Trump appears to have crossed a line with his Christian supporters. Will it come back to bite him in the midterms?
Donald Trump’s depiction of himself as Jesus Christ and recent spat with Pope Leo XIV could come back to bite him and the Republican party in the midterm elections, according to experts, with some newly aggrieved Christian groups set to play an outsized role in key races across the US.
The president’s Trump-as-the-Messiah Truth Social post sparked immediate criticism among some Christians, including some on the right. Trump, 79, said he thought the AI image of him administering an ethereal light to a stricken man’s head as translucent figures descended from the heavens represented him as a doctor.
“Blasphemous,” was the verdict of Douglas Wilson, a self-described Christian nationalist who believes women should not be able to vote, and a confidant of Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary.
“This should be deleted immediately. There’s no context where this is acceptable,” Sean Feucht, a Christian activist who is partnering with the Trump administration on a “Worship Tour”, posted on social media.
