Just minutes before the clock hit twelve, the president of the United States posted an AI-generated video casting himself as a physician offering a “treatment plan” for what he called Trump Derangement Syndrome. According to Dr. Trump, the prescription involved Diet Coke.
The video opens with Trump in full medical cosplay. “Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with TDS?” he says to the camera. “The symptoms can be relentless. Fortunately, I’m Dr. Trump, and I have a treatment plan.”
That was just the opening act.
The clip rolls out AI-generated likenesses of some of Trump’s most prominent critics, each delivering a tearful confession of their suffering before celebrating their miraculous recovery. Rosie O’Donnell, who has been feuding with Trump since publicly criticizing him back in 2006, appears first. “I have been suffering for over a decade and after listening to Dr. Trump, I can see some results,” her AI likeness says.
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Actor John Leguizamo follows. “Man, I’ve been suffering for years. I really didn’t believe that there was help out there,” his digital version confesses.
One performance, however, stood above the rest.
The fake Robert De Niro delivered the most committed performance of the group. “I had no idea how much this was affecting my life. My work has slowed down. I’m hardly recognizable anymore. I just needed help. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep. Constantly angry. I made everyone miserable around me,” the AI De Niro says, with the kind of dramatic weight that would have earned a standing ovation at the Oscars. Whoopi Goldberg, Edward Norton, and Julia Roberts round out the cast.
Eventually, Dr. Trump arrived at the treatment plan.
“The treatment is simple,” he says. “Turn off fake news. Say your prayers, and if you ever feel anxious, just have a Diet Coke like me, and you’re gonna see a remarkable difference in your life.”
An important message from Dr. Trump regarding Trump Derangement Syndrome🤯 pic.twitter.com/Hc80OSrr50
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) June 30, 2026
The video becomes even more unusual once you consider how it likely reached Trump’s screen.
Natalie Harp, the 34-year-old executive assistant who manages Trump’s Truth Social account, has been identified as the staffer responsible for curating much of what appears there. She collects screenshots from allies and conservative commentators, prints them for Trump to review, and publishes the material after receiving his approval. That means someone, sometime before midnight on Wednesday, printed an AI doctor video and handed it to the president of the United States for final approval.
If that sounds familiar, it is because this has become something of a tradition.
In April, Trump posted an AI-generated image portraying himself as a Jesus-like figure in a white robe. After deleting it, he explained: “It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better. And I do make people better. I make people a lot better.” In February, his account shared an AI video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. The White House first dismissed criticism as “fake outrage” before blaming a staff member and quietly deleting the post.
Featured image via Truth Social screengrab
