Trump, 79, Posts Himself as Christ After Bonkers Pope Attack

[Celerity]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-himself-as-christ-after-bonkers-pope-attack/

https://archive.ph/vYfQE



President Donald Trump followed a bizarre rant against Pope Leo XIV with an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus Christ.

The image, posted to Truth Social late Sunday night, depicts Trump as Christ, laying his hand on a patient in a hospital bed, seemingly healing him.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116394884725149647



He is surrounded by other figures, including a nurse, a soldier, and a praying woman. Also present in the image is the U.S. flag, several bald eagles, the Statue of Liberty, and the Lincoln Memorial.

The 79-year-old posted the image less than an hour after his attack on the pope, who he condemned as “weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy.”

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[fujiyamasan]

1. Every republican is responsible for this

And is tied to this. Democrats need to make it very clear.

[B.See]

6. Every republican who voted for and/or supports this psychopath, and

every non-republican who either voted FOR him or failed to vote AGAINST him.

Hard fought and hard won ideas like freedom, equality, liberty, inclusion and opportunity - the right to vote - DEMOCRACY, hope, and even peace of mind .... these things aren't a given. They aren't guaranteed or etched in stone.

They must forever be striven for... protected, guarded, and defended.

Evil never sleeps.

[RockRaven]

2. A lot of people are saying that patient is Epstein. Many people think so.

I don't know if it is or if it isn't Epstein. But everyone is talking about it being Epstein. People want to know if it is Epstein. Many, many people are saying it is Epstein. I think maybe somebody should look into that.

Etc.

[COL Mustard]

7. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

COL MUSTARD

[2naSalit]

31. To me...

It kind of look like nutlick.

[displacedvermoter]

42. I have seen on the Internet it is Epstein, and if

we are discussing it here on DU, you know many people are also talking about it. I agree they should talk about on Meet the Press, as many, many people want to know if this is or is not Epstein.

[gypsy11]

45. Looks like Epstein to me

People should be talking about why donald (with a small d) is projecting an image of himself as Jesus Christ trying to resurrect his good buddy Epstein. That should be the big question of the day.

[SalamanderSleeps]

3. Thune, Thune, ....Thune. Has anyone seen Thune?

Even Ben Stien must be spinning in his grave.

Party of Lincoln.

[Grokenstein]

4. I know piggy's envisioned himself as the Persecuted Savior

but I still had to make sure this wasn't TheOnion.

I've been joking for years that DT is the real-life Damien Thorn. Days like today make me wonder...

Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. -- 2 Thessalonians, 2:3-10

[BidenRocks]

5. Where are the cries of

BLASPHEMY!!
They are indeed a cult!

[calimary]

8. I entered one in another thread.

What trump is doing now sure sounds like blasphemy to me.

[B.See]

10. Not surprised. Neither Trump nor Vance

are actually Christians anyway. God, Christ, the Church, religion in general. All a PROP to them. Something to be USED to their advantage.

Just like that American flag he hugs, his bullshit salute to the service members he thinks are "suckers and losers" and that "American first" con job by which he and his cronies have lined their pockets with gold.

And his MAGA so-called "Christians" are fine with it all because they too are full of hate.

[Aviation Pro]

9. Are you fucking kidding me?

And a thunderbolt didn’t immediately strike down this child raping charlatan?

[IcyPeas]

11. WWJD?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Yeah but instead of healing the sick

He sucked the last remaining bit of life out of the guy.

[Grim Chieftain]

13. Every single day he proves he's insane

and not one thing is done about it. His massive ego knows no bounds and continues to steer his delusions.

This has to stop, Now!

[Emile]

14. Blasphemy

[BradBo]

15. Trumps losing it in real time.

[Betty Boom]

16. 25th Amendment NOW

How much further are we going to allow our government to descend into madness? This is absurd.

[NBachers]

17. What in the hell is this thiiing?

[NJCher]

21. That's a new character

Combine an AI hallucination with the hallucinations of a senile, demented “president“, and you get a combination of Lady Liberty in a space suit with three arms.

And oh, by the way, as a gardener, I can tell you that what the figure is carrying is a raised bed corner block with a candle in it.

[jmowreader]

22. I think it's Cthulhu

[NBachers]

29. Rushing through the open gates to reclaim their world and commit unspeakable atrocities upon us all.

[jmowreader]

49. And then seeing Trump and realizing he's small time compared to that

[eShirl]

36. The Beast 666? The Whore of Babylon?

[usedtobedemgurl]

39. Do you see the two raised arms and each one doing a peace sign?

Some sort of Richard Nixon monster figure?

[displacedvermoter]

43. Looks like demon from the classic horror film

Night of the Demon! Look it up, scary movie!

[NickB79]

44. Statue of Liberty crossed with a Gundam?

[blue-wave]

18. There is speculation online that

the sick man he's touching is supposed to be Epstein. I have to admit there is a resemblance. Some have done an ear comparison to Epstein's ear (ears are like fingerprints, they are unique to each individual in size, shape and contour) and they look very similar if not identical. How's that for strange? They figure that AI could have been used to produce the close to identical images.

