{"id":2483046,"date":"2025-09-05T22:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T02:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-praises-press-but-jokes-about-death-rumor\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T23:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T03:00:14","slug":"trump-praises-press-but-jokes-about-death-rumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-praises-press-but-jokes-about-death-rumor\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump praises press but jokes about death rumor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-praises-press-but-jokes-about-death-rumor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2483046&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on President Donald Trump&#8217;s rare praise for the press during a dinner with congressional leaders in the Rose garden. Trump acknowledged that the media had been &#8220;very good lately,&#8221; with the exception of one false rumor about his health. The rumor suggested Trump was seriously ill or had died after he missed a day of press conferences, which he dismissed as &#8220;fake news.&#8221; To counter the speculation, Trump held a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lengthy press conference discussing<\/a>, among other topics, renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War. He also highlighted praise from Rep. Ronny Jackson, his former physician, who called trump the healthiest president compared to Barack Obama and george W. Bush.The article mentions that the speculation about Trump&#8217;s health intensified after he was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-pressed-on-whether-trump-would-back-the-dignity-act\/\" title=\"White House ...ed on whether Trump would back the Dignity Act\">chronic venous insufficiency<\/a>, a minor but sometimes visible condition, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/internet-erupts-after-ray-epps-is-charged-with-a-single-lame-misdemeanor-over-january-6-actions\/\" title=\"Internet explodes over Ray Epps&#039; &#039;lame&#039; misdemeanor charge for January 6 actions.\">sparked conspiracy theories<\/a>.Trump has consistently emphasized his good health, often contrasting it with President Joe Biden&#8217;s. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Death becomes him: Trump concedes press has been &lsquo;very good lately&rsquo; &ndash; aside from one rumor<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2222383\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> gave some rare praise to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press<\/a> Friday night, though he pointed out that recent speculation he was in poor health, or even dead, was way off the mark.<\/p>\n<p>Trump hosted a dinner at a renovated Rose Garden for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">congressional<\/a> leaders, taking on a largely amicable tone throughout the night. He even ceded that the press had actually been &ldquo;very good lately, except for one rumor that they spread.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3795750\/trump-peace-vigil-white-house-removed\/\">Trump calls for removal of long-standing peace vigil near White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3795671\/trump-national-doral-miami-golf-club-host-2026-g20-summit\/\">Trump confirms his Miami golf resort will host G20 leaders after G7 flap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3795619\/trump-threatens-european-union-unfair-penalties-charged-us-companies\/\">Trump threatens Europe over &#8216;unfair penalties&#8217; charged to US companies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I did about eight press conferences &hellip; day after day after day. Then I missed one because I was in the Oval Office, and I also went out to the club because I had meetings at a club, and they saw that I was, and the rumor started, this horrible rumor that Trump is no longer with us,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They said &hellip; I got to the club, &lsquo;Sir, are you okay? Are you okay?&rsquo; The fake news was at it again, but because I missed one day of press conferences, so today I gave them about a three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-over-embarrassing-press-conference-let-the-25th-amendment-discussions-begin\/\" title=\"... Slammed Over \u2018Embarrassing\u2019 ...: \u2018Let The 25th Amendment Discussions Begin\u2019\">-hour press conference<\/a> on changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War because we won World War I, World War II, everything in between, and everything in front of it,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">His train of thought was first prompted by his praise of Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronny-jackson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ronny Jackson<\/a>&nbsp;(R-TX), whom he called an &ldquo;unbelievable doctor.&rdquo; He relayed a story about Jackson being asked if former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, or Trump were<\/span> healthier.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He said, &lsquo;There&rsquo;s not even a contest by far. The healthiest is President Donald J. Trump.&rsquo; I said, I love that guy. I&rsquo;m sure that Bush and Obama don&rsquo;t feel the same way, but who the hell cares?&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The president was the subject of wild speculation last week after he declined to do a press conference for several days. Commentators on social media speculated that he had died. Fox News reporter Peter Doocy brought up the death hoax at a Tuesday press conference, much to Trump&rsquo;s bemusement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3784389\/trump-addresses-viral-rumor-death-health-biden-work-ethic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP BURIES VIRAL RUMOR HE DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AND KNOCKS BIDEN&rsquo;S WORK ETHIC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Trump was diagnosed with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3474756\/chronic-venous-insufficiency-what-know-about-trump-condition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chronic venous insufficiency<\/a>, a common condition of the blood vessels that is rarely life-threatening. Subsequent pictures showing makeup on Trump&rsquo;s hand covering up bruising led to conspiracy theories that he was trying to cover up a terminal condition.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has routinely boasted of his good health since taking office, contrasting himself with Biden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump praises press lately, denies death rumors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2483047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25249013514784.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50380,4604,3634],"class_list":["post-2483046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-humor-2","tag-press","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25249013514784.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483046"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483050,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483046\/revisions\/2483050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}