Prediction: Donald Trump Won’t Live to See 2022

He’ll join James K. Polk in the club of presidents who died the calendar year they left office

Paul Ryburn, M.Sc.
6 min readJan 16, 2021
Trump waving goodbye
By The White House from Washington, DC — President Trump Departs for Kentucky, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81516555

Donald Trump’s presidency will come to an end Wednesday not with a bang, but with a whimper. Following his popular vote loss to Joe Biden by more than 7 million, his world has collapsed around him. Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud in swing states were thrown out by the courts, one lawsuit after another. He went too far when he rallied his base to storm the United States capitol building the day Congress was to certify the electoral tally. His allies in Washington began abandoning him, and his net approval rating dropped like a rock.

Only one past president of the United States has left office and died within the calendar year: James K. Polk, the 11th president, who served from 1845 to 1849. I believe that before 2021 is over, Trump will join Polk as a member of this club.

Trump’s physical health and habits

According to the results of his latest Presidential physical, Donald Trump stands 6 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighs 244 pounds. That gives him a body mass index (BMI) of 30.5, which is considered obese. Obesity carries an enhanced risk of many serious health conditions, including heart disease, stroke…

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Paul Ryburn, M.Sc.

I write about writing, ideas, creativity, homelessness, intuition, spirituality, life lessons. Ex-college teacher Twitter: @paulryburn