Donald Trump on Monday defended an AI-generated image that depicts him as Jesus Christ outside the White House, blaming 'fake news' for the backlash and insisting he had only meant to appear as a doctor 'healing' the country and 'making people better'.
The news came after a chaotic Sunday night online, when the president launched into a stream of social media posts attacking Pope Leo XIV as 'weak' and accused the pontiff of 'hurting the Catholic Church'. In the middle of that tirade, Trump shared the controversial AI image of himself styled unmistakably in the visual language of Jesus: white and red robes, radiant golden light, glowing hands and a crowd gathered around him as he appears to heal a man.
