A social media post on President Donald Trump’s page depicting him as a Christ-like savior appeared to have been removed after swift pushback, including from some of his own supporters.
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The picture, posted Sunday night, depicted Trump in a robe with his hand on the forehead of a bedridden man. Light surrounds the man’s head, and an orb of light floats in the president’s other hand. An American flag and the Statue of Liberty adorn the backdrop.
The White House did not immediately respond to a question about the deleted post.
The picture drew swift condemnation, including from conservatives who have backed the president, over Trump seeming to compare himself to God or Jesus Christ.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called the post “an Antichrist spirit.” Conservative activist Riley Gaines said she “cannot understand why he’d post this.”
“Is he looking for a response?” she said in a post. “Does he actually think this? Either way, two things are true. 1) a little humility would serve him well 2) God shall not be mocked.”
Some Truth Social users criticized him in the comments of his post. One user demanded that Trump take down the photo and urged him to “offer an apology to Christians for this mockery.” The comment garnered more than 9,000 likes.
The president’s controversial post came shortly after Trump criticized Pope Leo XIV, saying that “I’m not a big fan of Pope Leo” and calling the Pope in a Truth Social post “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.” Leo responded, saying that he had “no fear of the Trump administration.”
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