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US President Donald Trump<\/a> on Monday deleted his own social media post where he portrayed himself as a Jesus-like figure.<\/p>\n

The AI-generated image, which was posted on his Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0platform late on Sunday night, showed Trump dressed in a flowing\u00a0white and red robe, putting his hands on a sick man in a way typically associated with faith healing in America.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The image drew\u00a0rare rebuke on social media from his most religious\u00a0followers.<\/p>\n

He was shown with light in both hands, including the hand hovering over the man’s head. The Statue of Liberty, a large US flag<\/a>, fireworks, a fighter jet, a person with hands clasped praying and bald eagles could all be seen in the background. Figures reminiscent of holy warriors are floating in the clouds above Trump’s head.<\/p>\n

Trump: ‘I thought it was me as a doctor’<\/h2>\n

Trump deleted the photo on Monday, and when asked by reporters about it, he denied posing as Jesus and blamed the media for insinuating it.<\/p>\n

“I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better. And I do make people better. I make people a lot better,” he added.<\/p>\n

Notably, Trump provided his explanation while talking to reporters at the White House\u00a0after receiving a food order from McDonald’s. A\u00a0DoorDash delivery service employee had brought the food to\u00a0the presidential residence and also interracted with the media at the press event.<\/p>\n

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US evangelicals and abortion<\/h2>\n

Evangelicals are strong supporters of\u00a0Trump<\/h2>\n

It was not the first time Trump has used religious images in his posts. During his 2023 bank fraud trial, the president posted a sketch from a supporter that showed him sitting next to Jesus in the courtroom.<\/p>\n

Trump draws strong support from the Christian Evangelical community<\/a> and he meets regularly with religious advisors, who have repeatedly cast him in biblical terms<\/p>\n

Over Easter lunch at the White House, Paula White-Cain, a televangelist who has served as his spiritual advisor, made one of those references.<\/p>\n

“You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It’s a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us,” White-Cain said in reference to Jesus’ story and how it related to Trump.<\/p>\n

Trump doubles down on\u00a0pope comments<\/h2>\n

But unlike Evangelicals, Trump\u00a0has not been on good terms with the Catholic Church, which has clashed with the White House over policies such as immigration<\/a> and the current war in Iran.<\/p>\n

During his MacDonald’s delivery appearance, Trump also spoke about his current feud with the Pope Leo XIV<\/a>, the first US-born head of the Roman Catholic Church, who has criticized the Iran war.<\/p>\n

“There’s nothing to apologize for. He’s wrong,” Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n

“Pope Leo said things that are wrong. He was very much against what\u00a0I’m\u00a0doing\u00a0with\u00a0regard to\u00a0Iran, and you cannot have a nuclear Iran,” said Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u00a0added\u00a0that Leo was “very weak on crime and other things.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edited by: Darko Janjevic<\/em><\/p>\n

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Can Pope Leo move President Trump on the Iran war?<\/h2>\n

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US President Donald Trump<\/a> on Monday deleted his own social media post where he portrayed himself as a Jesus-like figure.<\/p>\n

The AI-generated image, which was posted on his Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0platform late on Sunday night, showed Trump dressed in a flowing\u00a0white and red robe, putting his hands on a sick man in a way typically associated with faith healing in America.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The image drew\u00a0rare rebuke on social media from his most religious\u00a0followers.<\/p>\n

He was shown with light in both hands, including the hand hovering over the man’s head. The Statue of Liberty, a large US flag<\/a>, fireworks, a fighter jet, a person with hands clasped praying and bald eagles could all be seen in the background. Figures reminiscent of holy warriors are floating in the clouds above Trump’s head.<\/p>\n

Trump: ‘I thought it was me as a doctor’<\/h2>\n

Trump deleted the photo on Monday, and when asked by reporters about it, he denied posing as Jesus and blamed the media for insinuating it.<\/p>\n

“I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better. And I do make people better. I make people a lot better,” he added.<\/p>\n

Notably, Trump provided his explanation while talking to reporters at the White House\u00a0after receiving a food order from McDonald’s. A\u00a0DoorDash delivery service employee had brought the food to\u00a0the presidential residence and also interracted with the media at the press event.<\/p>\n

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US evangelicals and abortion<\/h2>\n

