Liberals Promote Deranged Conspiracy Theory That Trump May Be Dying

Liberal critics spread unfounded rumors of President Donald Trump’s death across social media Friday night, only to see the president emerge Saturday morning for a round of golf with his granddaughter.

The hashtags #TrumpIsDead and #WhereIsTrump trended on X throughout Friday night and into Saturday morning after Trump hadn’t appeared publicly since Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. Google searches for “is Trump dead” and “Trump dead” topped trending lists by noon Saturday, according to Forbes.

The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson posted to X on Saturday: “Waking up to #TrumpIsDead and #whereistrump reminds me that JD ‘Popekiller’ Vance has been spending a lot of time around Don lately,” referencing how Pope Francis died shortly after meeting the vice president in April, the New York Post reported.

Ben Meiselas, co-founder of liberal media outlet MeidasTouch, fueled speculation Friday, Newsweek reported. Meiselas posted, “Where did Trump go?! Where is he? What is happening?” Social media users amplified the conspiracy, with one account claiming “Donald Trump is dead. He has been since Wednesday.”

President Trump is alive and well after online rumors of his death https://t.co/pQeRrjUB8T pic.twitter.com/aEEIsQqYEs

— New York Post (@nypost) August 30, 2025

Trump ended the speculation Saturday morning when photographers captured him at 8:45 a.m. wearing a white polo and his signature red MAGA hat, loading into a vehicle with granddaughter Kai Trump headed for his golf club in Sterling, Va.

While conspiracy theorists obsessed over Trump’s whereabouts, the president conducted an hour-long exclusive interview with the Daily Caller on Friday in the Oval Office. Trump discussed his plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, telling Daily Caller White House Correspondent Reagan Reese he would consider providing limited air support to help Europe secure peace. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Trump Says Allowing Chinese Students Is ‘Right Thing To Do’)

The president explained his America First approach to the conflict, saying that the U.S. now sells equipment to NATO rather than spend hundreds of billions directly on the war. “If I could stop that and have a plane flying around the air every once in a while, it’s going to be mostly the Europeans, but we’d help them,” Trump said during the interview.

The president also posted on Truth Social Friday about a federal appeals court ruling on tariffs, further disproving the death rumors that liberal critics eagerly promoted.