Even MAGA Recoils at Trump Cosplaying as Christ in Deranged Post

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Apr. 13 2026 6:23AM EDT
Published Apr. 13 2026 3:54AM EDT


President Donald Trump is facing pushback from his base for a bizarre post in which he depicted himself as Jesus Christ. The president shared the image to Truth Social shortly after melting down in a lengthy rant aimed at Pope Leo XIV, lashing out at the Chicago-born pontiff for criticizing several of the president’s policies. “Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church!” the 79-year-old wrote.

He posted the AI-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ less than an hour later. In the image, he appears to be healing a man in a hospital bed while surrounded by American imagery like the U.S. flag, bald eagles, and several monuments. The image was not received well by much of the president’s base, including several prominent allies.

Former MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who left Congress in January and has criticized the president for his administration’s handling of the Epstein files and his foreign policy, condemned the image in multiple posts across her two X accounts. “I completely denounce this and I’m praying against it!!!” she wrote on one account, noting that the president had shared the image on Orthodox Easter. “It’s more than blasphemy,” she added on a second account. “It’s an Antichrist spirit.”

Far-right influencer Milo Yiannopoulos also criticized the post, writing, “We tolerated this kind of meme against our better judgment because he promised to save America and only when it was clear he didn’t actually think he was the Messiah.” He went on to blame Paula White, the televangelist who serves as senior adviser to the White House Faith Office, for her influence on the president. “Pray for his soul. Pray for us all,” he added.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-deranged-christ-cosplay-ignites-furious-backlash-from-maga-faithful/

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When you lose Milo Yiannopoulos (and Fuentes and many others), you NOW KNOW where the new bottom has been set.

[sop]

1. Trump has completely lost his mind...

Trump Cosplaying as Christ

[EYESORE 9001]

3. He's raising Jeffrey Epstein from the dead?

[sop]

8. Maybe he wants to resurrect Epstein and have him say "Trump did nothing wrong," like Maxwel.

[durablend]

21. Yeah he wakes up just to say

"TOTALLY EXONERATED!!!!!"

[ms liberty]

10. That, or it's that guy with the teeth from the trivago commercials

[634-5789]

25. YEAH!

What the hell is wrong with denture boy?

[Kid Berwyn]

29. Get in the choppers!

[Blue Owl]

45. He didn't check Mar a Lago?

[William Seger]

31. He's the anti-Christ -- he's suiciding Epstein (nt)

[Wednesdays]

64. Someone on another thread suggested it's Billy Bob Thornton

There is a resemblance, but it would be a stranger choice than Epstein.

[wnylib]

13. Psychotic

[Ray Bruns]

20. You notice the hands are too big.

[William Seger]

26. ... and way too much hair -- can't see his scalp. (nt)

[mwmisses4289]

41. And too skinny!

[Marcuse]

47. Cognitive Dissonance

[Trueblue Texan]

2. This is so far beyond creepy...

If MAGAts don't get it now, they must be braindead.

[Skittles]

57. oh come on

they were already known to be brain-dead

[mpcamb]

73. Gotta say it...I love the phrase "cosplaying" in the headline.

What a slimy filthy piece of work trump is!

[Ray Bruns]

4. I wouldn't worry about it. They will be back kissing his ass in a week.

[orangecrush]

16. Doesn't look like it

Not from where I sit

[Ray Bruns]

22. I said in a week. MAGA's are a little slow.

[Ray Bruns]

5. It's funny that the people who have been warning us about the Antichrist for the past two thousand years

Are the first ones to worship him when he shows up.

[Lovie777]

7. +10...........................

yep.

These same people love to call their opposition demons, anti-christ, abominations.

And all along, magas were worshiping shithole.

[tanyev]

17. EX.ACT.LY.

[Goonch]

6. ;-{).....

[Ray Bruns]

23. The hands are still too big.

[johnnyfins]

9. So he rips into the Pope for speaking out and

Basically asking "What would Jesus do?"

And then posts this stupid AI image.

How very christian of him. Paula White prolly told him that god told her to tell tsf to do it. For a fee, of course.

What a bunch of fucking ghouls.

[agingdem]

11. Trump as Jesus...that's what makes them "recoil"??..

not kidnapping/beating/deporting American citizens...not killing protestors and branding them as terrorists, not
sacrificing our sons and daughters for his unprovoked vanity war, not threatening genocide, not his economy destroying tariffs, not massive job losses, not $5.00 a gallon gas, not the rising cost of healthcare, not his government shutdowns, not firing air traffic controllers, not damaging the CDC, not threatening to defund Social Security/Medicare, not destroying the White House, not slapping his name on our national monuments, not entertaining our enemies, not taking foreign bribes, not adding billions to his personal bottom line, not funding foreign imports while generational farms/ranches go bust...

but sure, a senile degenerate cosplaying Jesus...a bridge too far!!!

