US EditionTrump’s Wild Excuse for ‘Jesus’ Image
The comedians focused on the image’s Jesus-like pose, a patient that critics said resembled Jeffrey Epstein, and Trump’s claim it showed him as a doctor.
- On Monday, late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, and Colbert mocked President Donald Trump for an AI-generated image he shared and deleted over the weekend depicting him as a Jesus-like figure healing a patient.
- Trump claimed the image portrayed him as a "doctor," though the defense drew immediate ridicule following his recent attacks on Pope Leo XIV, who labeled the president's rhetoric "truly unacceptable."
- Kimmel noted the patient resembled Jeffrey Epstein, while Vice President Vance argued the post was "a joke," prompting Colbert to say the White House "cannot even keep their lies straight."
- Conservative writer Megan Basham called the post "OUTRAGEOUS blasphemy," while critics compared it to historical religious mockery; one Italian religious historian noted not even Hitler or Mussolini attacked the pope so directly.
- As President Trump continues sharing AI-generated imagery, the controversy demonstrates ongoing friction between late-night television and the administration, complicating his relationship with religious voters and institutions.
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