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Published 18:38 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Donald Trump has posted yet another AI-generated image of Jesus Christ to Truth Social - just days after being forced to delete the last one after even his own supporters called it 'blasphemous'.
The new image, shared on Wednesday morning, shows Jesus with his arm around the president in a tender embrace, their heads leaning together with eyes closed, in front of an American flag and a celestial glow.
"The Radical Left Lunatics might not like this, but I think it is quite nice!!!" Trump wrote alongside the post.
If you thought the backlash from Sunday's image might have given him pause, it appears you'd be wrong.
The picture was a screenshot of a post originally shared on X by the account @Dkelly4congress, which featured the AI-generated image of Jesus embracing Trump along with the caption: "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!"
The language appears to reference the conspiracy theory at the centre of the QAnon movement, which claims Trump is secretly battling a global network of child traffickers.
Trump reposted the image to his Truth Social account with his own caption mocking what he called 'radical left lunatics' - framing the backlash to the original post as a left-wing issue, rather than the bipartisan outcry it actually was.
The new post comes just three days after Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus Christ healing a sick man in a hospital bed, complete with biblical robes, glowing hands, and patriotic imagery.
That image - posted on Orthodox Easter, less than an hour after he attacked Pope Leo XIV on Truth Social - prompted fierce criticism from across the political spectrum. But it was the reaction from within Trump's own base that really stung.
Former MAGA congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene called it 'more than blasphemy' and described it as 'an Antichrist spirit'.
Fox News contributor Riley Gaines wrote: "A little humility would serve him well. God shall not be mocked."
Conservative Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham called it 'OUTRAGEOUS blasphemy' and urged Trump to 'ask for forgiveness from the American people and then from God'.
Social media users also flagged demonic-looking horned figures in the background of the image, which had not appeared in the original version posted months earlier by MAGA influencer Nick Adams.
The figures appeared where American soldiers had previously been, suggesting the image had been run through additional AI processing before Trump shared it.
The image was quietly deleted from Truth Social by Monday morning.
When pressed by reporters, Trump offered a now-infamous explanation for the deleted post.
"It wasn't a depiction, I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with [the] red cross as a red cross worker, which we support and only the fake news could come up with that one," he said.
He added: "It's supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better, and I do make people better."
Vice President JD Vance offered a slightly different take on Fox News, telling host Bret Baier: "I think the president was posting a joke.
"He took it down because he recognized that a lot of people weren't understanding his humor in that case."
Trump also told reporters he took the image down because he 'didn't want to have anybody be confused' - though the posting of a second Jesus image just 48 hours later would suggest the confusion hasn't entirely cleared.
At the time of writing, the response to the latest post is still developing.
However, the fact that this image shows Jesus alongside Trump rather than depicting Trump as Jesus may be seen as a slight step back from the original - even if the accompanying caption about 'satanic, demonic, child sacrificing monsters' is unlikely to calm the waters.
The new post also comes in the middle of Trump's ongoing feud with Pope Leo, who said on Monday that he has 'no fear of the Trump administration' and would continue speaking out for peace.
Pope Leo then posted a message on X that many interpreted as a subtle response to both Trump and Vance, writing: "God's heart is not with the wicked, the arrogant, or the proud."
Whether Trump's decision to post another Jesus image so soon after deleting the last one is a calculated provocation, a doubling down after criticism, or simply the president being the president is open to interpretation.
What is clear is that the 79-year-old has no intention of letting this particular controversy die quietly.
