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He is dying the way he lived: Squeezing every drop of political power out of technicalities (Original Post) applegrove 20 hrs ago OP
A cheater even on his death bed Chasstev365 19 hrs ago #1
I feel like he game planned this out before he had the latest medical incident. Would anyone dare say he's above it? BannonsLiver 19 hrs ago #2
Agree with you on this chicoescuela 17 hrs ago #9
You can just so easily picture the conversation with his top aides. BannonsLiver 15 hrs ago #18
Request habeus corpus swong19104 18 hrs ago #3
I'd prefer to think he's trying to hold out from his inevitable trip to hell Bristlecone 18 hrs ago #4
He's been a corpse for quite a while. NoMoreRepugs 18 hrs ago #5
Isn't it, though? 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #6
Be fair..Mitch Helped Make All of This Possible. ForeGoneLegsBirne 17 hrs ago #12
The only information I want when he shuffles off his mortal coil... RetiredParatrooper 18 hrs ago #7
Even if he's on a ventilator and if his wife doesn't pull the plug... littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #8
Is she still in country? ForeGoneLegsBirne 17 hrs ago #11
She went to China. I don't know if she's still there. littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #13
His wife already took off catchnrelease 17 hrs ago #15
She's as despicable as he is. She'll probably leave him on the vent until he's mummified or... littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #16
May have been upgraded Johnny2X2X 17 hrs ago #10
No way. Wifey is going to draw that direct deposit as long as he's being kept alive. littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #14
So... 2naSalit 16 hrs ago #17

BannonsLiver

(21,135 posts)
2. I feel like he game planned this out before he had the latest medical incident. Would anyone dare say he's above it?
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:11 PM
19 hrs ago

BannonsLiver

(21,135 posts)
18. You can just so easily picture the conversation with his top aides.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 12:25 AM
15 hrs ago

“Say, if anything ever happens to me this is what we’re gonna do…”

Bristlecone

(11,272 posts)
4. I'd prefer to think he's trying to hold out from his inevitable trip to hell
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 09:09 PM
18 hrs ago

No amount of life support is gonna stop that train though. He won’t be missed.

RetiredParatrooper

(272 posts)
7. The only information I want when he shuffles off his mortal coil...
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 09:44 PM
18 hrs ago

...is where his grave is so that I can piss on it.

littlemissmartypants

(35,770 posts)
8. Even if he's on a ventilator and if his wife doesn't pull the plug...
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 09:55 PM
17 hrs ago

He could be permanently cognitively impaired and still draw a salary.

Because we don't have any recourse for having the cognitively impaired removed.

He'd have to have his wife admit to being his POA, and what are those odds?

I wonder if she could be sued?

catchnrelease

(2,186 posts)
15. His wife already took off
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:46 PM
17 hrs ago

She flew to China after he was taken to hospital, to meet with Chinese Vice-President. She probably knew he was a goner already.

littlemissmartypants

(35,770 posts)
16. She's as despicable as he is. She'll probably leave him on the vent until he's mummified or...
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:50 PM
17 hrs ago

The hospital closes. You can bet those direct deposits are probably still going into a joint bank account.

2naSalit

(105,248 posts)
17. So...
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 11:03 PM
16 hrs ago

Adam Mockler just put out a video explaining that if he's only being kept alive mechanically, his next of kin, the wife , would be the one to pull the plug. If she's not available to do that, he stays plugged in until the repugs tell her to come home and get 'er done. So he's not dying until the rat fucking has been completed.

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