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Donald Trump was supposedly dead according to X, and the crypto market liquidated $400 million in hours over the hoax
On Thursday, August 20, 2026, the hashtag "Trump is Dead" went globally trending on X, fueled by a supposed "lost" Simpsons clip (actually AI-edited) that users claimed "predicted" the president's death, plus remarks from Vice President JD Vance taken out of context. The panic spread straight into crypto markets: the Fear & Greed Index dropped to 39 ("fear" territory), Trump-linked memecoins crashed, and nearly $400 million in liquidations were recorded in a single day.
Why it's false: Donald Trump was never sick or dead: his representatives debunked the hoax the following day, Friday, August 21, calling it completely false. The Simpsons clip that circulated was an AI-made fabrication, never a real or aired episode of the show. It's yet another case of a rumor with zero official source moving hundreds of millions of real crypto dollars purely on the speed panic spreads through social media.
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