Obviously uncowed, President Donald Trump followed the furious backlash to the AI-generated Jesus image of himself with another post — this time of Jesus embracing Trump.
An X user first shared the image with the statement, “I was never a very religious man … but doesn’t it seem, with all these satanic, demonic, child sacrificing monsters being exposed … that God might be playing his Trump card!”
Trump reposted the image Wednesday and wrote, “The Radical Left Lunatics might not like this, but I think it is quite nice!!!”
Unlike his previous post, the reaction to Trump’s second Jesus meme barely elicited a ripple of response.
The earlier post was an entirely different story, shocking even Trump’s most stalwart supporters.
Brilyn Hollyhand, former co-chair of the Republican National Committee Youth Advisory Council, criticized the image on X.
“This is gross blasphemy. Faith is not a prop,” he wrote. “You don’t need to portray yourself as a savior when your record should speak for itself.”
Riley Gaines, a former college swimmer and vocal opponent of the inclusion of transgender women in women’s sports, also expressed her shock.
“Does he actually think this?” she wrote. “Either way, two things are true. 1) a little humility would serve him well; 2) God shall not be mocked.”
When asked about this in a Fox News interview, Vice President J.D. Vance downplayed the whole fracas, dismissing it as a joke.
Trump himself pushed back on the criticism, saying that he thought the intention behind the image was to make him appear as a doctor.
“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better,” he explained to reporters at the White House.
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