{"id":603926,"date":"2026-04-13T10:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603926\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:56:11","slug":"trump-says-us-to-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-after-peace-talks-failed-over-irans-nuclear-ambitions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603926\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US to \u2018blockade\u2019 Strait of Hormuz after peace talks failed over Iran\u2019s \u2018nuclear ambitions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minutes after posting his rant about Pope Leo being \u201cweak on crime\u201d and \u201cterrible for foreign policy\u201d, Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ healing the sick \u2013 overlooked by an American flag, fighter jets and a bald eagle.<\/p>\n<p>It was typical of the AI slop that is regularly amplified by the president\u2019s social media account. But it was a good reminder, if one was needed, that this is a president and an administration that is happy to take the lord\u2019s name \u2013 and image \u2013 in vain, while portraying themselves as men of God.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The AI-generated image posted by Donald Trump showing himself as a messianic figure.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/556c96275e5bb7bfab2d3e903e988a6b416729ff.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>The AI-generated image posted by Donald Trump showing himself as a messianic figure.Truth Social \/ @realdonaldtrump<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Trump malign Leo as a wannabe politician who should \u201cget his act together\u201d and focus on his job, but he claimed Leo was selected as pope not because of any personal attributes, divine insights or leadership qualities, but because the Vatican thought he might get on better with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t 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,\u201d the president asserted on Truth Social. \u201cIf I wasn\u2019t in the White House, Leo wouldn\u2019t be in the Vatican.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minutes after posting his rant about Pope Leo being \u201cweak on crime\u201d and \u201cterrible for foreign policy\u201d, Donald&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-603926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}