The AI-generated image posted by Trump.A British cardinal who helped to elect Pope Leo XIV has hit out at Donald Trump for depicting himself as Jesus Christ.
The US president posted an AI-generated image of himself on his Truth Social account which appeared to show him healing a sick man by laying his hand upon him.
He has since deleted the image following an furious backlash, and bizarrely claimed he had thought it showed him as a doctor.
Confusingly, vice-president JD Vance has since insisted Trump’s post was just a “joke”.
The row came after the president launched an outspoken attack on the Pope, who he accused of being “weak on crime”.
On the BBC’s Newsnight programme on Monday, Cardin...
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