President Donald Trump has responded to speculation about his health in a publish on Truth Social.
“NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE,” the president wrote on Sunday night, linking again to a Truth Social post from one other consumer making disparaging feedback about former president Joe Biden’s well being. The consumer added that the “media freaks out if Trump disappears for 24 hours.”
Unfounded rumors swirled on social media this week about the president’s health. Conspiracy theorists pointed to the truth that Trump hadn’t been seen publicly since his Cabinet assembly on Wednesday and had a transparent weekend schedule.
Others additionally cited Vice President JD Vance’s interview on Wednesday with USA Today, in which he stated he’s able to assume the presidency if a “terrible tragedy” occurred. In that very same interview, Vance additionally famous Trump is in “incredibly good health.”
Questions concerning the president’s well being had been among the many high Google searches at midday on Saturday, whereas “Where is Donald Trump” was trending on X, Forbes reviews. However, Trump was noticed once more on Saturday en path to his Virginia golf course.
Trump put an finish to the hypothesis about his well being after he was photographed on the best way to his Virginia golf course Saturday (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
In the identical Truth Social publish, Trump additionally declared Washington, D.C., a “crime free zone.” Trump deployed the National Guard to the nation’s capital this month, claiming he did so in response to a “crime emergency.” Violent crime has been declining in D.C. since 2023.
Despite questions over his whereabouts, Trump has shared dozens of posts on Truth Social this weekend, together with extra declarations that D.C. is now protected and a call to finish mail-in voting. He additionally posted a bizarre rant lashing out at a White House Rose Garden worker for damaging a bit of stone and shared surveillance footage of the incident.
Questions about Trump’s well being mounted earlier this 12 months as photos of his swollen ankles and bruised hands circulated on-line.
A bruise on Trump’s hand, pictured on August 25. The president was recognized with power venous insufficiency this summer time (REUTERS)
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt disclosed in July that Trump, 79, had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency. The situation is pretty frequent in older individuals, and happens when veins in the legs wrestle to hold blood to the guts.
Leavitt added that there was no proof of deep vein thrombosis or arterial illness. A blood rely check and echocardiogram additionally got here again regular, she stated.