Shamans predict Trump will 'fall seriously ill' in 2026

A group of South American shamans known for making bold end-of-year predictions are now issuing an ominous warning about President Donald Trump's heath.

The Daily Beast reported Tuesday that during the annual ritual in which Peruvian shamans issue forecasts about world leaders, the shamans singled out the 79 year-old Trump and warned Americans that a significant health event could impact the president in the next 12 months. Shamans made their prediction about Trump while holding his portrait and wearing traditional Andean robes. They also bore portraits of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"The United States should prepare itself because Donald Trump will fall seriously ill," said shaman Juan de Dios Garcia in the Peruvian capital city of Lima.

The shamans are not always correct in their predictions, as they incorrectly predicted in 2024 that a nuclear war would break out in the Middle East as a result of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. However, they did correctly forecast the death of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori in 2023, with Fujimori dying from tongue cancer complications in September of 2024.

Trump has prompted concerns about his health for much of 2025, after he was seen with a large bruise on his hand while meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in February. Trump was later diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) after reporters noticed his ankles were frequently swollen (one symptom of CVI is blood pooling in the lower extremities).

Last week,, former Republican National Committee spokesperson Tim Miller said on The Bulwark's podcast that he believed Trump would experience "a health event" in the coming year. Bulwark columnist Mona Charen agreed, adding that the president was "declining noticeably."

In the first year of his second term, Trump was also seen in public falling asleep on multiple occasions, including during a Cabinet meeting in December while Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio was speaking. The president also exhibited bizarre behavior this year, including when he once randomly walked onto the roof of the White House, and when he wandered off at an event while on an official visit to Japan.

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