Donald Trump posted a clip promoting new “med bed” hospitals. These hospitals, an apparently AI version of Trump promised in the video, would be “equipped with the most advanced technology in the world.” The video, which the president shared Saturday night on Truth Social, has since been deleted from his account’s feed.
The video appears to be an AI simulation meant to look like a Fox News report. It features an apparently AI-generated version of Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, announcing the government launch of a new med bed program that will eventually grant every U.S. citizen their own med bed card they can use to access this alleged healing technology.
“President Donald J. Trump has announced a historic new health care system,” AI Lara Trump says in the video, “the launch of America’s first med bed hospitals and a national med bed card for every citizen.”
“These facilities are safe, modern, and designed to restore every citizen to full health and strength,” an AI Trump claims in the video, which no longer appears on the president’s Truth Social page.
But what is a med bed, and where does this idea come from?
The med bed conspiracy theory has emerged in recent years among far-right online communities. McGill University’s Office for Science and Society reported that, according to believers, med beds are a top secret technology possessed by militaries around the world. Believers claim these devices can diagnose and cure any disease, reverse aging, and even re-grow missing limbs in a matter of minutes. These med bed devices allegedly use ions, terahertz light waves, frequencies and resonances, AI, and quantum technology to heal disease and regenerate DNA. Eventually, the militaries with med bed technology will collaborate to end all war and bring these healing tools to the masses, according to the theory’s followers. QAnon believers have also latched onto this theory, with some claiming that John F. Kennedy Jr. is alive and well thanks to these devices.
This so-called med bed technology is purportedly so advanced, some believe it originated with an alien society. According to some promoters of the theory, liberal billionaires and Big Pharma already have access to these healing devices but are hoarding the technology for themselves.
“It’s really hard to define something that doesn’t exist,” Sara Aniano, a disinformation analyst at the Anti Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, told the BBC about med beds in 2022.
But some companies are already capitalizing on the excitement around supposed technology.
An internet search for “med bed card” surfaces a website, medbedcard.com, that sells a “Limited Series MedBed Card” for $447 (discounted from $1490) that purports to grant the holder “exclusive information about terahertz technology” and “up to 70 percent discounts on all our products.” Consumers who buy three of these cards allegedly receive a free IonicCare, a purportedly terahertz-powered wellness device whose website claims: “Only four minutes to reduce stress and feel healthy.” But the terms and conditions on the IonicCare site state: “You should not use the information or services on this Site to diagnose or treat any health issues or for prescription of any medication or other treatment.” Devices that make similar claims are also available on Amazon.
Another company, Tesla BioHealing, Inc., sells an Biophotonizer-M Modern MedBed device ($11,000 for one or $19,999 for two) it claims can “transform any space into a cellular regeneration sanctuary” and has wellness centers around the country where people can pay to access its devices. In 2023, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to Tesla BioHealing alleging the company has failed “to establish and maintain procedures for validating the device design and failure to ensure that devices conform to defined user needs and intended uses” among several other alleged violations.
“Tesla BioHealing devices are not intended to suppress symptoms or treat illnesses,” the company’s website states. “Instead, they are designed to promote optimum health and wellness in everyone, regardless of their health status.”
Another disclaimer reads: “Our products aren’t yet FDA-approved to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”
The site also hosts a report that claims “Biophoton Quantum Therapy Enabled Cancer Treatments to Reach their Utmost Goal of Cancer-Free.”
Speaking to The Daily Beast via email in 2022, Tesla BioHealing CEO James Liu said his company’s devices provide patients with “life force energy.” He added that Tesla BioHealing hopes to differentiate themselves from the “med bed” conspiracy theory.
One self-identified Tesla BioHealing customer submitted an adverse event report to the FDA claiming that the MedBed Generator he bought in 2021 did not help his elderly mother, who suffered from strokes, dementia, Parkinson’s, and other health conditions.
“You stated to put one device under her bed and one device next to her head on the nightstand,” the complaint said. “We did that with no improvement … I was willing to spend whatever I needed to try and heal my mom… My mother passed away in 2024… I claim you and your company took advantage of the need to help heal my mom and my vulnerable state.”
The customer also claimed the company deleted his negative reviews from its website.
