Despite his family and himself being under constant attack by the mainstream media, it’s good to see President Trump able to joke about their hit pieces. During his recent White House Rose Garden event, President Trump said the media has been surprisingly “very good” lately. Trump, however, did jokingly point out that the media had missed the ball when they pumped out dozens of articles questioning whether he was alive due to his missing a press conference. The Washington Examiner reported more details about Trump’s remarks on the media’s rumors: President Donald Trump gave some rare praise to the press Friday night, though he pointed out that recent speculation he was in poor health, or even dead, was way off the mark. Trump hosted a dinner at a renovated Rose Garden for congressional leaders, taking on a largely amicable tone throughout the night. He even ceded that the press had actually been “very good lately, except for one rumor that they spread.” “I did about eight press conferences … 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,” he said. “They said … I got to the club, ‘Sir, are you okay? Are you okay?’ The fake news was at it again, but because I missed one day of press conferences, so today I gave them about a three-hour press conference 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,” Trump added. His train of thought was first prompted by his praise of Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), whom he called an “unbelievable doctor.” He relayed a story about Jackson being asked if former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, or Trump were healthier. “He said, ‘There’s not even a contest by far. The healthiest is President Donald J. Trump.’ I said, I love that guy. I’m sure that Bush and Obama don’t feel the same way, but who the hell cares?” Trump said. Watch Trump here: .@POTUS roasts the Fake News: “The rumors started spreading — this horrible rumor that Trump is no longer with us… The Fake News was at it again because I missed one day of press conferences! So today I gave them about a three hour press conference.” pic.twitter.com/fts4Le5hsI — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 6, 2025 This is the second time Trump has addressed the rumors. Watch him address the press last week regarding the death rumors here: Trump Responds to the viral posts of him being dead over the weekend. Says he was very active. The Coverup happening? pic.twitter.com/XLnnXTjRtt — Ali (@MerruX) September 2, 2025