How Donald Trump’s untimely and untrue ‘death’ unfolded on social media Politics Sep 4, 2025 12:36 PM EDT

This fact check originally appeared on PolitiFact .

Some people spent Labor Day weekend soaking up the last of summer’s rays. Others took to social media to speculate President Donald Trump was at death’s door, or worse.

On X, the hashtags #trumpisdead and #whereistrump trended . Millions of people made or watched videos on TikTok speculating Trump had died or suffered a stroke or other serious medical emergency.

The president is not dead. Trump spoke live at the White House on Sept. 2. Even as rumors of his death went viral, he had been photographed by news outlets and his Truth Social posts racked up thousands of interactions.

“How did you find out over the weekend t

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