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Trump, the Pope, and AI Jesus Walk Into a Room…
What’s going on: This may sound like a sacrilegious joke, but it’s actually a whole thing… Over the weekend, President Donald Trump got into a war of words with none other than Pope Leo XIV. It all started when the head of the Catholic Church called the Iran War “unjust.” The comment clearly struck a nerve with Trump. He described the American pope as “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy,” while criticizing his stance on nuclear weapons. (Does it surprise anyone that the pope is anti-nukes?) Leo, who reiterated his message of peace, invoked the Gospel and turned the other cheek. Things only escalated on Sunday night when the president posted an AI-generated image of himself as… Jesus. Mic drop? Not exactly. The internet went Old Testament on Trump, who eventually deleted the image and offered an explanation that only raised more questions.
They say the Lord works in mysterious ways: Trump has long enjoyed the support of conservative Christians. (Who can forget this prayer event at the Oval Office?) But the president as AI Jesus appears to have crossed a line with his base. The backlash also highlights growing friction among his supporters, many of whom are already unhappy with inflation and US foreign policy. And while Trump’s other AI images have stirred controversy, this one is being called “blasphemy.” Even Iran’s president weighed in. As for Pope Leo XIV? He doubled down on his anti-war stance and said, “I’m not afraid of the Trump administration.”
