White House denies viral rumors Trump was hospitalized at Walter Reed

The White House on Saturday denied viral social media rumors that President Trump had been hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

The claims unfold so quickly that “Trump Walter Reed” and “Trump hospital” trended on Google, with greater than 500,000 searches, remaining lively into Sunday morning.

The hypothesis started after the White House referred to as a press lid at 11:08 am ET on Saturday, April 4, indicating that Trump wouldn’t make additional public appearances that day. Trump had not been seen publicly since his Wednesday night time handle on the Iran struggle and remained in Washington for Easter relatively than touring to Mar-a-Lago. Some customers on X then started circulating unverified claims that roads and airspace close to Walter Reed had been restricted.

The White House’s Rapid Response 47 account respond: “Deranged liberals cook up insane conspiracy theories when @POTUS goes 12 hours without speaking to press.”

Amid the web hypothesis, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said: “There has never been a President who has worked harder for the American people than President Trump. On this Easter weekend, he has been working nonstop in the White House and Oval Office. God Bless him.”

A CBS News producer photographed a Marine sentry standing guard at the West Wing door at 1:50 pm Saturday — a customary sign that the president is inside. Trump additionally posted 9 instances on Truth Social on Saturday on matters together with the Iran standoff and jobs report, and had posted at least six instances on Sunday as of Sunday afternoon.

No photographs, confirmed sources or official statements supported the claims that the president had been hospitalized. Videos and pictures circulating on-line had been both unverified or recycled from previous occasions.

Yahoo News reached out to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for remark.