"Trump Posts and Deletes Fake AI Video on Nonexistent Medbed Technology"
President Donald Trump shared a fake video of himself promising access to nonexistent new medical technology over the weekend, before later deleting it, according to reports.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, Trump, 79, posted a fake news clip apparently generated using artificial intelligence, in which he said every American would be getting "their own med bed card," according to outlets including Forbes, CNN and The Daily Beast.
The clip, discussed and shared by CNN's Jake Tapper on Instagram, featured an AI-generated Fox News segment hosted by the president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. It highlighted the "historic new healthcare system," which is deeply rooted in conspiracy theories.
“Every American will soon receive their own med bed card,” an AI-generated version of the president said in the video. “With it, you’ll have guaranteed access to our new hospitals led by the top doctors in the nation, equipped with the most advanced technology in the world.”
“These facilities are safe, modern and designed to restore every citizen to full health and strength,” he added in the AI-generated clip.
"Med bed Hospitals: The New Era In Healthcare," a message written across the start of the fake Fox News report stated.
Fox News confirmed to The Verge that the segment “never aired on Fox News Channel or any other Fox News Media platforms.”
The clip has since been deleted from Trump's Truth Social account. It had been up for around 12 hours before it disappeared from his profile, according to The Daily Beast.
The White House and Fox News didn't immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE for comment.
The "med bed" conspiracy theory has grown in recent years among those in the QA non movement, per CNN.
According to the BBC, med beds — short for "medical beds" or "meditation beds" — have been dubbed by some online as secret miracle devices that can cure almost any ailment but are intentionally kept out of public view by billionaires and the "deep state." However, there's no real proof that the beds exist.
"Med beds are a conspiracy theory popular with QA non people, in which there exists these magic beds, which restore limbs and reverse aging and cure anything that befalls the human body, but they're only available to the rich and the elite," Tapper said on Instagram.