It has started to feel like a political remake of “Weekend at Bernie’s”, a weary-looking Donald Trump photographed leaving the White House for golf, the internet convinced he’s dead, and an imminent White House “announcement” that no one can explain.
After a long Labor Day weekend dominated by online conspiracy theories about the president’s health, the White House has scheduled a statement for 2 p.m. today under the vague notation, “THE PRESIDENT makes an announcement.”
No further details were provided, fueling a frenzy of speculation that began days earlier when Trump, 79, vanished from the public eye.
The rumormill intensified on Monday when social media latched onto images of a pale, fatigued Trump leaving the White House for his Sterling, Virginia, golf club.
The picture—stripped