President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video of himself promoting the baseless alien-based ‘medbed’ conspiracy theory – and the White House is defending him.
Trump on Saturday evening re-posted on his Truth Social platform a video of a fake Fox News segment hosted by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, with him promoting ‘medbed hospitals’ and offering access to all Americans.
The clip includes footage of facilities with medbeds, which do not exist. The medbed conspiracy theory originates from the period shortly after World War II, when Americans were in a UFO-spotting frenzy. The theory arose that the US government reverse-engineered technology recovered from alien aircrafts and obtained advanced healing technologies.
‘These facilities are safe, modern and designed to restore every citizen to full health and strength,’ says the fake Trump in the video.
‘This is the beginning of a new era in American healthcare.’
Spread recently by the QAnon far-right political movement, the medbed conspiracy theory purports that the government has been using the technology to cure the elite of disease, re-grow missing limbs and reverse aging.
Believers think that the government is hiding the technology from the general population.
The AI video has the president saying otherwise.
‘Every American will soon receive their own medbed card,’ continues the Trump rendering.
‘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.’
Trump deleted the post hours later.
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Asked about the matter today, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt seemed to wave off concerns around Trump spreading false information.
‘I think the president saw the video and posted it and then took it down, and he has the right to do that, it’s his social media,’ said Leavitt in response to a reporter’s question.
‘He is incredibly transparent as you all know, you hear from him directly on social media.
‘He likes to share memes, he likes to share videos, he likes to repost things that he see other people post on social media as well and I think it’s quite refreshing that we have a president who is so open and honest.
‘Many times on Truth, you are hearing directly from the president of the United States.’
It remains unclear why Trump shared the video on his platform.
