'Deranged!' White House melts down over speculation Trump hospitalized

The White House was forced onto the defensive Saturday after social media speculation that President Donald Trump had been hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center sent the administration scrambling to tamp down the rumors.

The unfounded whispers spread after Trump went roughly 12 hours without speaking to the press, prompting the White House's Rapid Response account to hit back on X, The Daily Beast reported.

“Deranged liberals cook up insane conspiracy theories when @POTUS goes 12 hours without speaking to press,” the White House’s Rapid Response account fumed on X. “(They said nothing when Biden routinely went 12 days without speaking to press) Fear not! President Trump literally never stops working."

White House communications director Steven Cheung also weighed in, though without directly addressing the hospitalization rumors.

"There has never been a President who has worked harder for the American people than President Trump," Cheung wrote on X. "On this Easter weekend, he has been working nonstop in the White House and Oval Office."

There is no evidence Trump was hospitalized. The firestorm of speculation comes as the 79-year-old president has faced persistent public scrutiny over his health since returning to office.