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White House Defends Trump’s Repost of AI ‘Medbed’ Video Flagged as Deepfake

Fact-checkers say no such program exists as researchers tie the medbed myth to QAnon circles and warn of scams preying on people seeking cures.

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(This is an MRI machine, not a medbed.)

Overview

  • On Sept. 27, President Trump reposted on Truth Social an AI‑generated clip styled as a Fox News segment promoting nonexistent “medbed hospitals” and a national “medbed card,” then deleted it within hours.
  • Independent fact-checks, including from DW and Snopes, identified the video as AI‑fabricated and confirmed there has been no White House announcement or Fox News report about medbeds.
  • At an Oct. 1 briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Trump’s repost, saying he “saw the video and posted it and then took it down” and calling his social media activity “quite refreshing.”
  • The post energized medbed chatter on Truth Social, where some users treated it as validation and others solicited fees or reservations for access to purported facilities, raising fraud concerns.
  • Commercial sellers market so‑called medbed or wellness devices despite lacking evidence, and the FDA warned Tesla BioHealing in 2023 over unproven medical claims tied to its products.