By Enitan Abdultawab
President Donald Trump has generated an AI picture of himself, depicting himself as Saviour Jesus Christ.
In the image, which he shared on his Truth Social app, the US president appears to be performing a healing while wearing a robe.
The image is then surrounded by dazzling light, and surrounded by levitating entities that resemble troops or angels.
The image further has the popular Statue of Liberty and fireworks displayed just across it.
Findings show that Trump’s image takes a swipe at Pope Leo XVI. The president has labelled the religious leader as “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy” after he (the pope) demanded an end to escalating current international hostilities.
Trump wrote, “He talks about ‘fear’ of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the fear that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian organisations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else for holding church services.
“Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.
“I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a country that was sending massive amounts of drugs into the United States.
“And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History.
“Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise. He wasn’t 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 wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican. Unfortunately, Leo’s Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons, does not sit well with me”, he concluded.
Pope pushes back
Pope Leo XIV has responded to critiques of US President Donald Trump’s position on international wars.
Speaking to reporters on the papal jet en route to Algeria, Pope Leo stated that the American leader’s administration does not fear him and that he will continue to speak out when needed.
“I have no fear of your administration or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the Church is here to do,” the pontiff said.
“We are not politicians. We don’t deal with foreign policy with the same perspective you might understand it, but I do believe in the message of the Gospel, as a peacemaker.”
The pope has been an outspoken opponent of the war in Iran, calling it unfair and cautioning against what he described as a “delusion of omnipotence” fueling international strife.
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