{"id":7937,"date":"2025-09-03T22:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=7937"},"modified":"2025-09-03T22:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:12:01","slug":"trump-health-misinformation-swirls-despite-denials-of-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=7937","title":{"rendered":"Trump health misinformation swirls despite denials of illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"149\"><strong data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"149\">Trump Dismisses Health Rumors as \u2018Fake News\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"483\">US President Donald Trump has denied widespread online speculation about his health following his brief absence from public view and the appearance of a bruise on his right hand. At a press conference, Trump, 79, called the rumors \u201cfake news\u201d and said he was \u201cvery active\u201d over Labor Day weekend, golfing and doing media interviews.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"661\">The White House attributed the bruise to frequent handshaking and aspirin use. Trump\u2019s doctor confirmed he has chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition in older adults.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"924\">Despite Trump\u2019s public appearance, conspiracy theories circulated online \u2014 including claims he had died, based on out-of-context photos, old ambulance images, and AI-altered pictures. The hashtag \u201c#TrumpDead\u201d trended on social media, with over 100,000 mentions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1196\">Critics pointed to his limited public schedule and past secrecy about his health, while others cited misleading images, such as a flag at half-staff (lowered in honor of school shooting victims) or a trash bag tossed from a White House window (explained as maintenance).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1389\">Vice President JD Vance said he\u2019s confident Trump is in good health but is \u201cprepared\u201d if needed. Trump himself joked about the rumors and said on Truth Social, \u201cNEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1590\">The White House dismissed the rumors as politically motivated. Still, the speculation highlights how quickly misinformation spreads online\u2014especially when it involves a figure as polarizing as Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-18uoenx e445x7d0\" title=\"US President Donald Trump\u2019s bruised hand on August 25. Photo: AP\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/09\/03\/fc329eb6-a535-4efc-9ed2-16d82b682aac_6deaac00.jpg\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump\u2019s bruised hand on August 25. Photo: AP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Dismisses Health Rumors as \u2018Fake News\u2019 US President Donald Trump has denied widespread online speculation about his health following his brief absence from public view and the appearance of a bruise on his right hand. At a press conference, Trump, 79, called the rumors \u201cfake news\u201d and said he was \u201cvery active\u201d over Labor&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=7937\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Trump health misinformation swirls despite denials of illness&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7939,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7937\/revisions\/7939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}