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Trump's Truth Social account deletes image depicting him as Jesus figure

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · · 379 words · By Dan Mangan
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President Donald Trump's Truth Social account has removed an image showing Trump appearing like Jesus Christ as of late Monday morning after it was met with backlash.

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Topics 2

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What happened

President Donald Trump's Truth Social account has removed an image showing Trump appearing like Jesus Christ as of late Monday morning after it was met with backlash.

Why it matters

Trump's account on Sunday night had posted the image, which appears to have been generated with artificial intelligence, after the president lambasted Pope Leo XIV for criticizing U.S.

Common ground

The image depicted Trump, wearing a white robe, laying his right hand on a man who appeared sick or dying, with a bright light emanating from the president's left hand, and the American flag, eagles and military planes flying behind him.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-truth-social-pope-leo.html

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The image depicted Trump, wearing a white robe, laying his right hand on a man who appeared sick or dying, with a bright light emanating from the president's left hand, and the American flag, eagles and military planes flying behind him.”
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Three web sources describe the image's content as a Christ-like pose with national symbols, confirming the claim's details.
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 hours ago ·Shortly after criticizing Pope Leo XIV in a lengthy social media post on Sunday, PresidentTrumpshared an apparently A.I.-generatedimagedepicting him as a Jesus-like figure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/trump-jesus-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — 44 minutes ago ·U.S. President DonaldTrumpposted an AI-generatedimageof himself as a Jesus-like figure on Sunday, drawing widespread criticism even from some religious conservatives who typically supp…
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-posts-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2025 ·On Monday, President DonaldTrumpdefended an artificial intelligence (AI)-generatedimageof himself dressed as the pope that was shared to his Truth Social account last week.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-catholics-loved-a…
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Claim 2: “In May 2025, Trump posted an image showing himself as a Catholic pope after Pope Francis died.”
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No evidence was found in web searches or Wikipedia to support the claim about Trump posting an image as a Catholic pope in May 2025.
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Claim 3: “The image was posted after the president lambasted Pope Leo XIV for criticizing U.S. military actions against Iran and Venezuela.”
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No direct evidence links the image's posting to Trump's criticism of Pope Leo XIV. Wikipedia entries only provide context about Pope Leo XIV, not the timeline of the image's posting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 21 April 2025 (Easter Monday), at 07:35 CEST (UTC+2), Pope Francis died at the age of 88 at Domus Sanctae Marthae in Vatican City. His death was announced by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Camerlengo,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_Fran…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost) comes from an American family of French, Italian, Spanish and Louisiana Creole descent. The surname "Prevost" (originally "Prévost") is from an Italian/Frenc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Pope_Leo_XIV
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, pronounced PREE-vohst, September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. He is the first pope to have been born in the U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIV
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Claim 4: “The image was one of several in a series posted to Trump's Truth Social account Sunday night.”
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No evidence was found in web searches or Wikipedia to support the claim about the image being part of a series.
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Claim 5: “The image was generated with artificial intelligence.”
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One web source explicitly states the image was AI-generated, but no other sources independently confirm this detail.
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web search NEUTRAL — Photo abouttheimagewascreatedusingartificialintelligenceAI generated.Imageof pepperoni, meat, product - 311589437.
https://www.dreamstime.com/image-was-created-using-artificia…
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web search NEUTRAL — People likeimagescreatedbyartificialintelligence(AI), especially when they believetheimageswerecreatedby humans. Thisisshown by Simone Grassini and Mika Koivisto in a new study published in Scientific…
https://www.sciencenorway.no/art-artificial-intelligence/peo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fotor’simage-to-imagegeneratorisalso available.Usea generatedimageor upload your own, then select a style or type in negative text prompts, adjust similarity settings, andcreatevarious outputs like pr…
https://www.fotor.com/ai-image-generator/
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Claim 6: “The New York State Catholic Conference criticized Trump's image of himself as a Catholic pope.”
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No evidence was found in web searches or Wikipedia to support the claim about the New York State Catholic Conference criticizing the image.
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Claim 7: “President Donald Trump's Truth Social account has removed an image showing Trump appearing like Jesus Christ as of late Monday morning after it was met with backlash.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm the removal of the image depicting Trump as Jesus Christ due to backlash. The claim is supported by three distinct news articles.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A ceasefire between Iran and Israel took effect on 24 June 2025, ending the Twelve-Day War. It was mediated by the United States and Qatar. On the evening of 23 June, U.S. president Donald Trump state…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War_ceasefire
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Claim 8: “The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC when asked for comment about the post being deleted.”
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Wikipedia entries cited are unrelated to the White House's response to CNBC. No direct evidence confirms or denies the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Harold Giuliani (born January 30, 1986) is an American politician, political commentator, and former professional golfer. He is the son of former mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani. Andrew wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Giuliani
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Conan (born 2013 or 2014 – died November 2023) was a special operations military working dog in the United States 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force). He was a male Belgian Malinois and was named after late-nigh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_(military_dog)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hope Charlotte Hicks (born October 21, 1988) is an American public relations executive and political advisor best known for her roles in the first Trump administration. She served as White House commu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Hicks
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