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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
(1,827 posts)And is tied to this. Democrats need to make it very clear.
B.See
(8,568 posts)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
(19,489 posts)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
(8,268 posts)COL MUSTARD
2naSalit
(103,132 posts)It kind of look like nutlick.
displacedvermoter
(4,662 posts)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
(424 posts)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
(1,032 posts)Even Ben Stien must be spinning in his grave.
Party of Lincoln.
Grokenstein
(6,369 posts)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 Gods temple, proclaiming himself to be God. -- 2 Thessalonians, 2:3-10
BidenRocks
(3,325 posts)BLASPHEMY!!
They are indeed a cult!
calimary
(90,243 posts)What trump is doing now sure sounds like blasphemy to me.
B.See
(8,568 posts)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
(15,625 posts)And a thunderbolt didnt immediately strike down this child raping charlatan?
IcyPeas
(25,558 posts)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(136,102 posts)He sucked the last remaining bit of life out of the guy.
Grim Chieftain
(1,826 posts)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
(42,487 posts)BradBo
(1,027 posts)Betty Boom
(450 posts)How much further are we going to allow our government to descend into madness? This is absurd.
NBachers
(19,465 posts)
NJCher
(43,260 posts)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
(53,242 posts)NBachers
(19,465 posts)eShirl
(20,304 posts)usedtobedemgurl
(2,055 posts)Some sort of Richard Nixon monster figure?
displacedvermoter
(4,662 posts)Night of the Demon! Look it up, scary movie!
NickB79
(20,375 posts)blue-wave
(5,311 posts)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
(20,304 posts)NBachers
(19,465 posts)NJCher
(43,260 posts)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 wasnt 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 wasnt in the White House, Leo wouldnt 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
(25,659 posts)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
(53,242 posts)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
(44,520 posts)Oh, fuck. Its real.
malaise
(296,648 posts)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
(1,790 posts)Chasstev365
(7,892 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,028 posts)Otherwise, isn't that depiction considered blasphemy?
eShirl
(20,304 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,028 posts)Botany
(77,477 posts)Time for the 25th amendment. He is nutz.
Ars Longa
(539 posts)they're not gonna get healed!! ??
Goonch
(5,209 posts)
onethatcares
(17,000 posts)not being able to use a green PGA jacket/
Crunchy Frog
(28,285 posts)Delarage
(2,607 posts)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
(180,380 posts)The presidents 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 Trumpâs offensive against the pope as predictable â this is just what he does â but compare how he lashed out at Pope Francis in 2016 to how he targeted Pope Leo XIV yesterday.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-13T12:03:12.331Z
And then add in the mind-numbing American Jesus image.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/after-picking-an-ugly-fight-with-pope-trump-promotes-image-panned-as-blasphemous
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 doesnt! 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. Its hurting him very badly and, more importantly, its 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 dont think hes 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?
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-04-13T01:33:12.402Z
Trump: I donât think heâs doing a very good job. He likes crime I guess. We donât like a pope who says itâs ok to have a nuclear weapon. We donât want a pope that says crime is ok. I am not a fan of Pope Leo.
.....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 churchs 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 Republicans 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 thats so self-evidently deranged that merely seeing it should lead to fury and disgust, The New York Times David French wrote in response. Im concerned, however, that some evangelicals are so influenced by Trump that they wont unite with their Catholic brothers and sisters in response to Trumps blasphemy and intolerable attacks on the pope, but will instead turn against them.
trump is truly crazy.