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49. Spurious News: Naval Air Systems Command refuses Trump's request to "slide down a rope" from a helicopter
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:23 PM
Jan 9

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."

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