‘Doctor’ Donald Trump Posts AI Video Dragging Rosie O’Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert De Niro…

On July 1, 2026, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video to his Truth Social account depicting himself as a doctor offering a treatment plan for a purported medical condition he calls Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). The video features synthesized, AI-generated avatars of several high-profile public figures, including Rosie O’Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, John Leguizamo, and Edward Norton, who appear to provide testimonials about their alleged symptoms.

What happened

The video utilizes AI synthesis to generate realistic avatars of the targeted celebrities, placing them in a narrative framed as a pharmaceutical advertisement. In the clip, the AI-generated version of Rosie O’Donnell claims to see results from the treatment, while the fake Robert De Niro describes negative impacts on his life and work, and the digital avatar of Julia Roberts expresses concerns about her future. The video concludes with the president suggesting that the cure for this fictional condition is to stop consuming news, pray, and drink a Diet Coke. This incident follows a pattern of the president sharing AI-generated content on social media, including previous posts depicting himself in various roles such as a king, a superhero, or a religious figure. While some past posts, such as an AI video depicting the Obamas as apes, faced backlash and subsequent deletion, the administration has frequently characterized such content as satire. The use of these synthetic likenesses highlights the growing trend of utilizing generative AI to create political messaging that features the unauthorized digital personas of public figures.