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TikTok falsely claims that Trump has ‘4 days left’ after his vein condition diagnosis

Poynter · Madison Czopek · last updated

The White House said that President Donald Trump has a common vein condition. Some TikTokkers apparently heard something more dire.

“The White House just announced that Trump only has four days left,” one narrator said in a July 19 TikTok. “Trump’s cancer is getting worse — people are posting these pictures of his ankles. Swollen ankles is the symptom of chronic venous insufficiency.”

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