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U.S. President Posts AI-Generated Images of Himself with Jesus
The U.S. president shared an AI-generated image portraying himself as Jesus healing a sick man on Truth Social, drawing criticism from religious and political figures. He removed the post and claimed it depicted him as a doctor. Days later, he shared another image showing Jesus embracing him.
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president posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social on Sunday that depicted him in robes, healing a sick man with beams of light coming from his hands. The image received backlash from Christians and political figures across the political spectrum. The president removed the image on Monday. He stated that he believed it portrayed him as a doctor, not Jesus.
Vice President JD Vance, in an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier on Monday, described the post as a joke. Vance said the president took it down after recognizing that many people did not understand the humor.
The host stated that the president was upsetting factions of Christianity by first criticizing the pope, then posting the image, and offering inconsistent defenses. The host played a clip of Vance's interview and remarked that the joke required explanation and deletion, shifting from Jesus to a doctor to a joke.
The host's show had been suspended in September over comments about the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed during a live debate on a Utah college campus.
The show returned the following week.
Image and Ongoing Criticism On Wednesday, the president shared another AI-generated image on Truth Social showing Jesus hugging him, with an arm around his shoulder and heads leaning together in front of a halo and an American flag.
He captioned it: 'The Radical Left Lunatics might not like this, but I think it is quite nice!!!' The image originated from a pro-Trump account on X, suggesting divine forces in global politics. It came days after the first post's removal amid outrage described as blasphemous by religious groups, including conservative Christians.
The president, speaking outside the Oval Office, insisted the first image showed him as a doctor making people better and that he had nothing to apologize for.
