WASHINGTON — The online world had its doubts, but yes, Donald Trump is alive.

Trump's televised appearance in the Oval Office on Tuesday doubled as a proof-of-life test for the conspiracy-minded after a week's worth of speculation that he was gravely ill or worse.

The topic "#Trumpdead" had been trending on X. Yet there he was, indisputably among the living and taking swipes at the usual foils: California Gov. Gavin "Newscum," the "fake news," mail-in voting and crime in Democratic-run cities. He even worked in a mention of the once-mighty University of Alabama football team's losing to Florida State on Saturday.

When did he learn of his demise? a reporter cheekily asked him.

Trump, 79, said he had gotten reports that, because he hadn't been spotted much in recent days, something w

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