President Donald Trump increased speculation about his health with a tweet Tuesday blasting media for claiming he had a series of mini-strokes in 2019, when in fact not a single media outlet had reported on it.

Trump's slip reignited rumors that his sudden and unplanned visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in November 2019, ostensibly a part his annual physical, was likeley due to some other, more serious condition.

Trump sent social media into overdrive by tweeting, "It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes. Never happened to THIS candidate - FAKE NEWS. Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another Party!"

Trump followed up this tweet a few hours later by having Dr. Sean Conley, the  physician to the President, issue a statement testifying to Trump's good health.

"I can confirm that President Trump has not experienced nor been evaluated for a cerebrovascular accident (stroke), transient ischemic attack (mini stroke), or any acute cardiovascular emergencies, as have been incorrectly reported in the media," wrote Dr. Conley.

The problem with both Trump and Conley's statements blaming media is no major media outlet on Tuesday, or the days before, reported Trump had visited the hospital after suffering from mini-strokes. Their statements were the first time anyone had identified a medical reason for Trump's sudden visit to the hospital.

A White House aide later told media Trump was referring to a tweet from Joe Lockhart, former press secretary to president Bill Clinton, who asked in a tweet Monday if Trump had "a stroke which he is hiding from the American public." Lockhart, however, didn't say "mini-strokes."

Lockhart later said he was prompted to ask this question after reading a new account of Trump's visit to Walter Reed in a new book that went on sale Tuesday.

Written by New York Times reporter Michael S. Schmidt, the book, "Donald Trump vs. the United States," reported that "In the hours leading up to Trump's trip to the hospital, word went out in the West Wing for the vice president to be on standby to take over the powers of the presidency temporarily if Trump had to undergo a procedure that would have required him to be anesthetized."

Vice President Mike Pence never assumed those powers, however. Schmidt didn't speculate on the nature of Trump's mysterious visit to the hospital. The book "says nothing about mini-strokes," Schmidt tweeted on Tuesday.

The true state of Trump's health is a matter of speculation. In June, Trump showed difficulty in lifting a small glass of water with one hand and had visible difficulty walking down a gently sloping ramp during a speech he delivered at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.