[LymphocyteLover]

12. yeah, but still... if they see him as a deranged blasphemer and he loses them, I'll take it

[BumRushDaShow]

14. "Trump as Jesus...that's what makes them "recoil"??.."

They have been speaking out against what you listed since day one.

In fact, a number of them have been outside of ICE facilities every single day protesting along with other clergy, and are getting arrested for blocking the driveways of those facilities. They have been part of lawsuits to force ICE to allow ministerial access to the facilities as most of the Latin American detainees are Catholics.

Those stories are mostly reported in the "local" news and only rarely make it to "national news".

[Mister Ed]

30. The "they" in the OP headline are MAGA folks, rather then conscientious clergy.

I haven't heard of MAGA folks taking such principled stands against ICE. What am I missing?

[BumRushDaShow]

38. Remember that "MAGats" are a diverse group

1.) There are some who are racist fucks who are white supremacist anti-DEI types, who wanted ethnic cleansing of every group not part of theirs (and would accept genocide if they could accomplish that), and that of course focused on all the round ups to the concentration camps and removal from the country.

2.) There are others who are anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+, mostly Catholic (but who profess immigrant rights and have generally been anti-war).

3.) Then there are those who are into CT (including UFOs, etc) and woo like those who have gravitated towards the MAGat "MAHA" movement, and tend to be anti-vax.

4.) And there is yet another group, a suicidal one, that you see that Kegsbreath has evolved from - the so-called "Christian Nationalists" (and includes many evangelicals), who are not only anti-Catholic, but who believe they should be a part of and facilitate "the end times" and will do what they can to make it happen.

5.) You have the purported "America First" crowd (like MTG) who really believed that 45 would bring jobs back to the U.S. and would get out of "foreign wars" (and this included many libertarians)

6.) And don't forget the group of billionaires (tech bros and others) who wanted their tax breaks and funding for their priorities

7.) Plus you still have the cowardly teabaggers in there, who really wanted "less government" and cheered on Muskrat, who made sure to destroy it with his chainsaw, eliminating over 350K federal jobs in the past year

This is just a list of some of of the groups but they all formed a "coalition" to get 45 elected and get their OWN personal agendas enacted. And inevitably, there would be a conflict.

[Mister Ed]

53. Thanks. I guess Group 2 in that list above would be the underreported clerics protesting ICE.

What a rogues' gallery that list entails! Thank goodness it's starting to fracture.

[BumRushDaShow]

60. Yup

Although early on, the clerical groups were really in the news during the ICE protests in Minneapolis and Chicago when the thugs were shooting tear gas and purported "non-lethal" ( "pepper" ) rounds at them.

Minneapolis clergy exposed to pepper spray after rushing to scene of deadly ICE shooting

[thucythucy]

28. And don't forget his protection of sex offenders

and his own well documented--and self-confessed--sexual assaults.

According to M. Taylor Greene he said he wouldn't release the Epstein files because it "would hurt" too many of his "friends."

And yes, I'm actually giving--some limited--credence to MTG.

Which is an indication of just how crazy are the times in which we live.

[LeftinOH]

15. Paula White has said "to oppose Trump is to oppose God" -- so this tracks.

Evangelicals should have no problem with this.

[Historic NY]

18. That's right Donald keep it up, you just might release some zealots that will give you a lesson of your life.

[Blumancru]

19. Trying to decode the imagery

Looks like he is healing Jeffrey Epstein. The World’s Most Interesting Man is on the left. Maybe the two women represent Mailorderia and Ivanka, I dunno. What no one mentions is the winged demon above Cheetolini’s bald ass noggin. It has wings and horns.

[Ray Bruns]

24. " Mailorderia" Love it.

[BattleRow]

44. And Cheetolini!

Alternately,Cheatolini..

[DFW]

27. What??? There really IS a point where Trump went too far for Republicans?

I confess to being astounded.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. Relevant for you as a Texan

when you lose Strickland, you know things are bad (and that was before this latest stunt)!

[DFW]

34. Trump is convincing himself that he's Father Divine

That there is anybody at all left in the country who takes him seriously is grounds for the rest of the world building a wall around us, with a sanity test required for anyone wishing to leave or enter.

