Did trump shithimself during the meeting
Executive summary
Direct answer: there is no credible evidence that President Donald Trump defecated during the recent Oval Office meeting; fact‑checking organizations and the White House spokesman say the rumor is unverified or false, and videos shared online do not substantiate the claim [1] [2]. Viral social posts and commentary amplified the allegation, but reporting shows the clip circulated without independent proof and with at least one White House denial [3] [4] [1].
1. The allegation and how it spread
A short video clip from the Oval Office event circulated widely on social platforms and prompted jokes and explicit accusations that Trump had “pooped his pants,” with high‑profile social posts — including a sarcastic post by activist Rebekah Jones — accelerating the story’s spread [3] [4]; lifestyle and gossip sites reproduced the claims and described viewers’ reactions, amplifying a narrative born on X, TikTok and Facebook [5] [4].
2. What fact‑checkers and outlets actually found
Snopes reported that while the circulated video appears authentic and not altered with AI, it contains no evidence proving the president soiled himself and the organization was unable to independently verify the allegation, leaving the claim unrated while noting a White House denial [1]; other verification attempts mirrored that conclusion, with debunks arguing no professional reporting corroborated the scatological claim [2].
3. The White House response and official denials
According to reporting summarized by fact‑checkers, White House spokesman Steven Cheung told Snopes the rumor was “not true,” a direct denial that counters the viral social narrative though does not substitute for independent forensic proof of the event one way or the other [1].
4. Why the rumor found fertile ground
The allegation tapped into an ongoing pattern of online jokes and previous unproven claims about the president’s bodily functions — including a separate but analogous rumor about the Kennedy Center Honors that fact‑checkers likewise debunked for lack of evidence — making social media primed to accept and repeat another scatological story [6]; commentators and gossip outlets fed audience appetite for embarrassing content, sometimes treating sarcasm as reportage [4].
5. Sensational coverage vs. evidentiary standards
Several entertainment and rumor sites presented the anecdote in emphatic terms and quoted viewers’ interpretations of sounds and gestures in the clip, but those subjective readings do not meet journalistic or forensic standards for establishing that an act of defecation occurred, and reputable fact‑checks caution against drawing definitive conclusions from ambiguous video and crowd reaction alone [5] [1] [2].
6. Limits of the public record and honest uncertainty
Reporting shows the video is authentic but silent on any direct proof of soiling, and multiple fact‑checkers concluded there was no verifiable evidence; accordingly, the accurate statement is that the claim is unproven and denied by the White House, not that independent reporting has established the incident occurred [1] [2].
7. Why this matters beyond the gag
Beyond crude amusement, the episode spotlights how quickly insinuations can become quasi‑facts online, how satire and sarcasm (as in Rebekah Jones’s post) are often read literally, and how both partisan audiences and infotainment outlets can conflate rumor with reportage — problems documented across the coverage of this and past similar allegations [3] [6].