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LetMyPeopleVote

(174,819 posts)
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:12 AM Dec 9

'Shuffling off this mortal coil': Analysis sees signs that Trump knows the end is near

trump is not well

Tick tock, mofo. We need a Merry Xmas, a Happy Hanukah & a Kickass Kwanzaa. Do us & the world a favor. DO go ____ly into that bad night. Think of the ratings!

'Shuffling off this mortal coil': Analysis sees signs that Trump knows the end is near

www.rawstory.com/trump-mortal...

ScruffyR (@scruffyr.bsky.social) 2025-12-09T14:40:03.642Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mortality-2674381659/

President Donald Trump has been sending signals that his health is fading — and he's losing his grip on power, according to an analyst.

The 79-year-old president has been dozing off in public meetings and showing other signs of diminished health, including mysterious bruising on his hand and swollen ankles. Foreign policy analyst David Rothkopf told The Daily Beast Podcast that Trump seemed aware of his eventual demise.

“They actually are serious issues because they are evidence that Donald Trump is at the end of his story,” Rothkopf said. “They are signs to the world that this is not a vigorous person. This is not a person whose biography is about their future. It’s about their past, and everybody can see that in Washington.”.....

Rothkopf also highlighted the president's increasingly frequent moves to rename institutions and buildings after himself — such as the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Kennedy Center — as another indicator that Trump is thinking about his legacy as his life comes to a close.

“If you’re watching his Band-Aids and you’re watching his cankles, the number of things he wants to name after himself, I think, is a good indicator of how ill he thinks he is, because this is just him looking for some legacy,” Rothkopf said. “It’s just him saying, ‘Well, that could make me immortal.’ Because I think he realizes that he is shuffling off this mortal coil sooner rather than later.
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'Shuffling off this mortal coil': Analysis sees signs that Trump knows the end is near (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Dec 9 OP
I certainly hope so. OLDMDDEM Dec 9 #1
His last hurrah--croaking on Dec. 25th to steal the spotlight. TheBlackAdder Dec 9 #14
It wouldn't surprise me. OLDMDDEM Dec 9 #17
LOL! peggysue2 Dec 9 #19
medical science can keep him running long after his brain stops. rampartd Dec 9 #2
He wouldn't survive the surgery. nt Delmette2.0 Dec 9 #47
It must drive him nuts, looking in the mirror. Kid Berwyn Dec 9 #3
Indeed. calimary Dec 9 #27
Make it so.............. Lovie777 Dec 9 #4
These post are teasers... lame54 Dec 9 #5
Yep WmChris Dec 9 #8
Exactly, Trump is just the front man, the snake oil salesman. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #13
+1 leftstreet Dec 9 #42
It's my contention EYESORE 9001 Dec 9 #6
I think he is at his most dangerous now PatSeg Dec 9 #22
How? Is the question. Linda ladeewolf Dec 9 #25
I think it will be in numerous ways, PatSeg Dec 9 #38
Yes, Trump will not think it fair for him to die while other people still live dedl67 Dec 9 #39
Exactly! PatSeg Dec 9 #43
Lord, hear our prayer. 🙏 mobeau69 Dec 9 #7
Well, that gave me a hearty laugh.. yorkster Dec 9 #29
Trump has: Botany Dec 9 #9
Start making plans now to take his name off of everything named after him Endlessmike56 Dec 9 #10
I can picture that happening very quickly PatSeg Dec 9 #24
"I think, it is a good indicator of how ill he thinks he is, because this is just him looking for some legacy". Nah it's ratchiweenie Dec 9 #11
Things happen dweller Dec 9 #12
Maybe if we promise to fill out The Mall once he Baitball Blogger Dec 9 #15
Maybe he booked a ticket on the 3I/ATLAS comet... MiHale Dec 9 #16
What is scary is that while he keeps changing his mind, the others - Hegseth, Barbi, Bondi, Patel - question everything Dec 9 #18
I think we're all Patsy now MurrayDelph Dec 9 #20
I just watched that episode of Ab Fab on Sunday lol Endlessmike56 Dec 9 #44
I wonder... Hieronymus Phact Dec 9 #21
This!!! calimary Dec 9 #31
The names of either Donald Trump or Mitch McConnell Dan Dec 9 #23
"farmers love me" Tetrachloride Dec 9 #26
Rothkopf is Whistling Dixie. maxsolomon Dec 9 #28
Fingers crossed! JoseBalow Dec 9 #30
I sort of hope he sticks around Johonny Dec 9 #32
I would take this forecast by David Rothkopf with a grain of salt. LudwigPastorius Dec 9 #33
Aw, don't worry about your legacy, piggy. Grokenstein Dec 9 #34
He needs to stay alive so he can clean black and brown mens toilets for years and years... tazcat Dec 9 #35
Make the day he croaks a national holiday Zorro Dec 9 #36
My backyard fireworks are at the ready. Dr. T Dec 9 #37
Does anybody else have a bottle ready? LetMyPeopleVote Dec 9 #41
How long are we going to PRETEND that he doesn't have dementia? LetMyPeopleVote Dec 9 #40
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Dec 9 #45
Don't delay! Die before midnight, we'll also give you a free Nobel Prize! struggle4progress Dec 9 #46
Not nearly near enough. B.See Dec 9 #48

