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riversedge

(81,272 posts)
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 03:57 PM Jan 2026

Trump says he's been wondering if he could slide down a helicopter rope like SEAL Team 6 --

I actually turned up the volume to see if he really said this--and yes Trump DID say it.


CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism

This is not satire.

Trump says he’s been wondering if he could slide down a helicopter rope like SEAL Team 6 — and says, with a straight face, that he wants to try it sometime.

This man is a clown. 🤡


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Trump says he's been wondering if he could slide down a helicopter rope like SEAL Team 6 -- (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2026 OP
Do it! DO IT! LakeVermilion Jan 2026 #1
Do it ! dweller Jan 2026 #2
Yep! Grim Chieftain Jan 2026 #35
Proceed. /nt bucolic_frolic Jan 2026 #3
Yes! Yes you can!! You will be adored as the manliest ever!!! Strelnikov_ Jan 2026 #4
Pay Per Vue chelsea0011 Jan 2026 #5
Oh hell yes! And since he's the King, he should get a much longer rope than others -- 2 scoops, right? 0rganism Jan 2026 #6
Go for it Donny Botany Jan 2026 #7
He said slide, not rappel. niyad Jan 2026 #30
Fine slide down that rope, get some nasty rope burns, and then fall to your ????. Botany Jan 2026 #48
Doing that slide over the ocean. . . niyad Jan 2026 #55
Oh, I hadn't yet heard he had trump swag! electric_blue68 Jan 2026 #58
I read it on the internet so it has to be true. Botany Jan 2026 #71
Do it, Donnie! ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2026 #8
If he wants to try it, he can do so with my blessings Vogon_Glory Jan 2026 #9
Obama would have been brave enough to do it Jerry2144 Jan 2026 #10
He should do it. He's such an idiot. Srkdqltr Jan 2026 #11
Jump, you fucker! Kid Berwyn Jan 2026 #12
Go for it Donny Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 #13
Just shove him out of the aircraft... EarthFirst Jan 2026 #14
The OP and thread are comedy gold 🪙 MustLoveBeagles Jan 2026 #15
Please do. milestogo Jan 2026 #16
Blackburn was "my" sweetheart, Orlando Bloom, in Ilsa Jan 2026 #42
OMG, I adore him. milestogo Jan 2026 #45
Of course Trump could do that. democrank Jan 2026 #17
"the first man to surface with a block in each hand". I actually believe that Jerry2144 Jan 2026 #57
Like a regular Harry Houdinu, or David Copperfield! electric_blue68 Jan 2026 #61
1) Attach rope securely around neck Conjuay Jan 2026 #18
That's what a REAL orange he-man would do. Am I right? I suggest the Rose Garden slab as a landing spot. Vinca Jan 2026 #19
Nah, somewhere out in the ocean. niyad Jan 2026 #39
Do it! About 50 feet should prove the concept... Wounded Bear Jan 2026 #20
I know he can do it. He should. It will impress the whole word Autumn Jan 2026 #21
He's starting to believe the AI maga-porn depictions of himself Maru Kitteh Jan 2026 #22
Yes! And I have some old thin yarn his little hands Ilsa Jan 2026 #23
Do it Humpty Dumpty! sheshe2 Jan 2026 #24
Replicate that scene from Scarface with the rope and helicopter Kaleva Jan 2026 #25
Yeah, I would pay to see that! HappyH Jan 2026 #26
One way to know for sure. eShirl Jan 2026 #27
C'mon fat fuck, strap in and fucking jump you piece of shit Blue Owl Jan 2026 #28
Please try it. Message to pilot bluestarone Jan 2026 #29
I'll bet he does it better than any Seal operative ever. Probatim Jan 2026 #31
Give him the VC treatment. Jacson6 Jan 2026 #32
Do it! do it! preferably out over the ocean. Does blubber float, though? niyad Jan 2026 #33
Woe be to the stunt coordinator GopherGal Jan 2026 #34
It's called fast roping, you fucking pedophile Aviation Pro Jan 2026 #36
Hey don, wanna look like a tougher guy than the seals? Instead of a rope use a bungee cord. Dave Bowman Jan 2026 #37
I'd pay to watch that! Ocelot II Jan 2026 #38
He'll never be as good as canetoad Jan 2026 #40
Somebody's just got to convince him that his bloated cankles will absorb the impact. LudwigPastorius Jan 2026 #41
I say we let him try Sailingdiver Jan 2026 #43
Watch this video, Donald, and see that Pete Hegseth did the rope thing on "Southpark" recently. Your turn. FadedMullet Jan 2026 #44
Forget the rope. Just push him out. sakabatou Jan 2026 #46
I love this thread so much that I Rec'ed every reply. nt Ilsa Jan 2026 #47
Spurious News: Naval Air Systems Command refuses Trump's request to "slide down a rope" from a helicopter jmowreader Jan 2026 #49
I wish I could SADAR Jan 2026 #52
Oh please Rebl2 Jan 2026 #50
Lets let trump try to do this. LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2026 #51
Please try! pandr32 Jan 2026 #53
Please proceed! moose65 Jan 2026 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 2026 #56
says the guy who needs two hands to lift a glass of water to his fishlips Skittles Jan 2026 #59
Of course he can. Swede Jan 2026 #60
Please proceed Deminpenn Jan 2026 #62
Just remember practice makes perfect SomedayKindaLove Jan 2026 #63
shit splatters. onethatcares Jan 2026 #64
I'm thinking he'll bust open like a watermelon Kaleva Jan 2026 #65
He should go for it. LisaL Jan 2026 #66
Let the man proceed malaise Jan 2026 #67
Right now, any number of MAGA chud incel "alpha" males are furiously masturbating flvegan Jan 2026 #68
Put him in a helicopter and let him try it. Quiet Em Jan 2026 #69
Or slide all the way down from the Space Station, like a true Space Force Commander. GreenWave Jan 2026 #70
Do it Dumpy! mcar Jan 2026 #72
Squeal Team Shit Solly Mack Jan 2026 #73
Just tell him he could be the first EVAH to win the Nobel Prize for Bravery! Totally Tunsie Jan 2026 #74