Evangelicals are strong supporters of\u00a0Trump<\/h2>\n

It was not the first time Trump has used religious images in his posts. During his 2023 bank fraud trial, the president posted a sketch from a supporter that showed him sitting next to Jesus in the courtroom.<\/p>\n

Trump draws strong support from the Christian Evangelical community<\/a> and he meets regularly with religious advisors, who have repeatedly cast him in biblical terms<\/p>\n

Over Easter lunch at the White House, Paula White-Cain, a televangelist who has served as his spiritual advisor, made one of those references.<\/p>\n

“You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It’s a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us,” White-Cain said in reference to Jesus’ story and how it related to Trump.<\/p>\n

Trump doubles down on\u00a0pope comments<\/h2>\n

But unlike Evangelicals, Trump\u00a0has not been on good terms with the Catholic Church, which has clashed with the White House over policies such as immigration<\/a> and the current war in Iran.<\/p>\n

During his MacDonald’s delivery appearance, Trump also spoke about his current feud with the Pope Leo XIV<\/a>, the first US-born head of the Roman Catholic Church, who has criticized the Iran war.<\/p>\n

“There’s nothing to apologize for. He’s wrong,” Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n

“Pope Leo said things that are wrong. He was very much against what\u00a0I’m\u00a0doing\u00a0with\u00a0regard to\u00a0Iran, and you cannot have a nuclear Iran,” said Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u00a0added\u00a0that Leo was “very weak on crime and other things.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edited by: Darko Janjevic<\/em><\/p>\n

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Can Pope Leo move President Trump on the Iran war?<\/h2>\n

US President Donald Trump<\/a> on Monday deleted his own social media post where he portrayed himself as a Jesus-like figure.<\/p>\n

The AI-generated image, which was posted on his Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0platform late on Sunday night, showed Trump dressed in a flowing\u00a0white and red robe, putting his hands on a sick man in a way typically associated with faith healing in America.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The image drew\u00a0rare rebuke on social media from his most religious\u00a0followers.<\/p>\n

He was shown with light in both hands, including the hand hovering over the man’s head. The Statue of Liberty, a large US flag<\/a>, fireworks, a fighter jet, a person with hands clasped praying and bald eagles could all be seen in the background. Figures reminiscent of holy warriors are floating in the clouds above Trump’s head.<\/p>\n

Trump deleted the photo on Monday, and when asked by reporters about it, he denied posing as Jesus and blamed the media for insinuating it.<\/p>\n

“I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better. And I do make people better. I make people a lot better,” he added.<\/p>\n

Notably, Trump provided his explanation while talking to reporters at the White House\u00a0after receiving a food order from McDonald’s. A\u00a0DoorDash delivery service employee had brought the food to\u00a0the presidential residence and also interracted with the media at the press event.<\/p>\n

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p>\n

It was not the first time Trump has used religious images in his posts. During his 2023 bank fraud trial, the president posted a sketch from a supporter that showed him sitting next to Jesus in the courtroom.<\/p>\n

Trump draws strong support from the Christian Evangelical community<\/a> and he meets regularly with religious advisors, who have repeatedly cast him in biblical terms<\/p>\n

Over Easter lunch at the White House, Paula White-Cain, a televangelist who has served as his spiritual advisor, made one of those references.<\/p>\n

“You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It’s a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us,” White-Cain said in reference to Jesus’ story and how it related to Trump.<\/p>\n

But unlike Evangelicals, Trump\u00a0has not been on good terms with the Catholic Church, which has clashed with the White House over policies such as immigration<\/a> and the current war in Iran.<\/p>\n

During his MacDonald’s delivery appearance, Trump also spoke about his current feud with the Pope Leo XIV<\/a>, the first US-born head of the Roman Catholic Church, who has criticized the Iran war.<\/p>\n

“There’s nothing to apologize for. He’s wrong,” Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n

“Pope Leo said things that are wrong. He was very much against what\u00a0I’m\u00a0doing\u00a0with\u00a0regard to\u00a0Iran, and you cannot have a nuclear Iran,” said Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u00a0added\u00a0that Leo was “very weak on crime and other things.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edited by: Darko Janjevic<\/em><\/p>\n

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p>\n

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