# When Trump dies -- responses? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407 "2018-12-01T19:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [December 5, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/101 "2018-12-05T15:27:24Z")
As I type this, they’re carrying Bush’s casket down the Capitol steps. It reminds me of an aunt’s funeral. As they were carrying her casket out of the church, another aunt walked by and muttered, ‘Please don’t drop her.’ It would be a shame if they dropped Trump’s casket, live on national (and world) TV. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/102 "2018-12-05T15:36:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > As I type this, they’re carrying Bush’s casket down the Capitol steps. It reminds me of an aunt’s funeral. As they were carrying her casket out of the church, another aunt walked by and muttered, ‘Please don’t drop her.’ > > It would be a shame if they dropped Trump’s casket, live on national (and world) TV. Too late to edit: Of course it would be funnier if Trump wasn’t actually dead, and they just buried him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/103 "2018-12-05T21:41:50Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > I’m afraid I have some rather distressing news for you. (Re Boris Yeltsin) It is only possible to communicate with the old soak if you know of a really reliable spirit medium. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/104 "2018-12-05T21:47:40Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > \*‘We are gathered here today, to pay tribute to Donald J. Trump, 45th president of the United States. He championed the cause of the United States in international politics, innovated the channels by which presidents communicate with the nation, fostered a renewed engagement with, and passion for, politics on both sides of the isle, and gave voice to the concerns of a segment of the population which believed that progress was passing them by and leaving them behind” \* Very true, especially if you know what was really intended. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/105 "2018-12-05T21:54:28Z")
A number of people have hit it exactly; tame platitudes or subtly snide compliments from those who can keep a straight face while bullshitting, or else a thunderous silence. Ramblin’ Ronnie Reagan and Maggie Thatcher both got a small and not very distinguished clique of mourners at their respective funerals; Maggie was one of the few to actually eulogize over Ronnie, AFAIK. That’s just the official part. It could get more interesting at the popular level. I dunno what the Republicans would do, but with any luck we will see some highly creative and amusing ways to celebrate the passing of the First Coif by those who were less than enamored of him. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/106 "2018-12-05T22:44:10Z")
> [@Brayne\_Ded](#): > > (Re Boris Yeltsin) > > It is only possible to communicate with the old soak if you know of a really reliable spirit medium. Distilled grain spirits, presumably. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/107 "2018-12-05T23:20:07Z")
W, Bubba, Barrack, and Jimmy will solemnly place their bloodied daggers in Trump’s casket. Snap to attention, execute an about face, and hold their military salute to Mike Pence for rather too long to suggest respect. No confessions will be volunteered, no arrests made, and no charges pressed. The 3.5 years of Mike Pence’s presidency will pass without incident…apart from his sporadic bleating for restraint during the Russo-American war. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/108 "2018-12-05T23:49:00Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I would hope that at least one of his predecessors would have the decency to ask that all Trump family members currently imprisoned be furloughed for the day of the funeral. Assuming, of course, that they would want to go. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/109 "2018-12-07T22:19:15Z")
I noticed that Reba and the Oak Ridge Boys all sang for 41 so I guess we can look forward to an a capella duet of Ted Nugent and Kid Rock :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/110 "2018-12-07T22:27:29Z")
> [@](#): > > “If the right people had been in charge of Nixon’s funeral, his casket would have been launched into one of those open-sewage canals that empty into the ocean just south of Los Angeles. He was a swine of a man and a jabbering dupe of a president. Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. Even his funeral was illegal. He was \*\*\*\*\* in the deepest way. His body should have been burned in a trash bin.” > ~~Dr Hunter S Thompson I felt it relevant. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/111 "2018-12-07T23:09:46Z")
I was reading about [“Crowds turn out in College Station for Bush casket’s arrival by train,”](https://www.theeagle.com/news/local/crowds-turn-out-in-college-station-for-bush-casket-s/article_4232b898-bcd4-5644-9288-6f5226aca251.html) and wondering a couple of things. First, would crowds turn out to attend the arrival of the thump coffin on its way to the cemetery? I’m guessing yes, to pelt the coffin with eggs, rotten tomatoes, and chunks of cinder block. (When those things hit the coffin, they will make a sound: _THUMP_!) Also, where IS the Trump family final resting place? Do they have a big plot somewhere. Maybe the Pres thinks he will be buried at Arlington? I don’t think so. That would kick up a massive protest among veterans and pretty much everyone else. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/112 "2018-12-08T00:32:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Do they have a big plot somewhere. Several. That’s what Mueller’s investigating. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/113 "2018-12-08T00:36:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Several. That’s what Mueller’s investigating. Ba-da-_bing_! ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407/114 "2018-12-08T00:38:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Maybe the Pres thinks he will be buried at Arlington? I don’t think so. That would kick up a massive protest among veterans and pretty much everyone else. Trump is pretty well regarded by a lot of the veterans I know, although a handful of them (Vietnam vets) hate him with an unbridled passion, but he seems to have done pretty well among vets and active duty military people. As a former president, he will be eligible to be buried there, and while people may protest it, I cannot see the protests stopping it from happening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-responses/825407.md?page=5)