Swift backlash from loyalists and adversaries after Trump depicts himself as Christ

Swift backlash from loyalists and adversaries after Trump depicts himself as Christ Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 04/13/2026 - 19:21 The US president said he meant to show himself as a doctor 'making people better' A composite image shows US President Donald Trump alongside the AI-generated picture he posted on his Truth Social platform, depicting himself as Jesus Christ, after criticizing Pope Leo XIV (Mandel Ngan/AFP) Off The US president's feud with the first American pope appears to have led Donald Trump to declare himself to be Jesus Christ, in an AI-generated image on Sunday, which drew so much backlash that he deleted it by Monday. "I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with the Red Cross," Trump later told reporters at the White House. "It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better.