There's a rumour going around that Donald Trump 'pooped' himself during a recent meeting - yes, really. The American President, 79, has been flooded with accusations that he... ahem, had a little accident while speaking to reporters last week, after a video taken during a press conference has gone viral online.
Now, while there's, of course, nothing proving this happened whatsoever, the internet has done what it does best and ran away with the idea after someone suggested it.
The quick dismissal of people from the room paired with a few sour faces behind Trump is what really sparked the whispers.
The video in question was taken during a White House press conference last week (29 January), which saw the Republican sign an executive order aimed at addiction recovery efforts.
As we say, in the video, Trump seemingly puts an abrupt end to the political meeting and signals for reporters to leave the room.
Donald Trump has been accused of having an unfortunate accident during a White House press conference (Samuel Corum / Stringer / Getty Images)
After catching light of the clip, people rushed to social media to share their reactions, with many absolutely convinced that Trump suffered a seriously awkward bowel blunder, claiming they heard him ‘sh*rt’, convinced it was the reason why everybody left with such haste.
One X user penned: “I know there's a lot going on right now competing for our attention, but I need you all to see that Trump sh*rted himself on live TV so loud you can hear it and the aides had to rush all the press out of the room.”
Another declared: “So yeah... Donald Trump, on live TV, in front of journalists, at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, sh*t himself, and you can hear it.
Watch the lady in the green jacket and RFK Jr next to her.”
“Donald Trump pooped himself live on TV!” claimed an additional X user.
A fourth added: "Reporters rushed out of the room because Trump s*** his pants. lol.
Lady in green tasted it." Ew.
While a fifth claimed: So yeah... Donald Trump, on live TV, in front of journalists, at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, sh** himself, and you can hear it. Watch the lady in the green jacket and RFK Jr next to her."
And someone else joked: "The way they all had smiles plastered on their faces trying desperately to look like nothing has happened is hilarious."
However, it's since been confirmed that the rumour is not true (Samuel Corum / Stringer / Getty Images)
While the prospect of a world leader ‘pooing himself’ in front of the whole world may be a funny prospect to some, it didn’t actually happen.
White House spokesman Steven Cheung has confirmed that the rumour making its rounds all across the internet was simply ‘not true’.
Fact-checking site Snopes reports that the video was ‘authentic and showed no signs of digital manipulation or content generated by artificial intelligence’.
However, the outlet adds ‘there was no evidence to support the claim that Trump pooped himself during the meeting’.
So there you have it, mystery solved.


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