TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare

Donald Trump, the convicted felon and present President of the US, formally launched a brand new authorities web site dubbed TrumpRx throughout a press convention on the White Home on Friday. It’s very Trumpy. And we imply that within the worst approach attainable.

You possibly can’t truly do something but on the web site, which is hosted at TrumpRx.gov, however the photographs don’t give us quite a lot of religion that that is going to be a dependable place to serve America’s healthcare wants.

What’s mistaken with the pictures on TrumpRx? For starters, the primary picture you see is of Trump himself, one thing that might not be an enormous shock, given the way in which this president has put his title and face on every little thing. In spite of everything, that is the man who lately launched a TV advert on Newsmax for Trump Watches, which continues his custom of taking advantage of the presidency in direct violation of U.S. legislation.

The picture exhibits Trump seated within the Oval Workplace of the White Home, the place he’s sporting that signature dipshit-tough-guy face he’s been practising because the Nineteen Eighties. It’s not shocking to see his face, nevertheless it’s nonetheless gross. And it might’ve been fairly galling if President Barack Obama had performed one thing comparable underneath his presidency.

When healthcare.gov was launched in 2010, Obama’s picture was nowhere to be seen on that homepage. Obamacare, the unofficial title for the Reasonably priced Care Act, was truly coined by Republicans who opposed the legislation.

However the lone picture on TrumpRx that doesn’t depict Trump can also be disturbing in its personal approach. The picture appears prefer it was generated by synthetic intelligence, a ridiculous and pointless alternative when you will get an affordable inventory picture on any variety of web sites. It’s additionally only a disturbingly alien-like picture in the event you take a more in-depth look.

The unique picture could appear regular sufficient at first look, however you may simply really feel it’s off. Zooming in on the arms reveals it truly is a type of weird AI photos, creating distorted arms with contorted fingers.

AI nonetheless usually has hassle producing arms, as you may see within the picture above. However the legs additionally give a bizarre vibe, with the lady’s left calf wanting abnormally brief, and dropping off right into a weird-looking heel and foot.

The girl additionally seems to be holding arms with one of many kids in a large number of fingers that appears bodily not possible. That baby’s foot doesn’t look typical both, as a substitute sporting possibly six toes or maybe getting mangled in some industrial accident. You possibly can create your individual backstory, however no matter occurred there should’ve been painful for our imaginary AI pal.

There additionally seems to be some type of deformity within the leg of the kid on the very entrance, to say nothing of all of the holes within the sand, which look way more like AI-generated circles on an alien planet than the type of footprints which might be usually made by people.

There’s additionally the American flag on the high of the hill, which doesn’t seem to have any stars. Perhaps it’s a sign that Trump intends to do away with federalism, abolishing state governance as he invades states with the Nationwide Guard prefer it’s overseas territory.

The TrumpRx web site was first launched on Friday and initially contained textual content that learn: “Tune in to the Oval Workplace @5PM EST,” in accordance with the Web Archive’s Wayback Machine. Nevertheless it obtained a brand new look when Trump began his press convention on Friday.

The positioning is credited to the National Design Studio, launched by Trump by means of an govt order in August, and says that TrumpRx will likely be purposeful in January 2026. And the Nationwide Design Studio additionally praises the president in actually creepy methods, as you may see from the opening line at that initiative’s web site:

What’s the greatest model in the world? If you mentioned Trump, you’re not mistaken. However what’s the basis of that model? One that’s extra globally acknowledged than virtually something else.

It’s the nation…the place he was born. It’s the United States of America.

All the things Trump, on a regular basis.

It’s actually bizarre how that turned the brand new regular in a rustic that’s ostensibly a liberal democracy. However nearly every little thing is bizarre now, due to Trump.

The president insisted throughout his press convention, which was livestreamed on YouTube, that it wasn’t his thought to name the web site TrumpRX. And that may be true. However his military of lackeys on the White Home is aware of very effectively what makes him joyful.

Slapping his title on every little thing is Trump’s factor. And if he thought it was inappropriate (which it clearly is), he might’ve stopped it. As an alternative, the location bears his title, and his face is the very first thing you see. And the textual content on the one-page web site consists of snarky claims about him saving the day by supposedly reducing drug costs.

From the web site:

President Trump is delivering on guarantees that “consultants” mentioned had been not possible by taking daring motion to decrease prescription drug prices for American households—with out sacrificing innovation.

Individuals have unfairly shouldered the price of drug improvement for many years, solely to see those self same drugs bought overseas for a fraction of the worth paid within the U.S.

This damaged system hasn’t simply been unfair—it’s pushed up prices and damage essentially the most susceptible amongst us.

President Trump is altering that with TrumpRx.

It must be famous that Trump hasn’t truly lowered drug costs. In reality, at any time when Trump publicizes a brand new deal that’s ostensibly about reducing drug costs, the main pharmaceutical corporations see their inventory costs go up. Why? It may need one thing to do with the truth that he’s not truly going to chunk into their margins, and any decline in costs will solely profit a small variety of Individuals.

Most Individuals pay for drugs by means of insurance coverage, and the offers Trump has introduced with corporations like Pfizer largely goal cash-paying clients. And whereas that’s nice for individuals with out insurance coverage, most Individuals are unlikely to see their prices go down. And with Trump’s so-called “Huge Stunning Invoice,” increasingly Individuals will likely be paying greater premiums subsequent yr. Saving a few bucks on a prescription is unlikely to offset these huge prices.

Trump’s press convention on Friday had the same old suspects, together with the pinnacle of Medicare and Medicaid, Mehmet Oz, together with the well being secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has beforehand mentioned that you simply shouldn’t belief consultants. Kennedy additionally mentioned this week {that a} child grows in a lady’s placenta, the type of ignorance that might, once more, not really feel so normalized in a distinct political period.

However we dwell within the Trump period. And solely time will inform whether or not TrumpRx truly does some good on the earth. We’re not going to carry our breath. The web site explains that “TrumpRx doesn’t promote drugs. As an alternative, it connects sufferers immediately with the most effective costs, growing transparency and slicing out pricey third-party markups.”

We nonetheless don’t know the way all of that is going to function. However we do know that, in accordance with the Wall Street Journal, the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., is on the board of an organization known as BlinkRx that stands to profit from the TrumpRx web site. Don Jr. is internet hosting a “Way forward for Prescribed drugs” summit in December, and drug firm representatives are reportedly nervous as a result of they assume they’ll be pressured to work with an organization with shut ties to the president’s son.