New Delhi, April 6 -- Donald Trump's health has been a recurring subject of speculation throughout his second term. The speculations are fueled by his age (he will turn 80 this June) and a series of brief absences from public view. Trump's health news, fake or real, has set social media alight each time it occurred.

The most recent episode came over the 4-6 April weekend. A routine White House "press lid", standard shorthand for no further public events that day, was called at 11:08 AM on Saturday.

Within hours, unverified posts on X (formerly Twitter) claimed Trump had been rushed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Some users even claimed alleged road closures and shared what turned out to be recycled motorcade footage fr...