Image Depicting Trump As Christ-like Savior Removed From President's Social Media Page

A societal media station connected President Donald Trump's page depicting him arsenic a Christ-like savior appeared to person been removed aft swift pushback, including from immoderate of his ain supporters.

The picture, posted Sunday night, depicted Trump successful a clothes pinch his manus connected nan forehead of a bedridden man. Light surrounds nan man's head, and an orb of ray floats successful nan president's different hand. An American emblem and nan Statue of Liberty adorn nan backdrop.

The White House did not instantly respond to a mobility astir nan deleted post.

The image drew swift condemnation, including from conservatives who person backed nan president, complete Trump seeming to comparison himself to God aliases Jesus Christ.

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called nan post "an Antichrist spirit." Conservative activistic Riley Gaines said she "cannot understand why he'd station this."

"Is he looking for a response?" she said successful a post. "Does he really deliberation this? Either way, 2 things are true. 1) a small humility would service him good 2) God shall not beryllium mocked."

Some Truth Social users criticized him successful nan comments of his post. One personification demanded that Trump return down nan photograph and urged him to "offer an apology to Christians for this mockery." The remark garnered much than 9,000 likes.

The president's arguable station came soon aft Trump criticized Pope Leo XIV, saying that "I'm not a large instrumentality of Pope Leo" and calling nan Pope successful a Truth Social station "WEAK connected Crime, and unspeakable for Foreign Policy." Leo responded, saying that he had "no fearfulness of nan Trump administration."