. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1859 "2026-03-08T18:09:09Z")
I pronounce “Y” with a “B” sound. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1860 "2026-03-08T19:00:27Z")
I log on and see 17 new posts in the ‘Trump is dying’ thread and what do I get? I get diddlysquat, that’s what I get. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1861 "2026-03-08T19:15:54Z")
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