What’s the best time for the leader of the free world to post an AI-generated video of himself as a fake doctor who cures real celebrities Robert DeNiro and Julia Roberts of a fake disease?
Just before midnight, apparently.
President Donald Trump raised eyebrows early Thursday morning with a new TruthSocial post, published at 11:54 p.m., that purported to present a cure to “Trump Derangement Symptom.”
“The treatment is simple,” says the fake Dr. Trump. “Turn off fake news, say your prayers, and if you’re [sic] ever feel anxious, have a Diet Coke like me.”
Fake Dr. Trump sports a white coat with an M.D. stitched next to his name, despite the fact that the real one has only earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
The fake celebrities the fake doctor cures of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” also include Rosie O’Donnell, John Leguizamo, Whoopi Goldberg and Edward Norton.
“I just needed help,” says the fake Norton.
“I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep, constantly angry,” adds the fake DeNiro. “I made everyone miserable.”
This is the second AI video Trump’s posted this year in which he claims to be a doctor.
The first, in which he wore a white robe and held light in his hand, drew comparisons to Jesus Christ when posted in April.
Trump claimed he was not trying to present himself as God but merely as a healer of the sick.
“Only the fake news could come up with that one,” Trump said. “It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better! And I do make people better, I make people a lot better!”
Daily Beast reporter Leigh Kimmins, among the first to spot the fake, 90-second public service announcement, described the video as “deranged,” “bizarre,” and “wild.”
Kimmins also had advice for the 80-year-old commander-in-chief: “Go to bed!”