Trump spotted on Golf Course after wild internet rumors claimed he was dead

After a bizarre ‘Trump is dead’ trend went viral across the globe, the truth has been finally revealed. Speculations flooded the internet worldwide over US President Donald Trump's whereabouts after he hadn't been seen in public for quite a while. When false reports of his death spread widely on social media, the talk reached its peak. But on Saturday morning, President Trump was finally spotted, debunking all his false death rumors.

What did Donald Trump do on saturday morning?

Donald Trump's motorcade left the White House at 8:45 a.m. ET to go to a golf course in Virginia. He was seen getting into a car on the South Lawn with his granddaughter Kai. The president looked calm and wore a golf outfit with his signature red "Make America Great Again" hat on top.


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Trump was wearing a clean white polo shirt, black pants, and his famous red MAGA hat. He and his granddaughter Kai got into a car on the South Lawn and then drove to Virginia in his motorcade, as quoted in a report by Newsweek.

What made the rumors spread?

The rumors started after Donald Trump had not been seen in public for a few days. Grok, X's AI-powered chatbot, said that by Saturday morning, posts about Trump's supposed death had gotten more than 1.3 million likes, comments, and shares. The hashtag #whereistrump even became popular in the US, where it was the sixth most popular topic, as quoted in a report by Newsweek.


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Was there an official answer?

A post showed up on Trump's Truth Social account on Friday night. It wasn't clear if Trump wrote it himself, but the message backed up his position on tariffs by calling a recent appeals court decision against them "highly partisan" and warning that getting rid of them would be a "total disaster" for the U.S. economy.

Even though there were rumors going around that Donald Trump had died, he came back out in public and went out for his usual weekend round of golf, as quoted in a report by Newsweek.

The trip with his granddaughter showed that the rumors were just noise on social media. It also reminded people how quickly false information can spread online.

How did people react to the 'Trump is dead' trend?

"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," adding, "I was with the president yesterday afternoon. "I interviewed him for an hour," wrote Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese on Saturday morning on X, as quoted in a report by Newsweek.

On X, Shayan Sardarizadeh, a senior journalist at BBC Verify, wrote, "Last year, some right-wing users on X convinced themselves that President Biden had died and the White House was keeping quiet.

"The exact same thing is now happening with some left-wing influencers on X, who seem to think President Trump is dead and a cover-up is underway."

According to Ian Bremmer, a political scientist and founder of the Eurasia Group consultancy, rumors about Putin and Xi's deaths have spread widely on the internet.

FAQs

Why did people think Donald Trump was dead?
He hadn't been seen in public for a few days, which led to online speculation.

Where was Donald Trump going when the picture was taken on Saturday?
He was going to play golf in Virginia after leaving the White House.