{"id":532681,"date":"2026-04-15T18:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/532681\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:39:12","slug":"trump-shares-ai-image-of-jesus-hugging-him-days-after-backlash-over-similar-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/532681\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump shares AI image of Jesus hugging him days after backlash over similar post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/130287517.jpg\" title=\"Trump Shares New 'Jesus' Image Just Days After AI Post Sparks Backlash \" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" alt=\"Trump Shares New 'Jesus' Image Just Days After AI Post Sparks Backlash \" class=\"undefined\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image: TruthSocial@\/realDonaldTrump<\/p>\n<p> US president Donald Trump on Wednesday shared an AI-generated image depicting Jesus hugging him, days after facing backlash for posting a similar image portraying himself as Jesus.The image, originally posted on X by a supporter, was reshared by Trump on his Truth Social platform. Along with it, he wrote, \u201cThe Radical Left Lunatics might not like this, but I think it is quite nice!!!\u201d  <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Trump Shares New &#8216;Jesus&#8217; Image Just Days After AI Post Sparks Backlash  Wednesday\u2019s post follows criticism over an earlier AI-generated image the president shared on Sunday, portraying himself as Jesus.The image, posted on Truth Social, showed Trump in flowing robes appearing to heal a sick man, with beams of light emanating from his hands. He was depicted alongside patriotic imagery, including a waving US flag, the Statue of Liberty and eagles overhead.The post drew swift backlash, with some far-right Christian figures accusing the president of blasphemy, while liberal critics denounced what they described as \u201cegomaniacal behavior.\u201dBy Monday morning, the image had been removed from Trump\u2019s Truth Social feed.Trump later explained the reasons behind him posting the image.\u201cI did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and it had to do with the Red Cross,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cit\u2019s supposed to me as a doctor, making people better. And I do make people better. A lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Should public figures be held accountable for their social media posts?<\/p>\n<p> He dismissed the criticism as \u201cfake news,\u201d even as the post triggered backlash from a broad spectrum of commentators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: TruthSocial@\/realDonaldTrump US president Donald Trump on Wednesday shared an AI-generated image depicting Jesus hugging him, days after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,184308,733,4308,184309,184306,184310,184314,184312,184315,86,184311,184313,184307,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-532681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ai-generated-image-backlash","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-artificialintelligence","12":"tag-blasphemy-accusations-trump","13":"tag-donald-trump-jesus-ai-image","14":"tag-far-right-christian-criticism","15":"tag-liberal-critics-trump","16":"tag-patriotic-imagery-trump","17":"tag-red-cross-reference-trump","18":"tag-technology","19":"tag-trump-heals-sick-man-image","20":"tag-trump-response-to-backlash","21":"tag-trump-truth-social-post","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}