U.S. President Donald Trump says social media conspiracies about his death were wrong.

Asked if he had seen the weekend social media posts indicating he was no longer living, the president initially said "Really? I didn't see that" and then talked about his activities over recent day.

Trump said despite a lack of public appearances up until Tuesday that he did "numerous" interviews and had some "pretty poignant" posts on his social media site. The president said he went to visit "some people" at his golf club in Sterling, Virginia as well.

"I was very active over the weekend," Trump said.

It was the first time Trump has spoken publicly for a week.

Although he was spotted heading to his golf course over the weekend and he granted some interviews, he was largely out of sight for an unusually long stretch of time.