President Donald Trump announces plans for the relocation of U.S. Space Command at the White House in Washington D.C. on the 2nd (local time).

U.S. President Donald Trump directly dismissed rumors of his ill health that recently spread through social media, stating, "I was very active last weekend."

When asked by reporters about the health rumors after announcing plans for the relocation of U.S. Space Command at the White House on the same day, President Trump called them "fake news" and responded accordingly.

President Trump had no public schedule from the 27th to the 29th of last month, and his absence from public view led to speculation on social media about his health, even escalating to unfounded "death rumors."

The controversy was temporarily settled on the 30th of last month when President Trump was photographed by White House press pool with his grandchildren at a golf club in Virginia.

President Trump said that day, "Last week I held several successful press conferences, and then for two days I didn't, and people started saying something must be wrong." He added, "When Biden (former President Joe Biden) didn't do anything for months and didn't appear, no one said anything was wrong with him."

He further explained that even during periods without public schedules, he had been actively engaged in media interviews and on his social media platform, Truth Social.

Meanwhile, when asked about a video circulating online showing an object being thrown out of a White House window, President Trump suggested it was likely "generated by artificial intelligence (AI)," explaining that all White House windows are bulletproof and sealed shut, making them unable to be opened.

The video, which spread on platforms like Instagram, depicted a scene from the second floor of the White House, the president's living quarters, where someone appeared to be throwing an object, possibly a black bag, out of an open window.

However, some media outlets reported that the video was likely not an AI-generated manipulation but rather a recording of an actual event.

TIME reported on the same day, "A White House official told TIME in a response that 'it was a contractor conducting routine checks when the president was not present.'"

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