2025 August At the end of the 19th century, the Tikotok user published a video (archived), stating that US President Donald Trump had only six to eight months left. The consumer said Trump had a deterioration of symptoms associated with stasine heart failure and chronic kidney disease, including increased swelling of Trump’s ankles and bruises of his hands.
This statement is unjustified and is not based on any doctor’s diagnosis.
The video contained more than 5.9 million views as writing, and spread on other platforms, including Reddit (archived), x (archived) and Bluesky (archived). Tiktok user stated:
I know he has context in heart failure due to swelling of the legs and ankles. The reason I know is getting worse is that it is now sitting behind a table chamber.
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The only reason his health was maintained is that he has the privilege of getting a IV diuretic … That’s why his hands were beaten and covered with makeup.
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I think it will be six to eight months, tops.
Many records, including a YouTube video that received more than 1.3 million views from this writing, made it clear that the “doctor” said Trump would probably live no more than six to eight months.
Tiktok’s user made it clear that he was not a doctor. He is a physiotherapist. In no way in the video, he claimed to be a doctor, but said he was a “home health physiotherapist” and in the previous video from 2025. May He said:
I have a doctoral degree in the medical field. I am a physiotherapist. I finished training, even pay off student loans if you can believe it. However, I do not have people who call me a doctor because it can confuse patients in the thinking that I am a MD because I respect the position of doctors enough to not lie because of it.
The user did not specify what he specifically received the doctoral degree, but in the report, the Snopes user confirmed:
I am a physiotherapist with a doctorate in my field, 14 years of experience in geriatric/home health care. I saw hundreds of patients with CCD, CKD and chronic venous insufficiency. The president shows many of the same symptoms as those patients. While the only way 100% confirming these diagnoses is all work of cardiology/nephrology, I follow what I did from the way it gives the camera.
Speculation associated with short swollen ankles and beaten hand was not new; The White House dealt with this issue in 2025. July 17 At a press conference in which press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump had chronic venous insufficiency, “benign and general condition, especially in persons over 70 years.” She continued:
Importantly, there was no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease. Laboratory tests included a complete amount of blood, a comprehensive metabolic group, coagulation profile, D-dimer, B-type Natriuretic peptide and heart biomarkers. All results were normal.
An echocardiogram was also performed and a normal heart structure and function were confirmed. No signs of heart failure, renal impairment or systemic disease were found.
July 17 Memorandum from doctor to President Sean Barbabella repeated the same thing and concluded that Trump remained “great health”.
The Memorandum also addressed Trump’s right hand bruises, and a “Tikatok” video pointed out as additional evidence of concentrated heart failure, claiming that bruising “corresponds to a minor soft tissue irritation due to the frequently known hand and aspirin use, which is considered a standard cardiological regime.
Snopes appealed to rumors related to blueberries on Trump’s hand in 2025. In March, and based on this Getty image from 2025. On August 25, the bruises remained visible in the right hand.
(Getty images)
In conclusion, the claim that the Trump remained six to eight months to live was not based on a clinical diagnosis or the testimony of a physician familiar with the president’s medical position. Basically, this is unfounded. The creator of the original video, which led to the rumor, was not a doctor, as many reports stated, but independently identified a physiotherapist.
The White House pointed out Staside heart failure or chronic kidney disease; Any statement that exceeds it was speculation.
Sources:
“” Donald Trump has 6-8 months to live “: Viral video causes rumors about health about the US president because he has context in heart failure and CKD”. Indiatime2025 August 24, https://www.inditimes.com/trending/donald-trump-hs- 68-months-to-live-live-live-ulral-aval-parks-health-bumour-obout -us-es-has-has-congesty-failure CKD-667701.html.
Ibrahim, nur. “What do we know about the obvious bruise on the short hand.” Snopes2025 March 15, https://www.snopes.com//Fact-check/trump Hand-bruise/.
“Memorandum from doctor to president”. White House2025 July 17, https://www.whitehouse.gov/brieifings-statements/2025/07/memorandum-from-the-physian-The-he-resident/.
– YouTube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arii_kyvxhu. Accepted 2025. August 26
– YouTube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0c_znvd7e8. Accepted 2025. August 26