A rumor that U.S. President Donald Trump claimed more people would come to his funeral than the service for former Vice President Dick Cheney circulated on social media in November 2025 following Cheney’s death.
Snopes readers searched the site for more information about the claim, and some social media users sharing the claim seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events.
(Facebook user Andy Borowitz)
However, there was no evidence backing the claim that Trump had boasted about his funeral attendance. Instead, the rumor about Trump and Cheney originated with The Borowitz Report — a long-running satirical news outlet created by the comedian Andy Borowitz. The Borowitz Report’s about page begins:
Hello!
If you’re meeting me for the first time, I’m Andy Borowitz, a writer and comedian. I live in New Hampshire with my wife, daughter, and dog, a goldendoodle named Cookie. I’m not posting a photo of Cookie because if I did you’d want to subscribe to his newsletter instead of mine.
I’ve been writing satirical news since I was eighteen. This represents either commitment to a genre or arrested development.
The fictional story spread following Cheney’s death on Nov. 3, 2025. In a break with long-standing tradition, Trump was not invited to Cheney’s funeral, according to Axios.
Snopes has addressed similar satirical claims from The Borowitz Report in the past, including the assertion that Trump had ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest 67,000 fans who booed him at an NFL game and a rumor that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth received medical care after poking his eye with a mascara brush.
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.
