An October 2024 YouTube video precisely reported that medical medical doctors “confirmed” former U.S. President Donald Trump skilled a stroke whereas climbing onto or driving inside a rubbish truck on Oct. 30, 2024.
On Oct. 30, 2024, the progressive Vote Blue Community YouTube channel posted a video (archived) displaying a title that claimed medical medical doctors confirmed former U.S. President Donald Trump had a stroke. In response to the title, “Docs CONFIRM Trump Has STROKE ON GARBAGE TRUCK,” Trump skilled a stroke whereas climbing onto or driving inside a rubbish truck earlier the identical day. The clip acquired round 100,000 views in lower than 24 hours.
The video featured a thumbnail picture displaying the previous president sporting an orange vest whereas gesturing to cameras. We beforehand fact-checked that picture as authentic.
Nonetheless, we uncovered no proof of medical doctors claiming, a lot much less “confirming,” that Trump had skilled a stroke simply days earlier than the U.S. Election Day. Additional, the YouTube channel and certainly one of its onscreen hosts who identifies himself as Christo Availis have a historical past of selling made-up claims. That full lack of proof and the channel’s untrustworthy monitor document led us to our conclusion that the declare is fake.
For instance, the Vote Blue Community YouTube channel beforehand uploaded false video titles that includes clips of stories broadcasts and onscreen appearances by Availis, together with “Trսmp РООРЅ НІМЅЕLF Lіvе оn ЅТАGЕ, СRОWD RЕАСТЅ ІΝ НОRRОR” and “Trսmр FАІΝТЅ Durіng Ѕреесh, Аudіеnсе RЕАСТЅ ІΝ НОRRОR.”
We have reported about different deceptive movies promoted by Availis, through which he falsely claimed a Fox Information host interrupted Trump to name him a crude identify, for instance, and that violent protesters stormed a courtroom throughout one of many former president’s trials.
Trump’s Rubbish Truck Picture Op
Hours earlier than the Vote Blue Community channel printed the video falsely claiming Trump had a stroke on a rubbish truck, the previous president and his marketing campaign staffers landed at Inexperienced Bay Austin Straubel Worldwide Airport in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin.
Trump emerged from the Trump-branded plane sporting an orange vest. Moments later, he walked over to climb into the passenger facet of a rubbish truck. Upon approaching the truck’s door, a video confirmed Trump failing to know the deal with a minimum of two instances — a failure reported by The Associated Press.
That second of Trump strolling over to the door and failing to seize the deal with led several users on X — together with the progressive MeidasTouch community — to posit that the previous president had beforehand skilled a number of strokes. Not one of the accounts provided credible proof.
The purpose of Trump’s vest and the rubbish truck was to attract consideration to a latest comment from President Joe Biden, who purportedly called Trump’s supporters “garbage.”
