Greetings. It's Thursday, September the 4th, 2025. Thanks for joining us for Denison

Forum's Daily Article podcast. I'm narrator, Chris Elkins, voicing today's daily article

written by cultural pastor and theologian Dr. Jim Denison. Quote, how did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?

This is how Fox News reporter Peter Ducey asked President Trump his opinion on the online

controversy alleging that the president was either dead or about to be.

The root cause was that Mr. Trump had nothing on his public schedule for three days last week.

For a person who is so often in the public eye, his lack of visibility was visible evidence for some that something was happening behind the scenes.

He's the oldest person to be elected president and has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition for people

his age that often produces the swollen ankles many have noted during his public appearances.

But recent days were different, as the New York Times reports, on TikTok, influencers with legions of

followers surmised that the White House was publishing old photos,

suggesting that the president was hidden from view.

Reddit threads, one after another, were ablaze with commentary.

On X, posts shared by anonymous critics disseminating dubious reports picked up thousands of interactions and shares.

For years, critics of President Biden have questioned his health.

Now some are asking similar questions about President Trump.

When he responded on Sunday, quote,

Never felt better in my life.

Skeptics explained the post as part of the cover-up. Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist

and influential figure on the far right, asserted on social media, quote, there is obviously

something going on with Trump that the White House is covering up. This is literally Biden too,

end quote. For many years, I taught a seminary course titled Christian Evidences.

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