President Trump shot down rumors he died over Labor Day weekend by assuring reporters within the Oval Workplace they had been talking with a residing particular person.
Trump addressed the problem on Tuesday throughout his first public occasion in every week, claiming he was unaware that hypothesis of his dying had racked up greater than 1.3 million social media engagements by Saturday morning.
“No,” Trump responded flatly, although he admitted to listening to there have been issues about his well being.
The president had no public occasions on his schedule Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday, however was noticed {golfing} in Virginia on Saturday and warranted the nation he was alive by posting on Fact Social on Sunday.
In a kind of posts, he wrote that he’s “NEVER FELT BETTER IN [HIS] LIFE.”
Trump questioned why macabre rumors didn’t observe his predecessor, 82-year-old Joe Biden, who famously held only a few press conferences throughout his 4 years in workplace, then deserted his reelection marketing campaign after a presidential debate meltdown known as his psychological acuity into query.
“Biden wouldn’t do [press conferences] for months. You wouldn’t see him, and nobody ever said there was ever anything wrong with him. And we know he wasn’t in the greatest of shape,” Trump stated Tuesday.
Rumors of the president’s demise misplaced appreciable steam by Tuesday morning when it was reported he deliberate to carry a 2 p.m. press convention to announce the Protection Division will transfer the headquarters of the U.S. House Command from Colorado to Alabama.
Trump’s well being has been the subject of dialog earlier than, notably in regard to bruising on the again of his hand and swelling round his ankles.
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The left foot and swollen of President Donald Trump are pictured as he sits with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa within the Oval Workplace of the White Home, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)
The White Home in July stated the 79-year-old chief was being handled for persistent venous insufficiency, which suggests veins within the legs can’t correctly carry blood again to the center, inflicting it to pool within the decrease legs.
The situation is pretty frequent amongst older adults and isn’t believed to be life-threatening, although hypothesis on the contrary caught fireplace on social media platforms like X.
