In a daily guidance notice, the White House said that Trump will make a “announcement” from the oval office at 2pm on Tuesday.
The brevity and timing of the Monday evening update sparked a wave of online speculation about whether the president would address or refute rumors about his health after being diagnosed with chronic venous deficiency in July.
But Trump’s aide told Politico Tuesday morning that the president would not announce a shock diagnosis or immediate retirement Tuesday afternoon, and that the announcement would focus on defense without further details.
Trump’s first deadline for Russia’s Ukrainian president to negotiate peace with Ukraine was passed Monday, with the two-week deadline coming soon.
Trump has been in the spotlight after holding a nearly 200-minute marathon cabinet meeting last Tuesday. He reportedly indulges in the long Labor Day golf weekend, but the president didn’t appear in the media last week.
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