Catholic JD Vance weighs in after Trump removes Truth Social post with image appearing to show himself as Jesus

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 14 April 2026 05:09 EDT


Vice President JD Vance said that a now-deleted post shared by President Trump, in which the commander-in-chief appears to be dressed as Jesus, was a “joke.” ​. Trump shared the widely condemned picture, which shows him clothed in white robes and placing a glowing hand on a sick patient, shortly after blasting Pope Leo XIV on Truth Social.

In a lengthy post, the president claimed that the pope was “WEAK” on crime and tore into the pontiff’s criticism of the U.S.’s war with Iran. ​. Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, told Fox News’ Special Report With Bret Baier on Monday that the president’s post was “a joke.” ​

“And, of course, he took it down because he recognized that a lot of people weren’t understanding his humor in that case,” he said. “I think the president of the United States likes to mix it up on social media.”​. Vance added that it was “good” that Trump is “not filtered.”

“I certainly think that, in some cases, it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality,” Vance said. “To stick to matters of, you know, what’s going on in the Catholic Church and let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/vance-donald-trump-pope-catholic-jesus-b2957112.html

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Time for Confession and then excommunication. He apparently learned nothing (nor cared to) in his "conversion".

The First Commandment -

[Dave Bowman]

1. A joke? You're a sick joke, Shady.

[3Hotdogs]

2. A real "knee slapper, that one was." I would'a posted this earlier but I had to clean coffee spray off'a my screen.

[rampartd]

3. "let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy." vance

i think his job is to "see that the laws are faithfully executed."

"dictating policy?" isrn't here a word for that?

[displacedvermoter]

4. They got all worked up about the Olympics

opening thing with Last Supper theme, right? Hypocrisy is, to me, and always has been, these people's most hateful trait.

[William Seger]

5. "it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality"

There's the problem: He has no idea what that word means.

[Miguelito Loveless]

6. So blasphemy is a joke?

Also, the Vatican should "stick to matters of morality?

Vance says that like morality has nothing to do with him or his job.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. +infinity

He doesn't believe "morality" and living a "moral life" applies to him.

Another FLUNKY.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. JD, what's the punchline there? Explain the joke to me like I'm an elderly man.

Because I am and I just don't get it.
If it was a joke he would have let us in on it instead of saying he was a Red Cross worker then that he was depicted as a doctor.

JD imagines the whole country being as gullible and stupid as MAGA, and it's an insult.

[AverageOldGuy]

9. A "joke."

Jokes sometimes write themselves.

JD Vance (not his real name) should be careful who or what he refers to as a "joke."

[mwmisses4289]

10. jd, fake catholic that you are,

the Pope is the head of the catholic church, not you. Suggest you go back to Catechism, beginning at the kindergarten level. Or better yet, just go away.

[Ray Bruns]

11. I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the pope is "weak on crime"

WTF?

[EYESORE 9001]

12. I think it's casting aspersions upon immigrants

Only way I could see a connection, but hair furor may have meant something different. Who TF knows with this guy?

[Rebl2]

13. When people

are angry with something t. has said or a picture he has posted, all his people come out, including himself, say it was a joke. People are tired of this overused response.

[republianmushroom]

14. Vance has his head up trumps ass and that is not a joke.

[Drum]

15. Cowards, one and all

[GenThePerservering]

16. "It was a joke!!!!"

is the knee-jerk response the GOP runs to when one of their stupid actions blows up in their face. I think that one has lost cred.

[Martin68]

17. No one who has been watching Trump over the last decade could believe this was a joke.

[Bayard]

18. If it was a joke,

The Pope was not amused.

trump and VD are about as Christian as one of my dogs. No--they are much better people than they are.