[BumRushDaShow]

46. As a side note since you mention Father Divine

the building he owned here in Philly that was eventually vacant for a couple decades, was renovated for use as a hotel again, and later was updated to be an apartment building -



New owners of Divine Lorraine want to return the historic property to its roots

Quirky Facts and Religious History Behind Philadelphia's Divine Lorraine Building

[DFW]

62. Our first year of college, my roomies and I used to buy dinner at the Divine Tracy on 36th Street

The place was weird and a little creepy. But the food was fresh and cheap, and that’s what mattered. It mattered more to my roomies, as they were both on full scholarship, but my food budget wasn’t such that I could laugh at saving a couple of dollars a day.

We used to call it “Daddy D’s” and I think their “restaurant,” if you can call it that, wasn’t open much longer. I doubt the building is still there. 36th and Anything that close to campus must have turned into prime real estate at some point.

[Norrrm]

33. Trump crucified

Trump crucified



This was posted as "The Single Most Blasphemous Picture in History."

https://www.politicalflare.com/2022/12/the-single-most-blasphemous-picture-in-history-trump-on-the-cross/

Perfect for those who consider Trump such a good Christian. Ironic that Jesus was an observant Jew.

[sop]

36. I hadn't seen that Trump crucifixion painting before, agree it's the "single most blasphemous picture in history.

Putin...Jung Un...Xi Jinping...is that Orban holding the flag loin cloth?...Pelosi with the spear...Melania as Mary Magdalene...INRI (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews) replaced by MAGA...

[Playingmantis]

35. CRAAAAZZZYYY BASTARD

He is totally insane.. But his followers will say A) He didnt post it..B) It was a joke C) Taken out of context D) He really is Christ or
E) All of the above are true

He is a sick clown

[Hugin]

43. "Locker room talk". n/t

[CaptainTruth]

37. So if he's killed he believes he'll come back in 3 days?

[BattleRow]

42. Is there a no return policy,per chance?

[Martin68]

39. "Even MAGA?" "recoil?" When will they acknowledge the fact that he is totally demented and impeach him?

[Hugin]

40. I can retire again now.

Not one of them will ever vote for a “D”, though.

[travelingthrulife]

48. And the sad part is that they don't even know why they will not vote for Democrats.

So brainwashed.

[Hugin]

49. In a word...

Pathetic.

[sabbat hunter]

50. What the actual

What the actual fuck is WRONG with him? Jesus Herbert Christ.

[progressoid]

51. And yet 38% still support him.

SMH

[LetMyPeopleVote]

52. MaddowBlog-After picking an ugly fight with pope, Trump promotes image panned as 'blasphemy'

The president’s offensive against the pope, followed by the image presenting himself as some kind of American Jesus, represented quite the one-two punch.

I get that many will find Trump’s offensive against the pope as predictable — this is just what he does — but compare how he lashed out at Pope Francis in 2016 to how he targeted Pope Leo XIV yesterday.

And then add in the mind-numbing American Jesus image.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-13T12:03:12.331Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/after-picking-an-ugly-fight-with-pope-trump-promotes-image-panned-as-blasphemous

A decade later, as president, the Republican decided to go even further in an offensive against Francis’ successor, Pope Leo XIV.

In a 330-word tirade published on Sunday night to his social media platform, Trump wrote, among other things:

Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. … I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! … Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church!

.....Soon after, during a brief Q&A with reporters, Trump was asked why he “attacked” the pope. Instead of challenging the premise, the Republican replied, “I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. He likes crime, I guess. … I am not a fan of Pope Leo.”

Reporter: Why did you attack Pope Leo?

Trump: I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. He likes crime I guess. We don’t like a pope who says it’s ok to have a nuclear weapon. We don’t want a pope that says crime is ok. I am not a fan of Pope Leo.

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-04-13T01:33:12.402Z

.....To be sure, none of this was too surprising. Leo, for example, recently chastised those who invoke God as supportive of military might, saying in a homily on Palm Sunday, “Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”...

The question was less about whether Team Trump, which has spent months clashing with the faith community, would go after the Catholic leader, and more about how. We now have an answer.

On Monday morning, aboard the papal plane en route to Algeria, the church’s first-ever American pope told The Associated Press, “I have no fear of the Trump administration.”....

For good measure, this back-and-forth was not the Republican’s only message related to religion.

And Trump posted an image of himself as some sort of American Jesus healing people.

— Brian Kaylor (@briankaylor.bsky.social) 2026-04-13T02:02:10.235Z

On Sunday night, Trump apparently thought it would also be a good idea to promote an image that appeared to present him as some kind of American Jesus.

