# Trump out of breath today **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 9, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151 "2020-01-09T00:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**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 10, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/41 "2020-01-10T14:41:45Z")
I’m sure you’re cleaning up. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/42 "2020-01-10T21:13:43Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’m sure you’re cleaning up. Dust aggravates breathing difficulties. This POTUS whines that the White House is a dump. Are the presidential mansion’s Deep State housekeepers deliberately infecting him? What’s in that dust? If certain spores are found, call in the stormtroopers! Er I mean get a cleaning crew of illegals from a Tramp resort. They’ll mop it up, cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Fan-of-Old](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@Fan-of-Old](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fan-of-Old)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/43 "2020-01-17T23:07:13Z")
The day of that speech I was in my car and heard it on the radio. His shortness of breath was so obvious and I found it alarming. First and only time I’ve ever heard him sound that way. Hope it’s the last, too! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/44 "2020-01-18T05:15:45Z")
Not only does Trump look and sound awful, WTF is up with Pence looking adoring on like the Simpson’s Smithers’ character? ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/45 "2020-01-20T15:11:43Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Get back to me when he is permanently out of breath. This was my first thought also. Waiting for that good news. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/46 "2020-01-20T15:17:29Z")
with the Dems luck Trump lives to 100 and Don Jr and Ivanka each serve 8 years as president. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/47 "2020-01-20T15:44:58Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > with the Dems luck Trump lives to 100 and Don Jr and Ivanka each serve 8 years as president. Whose luck do we need for Trump to live to 100 fighting extradition in Peru, and for Date Rape and Feckless to serve 8 years in prison? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/48 "2020-01-20T15:54:13Z")
luck of the Irish? I’m Irish. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/49 "2020-01-22T04:17:22Z")
Are we talking about the Davis speech? He sounded very bad on the radio. Are the words “profit” and “prophet” pronounced the same? I swear it sounded like he was saying the former and not the latter. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/50 "2020-01-22T15:31:38Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Are the words “profit” and “prophet” pronounced the same? I swear it sounded like he was saying the former and not the latter. They sound the same to my ear. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/51 "2020-01-22T15:58:21Z")
If he ended up quitting he would certainly say his doctors told him to quit and Melania agreed he should quit to avoid stress. He is not going to quit any other way. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/52 "2020-01-22T16:00:26Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Are we talking about the Davis speech? He sounded very bad on the radio. > Are the words “profit” and “prophet” pronounced the same? I swear it sounded like he was saying the former and not the latter. They come up with the same phonetic spelling in the dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/53 "2020-01-22T22:18:46Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Are the words “profit” and “prophet” pronounced the same? I swear it sounded like he was saying the former and not the latter. If a foreigner asked me and I was trying to be very careful, I’d save “profit” ended just like “it” while prophet ended like the beginning of “etc.” But were I just speaking, it would be hard to tell the difference absent context. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/54 "2020-01-24T11:04:27Z")
I have given this a bit of thought. Maybe I simply got it in my head he was saying the wrong word and then I could not unhear it. That being said, if seems to “Prophet” has more of an “o” sound while “profit” has more of an “a” sound. If there is any difference at all it is very subtle. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/55 "2020-01-24T12:14:43Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > \*[hijack]BTW, that’s the reason for LBJ’s quickie swearing-in on the plane, before JFK’s body was cold, and Jackie Kennedy was photographed at his side in the famous photo of it. Since it wasn’t clear that he should take over, he was sworn in by a Federal District Judge as soon as she could get there. And Mrs. Kennedy was prominent in the photo to show that she supported the inauguration, and held no Edith Wilson aspirations. It was painted as such a Normal Rockwell moment-- Jackie taking time to care about the country, even at the worst hour of her life, and LBJ being sworn in by a Texan and family friend, but it was very cold-blooded and calculated.[/hijack] How was it not clear that Johnson should take over? That said, yes, of course the famous photo of Johnson being sworn in with Mrs. Kennedy by his side was staged – it was intended to show the nation and the entire world that the government would continue, that the transition to a new president was smooth and uncontroversial, and that there should be no worries about the stability of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/56 "2020-01-24T19:46:42Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > How was it not clear that Johnson should take over? > > That said, yes, of course the famous photo of Johnson being sworn in with Mrs. Kennedy by his side was staged – it was intended to show the nation and the entire world that the government would continue, that the transition to a new president was smooth and uncontroversial, and that there should be no worries about the stability of the United States. I didn’t know that the picture was staged. That having been said, I doubt it makes any difference, for the reasons you mention. Reassuring the public that the transition was in place, we have a President, and everyone, including the widow, was on board, is a perfectly valid message, and one that needed to be communicated. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151/57 "2020-01-24T21:14:42Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I didn’t know that the picture was staged. > > That having been said, I doubt it makes any difference, for the reasons you mention. Reassuring the public that the transition was in place, we have a President, and everyone, including the widow, was on board, is a perfectly valid message, and one that needed to be communicated. > > Regards, > Shodan “Staged” was my word. That picture was taken at Johnson’s actual swearing in. That was real. But I’ve read, in more than one source, that Johnson insisted that Mrs. Kennedy be included in the picture, for the purpose of reassuring the American people, and the world, that everything was transitioning as smoothly as possible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-out-of-breath-today/846151.md?page=2)