LakeVermilion

(1,611 posts)
1. Do it! DO IT!
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 03:58 PM
Jan 2026

Actually, he had his chances in the late 60's. But those f'ng bone spurs and the need to take the STD war on, kept him off the helicopters.

0rganism

(25,684 posts)
6. Oh hell yes! And since he's the King, he should get a much longer rope than others -- 2 scoops, right?
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:03 PM
Jan 2026

Someone, please encourage this random, spastic, guaranteed-100%-not-insane fantasy. Make it so!

Botany

(77,629 posts)
7. Go for it Donny
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:04 PM
Jan 2026

Please just do it. You have to have real strength and balance to rappel down rope.
Just do it Donny.

Botany

(77,629 posts)
48. Fine slide down that rope, get some nasty rope burns, and then fall to your ????.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:59 PM
Jan 2026

Donny killed that woman Ms. Good, in Minneapolis as sure as if he shot her himself. The ICE
officer’s house had Trump gear, Trump flags, and his brain was so fucked up with real Trump
Derangement Syndrome that he saw her as the enemy and he was fighting for America.

We have millions of Americans who think the same way as that ICE officer.

Botany

(77,629 posts)
71. I read it on the internet so it has to be true.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 07:51 PM
Jan 2026


Although I believe a local paper had the story and interviewed his neighbors.

10 seconds or so with google should let you know the truth.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,966 posts)
8. Do it, Donnie!
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:07 PM
Jan 2026

Better make sure he has at least two diapers on. He will be shitting his pants before he rappels down that rope.

Vogon_Glory

(10,333 posts)
9. If he wants to try it, he can do so with my blessings
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:09 PM
Jan 2026

preferably from a height of thirty feet or more.

Jerry2144

(3,294 posts)
10. Obama would have been brave enough to do it
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:10 PM
Jan 2026

Trump, are you less of a man than President Obama?

milestogo

(23,148 posts)
45. OMG, I adore him.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:48 PM
Jan 2026

The real life Blackburn actually survived this fall, but it took him a long time to recover. And it was at the beginning of his first mission.

democrank

(12,649 posts)
17. Of course Trump could do that.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:15 PM
Jan 2026

Some people say he could even do that right over the ocean with cinder blocks tied to each ankle and be the first man to surface with a block in each hand. Trump is the healthiest president in the history of presidents, so I say he should give it a go.

Jerry2144

(3,294 posts)
57. "the first man to surface with a block in each hand". I actually believe that
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 05:51 PM
Jan 2026

because your shit floats after a high-fat meal. And what's a bigger fatty turd than the Korrupt Korpulent Koprolite in the White House?

Conjuay

(3,091 posts)
18. 1) Attach rope securely around neck
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:20 PM
Jan 2026

2) Yell "Geronimo"
3) Try to figure out who pushed you.

Vinca

(54,185 posts)
19. That's what a REAL orange he-man would do. Am I right? I suggest the Rose Garden slab as a landing spot.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:21 PM
Jan 2026

Wounded Bear

(64,470 posts)
20. Do it! About 50 feet should prove the concept...
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:24 PM
Jan 2026

Make it a Pay per View, would probably raise some cash.

