'Clown show': Leavitt brutally mocked over explanation of Trump's 'utterly deranged' video

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is facing a wave of mockery over her response after being asked about President Donald Trump posting then deleting an AI‑generated video of himself promoting “medbeds” — a conspiracy‑inflected claim that has no grounding in reality.

During Wednesday's briefing, a reporter pressed Leavitt what the president was trying to communicate by posting that AI deepfake.

Leavitt replied: “The president saw the video and posted it and then took it down... He likes to share memes. He likes to share videos. He likes to repost things that he sees other people post. I think it is refreshing.”

Her tone was intended to defuse the issue, but instead it became a lightning rod for ridicule online.

Author James Surowiecki reacted to Leavitt's remarks and wrote on the social platform X: "But why did he post it, Karoline? Did he think medbeds were real?"

The X account "PatriotTakes" wrote: "A complete clown show."

Political commentator Sam Stein wrote: "Veep level stuff from the topic of the question to the spin from the lectern."

"I see. Its 'refreshing' for the President of the United States to post utterly deranged, fantastical delusional lunacy to prey on & manipulate severely mentally ill Qanon lunatics," wrote a user.

On Saturday, 82%Trump appeared to endorse the idea of “medbeds,” devices long circulated in conspiracy circles that supposedly heal illnesses, reverse aging, or regenerate limbs.

The president’s endorsement came via a video posted to his Truth Social platform, in which an AI-generated version of Trump could be heard saying that “medbed hospitals” would be part of a new health care system in the United States. The video framed the concept as a significant innovation in medical treatment.

"Medbeds" refer to a pseudoscientific theory that a kind of medical bed exists which can diagnose, heal, or reverse disease, aging, or injury in miraculous ways. The concept has gained traction in online communities aligned with QAnon and other fringe groups.

Despite Trump’s presentation, no credible scientific evidence or peer‑reviewed research confirms that any device with the purported medbed capabilities exists. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory bodies do not recognize any device capable of such broad, instantaneous healing.

Trump later deleted the video but offered no explanation as to why he posted it in the first place.

Watch the video of Leavitt's comments below: