Jesus Christ, it’s Donald!

According to an article posted on theCBS News website on April 13,

President Trump on Monday defended his decision to post an AI-generated image appearing to depict him in the likeness of Jesus, insisting the image shows him as a “doctor.”

The post on Sunday night sparked intense backlash, even from some of the president’s most vocal supporters, and the image was deleted from the president’s Truth Social account by Monday morning.

“I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor,” the president told reporters in an impromptu press conference outside the Oval Office. “And it had to do with Red Cross. There’s a Red Cross worker there, which we support. And only the fake news could come up with that one.”

He continued: “So I — I just heard about it. And I said, ‘How did they come up with that?’ It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better, and I do make people better.”

The image, a slightly altered version of one posted months ago by right-wing influencer Nick Adams, shows the president in a white robe and red sash with a ball of light in one hand and the other hand extended in healing. The president’s post was interpreted as sacrilegious even by those who usually support him.

Asked why took down the photo, Mr. Trump told CBS News senior correspondent Norah O’Donnell, “Normally I don’t like doing that, but I didn’t want to have anybody be confused. People were confused.”

I found a copy of the actual image online yesterday and decided to post it here to remind myself that this actually happened (and seemed normal, or at least not unusual).