White House Denies Rumors of Trump's Serious Illness and Hospitalization

On April 5, local time, a rumor about Trump being seriously ill and hospitalized quickly spread across the U.S. internet on April 4. In response, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung posted to refute the claims: ‘During this Easter weekend, President Trump has been tirelessly working at the White House and in the Oval Office.’ After Trump’s social media account announced that a ‘missing pilot has been rescued,’ he posted again stating, ‘Let those disgusting reporters who question the President’s whereabouts see what President Trump is actually doing.’ The White House also responded to online speculation through its official account: ‘When President Trump goes 12 hours without a media interview, those mentally deranged liberals start concocting ridiculous conspiracy theories. (Yet when Biden goes 12 days without a media interview, they say nothing.) Don’t worry! President Trump has never stopped working.’ Additionally, the White House condemned the account spreading the ‘Trump is seriously ill and hospitalized’ rumor as ‘a weapons-grade moron.’ It is understood that on April 4, Trump’s schedule suddenly listed only ‘executive time,’ and that morning the White House announced a media term ‘lid,’ suggesting the President would not make any public appearances that day. Social media users interpreted the ‘lid,’ Trump’s lack of public appearances, and subsequent absence of activities as potential evidence that he had been taken to Walter Reed Hospital for treatment.