Well this is interesting:

[PCIntern]

You know, Orangina is pretty transparent in his own crumby way and all this talk of getting into Heaven has got me thinking: has he been informed that he possesses a condition which has set a limit upon his life expectancy?

That’s a polite way of saying: was he told that he has a terminal condition such as congestive heart failure? This would be the way that he would deal with something like this… What’s in it for him? Since everything is transactional, then he gets to get eternal bliss in heaven.

Then again… Maybe not.

I recognize that this is a matter for some discussion, but people do react weirdly to these pronouncements. Gee, maybe he isn’t going to live to 200.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Another possibility: getting his MAGA disciples to do a prayer rally.

[FirefighterJo]

2. You might be onto something

As everything is indeed transactional with him. It makes sense... trying to deal with God. I like your take, very astute

[gab13by13]

3. I think he has that condition

where the veins have trouble returning the blood to the heart, hence the need for the make-up on his hand.

I'm just an internet doctor though.

[Wednesdays]

10. The swollen ankles is the biggest tell. nt

[mwmisses4289]

4. Another variation of his im a victim stchick?

He's trying to distract from the epstein scandal, implying he's dying and needs prayers is yet another attention getting distraction, and perhaps his way of getting people to stop mocking him: How dare you make fun of a dying man!

[Ol Janx Spirit]

5. Maybe Pope Leo travels the astral plane into the Oval Office every night...

...and leaves him messages in the Resolute desk.

Or maybe Epstein has been appearing in his room at night to take him on journeys into his past, present and future.

But it seems more likely that he only recently found out about the place and thinks he deserves the biggest penthouse heaven has to offer. Just wait until he finds out about the whole virgins in paradise thing....

[MiHale]

6. Had that...'sense of impending doom'?...

and wasn’t quite sure how to deal with it.

[FalloutShelter]

7. This makes sense

Of why he is so obsessed with the peace prize. He thinks it is his golden ticket.

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Can't find -- or buy -- a way out of this one.

May he consider it as the final episode of “The Ultimate Loser.”

[PCIntern]

9. It's the old joke about the two guys driving through the desert

Bill and Sam are driving through the desert, and as they are nearing a town, Bill says to Sam “pull the car over. I have to take a whiz.” While he’s peeing, a rattlesnake comes and bites him right on the tip of his you know what. He starts screaming that snake bit me that snake bit me, they jump back in the car and Sam turns the key and the battery is dead. “What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do“ Sam says, “I’ll run into town find somebody and get some help. He runs and runs and runs along the desert road until he finally gets to town and he’s running through the town and he’s sweating and he sees the doctors office so he runs in and says “Doc Doc! My friend just got bitten by a snake right on the tip of his you know what. What can I do? What can I do“ and the doctor replies “you have to suck that poison out or your friend’s gonna die.” So Sam runs and runs and runs back to the car and there’s Bill waiting for him. He says Sam, what did the doctor say? And Sam says “The doc said, ‘Bill you’re gonna die’”.

[Kid Berwyn]

12. Neo-Classic Bad News

[Add the Natasha accent:] “Got foe-keeng bat noose for you Donn-alt. Doctor said you going to die.”

[Just_Vote_Dem]

11. I thought about that myself

You phrase it better, though

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220572407

[PCIntern]

14. You said it just fine I'm just more verbose...😁

I wish I had seen yours, I would have recommended and added to it.

K and R

[The Blue Flower]

13. So now he thinks there will be some accountability for his life of crime?

It will be more than a little interesting to see how he reacts to the idea. Like a Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock episode.

[republianmushroom]

15. I'm hoping he doesn't make 80.

[RealityChik]

16. Maybe he is getting ready to...

Stage another assassination attempt? Third time’s the charm. Make it not so soap opera drama like? He’s running out of pity party ideas!