The president posted the image after lashing out at Pope Leo XIV.
The president posted an AI image of himself as a Christ-like figure healing a man.
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha publicado una imagen en la que se muestra encarnando a la figura de Jesucristo
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The US president’s conservative, Christian supporters decried the Truth Social post, calling it ‘disgusting’
The post came just hours after the president posted a lengthy message critical of Pope Leo.
El mandatario estadounidense ha recibido críticas por blasfemia. El presidente critica al papa León XIV por sus palabras sobre la guerra en Irán
President Donald Trump in May 2025 posted an apparent AI image depicting himself as a Catholic pope after the death of Pope Francis.
“Only the fake news could come up with that one," he said of the AI-generated image he posted showing him seeming to heal a man with his hands.
The US president said he meant to show himself as a doctor 'making people better'
Representatives from across denominations have responded to a now-deleted image of the president as a Christ-like figure.
Trump’s now-deleted post sparked the wrath of some of his loyal conservative Christian followers – key US politics stories from Monday 13 April at a glance
Donald Trump has sparked controversy with numerous Truth Social posts, from an AI 'Jesus' image to threats against Iran.
President claims ‘if I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican’ in Truth Social tirade
Right-wing Christian figures and MAGA allies condemned the president’s AI-generated image as blasphemy
Conservative and religious figures offered swift backlash to the picture, which has since been deleted from Trump's Truth Social account.
Ein Bildnis, das Donald Trump als Jesus inszeniert, sorgt für Kritik. Der US-Präsident spielt den Vorfall herunter und spricht von einem Missverständnis. Nach wachsendem Druck…
"I didn’t know we were here already," the "Daily Show" host quipped after viewing the controversial image depicting the president as a religious figure.