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
14. His last hurrah--croaking on Dec. 25th to steal the spotlight.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:05 AM
Dec 9

Trinkets will adorn MAGA Christmas trees until the end of eternity. People will sing Trump is our savior songs and slowly Christ will sunset from the festivities.

peggysue2

(12,378 posts)
19. LOL!
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:35 AM
Dec 9

That would be typical, wouldn't it? Ruin the holiday with his rotten corpse and then seal the deal with his True Believers.

Trump the Destroyer.

rampartd

(3,749 posts)
2. medical science can keep him running long after his brain stops.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:19 AM
Dec 9

we may be at that stage now.

the chinese use political prisoners for spare parts. i'd expect trump to do something similar.

Kid Berwyn

(22,888 posts)
3. It must drive him nuts, looking in the mirror.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:21 AM
Dec 9

He knows what it reveals — like the back of his hand.

WmChris

(629 posts)
8. Yep
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:33 AM
Dec 9

Even if he leaves office feet first or otherwise we still have the rest of the traitorous repukes led by shady Vance on a leash controlled by the heritage foundation and Miller's racism. Our only hope is a complete Democratic takeover, even then there will be years of rebuilding ahead.

Irish_Dem

(79,722 posts)
13. Exactly, Trump is just the front man, the snake oil salesman.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:00 AM
Dec 9

There is a huge infrastructure behind him.

PatSeg

(52,100 posts)
22. I think he is at his most dangerous now
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:20 PM
Dec 9

He's got nothing to lose and everyone is fair game. Yes, I believe he will take as many people with him as possible.

Linda ladeewolf

(1,100 posts)
25. How? Is the question.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:33 PM
Dec 9

I think he’d take the world into hell with him if he could. Will he figure out a way to kill us all or just a large number of us? I’m hoping he just takes those so attached to his ass. Anyway some of us will survive. How well we survive is the big question. He’s systematically destroying the farming industry, trying to kill off the oldies, and the handicapped people. It’s going to be a lot of lean years.

PatSeg

(52,100 posts)
38. I think it will be in numerous ways,
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 01:27 PM
Dec 9

and it appears that is what he is already doing. He doesn't care about breaking anything as none of it has any value to him. Of course, he has access to nuclear weapons as well, so no where in the world is safe from him as his mental and physical health declines.

He can take some perverted pride as the one man who took down civilization single-handedly and in a relatively short period of time - "Like nothing the world has seen before". We know he loves his hyperboles and if he can't be the best, at least he can be the worst.

