Trump deletes Truth Social image of him as Jesus
This photo illustration, created on April 13, 2026, shows an on-screen image of U.S. President Donald Trump and an AI-generated image Trump posted on the Truth Social platform depicting himself as Jesus Christ after criticizing Pope Leo XIV.
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President Donald Trump deleted a Truth Social post Monday morning that featured an image of Trump resembling Jesus Christ after it was met with backlash.
“I posted that. I thought it was me as the doctor,” Trump told reporters at the White House, rejecting suggestions that he was supposed to appear as Jesus.
“As a doctor, I was supposed to be the one to heal people,” he said.
Trump released the image, which appears to have been generated by artificial intelligence, on Sunday night, after the president scolded Pope Leo XIV for criticizing U.S. military actions against Iran and Venezuela.
The image depicted Trump wearing a white robe, placing his right hand over a sick or dying man, a bright light emanating from the president’s left hand, and the American flag, eagles and military aircraft flying behind him.
The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC when asked for comment on the deletion of the post.
“I don’t know if the president thought he was being funny, was under the influence, or what explanation he could come up with for this outrageous profanity,” wrote conservative Christian commentator Megan Basham. A post about the image in X.
“But he needs to remove it immediately and ask for forgiveness first from the American people and then from God,” Basham wrote.
The post was one of a series published on Trump’s Truth Social account Sunday night. The image stood alone without any accompanying words.
former Republican congressman Marjorie Taylor GreeneTrump’s ally In his own post about X “On Orthodox Easter, President Trump attacked the Pope because the Pope was rightfully against Trump’s war in Iran and then posted this picture of himself as if he were taking the place of Jesus.”
“This comes after his post last week which included his evil tirade about Easter followed by a threat to destroy an entire civilization. I completely condemn this and pray against it!!!” Greene wrote.
In May 2025, Trump posted a photo portraying himself as the Catholic pope after Pope Francis died.
President was attacked New York State Catholic ConferenceHe represents the province’s bishops for this mission.
The conference said: “There is nothing clever or funny about this footage.” to mail In X. “We have just buried our beloved Pope Francis, and the cardinals are about to enter a formal conclave to elect a new successor to St. Peter. Don’t make fun of us.”