“There is behavior that’s so self-evidently deranged that merely seeing it should lead to fury and disgust,” The New York Times’ David French wrote in response. “I’m concerned, however, that some evangelicals are so influenced by Trump that they won’t unite with their Catholic brothers and sisters in response to Trump’s blasphemy and intolerable attacks on the pope, but will instead turn against them.”

trump is truly crazy.

[Lonestarblue]

54. Trump does not have the skill or the brainpower to think up nonsense like this.

Who on his staff is doing this crap for him? That person is just as deranged as Trump. The media needs to be digging into this stuff because it shows either a president who has not judgment or a president so mentally incapacitated that his staff is out of control and doing whatever they want.

[Wednesdays]

65. The image is copypasta of a painting done in 2018

I think that's the date. Anyway, it was painted some time ago by a Trumper artist. So, it would not be difficult for The Felon to merely re-post that image himself.

What's new is the horned creature above Trump-Jesus' head. That's not in the original. Who put it there, and why?

[-misanthroptimist]

55. They'll adjust

Then they'll have a good laugh at how he's triggered "radical left." Just watch.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

56. It appears as if Trump has deleted his post portraying himself as Jesus after facing some backlash

Link to tweet

[Bayard]

58. Batshit Crazy

[LetMyPeopleVote]

59. trump's followers on Truth Social are calling him the Antichrist after his post of an image depicting himself as Jesus

trump's followers are pissed and trump was forced to take down his post

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

61. 'Thou shalt always TACO': Trump ridiculed as he succumbs to 'blasphemy' rage

No one is surprised that trump took down the image depicting him as a Jesus Christ-like figure

After facing a wave of backlash from critics and supporters alike, President Donald Trump appeared to have deleted a social media post that featured an image depicting him as a Jesus Christ-like figure — prompting ridicule from onlookers.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-04-13T16:15:10Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jesus-2676706680/

After facing a wave of backlash from critics and supporters alike, President Donald Trump appeared to have deleted a social media post that featured an image depicting him as a Jesus Christ-like figure — prompting ridicule from onlookers.

“Thou shalt always TACO… Trump 3:16,” quipped Tommy Christopher, writer and editor for Mediaite and former White House reporter, in a social media post on X to his more than 25,000 followers.....

Later on Monday morning, however, Trump – or his staffers – appeared to have deleted the social media post, prompting some to take further digs at the president, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

“Now delete your presidency,” Newsom wrote in a social media post on X to his nearly 3 million followers.

Link to tweet

[Wednesdays]

63. 2547.

That is all.

[fujiyamasan]

66. lol these are not serious people

You have to try to be this stupid. Were they just blind all this time?

I mean with MTG, she didn’t change her tune until she ended up on the receiving end of Trump’s insults.

[Wednesdays]

67. And the insults began

...when she had the temerity to ask that the Epstein Files be released. Up to that point, she was with Trump on 99 percent of the issues.

[Aussie105]

68. Just add this one to the list of 'What has nutty Grandpa done now?'

It's a very long list.

The 25th is waiting in the wings.

Someone needs to wheel it out.

[Skittles]

69. always amazing what offends these sanctimonious scumbags

and what does not

[Aussie105]

71. They only have one common problem.

They have an unshakeable belief that Trump promised he would make their lives better - the MAGA concept - and they are annoyed that this is just another distraction from the job he should be doing.

This 'unshakeable belief' is the basis for cultism.

Trump isn't the POTUS, isn't a world leader, isn't Jesus reborn, but he is the MAGAt cult leader.

[Skittles]

72. actually

I think the cult was more motivated by the idea Trump was going to hurt OTHER people - you know, POC, LGBTQ - they thought THAT in itself would make their lives better........welcome to reality you stupid bigoted fucking assholes; yes INDEED.

[Aussie105]

70. Trump will ramp it up.

After all, his insanity knows no bounds, and it is all to 'own the libs'.

Might lose a few MAGAts, but he doesn't care.

Next AI picture - Trump as God overlooking the World, and sending down a few lightning bolts (nukes) to smite Iran?

[patphil]

74. I would never waste my time praying for Trump's soul.

He lost it a long time ago, and he's never going to get it back.
And, he wouldn't know what to do with it if he did anyway.

It's not a worthy cause to invest my time in.

[Scott Alan Swaggerty]

75. Kick

[thought crime]

76. Isn't this just another case of Trump being Trump?

...I mean Jesus? Oh, Jeezuz