Autumn

(48,985 posts)
21. I know he can do it. He should. It will impress the whole word
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:24 PM
Jan 2026

and no other leader would ever even try.

Maru Kitteh

(31,892 posts)
22. He's starting to believe the AI maga-porn depictions of himself
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:29 PM
Jan 2026

Good. Please - do try it. And try every other truly unhinged meme of you attempting dangerous feats of strength and daring too. You deserve it.




Ilsa

(64,474 posts)
23. Yes! And I have some old thin yarn his little hands
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:32 PM
Jan 2026

can use as a rope. No helmet necessary.

Probatim

(3,290 posts)
31. I'll bet he does it better than any Seal operative ever.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:38 PM
Jan 2026

He could monetize this with a pay per view event. The money he'd make would be amazing. The highest ratings. The best reviews. I'd have tears in my eyes.

GopherGal

(2,936 posts)
34. Woe be to the stunt coordinator
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:39 PM
Jan 2026

who has to find a rope thin enough to fit his tiny hands, yet strong enough to hold his 224-lb body weight (plus whatever his diaper-load weighs).

Aviation Pro

(15,680 posts)
36. It's called fast roping, you fucking pedophile
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:40 PM
Jan 2026

Why don’t you try helocasting at 50 knots and 50’ up?

It would be a laugh riot to watch your fat carcass bounce along the surface.

jmowreader

(53,304 posts)
49. Spurious News: Naval Air Systems Command refuses Trump's request to "slide down a rope" from a helicopter
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 05:23 PM
Jan 2026

PATUXENT RIVER, MD (Spurious News Network) -- In a recent televised interview, King Donald Trump expressed a desire to "slide down a rope from a helicopter" like a SEAL Team 6 member.

He won't be doing it from any of the Navy's helicopters, according to the commander of the Navy organization in charge of those helicopters.

Vice Admiral John E. Dougherty IV, commander of Naval Air Systems Command, explained that Trump's outsized weight would prevent the Navy from allowing such a stunt to be attempted. "He weighs, what, 900 pounds? If you throw off the side-to-side balance of a helicopter to that extent as suddenly as it'd happen if Trump tried to rappel out of it, it would crash straight to the ground and right on top of him. I thought for a second, 'maybe I'll rent a Mil Mi-26, a Russian-made helicopter that's the biggest in the world, for him to do it from.' Then I called the Mil works and they told me the dynamics of Trump's immense bulk flying out the side door would crash their aircraft too. Since all these aircraft are on my hand receipt I'm not going to write the Navy a check for a new one out of my personal account because some dumbass wanted to do a publicity stunt." When asked if he worried about the president getting killed, Admiral Dougherty replied, "if Donald Trump wants to commit suicide he's more than welcome to. But he is not fucking taking three to five of my Sailors and one of my aircraft with him."

Officers commanding the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps helicopter organizations confirmed they also won't let Trump use their birds for a similar stunt. "We could send him to Fort Campbell, Ky., and let him rappel down the 34-foot tower at the Sabaluski Air Assault School," explained Major General Clair Gill, commander of the US Army Aviation Center of Excellence, "but the Black Hat instructors there believe he'd yank it over on its side. The 326th Engineer Battalion says they can rent a big crane and pull it back upright with that, but we don't want them to have to. We believe the best result if he wants to rappel is to have him do it off the side of the Pentagon. That building's big enough he couldn't possibly pull it over no matter how many Big Macs he has for breakfast."

Rebl2

(17,869 posts)
50. Oh please
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 05:32 PM
Jan 2026

do mr president and with no help from anyone. Make sure the helicopter is high and the rope short.

moose65

(3,458 posts)
54. Please proceed!
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 05:40 PM
Jan 2026

Obama would have done it, Donny. You don't want to be outdone by Obama, do you?? Please do it!

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Skittles

(172,300 posts)
59. says the guy who needs two hands to lift a glass of water to his fishlips
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:22 PM
Jan 2026

what a fucking moron

Deminpenn

(17,551 posts)
62. Please proceed
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:37 PM
Jan 2026

A good test run would be from Marine One hovering over the newly paved over Rose Garden.

onethatcares

(17,002 posts)
64. shit splatters.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:51 PM
Jan 2026

I wouldn't want to be within 5 city blocks of that mess, but he can do it wlith out my help

flvegan

(66,404 posts)
68. Right now, any number of MAGA chud incel "alpha" males are furiously masturbating
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 07:11 PM
Jan 2026

at the very thought of the forthcoming AI videos showing a younger, svelter caped orange SuperPedoMan doing just that.

GreenWave

(12,721 posts)
70. Or slide all the way down from the Space Station, like a true Space Force Commander.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 07:29 PM
Jan 2026

Make us proud Donnis!

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