President Donald Trump posted — and then deleted — a fake Fox News clip showing himself seated in the Oval Office, explaining that a breakthrough medical device called the “medbed” was now available to all American citizens.

In the video, which appeared to be generated by artificial intelligence, Fox host Lara Trump announces that the president was debuting “an historic new health care system” in which “medbed cards” are granted to US citizens for use at “medbed hospitals.”

“You’ll have guaranteed access to our new hospitals led by the top doctors in the nation,” Trump says in the fake clip, posted to his Truth Social page. The beds, he explains, are “designed to restore every citizen to full health and strength.”

The problem is that they do not exist.

The White House has yet to explain why the president of the United States would fuel speculation about a completely fantastical health care treatment. HuffPost did not receive a response to a request for comment.

The idea of a “medbed” — a magical hospital bed that cures any ailment, can regrow a limb or even reverse aging — is simply a fantasy dreamed up by conspiracy theorists in fringe online communities, like QAnon.

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