Will Trump Serve a Full Term? - Page 2 - Politics and Economics

Barring a health issue, why would he not serve a full term? They could catch him handing over the nuclear codes to Putin and he's still not getting impeached.

I know this is the 2+2 political forums is pretty much the equivalent to a dailykos blog now, but come the hell on.

You and I both know that handing over the nuclear codes is high treason. He would be impeached, convicted and executed for that.

01-11-2017 , 04:57 PM

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He won't seek re-election IMO, but I'd be surprised if the GOP does not win again in 2020 anyway. I mean if Corey Booker is who we have to look forward to we may as well just sit at home and not vote, because that guy has a trail about 500 miles long of dirt that will bury him by June 1 2020.

A north-eastern candidate with a lot of dirt winning the presidency?

Yeah, I agree. That could never happen.

01-11-2017 , 05:02 PM

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I get that he has a 9.1% chance of dying in the next 4 years just based on being a 70 year old male.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

I wonder if Trump's actual probability is over or under 9.9%. He will be dealing with way more stress than the average person and the threat of assassination -- but, he will have the best doctors in the world who are constantly monitoring him and he is way less likely to die in a freak accident.

01-11-2017 , 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by microbet

I get that he has a 9.1% chance of dying in the next 4 years just based on being a 70 year old male.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

threat of assassination aside, most 70-year-olds aren't as obese as donald and are comfortably retired

although i imagine most septuagenarians who can choose their own diet eat like **** too. they're all in dgaf mode

01-11-2017 , 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by microbet

I get that he has a 9.1% chance of dying in the next 4 years just based on being a 70 year old male.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

Magic Johnson had a 25% chance of living with HIV longer than 15 years without developing AIDS. Whats your point?

01-11-2017 , 05:05 PM

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Its way lower, the leading cause of death has to be heart attack and he should have a defibrillator within reach at all times.

01-11-2017 , 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by microbet

I get that he has a 9.1% chance of dying in the next 4 years just based on being a 70 year old male.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

oddly, it appears him being overweight might not affect his mortality rate

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Overweight older people are not at greater mortality risk than those who are normal weight

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20370857

01-11-2017 , 05:09 PM

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Its way lower, the leading cause of death has to be heart attack and he should have a defibrillator within reach at all times.

The peak age for heart attacks in men is really 54-65. There is a decline thereafter, the statistics are misleading because they include heart failure in people in their 80s and 90s. What kills men in their middle 70s and beyond is usually way different than the coronary heart attacks that suddenly kill men in their 50s and early to mid 60s and is more on the order of the heart simply giving out then causing a massive coronary because of blocked arteries.

01-11-2017 , 05:13 PM

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oddly, it appears him being overweight might not affect his mortality rate

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20370857

the way i understood that study was a lot of old people forget to eat and they'll get lightheaded and fall down. there are gonna be people around donald constantly, someone will tell him he's looking woozy or smth

01-11-2017 , 05:13 PM

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Only ways Trump does not run in 2020 is 1, debilitating health condition, or 2, he's already president for life. This man has no shame, doesn't think any scandal applies to him, and craves attention and power. No way he just retires gracefully.

01-11-2017 , 05:14 PM

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lol dude you really arent paying attention

01-11-2017 , 05:15 PM

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trump has been talking about the next 8 years, guys. if he didn't step down after the billy bush tape he'll never step down. the full HD video and audio confession of a serial rapist. voters feel he probably won't rape them i guess.

01-11-2017 , 05:17 PM

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i half thought he was going to quit the presidency halfway through today's press conference. He may just hate being the ultimate lightning rod of the country after four years, with people saying big mean words at him.

01-11-2017 , 05:19 PM

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4>8>less than 4

01-11-2017 , 05:23 PM

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He's a big favorite to serve a full term, but probably has the best chance of any recent president to end up impeached and ousted.

01-11-2017 , 05:24 PM

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If Trump makes it through, the only thing that would stop him from running again would be a debilitating medical condition.

Or just boredom. The life of an ex-President seems more his style than actually being President. If he is able to coast by for 4 years I could easily see him passing next time.

01-11-2017 , 05:28 PM

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I agree.

I can easily see him saying, look at all these jobs we brought back. Unemployment at 4%. ISIL destroyed. The DOW is at, I don't know, let's say 25,000, an ALL TIME HIGH.

And just ride out into the sunset.

01-11-2017 , 05:28 PM

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Still think an overweight 70+ year old who doesn't appear to sleep much and just might be beholden to violent Russians is a decent shot to die in office either via natural causes or Russian reprisal.

01-11-2017 , 05:30 PM

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lol dude you really arent paying attention

01-11-2017 , 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Victor

lol dude you really arent paying attention

awval is nothing if not extremely observant of Hero Trump and all his great dealings. Think you have to treat that post more like fanfic of a diehard than a guy only half plugged in, not a prediction of the future but a lurid fantasy. In the same way Star Wars fans might be the one to enslave Leia in their alt Star Wars universe they wrote or like how I could easily see Kate Upton leaving Justin Verlander for me and we just ride out into the sunset together.

01-11-2017 , 05:33 PM

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lol dude you really arent paying attention

You don't think he can just roll with the economy doing fine like it is right now for 4 years? Cut some taxes. Cheerlead some factories being built. Build some TRUMP bridges. Make some connections for a couple billion dollars post-Presidency and call it a day? Ride out into the sunset as a success?

01-11-2017 , 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DVaut1

awval is nothing if not extremely observant of Hero Trump and all his great dealings. Think you have to treat that post more like fanfic of a diehard than a guy only half plugged in, not a prediction of the future but a lurid fantasy in the same way Star Wars fans might be the one to enslave Leia in their alt Star Wars universe they wrote or like how I could easily see Kate Upton leaving Justin Verlander for me and we just ride out into the sunset together.

I just was just agreeing with mosdef. That's all.