Did the White House confirm "Trump's impromptu visit to Walter Reed hospital" to receive "Dementia test of the year" award? No, that's not true: The story originated from a website that implied it publishes satire content. The White House website said nothing about it.
The claim first appeared in an article (archived here) published on December 19, 2025, by the newsthump.com website. The title read:
White House confirms Trump's impromptu visit to Walter Reed hospital was to receive 'Dementia test of the year' award.
The article continued:
The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump's rumoured surprise, unannounced visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center was not, as 'fake news losers' speculated, for medical reasons, but to collect what aides are calling 'the most prestigious cognitive honour in human history.'
This is what the article looked like at the time of writing:
(Source: Lead Stories screenshot of article at newsthump.com)
The website, however, was not one of a credible journalistic organization. It was a site with an implied satire label.
The Write for NewsThump tab (archived here) read:
NewsThump is currently written by a small team of moderately talented 'funny people'.
The Privacy Policy tab (archived here), in part, said that the site is:
...dedicated to trying to make you smile (or perhaps explode with rage)...
NewsThump's X page bio is more direct (archived here), saying:
You're not supposed to believe what we write, you idiot.
A search across the White House website (archived here ) showed no matches confirming the claim:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of search results page at whitehouse.gov)
