President-elect Donald Trump’s communications director has ripped the media for pushing a false story about Trump’s health after a reporter took to social media to claim that ambulances were spotted leaving Mar-a-Lago on Thursday evening.
“The press has set up a fake, unofficial ‘pool’ because they want to feel important about themselves. In this case, some idiot at CBS overreacted and set off the fire alarm for no reason thinking they were going to get the scoop of a lifetime. F***ing dummy,” Steven Cheung wrote on X.Cheung’s remarks followed a string of X posts from Andrew Feinberg, the British newspaper The Independent’s White House correspondent. Feinberg reported on X at 4:16 p.m. ET that a CBS TV pool stationed near Mar-a-Lago had spotted “about 20-25 cars, two ambulances, and a helicopter hovering above” Trump’s estate, and that the vehicles had then left a few minutes later.
There was no emergency involving Trump or anyone else, and the ambulances at Mar-a-Lago were part of the routine for JD Vance’s motorcade.
Thirty minutes later, Feinberg updated his report on X, writing, “CALM DOWN, PEOPLE. Per a transition source and @SecretService, the ambulances were part of Vice President-elect @JDVance’s motorcade. False alarm. Go about your business.”
Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi confirmed the details, dispelling the rumors.