Topline
President Donald Trump shared and then deleted a seemingly AI-generated video in which he was seen promising Americans access to “medbeds,” a fictional technology popular with some far-right conspiracy theorists who believe they secretly exist and hold miracle cures for every illness.
Trump’s account on Truth Social posted the strange video on Saturday.
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Key Facts
The video, which was posted Saturday evening on his Truth Social account, featured an apparently AI generated video of the president promising “medbed cards” for Americans, which would grant access to hospitals “designed to restore every citizen to full health and strength.”
It is unclear why the president’s account posted the video, which was taken down hours later, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes.
The video, which appears to show an AI-generated Lara Trump conducting an interview on Fox News, never aired, the network confirmed to multiple outlets.
What Do “medbed” Conspiracy Theorists Believe?
Proponents of the “medbed” conspiracy theory believe the government is hiding advanced healing technology to treat a variety of illnesses or diseases—a claim that has appealed to people suffering from chronic pain, The New York Times reported.
Key Background
The medbed conspiracy theory grew in recent years among splinter groups from the wider Qanon conspiracy theory, which promised Trump during his first term in office was working behind the scenes to prosecute accused child traffickers in the government and bring down the so-called deep state. In the years since, several splinter groups have fixated on medbeds. One group, led by now-deceased Qanon influencer Michael “Negative 48” Protzman, believed the technology was being used to keep former President John F. Kennedy alive, the Daily Beast reported in 2022. Protzman, whose faction was sometimes described as a cult, died in 2023.
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