# 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:** 98
**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 12, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1942 "2026-03-12T18:45:31Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > Took the words right out of my mouth One of these days we’ll get a _Like_ button. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1943 "2026-03-12T18:49:50Z")
There’s a Joni Mitchel song in there somewhere. ---
**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 12, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1944 "2026-03-12T19:08:57Z")
🎶 _They paved the Rose Garden and put up a parking lot_ _With a gold hotel, Trump Steaks, and a MAGA hot spot_ 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1945 "2026-03-12T19:21:45Z")
I beg your pardon I never promised you the rose garden Just because I can, see I’m ripping out the best of the old When you take, you gotta grift So give and give me or go, whoa-whoa-whoa Let’s go dancin’ On what used to be the rose garden ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1946 "2026-03-13T12:48:32Z")
Bugger. I knew it was too good to be true, but my heart leaped up at this headline. [Trump speech in Kentucky interrupted by medical incident; Dr. Oz assists | AP News](https://apnews.com/video/trump-speech-in-kentucky-interrupted-by-medical-incident-dr-oz-assists-a900c56303734076add72063de5ac0eb) ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1947 "2026-03-13T14:10:31Z")
To paraphrase a common saying… we all get the doctors we deserve. I hope the good doctor pulls out all the strings, bells and whistles. Just no interns, medical students or vaguely interested bystanders involved, because that bus is full of fuel and ready to run _someone_ over. ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1948 "2026-03-13T16:49:50Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I hope the good doctor pulls out all the strings, bells and whistles. And all the stops, depending on the organ. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1949 "2026-03-13T19:37:05Z")
[More subtle signs](https://theonion.com/health-speculations-swirl-after-trump-screams-fuck-im-dying/) that the President is unwell. ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1950 "2026-03-13T19:45:01Z")
A note to anyone who clicks on that link, it’s going to the _Onion_. ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1951 "2026-03-13T21:55:31Z")
He died doing what he loved best. Clutching his heart and begging God for more time. Eta: that was a response to the onion link. ---
**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 13, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1952 "2026-03-13T22:13:07Z")
I think that’s pretty clear if you click the link. ---
**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 14, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1953 "2026-03-14T03:45:35Z")
From _Onion’s_ lips to God’s ears. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1954 "2026-03-16T22:53:44Z")
This is in no way a scientific-grade piece of evidence, but: in last night’s episode of _Last Week Tonight_, John Oliver devoted the main segment to J. D. Vance. A reasonable inference: Oliver thinks there may shortly be a reason to focus on Vance (and the harm he may do to the nation and world). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2JjKn7uhKqY/maxresdefault.jpg "S13 E05: Iran & J.D. Vance: 3/15/26: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JjKn7uhKqY0) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1955 "2026-03-17T01:15:00Z")
That link might not work. This one should, I think: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NtRPLCso0Sw/maxresdefault.jpg "J.D. Vance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw) ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1956 "2026-03-17T03:53:16Z")
The Grim Reaper gets closer: [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/white-house-susie-wiles-breast-cancer-9.7130738](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/white-house-susie-wiles-breast-cancer-9.7130738) Susie Wiles, Trump’s Chief of Staff, has breast cancer. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1957 "2026-03-17T05:13:32Z")
That’s dark for one whose avatar is a kitten 😃 My first reaction is sympathy, swiftly followed by wondering how she _really_ feels about having her medical issues broadcast to the country, closely followed by trying to figure how this is a bonus to their cause. What’s the angle? Cynical, I know, but that’s where are. Getting back to OP, I happened to see one of his blatherings today, though I’m not sure where. Maybe a Kennedy Center thing? He looked absolutely ill. Like the kind of thing that makeup can’t fix. Labored breathing and weak voice, and just a “look” that I’ve seen before, same as others here have mentioned. It’s freaky how he can look so different from event to event. He’s like [Jerry Seinfeld’s two face girlfriend](https://share.google/eENa05QKr099WYbn8). After recent discussions about him not being as near the end as some had hoped, I sadly, bitterly, made peace with it. Then I see a bloated, discolored, elderly man who’s fighting like hell, but losing the battle, and I get my hopes up again. I can’t stay on this emotional rollercoaster. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1958 "2026-03-17T05:34:39Z")
Anchorage is a big city. Gander, Newfoundland isn’t, and they took in more people than lived in the region, and Got Things Done. I had the day off, and slept in, waking up in time for a 9:45AM (Central time) appointment with a plastic surgeon, to have a cyst removed from my scalp. Both towers had been hit and the first tower had already collapsed when I woke up, and I considered cancelling the appointment but decided to keep it, and a few blocks from the doctor’s office, Tom Brokaw said, “The second tower has collapsed.” When I saw him again 15 years later to have the same thing done, in a different location, he didn’t remember me, even when I told him when I had been there before. They say doctors don’t remember their successes, I guess. My older niece, the one who’s now a Fulbright Scholar, was 23 months old, and she knew SOMETHING bad was going on. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1959 "2026-03-17T20:42:15Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > My first reaction is sympathy, For her? or the cancer? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1960 "2026-03-17T20:43:40Z")
Is he dead yet? No? \< exits thread sadly \> ---
**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 17, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1961 "2026-03-17T20:57:59Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Is he dead yet? No? He will die “in two weeks”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=99)