What’s behind the rumours that Trump is dead?
The internet has a knack for spiraling into chaos at the smallest hint of mystery, and this week it set its sights on one claim: that the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is dead.
He isn’t. But that hasn’t stopped the frenzy. The rumor has even climbed to the top of Google’s trending searches, as you can see below.
Now. let’s explain what’s behind these rumours.
Trump has been out of the public eye for a few days, and in 2025’s hyper-online world, that’s all it takes. Add in a few photos showing a bruise on his hand, a White House flag at half-mast, and a strangely worded remark from Vice President JD Vance, and suddenly Twitter (or rather, X) is convinced the president has met his end.
The truth is more mundane. The flag is lowered to honor victims of the Minneapolis school shooting. The bruise, hardly a new sight on Trump, is explained away by the White House as the inevitable result of relentless handshakes.
