Those afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome are no longer just wishing the president were dead, they’re actually starting to hallucinate it.

While the rest of us were hitting the grocery store for Labor Day weekend goodies, the Never Trump-types were hitting resend on posts questioning whether President Donald Trump had died.

It seems a whole flurry of hashtags like #TrumpIsDead” and #WhereIsTrump” went viral and conspiracy theories emerged when Trump was not seen in public for almost three whole days and his Labor Day weekend calendar was clear. Oh, and Vice President JD Vance said he’d be ready to step in as president if a “terrible tragedy” should occur. (Right after saying Trump is in excellent health.)

But who knows? Maybe if you play a recording of Vance’s interview backward, perhaps you can make out the words “Trump is dead.” That’s about how ridiculous the hopeful speculation was getting.

Never mind that Trump was on social media the whole time posting as only the president can. Or that a couple days without the president being in our face is hardly worth a fuss, especially considering former President Joe Biden only emerged from the ground as often as cicadas. I mean, Linus was more likely to spot the Great Pumpkin than we were to spot Biden most months.

Here’s the sick part. It wasn’t just social media tin hats spreading this nonsense........

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