The US president said he meant to show himself as a doctor 'making people better'
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
The US president’s conservative, Christian supporters decried the Truth Social post, calling it ‘disgusting’
Donald Trump sostiene che l'immagine pubblicata su Truth, e poi rimossa, nella quale lo si vedeva con le sembianze di Gesù mentre benediceva qualcuno è un'invenzione dei media…
The post came just hours after the president posted a lengthy message critical of Pope Leo.
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.
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
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.
Jon Stewart, appeared to spot a familiar face in Donald Trump’s controversial “Jesus” image. In the picture, which appears to be AI-generated, the president is depicted in a white…
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…
A Trump post earlier this week depicting himself as a Jesus-like figure sparked outrage from factions of his conservative base.