After facing intense criticism after posting a photo of himself as Jesus, Trump tried to explain it away, saying he was meant to depict a ‘doctor,’ he took the post down, but now says he refuses to apologize to Pope Leo.
Here’s just a sampling of the backlash:
“The media is paying attention to podcastistan breaking with Trump over Iran,” conservative podcaster Erick Erickson wrote on X. “What they really should be paying attention to are the Christian Trump supporters who have stood with him through Iran, who are waking up to his blasphemy.”
“Blasphemy from the Oval Office is not a funny troll,” conservative media figure Cam Higby posted to X.
“I assume someone has already told him, but it behooves the president both spiritually and politically to delete the picture, no matter the intent,” wrote conservative author and podcaster Michael Knowles.
“I know he’s trying to be funny, but it was a foolish post,” said GOP Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska. “I saw a lot of Republicans commenting in it last night. Some saying he’s just trolling, and others saying it’s anti-Christian. When you divide your own party it is self-destructive. To me, it was a gaudy and juvenile post.”