SHOCKING: Trump Vanishes from Public Eye, VP Vance Poised to Step In!

President Donald Trump speaks at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) AP By Brian Linder | blinder@pennlive.com Folks who spent some time on social media Friday undoubtedly noticed the rumors swirling around President Donald Trump, his whereabouts and in some extreme cases whether he was even still alive. And if you didn’t spend time on social media Friday, good on you for having a social life and doing anything else in the world because social media can be a really nasty place sometimes. But back to those Trump rumors. First: no, Donald Trump is not dead. At least, there’s no evidence that he is dead. In fact, he was on Truth Social, or at least someone who writes exactly like he does, ranting about, and apparently declaring he might defy, a court order on tariffs that didn’t go his way on Friday. So, where did all of the speculation come from? Well, several reporters claimed that the president has been oddly out of the public eye for most of the week. “Trump has not been seen publicly since his cabinet meeting on Tuesday,” Public Notice’s Aaron Rupar wrote on X while resharing a post from journalist Laura Rozen. Rozen posted on Friday: “Trump has no public events scheduled all weekend. Don’t believe he was seen today either.” “Donald Trump hasn’t been seen in public since Tuesday and has no events scheduled all weekend,” the Republicans against Trump account wrote on X. “Where is he? Who’s running the country?” Toss in the fact that Vice President JD Vance recently said in an interview with USA Today that he was ready to step in for Trump if something happened, and the conspiracy theories were all over the place over on Elon Musk’s platform. It will be interesting to see how quickly or if Trump moves to squash those during Labor Day Weekend. Also, potentially fanning the flames of speculation have been photos of bruising on Trump’s hand of late, and recent comments by Trump backer and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in which he asked people to pray for the president. Jones claimed that the president is in a “health crisis,” and looks like he is about to “collapse.” “It shows, and I get it, the fear that he’s getting sick — who knows what’s going on,” Jones said. “His ankles are giant.” Jones then said that the 79-year-old Trump appears to be “declining, faster and faster.” “A 45-year-old man couldn’t do this,” Jones said. “So as the crisis gets worse, and it’s gonna get worse, because you can see him declining faster and faster. It’s not super bad yet, but unlike Biden that was completely shot, and all these brain surgeries and the rest of it, Trump has great genetics. He’s tough, and if he takes care of himself, he can make it through these years and then after.” Jones told his viewers he believes that Trump’s schedule is partly to blame. “So I really want Trump to cut the work days to, you know, 14 hours,” he said. “Not 20. I mean, here’s an example, they looked at his schedule last week when he went up to Alaska. And he was seen doing interviews and getting on and off airplanes and things in a 35-hour period. And every hour or so, he was doing some interview, or talking to officials, and doing meetings and events. It looks like he didn’t sleep. You can’t do that at 50. You can do it at 20. You sure as hell can’t do it at 79.” Jones said he sees “warning lights flashing all over the place,” and brought up Trump’s recent post about making it to Heaven. “The president needs to be prayed for by everyone, and we need to ask God to send the Holy Spirit to him,” Jones said. But again, while the rumors are swirling, there is currently no evidence that the president is dead or that anything serious has taken place. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.