President Donald Trump used humor and cutting-edge technology on Wednesday night to lampoon some of his most outspoken Hollywood critics, unveiling an AI-driven parody video diagnosing them with Trump Derangement Syndrome and prescribing a tongue?in?cheek cure of turn off fake news and a cold Diet Coke.
According to Breitbart, the video casts the president as Doctor Trump, a mock physician calmly walking viewers through a faux pharmaceutical-style advertisement aimed at those consumed by obsessive hatred of his leadership. Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with TDS? The symptoms can be relentless. Fortunately, Im Doctor Trump, and I have a treatment plan, the AI version of Trump intones, as soothing background music mimics the tone of a mainstream drug commercial.
From there, the satire shifts to a series of fabricated patient testimonials, each one a digital caricature of a left-wing celebrity who has spent years railing against Trump and his supporters. Lets hear what some of my patients have to say, the AI president declares, before the screen cuts to a parade of familiar Hollywood faces reimagined as grateful recipients of Trumps mock therapy.
A simulated Rosie ODonnell appears first, a fitting choice given her long-running feud with Trump and her role as a staple of liberal celebrity outrage. I have been suffering for over a decade, and after listening to Doctor Trump, I can see some results, the AI Rosie says, encapsulating the obsessive fixation that has defined much of the entertainment industrys posture toward conservative politics.
The video then turns to an AI John Leguizamo, another actor who has frequently attacked Trump and his voters. Man, Ive been suffering for years, the digital Leguizamo confesses, adding that he really didnt believe there was help out there until he came across this video on TV, a pointed jab at the media ecosystem that has monetized anti-Trump hysteria.
In the third vignette, an AI-generated Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of The View and a reliable voice of daytime liberal outrage, offers her own mock testimonial. I really thought I was a lost cause, [that] this was going to affect me for the rest of my life but after using the treatment plan, I can see a difference, she says, underscoring how entrenched and performative this derangement has become in certain media circles.
At one point, even the AI Trump character feigns doubt about whether such hardened critics can be helped. I really wasnt sure I could help some of these people, he admits. They were so far gone, I wasnt really sure.
The satire continues with an AI depiction of actor Edward Norton, who has publicly aligned himself with progressive causes and anti-Trump rhetoric. I had no idea how much this was affecting my life, the digital Norton says, before adding, My work has slowed down. Im hardly recognizable anymore. I just needed help.
The mock diagnosis grows darker with AI Robert De Niro, whose real-life tirades against Trump have become a defining feature of his late-career public persona. I couldnt eat, I couldnt sleep, constantly angry, I made everyone miserable around me, the AI De Niro laments, followed by a depiction of Julia Roberts, who confesses, I feel like Ive aged 20 years in the last two years, and admits she is really starting to worry about her future.
The video closes with the AI president offering his final prescription, one that reflects a broader conservative critique of the legacy media and secular culture. The treatment is simple: Turn off fake news. Say your prayers. And if you ever feel anxious, just have a Diet Coke like me and youre going to see a remarkable difference in your life, Trumps digital persona advises, turning a long-running media war into a wry reminder that much of the lefts rage is self-inflicted and easily cured by tuning out propaganda, returning to faith, and refusing to let political obsession dominate everyday life.
Login