Rumors of President Donald Trump’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
On Friday night, the discourse on X was seemingly overtaken by the idea that the president’s demise was imminent.
What reason was there to believe this? Not much, aside from Trump not having appeared in public for a few days, having no public events on his schedule for the weekend, and the many recent reports about Trump having marks on his hands and swollen ankles. In addition, the 79-year-old president has been speaking a lot lately about his desire to get into heaven, indicating that he’s had mortality on his mind.
Day 1: Trump reflects on his life, remarks that he wants to enter Heaven
Day 4: Bruising seen on his hand, transfusions speculated
Day 9: Vance states that he’s ready to become President in case of tragedy
Day 10: Trump disappears from public#AmericanKremlinology #TrumpDead pic.twitter.com/FNrFmtlQKO
— RAY (@3xcalibaneur) August 29, 2025
For a while on Friday night, several topics related to Trump’s alleged death were trending on X:
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Alas, the rumors were proven false by Saturday morning, when the White House pool reporter stated that Trump was golfing in Virginia.
Then photos surfaced of the president arriving for his golf round.
Trump photographed golfing this morning. pic.twitter.com/5QEf61TlTD
— Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) August 30, 2025
“Some 158,000 X posts including the phrase ‘TRUMP IS DEAD’ and 42,000 stating ‘TRUMP DIED’ had been made as of 7:48 a.m. ET. on Saturday, according to the platform’s analytics,” Newsweek reported Saturday.
While the speculation proved unfounded, there were some entertaining social posts during the brief “Trump may be dead” boomlet:
JD Vance arranging the body on the oval office sofa to finally watch Hillbilly Elegy together. “It’s great JD, you’re my favorite president,” he mutters from the corners of his mouth, forcing Trump’s frail, stiffened arms to clap
— Diana (@rlycalm) August 30, 2025
#whereistrump pic.twitter.com/9PD9roAvVG
— Grin & Tonic (@KestrelToni) August 30, 2025
WHERE IS MELANIA? #whereistrump #trumpdead #TrumpIsDead pic.twitter.com/dQ9wjbWtj6
— 𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕘𝕚𝕖 🌊🌊🌊 (@dontdisthemiss) August 30, 2025
#trumpdead #whereistrump pic.twitter.com/wTeHn9dUqj
— Unvarnished Tooth (@YouWontFeelThis) August 30, 2025
Imagine not believing Trump is dead just because there’s “no evidence.” Where’s your sense of whimsy, your joie de vivre
— Cogito (@cogito_yuri) August 30, 2025
I told my wife about “Trump is dead” rumormongering on Twitter and she insisted I google it immediately for more information, so congrats to @lionel_trolling for being the #2 result for information on this subject right now pic.twitter.com/LA3oZfXYFM
— daeveningglow (@InlandCaGuy) August 30, 2025
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