Trump’s Deleted AI Video Reignites ‘Medbed’ Conspiracy Craze, Here’s What It’s Really About

Only in 2025 could science fiction medical beds trend alongside U.S. election news.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s Truth Social account briefly posted and then quietly deleted a video promoting so-called “medbeds”, a long-running conspiracy theory that insists the U.S. government is hiding miraculous healing machines capable of curing every disease known to man.

The bizarre clip appeared AI-generated, featuring a fake Fox News-style interview where Trump seemingly promised Americans “medbed cards” like health insurance vouchers, but for futuristic resurrection pods. The video even included an AI recreation of his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, conducting an interview that never actually took place.

It didn’t take long for conspiracy influencers to grab the clip, repost it across Telegram and fringe platforms, and declare it proof that Trump was preparing to unveil secret medical technology.

The post may have disappeared, but the damage was done.

So… What Exactly Is a “Medbed”?

If you’ve never encountered the medbed myth, it goes something like this:

The U.S. government possesses hyper-advanced healing machines capable of curing everything from cancer to paralysis, but they’re hiding it from the public.

No evidence. No schematics. Just blind faith that somewhere in a bunker lies a magical hospital bed that could solve the world’s health crisis. Unsurprisingly, the theory has become wildly popular among people suffering chronic illness, fertile ground for false hope.

The QAnon Connection

Like many modern conspiracies, the medbed fantasy didn’t pop up out of nowhere, it grew out of the QAnon movement.

QAnon, for the uninitiated, is the internet-born belief that a shadowy “deep state” controls global politics and that Trump is secretly fighting them. While mainstream QAnon believers focus on political battles and child trafficking myths, splinter factions went further, imagining Trump as a saviour figure who would unleash godlike technology to cleanse the Earth.

Some followers, led by late QAnon influencer Michael “Negative 48” Protzman, even insisted that former President John F. Kennedy is still alive, preserved in a medbed awaiting his glorious return.

If it sounds like cult territory, that’s because it is.

Why This Matters, AI + Politics = Misinformation on Steroids

The most unsettling part of the Trump medbed video isn’t the conspiracy itself it’s how it spread.

We’re now at a point where:

• AI-generated political videos can appear official, even when completely fabricated.

• Major public figures are sharing them, intentionally or not.

• Conspiracy communities don’t care whether it was real. The mere appearance is validation.

Even without Trump explicitly endorsing the theory, his account’s post effectively turbocharged it. For many believers, a deleted video is even more proof, because in their world, “censorship equals truth”.

Medbeds Aren’t Real, But Their Influence Is

In a time when real healthcare is unaffordable for millions, it’s no surprise that digital fantasies flourish. Medbeds aren’t just a conspiracy, they’re a symptom. A symptom of broken trust in institutions, corrupt healthcare systems, and the weaponisation of false hope.

The technology doesn’t exist.

But the need for it clearly does.

{Source: IOL}

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