I agree there will be a lot of lean years for those of us who survive.

dedl67

(164 posts)
39. Yes, Trump will not think it fair for him to die while other people still live
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 01:40 PM
Dec 9

He simply cannot picture that. He may find a way of extending the ritual of suttee, where the widow self-immolates, to the whole world.

Botany

(76,369 posts)
9. Trump has:
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:39 AM
Dec 9

@ least one stroke maybe two with the first one during his first term.
Undergone an MRI and a cognitive functioning test multiple times.
Heart and circulatory problems.
a pulmonary edema or an I.V. port on his hand.
a catheter.
Alzheimer’s or vascular dementia.
problems with walking and his balance.
been in diapers for years.
narcolepsy.
severe mental problems as per racism and cruelty.
passed the pull date on his milk carton of a body.
no exercise and eats like shit.

When I had a home care nurse (I am good now) with 25 years experience she said any
patient that she had was gone with in a year either dead or in full grown dementia.

PatSeg

(52,100 posts)
24. I can picture that happening very quickly
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:23 PM
Dec 9

People will be rushing around to destroy any remnant of that god-awful name.

ratchiweenie

(8,160 posts)
11. "I think, it is a good indicator of how ill he thinks he is, because this is just him looking for some legacy". Nah it's
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:55 AM
Dec 9

just his massive insecurities needing constant feeding.

MiHale

(12,618 posts)
16. Maybe he booked a ticket on the 3I/ATLAS comet...
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:23 AM
Dec 9

Its closest approach to Earth is on December 19th.

G’lawd Donnie, dey’s comming ta git cha!

question everything

(51,683 posts)
18. What is scary is that while he keeps changing his mind, the others - Hegseth, Barbi, Bondi, Patel -
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:32 AM
Dec 9

are the extremes who will continue to push their draconian moves.

Hieronymus Phact

(721 posts)
21. I wonder...
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:19 PM
Dec 9

Since the repubs perform so poorly without him on the ballot, what happens to their electoral prospects when hes gone?
We need to be sure they own the damage caused by them and trump because they are going to say "it wasn't us" when hes gone.

Dan

(4,960 posts)
23. The names of either Donald Trump or Mitch McConnell
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:21 PM
Dec 9

should be attached to every shithouse in America, I mean people should have a choice.

maxsolomon

(38,153 posts)
28. Rothkopf is Whistling Dixie.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:48 PM
Dec 9

MFer's easily got another 3 years of destruction, abuse and cruelty left in him.

Johonny

(25,404 posts)
32. I sort of hope he sticks around
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:54 PM
Dec 9

In many ways, he got away with zero blame for dumping his horrible first term and all its problems on Biden. Biden's administration did a masterful job digging America out of the hole Trump helped create, but Biden got the blame for Trumps shitshow.

I seriously hope the house of cards collapses this time while this asshole is in power. I don't want him getting to Coolige or Buchanon the next president.

LudwigPastorius

(14,147 posts)
33. I would take this forecast by David Rothkopf with a grain of salt.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:55 PM
Dec 9

He’s a foreign policy analyst, not a doctor.

He may be right about Trump’s health, but his opinion holds no more weight than yours or mine.

(I DO hope he is right, though.)

Grokenstein

(6,245 posts)
34. Aw, don't worry about your legacy, piggy.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 01:12 PM
Dec 9

You've got "worst president ever" locked down. Americans are going to hate you for generations to come.

Dr. T

(508 posts)
37. My backyard fireworks are at the ready.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 01:20 PM
Dec 9

I want my MAGAt neighbors to feel my joy on that wonderful day.

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,819 posts)
41. Does anybody else have a bottle ready?
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 02:51 PM
Dec 9

My youngest has a bottle in the fridge for this occasion

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,819 posts)
45. For this thread
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:38 PM
Dec 9

An analyst says Trump’s public dozing, visible health issues, and scramble to cement his legacy signal a president nearing the end of his political and personal chapter. Read the full story at bit.ly/44NIPsG


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