[eShirl]

37. looks more like Billy Bob Thornton to me

[NBachers]

46. Well that would introduce a whole 'nother layer of WTF, wouldn't it?

[NJCher]

19. This is great. I love it!

Did you notice in the pic that he gave himself a decent-sized hand? 🤚

Gotta’ have a regulation-sized hand to do all that blessing!

Then he takes credit for Pope Leo getting his “job.”

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Leo should be thankful,” Trump wrote, claiming that “he wasn’t on any list to be
Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump.”
“If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican,” he continued.
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Nobody, repeat, nobody is doing a better job of firing himself than Trump himself.

[0rganism]

20. I'm sure there are plenty of volunteers to escort F47 to his personal Golgotha

That F*r's due for one helluva scourging, too.

I'd like to think this is a desperation play, as it will only attract support from the very stupidest and most senile of his base. However, that has proven to be a... shall we say... "heavy" subset of his base, including his primary audience of one, so it might actually count as effective communication.

[jmowreader]

23. Looks like a Jon McNaughton Special to me

So let me ask, and be honest with your answer: since Jesus wasn't born in the US and Trump is now Jesus, does this mean the 2016 and 2024 elections are null and void because he's not a natural-born citizen of the United States?

[Tommy Carcetti]

24. Looks like someone here at DU got fooled by a fak--

Oh, fuck. It’s real.

[malaise]

25. I turned on Morning Joe to see how they cover the

Orban loss - they opened with his attack on the pope and are discussing this madness.
He is stark raving mad.
Nice attempt at diversion from the Hungary licks.

[QueerDuck]

26. He believes the lies of his ass-kissers...

[Chasstev365]

27. Franklin Graham: How would your father have reacted to this blasphemy?

[no_hypocrisy]

28. Ha! Trump doing Reiki.

Otherwise, isn't that depiction considered blasphemy?

[eShirl]

38. naw, he's siphoning life energy from his victim

[no_hypocrisy]

41. I like the way you roll!

[Botany]

30. Lot of white people around Jesus Trump in that A.I. slop

Time for the 25th amendment. He is nutz.

[Ars Longa]

32. No dark-skinned folks--I guess

they're not gonna get healed!! ??

[Goonch]

33. ;-{).....

[onethatcares]

34. it must really piss him off

not being able to use a green PGA jacket/

[Crunchy Frog]

35. Cheeto Christ, by Randy Rainbow. Still relevant.

?si=f7Lk-2n9uZ34gWEG

[Delarage]

40. I think

He's holding a handful of shining gold in his left hand and applied some to Epstein (eg, spent some money) to make him die, as depicted in this picture. With all the "real Americans" (white people) watching on approvingly. And if they don't approve, that weird transformer thing in the background and the paramilitary forces surrounding it will come get them. And do nurses still wear hats like that? I thought it was Jackie Kennedy at first. And Rob Reiner in the back with the hat on.

Either that or I drank too much this morning.......

[LetMyPeopleVote]

47. MaddowBlog-After picking an ugly fight with pope, Trump promotes image panned as 'blasphemy'

The president’s offensive against the pope, followed by the image presenting himself as some kind of American Jesus, represented quite the one-two punch.

I get that many will find Trump’s offensive against the pope as predictable — this is just what he does — but compare how he lashed out at Pope Francis in 2016 to how he targeted Pope Leo XIV yesterday.

And then add in the mind-numbing American Jesus image.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-13T12:03:12.331Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/after-picking-an-ugly-fight-with-pope-trump-promotes-image-panned-as-blasphemous

A decade later, as president, the Republican decided to go even further in an offensive against Francis’ successor, Pope Leo XIV.

In a 330-word tirade published on Sunday night to his social media platform, Trump wrote, among other things:

Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. … I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! … Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church!

.....Soon after, during a brief Q&A with reporters, Trump was asked why he “attacked” the pope. Instead of challenging the premise, the Republican replied, “I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. He likes crime, I guess. … I am not a fan of Pope Leo.”

Reporter: Why did you attack Pope Leo?

Trump: I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. He likes crime I guess. We don’t like a pope who says it’s ok to have a nuclear weapon. We don’t want a pope that says crime is ok. I am not a fan of Pope Leo.

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-04-13T01:33:12.402Z

.....To be sure, none of this was too surprising. Leo, for example, recently chastised those who invoke God as supportive of military might, saying in a homily on Palm Sunday, “Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”...

The question was less about whether Team Trump, which has spent months clashing with the faith community, would go after the Catholic leader, and more about how. We now have an answer.

On Monday morning, aboard the papal plane en route to Algeria, the church’s first-ever American pope told The Associated Press, “I have no fear of the Trump administration.”....

For good measure, this back-and-forth was not the Republican’s only message related to religion.

And Trump posted an image of himself as some sort of American Jesus healing people.

— Brian Kaylor (@briankaylor.bsky.social) 2026-04-13T02:02:10.235Z

On Sunday night, Trump apparently thought it would also be a good idea to promote an image that appeared to present him as some kind of American Jesus.

“There is behavior that’s so self-evidently deranged that merely seeing it should lead to fury and disgust,” The New York Times’ David French wrote in response. “I’m concerned, however, that some evangelicals are so influenced by Trump that they won’t unite with their Catholic brothers and sisters in response to Trump’s blasphemy and intolerable attacks on the pope, but will instead turn against them.”

trump is truly crazy.

[bif]

48. Dupe

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221169778