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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: President Donald Trump has ignited controversy once again by sharing an AI-generated image of himself being embraced by Jesus Christ on Truth Social.
- 0:26[SPEAKER_00]: A post made on April 15 followed criticism of another religious themed image he had deleted day's prior.
- 0:33[SPEAKER_00]: In the post, Trump commented, the radical left lunatics might not like this, but I think it is quite nice.
- 0:38[SPEAKER_00]: The image depicts Trump, with his eyes, closed as Jesus wraps his arms around him against a backdrop of the American flag.
- 0:44[SPEAKER_00]: The original message stated I was never a very religious man, but doesn't it seem with all these satanic, demonic, child-sacrificing monsters being exposed?
- 0:53[SPEAKER_00]: That God might be playing his Trump card.
- 0:55[SPEAKER_00]: The online reaction was swift, with critics expressing outrage.
- 0:59[SPEAKER_00]: One user remarked, Trump is posting fresh blasphemies this morning, while another suggested someone should take away his iPhone.
- 1:05[SPEAKER_00]: Concerns arose about whether the post would alienate his support base, with comments such as, is he trying to pee off his base?
- 1:12[SPEAKER_00]: This backlash follows an earlier AI-generated image, shared by Trump that depicted him as a Jesus-like figure, healing a sick person.
- 1:19[SPEAKER_00]: After deleting that post, Trump claimed that critics misunderstood his intent, saying, I thought it was me as a doctor.
- 1:26[SPEAKER_00]: It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better.
- 1:30[SPEAKER_00]: How Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed he advised Trump to remove the previous image, stating, I talked to the president about it as soon as I saw it and told him that I don't think it was being received in the same way he intended it.
- 1:41[SPEAKER_00]: He agreed and he pulled it down.
- 1:43[SPEAKER_00]: The controversy has also seen criticism from conservative commentator Mejian Kelly, who described Trump's actions as blasphemous, on her serious ex-em show.
- 1:51[SPEAKER_00]: it is obviously him purporting to be God.
- 1:54[SPEAKER_00]: That is what he's doing.
- 1:55[SPEAKER_00]: And it is blasphemous by any definition of the word.
- 1:58[SPEAKER_01]: Kelly said, addressing concerns over Trump's ongoing tensions with religious figures and the implications of his provocative statements.