President Trump waved off bizarre social media rumors about his demise Tuesday, telling reporters at the Oval Office that he was “very active” over Labor Day weekend and dismissing the morbid speculation as “fake news.”
The bad-faith scuttlebutt about Trump’s health kicked off after the White House released a schedule showing no public events for the president over Labor Day weekend, prompting grim hashtags like “#TrumpIsDead” and “#WhereIsTrump” to trend on X.
Trump’s thin holiday weekend schedule was announced four days after his last public appearance at a cabinet meeting last Tuesday.
Donald Trump loads into the motorcade at the White House on August 31, 2025, as he heads to Trump National golf course in Sterling, Virginia.AFP via Getty Images
Bad=faith theories circulated on social media after the president took a brief break from public appearances.Getty Images
“I didn’t do anything for two days, and they said ‘there must be something wrong with him,’” Trump mused to reporters of the conspiracy theory after he was asked about it.
