US President Donald Trump has complained about media reports questioning Melania Trump’s recent absence from public view.

Mr Trump tweeted overnight that the press has been “so unfair, and vicious” on his absent wife.

Of Mrs Trump’s recovery from a medical procedure, the US president accused the media of, “[reporting] everything from near death, to facelift, to left the WH (and me) for NY or Virginia, to abuse.”

“All Fake,” he added. “She is doing really well!”

Mrs Trump recently spent five days in the hospital following a kidney procedure and stayed out of sight for more than three weeks before re-emerging at a private White House reception earlier this week.

Mrs Trump is scheduled to join the president for a briefing at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters today. It will be her first appearance outside of the White House since May 10.