President Donald Trump hasn't made a public appearance since his rambling and authoritarian speech to top military leaders, and people are noticing.

The president told high-ranking military leaders to prepare to deploy in American cities for "a war from within," saying he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use "dangerous cities as training grounds," but he disappeared from view for the rest of the week.

"Donald Trump is in the presidential witness protection program," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "No one can find him."

"Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday and has no public events on his calendar today," noted journalist Aaron Rupar.

Many observers noticed that Trump's energy seemed low the last time he was in public and expressed confusion about his extended riff on taking care not to fall down stairs during the military speech, and they recalled the weekend at the start of September when his extended absence from view sparked rumors about his health and welfare.

"Have we not seen cankles in public since the shutdown started?" asked Democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend (at Bernie's)," joked historian Kevin Kruse.

"He had to have another stroke so that his face will droop on both sides," suggested Bluesky user Bob.

"I'm not interested in conspiracies, we all know about his hand bruising and the bells Palsy episode on 9/11," said Bluesky user ChicagoDad. "We saw him slurring like crazy. The generals speech wasn't normal energy wise. If the next appearance is him seated behind his desk, flanked by others while covering his bruised hand..."

"Where’s Trump?" added X user PatriotDaughter. "He hasn’t been seen since that 10% battery life speech to the top brass. He just keeps sending his minions out to bluster."

"Trump hasn’t been seen in public since Tuesday and has nothing on his schedule today," noted X user Alison Harrison. "We have only seen offensive memes on his Truth Social that indicate he’s alive and kicking. Trump is unwell — what are they hiding about his health status?"

"The president laying back so other people take blame for the shutdown is an old tactic," opined Semafor's Dave Weigel. "But the question is: Are the Republicans on camera winning the argument? So far it's mostly been sombrero memes."