The White House response

The administration moved to address the rumors directly, People reports.

White House communications director Steven Cheung took to X to put the speculation firmly to rest.

“There has never been a President who has worked harder for the American people than President Trump,” he wrote. “On this Easter weekend, he has been working nonstop in the White House and Oval Office. God Bless him.”

The White House’s Rapid Response 47 account also weighed in, with characteristic combativeness.

“Deranged liberals cook up insane conspiracy theories when @POTUS goes 12 hours without speaking to press,” the post read, drawing a pointed comparison to the previous administration.