New york: Rumors of US President Donald Trump's death were discarded after he was photographed playing golf with his granddaughter.

The false rumor began circulating on social media, when different accounts started to point out the lack of footage that official government accounts were releasing of Trump.

A TikTok video that gathered more than 600,000 likes said that there were no official images from Trump , while some 158,000 X/Twitter posts including the phrase 'TRUMP IS DEAD' and 42,000 stating 'TRUMP DIED' were made, according to a report by Newsweek.

A photo of Trump finally surfaced during a golf game, wearing a MAGA hat alongside his granddaughter, Kai Trump, as official government reports indicated that the president's motorcade had departed towards the Virginia Golf Course that morning.

False rumors of Trump's death are not new to social media, as the claim resurfaces on X/Twitter and Reddit every couple of months. According to Grok, X's AI-powered chatbot, posts speculating about Trump's possible demise had acquired over 1.3 million user engagements.

Alongside rumors of his death, internet users also speculated about the US president's health, with theories involving his hands, bruises to his body, and the fact that he doesn't wear a tie anymore being the norm.