Trump posts image of Jesus hugging him amid row with pope over Iran war

US President Donald Trump posted an ⁠apparently AI-generated image of ⁠Jesus embracing him on Wednesday, two ⁠days after he deleted a post that prompted criticism…

US President Donald Trump posted an ⁠apparently AI-generated image of ⁠Jesus embracing him on Wednesday, two ⁠days after he deleted a post that prompted criticism that the Republican president had compared himself to Jesus.

The image, reposted to Trump’s social media account, shows the president with his eyes closed, touching temple-to-temple with a similarly posed Jesus. ‌Trump is standing behind a microphone, and behind him is an American flag.

The original post had the caption: “I was never a very religious man … but doesn’t it seem, with all these satanic, demonic, child sacrificing monsters being exposed … that God might be playing his Trump card!”

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Trump’s repost added the caption: “The Radical Left Lunatics might not like this, ⁠but I think it is quite nice!!!”

Trump has been feuding with Pope Leo, the ‌first US-born leader of the Catholic Church and an outspoken critic of the war that began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

An image posted on Donald Trump’s social media account shows the US president with Jesus in front of an American flag. ‌Image: Truth Social/realDonaldTrump
An image posted on Donald Trump’s social media account shows the US president with Jesus in front of an American flag. ‌Image: Truth Social/realDonaldTrump

Trump reiterated his criticism ‌of the religious leader on Tuesday night.