Monday, April 13, 2026

Trump Deletes Post with AI Image of Himself as Christ-like Figure after Outcry

THE GUARDIAN: The US president’s conservative, Christian supporters decried the Truth Social post, calling it ‘disgusting’

Screenshot taken from this Guardian article. | Donald Trump’s latest post of an AI-generated image to depict himself as a Christ-like figure has led to widespread backlash, including from his supporters. Composite: AFP via Getty Images, @realdonaldtrump via Truth social

Less than a year after signing legislation that will pull nearly 12 million Americans off health insurance by gutting Medicaid, Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself to Truth Social on Sunday depicting him as a Jesus Christ-like figure, with divine light emanating from his hands as he heals a stricken man in a hospital bed with a demon from hell floating in the background.

The president has since deleted the post, but not before facing the wrath of some of his most high-profile and loyal Christian supporters, many of whom have stood by the president through multiple other indiscretions and were unable to contain their righteous fury.

Riley Gaines, Fox News host and conservative commentator, said she “cannot understand why he’d post this”. “Is he looking for a response? Does he actually think this? Either way, two things are true. 1) a little humility would serve him well 2) God shall not be mocked,” she wrote on X.

Megan Basham, a writer at the conservative Daily Wire, called the post “OUTRAGEOUS blasphemy”. » | Joseph Gedeon in Washington | Monday, April 13, 2026

Trump is depraved. That’s the long and the short of it. — © Mark Alexander