BREAKING: Trump Spotted After Widespread And Giddy Speculation He Is Secretly Dead Or Dying

White House Press Pool

President Donald Trump was spotted Saturday morning after a day of speculation by gleeful opponents that he may have been dead or dying because he hadn’t been seen in public for days.

Veteran journalist Laura Rozen, who routinely shares details of President Trump’s schedule, touched off an avalanche of reaction when she posted an observation on X/Twitter.

“Trump has no public events scheduled all weekend. Don’t believe he was seen today either,” Rozen wrote, along with the official White House schedule for the weekend:

Sunday, August 31, 2025

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8:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time

THE PRESIDENT has no public events scheduled
Monday, September 1, 2025

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8:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time

THE PRESIDENT has no public events scheduled

The post has racked up over 25 million views and a blizzard of intense reactions.

Prominent resistance influencer Majid Padellan (aka BrooklynDadDefiant) commented on the uproar this tweet caused, writing “Wait, WTF happened, I jump off Twitter for a few hours and now I’m seeing all these tweets that trump is dead?”

Rozen replied “An observation that he has not been seen publicly since tuesday and has no public events on his public schedule thru the long weekend has set off a deluge. but that was not my intention.”

That empty schedule, combined with heightened attention after Trump was repeatedly photographed with serious bruising on his hand and swollen ankles and an interview snippet from Vice President JD Vance raising the specter of “tragedy” contributed to an explosion of social media speculation that implicitly and explicitly suggested Trump could be dead or incapacitated.

But on Saturday morning, pool reporters spotted and photographed Trump as he prepared to go golfing:

From: Joseph Gedeon
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2025, 8:49 AM
To: DL WHO Wranglers
Subject: WH in-town press pool #2 – POTUS seen

Pool photog snaps pic of POTUS in white polo red MAGA hat black pants

POTUS’s motorcade began rolling at 8:45am. FPPO: golf course in VA

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From: Joseph Gedeon
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2025, 9:19 AM
To: DL WHO Wranglers
Subject: WH in-town press pool #3 – arrival at golf course

POTUS’s motorcade pulled up to the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia (not far from Dulles) at 9:18am. Quiet ride, sun is out

Pool is holding at a tennis center on the grounds

FYI: Daily Caller held an hour long interview with POTUS on Friday, tidbits dropping today

As it turns out, Trump also gave an as-yet-unpublished interview Friday. Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese wrote “I wake up to see people freaking out that Trump’s sick or dead or something because he hasn’t been seen in a few days. I was with the president yesterday afternoon. I interviewed him for an hour. More details on our conversation to come today and through the weekend. We talked about everything. He was lively and chatty. It’s a great interview.”