Trump's bizarre admission after deleting 'unhinged' picture portraying himself as Jesus

Donald Trump has seemingly deleted a picture portaying himself as Jesus Christ following a furious backlash – including among his own supporters.Earlier on Truth Social, the US President posted an AI-generated image of himself healing someone in a hospital bed while figures around him appeared to look up to him.

In the background was a large American flag, iconic US landmarks, eagles in flight, aircraft in the sky and glowing angelic figures. The image, which was originally shared by Trump supporter Nick Adams in February, drew widespread criticism. Some branded it “unhinged”, with one user writing: “The whole world has gone absolutely crazy.” Another mocked the image by saying: “Looks like he is healing Jeffrey Epstein.” The post also sparked outrage among Trump’s own MAGA base. Former Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who strongly backed Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was “rigged”, wrote on X: “It’s more than blasphemy, it’s anti-Christ spirit.”

She later went further, saying she was actively “praying against it”.

Addressing the backlash on Monday afternoon, he said: “I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor. It has to do with the Red Cross.

“A Red Cross worker is there which we support […] It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better and I do make people better.”

The image was posted just hours after Trump launched an extraordinary tirade against the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump described the Pope as “weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy”.

He also criticised the Pope’s alleged stance on migration, the war in Iran and the 2020 Covid pandemic, claiming priests were being arrested for holding church services.

On Easter Sunday, Trump also issued an apocalyptic warning about Iran, saying that a “whole civilisation will die tonight” in relation to the effective reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

He added: “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”

Trump said he believed a complete change in leadership in Iran could allow more intelligent and “less radicalised minds” to take control.

He suggested this could bring major positive change and said the outcome would become clear very soon.

Trump described it as a hugely important moment in world history and claimed decades of corruption, violence and exploitation in Iran could finally be coming to an end. He ended by expressing support for the Iranian people.

Megan Basham, a conservative journalist, author and evangelical commentator who is usually supportive of Trump and MAGA politics, questioned whether he was under the influence of “some substance” when he posted the Jesus-style image and said he should “ask for forgiveness”.

Writing on X, she said: “I don’t know if the President thought he was being funny or if he is under the influence of some substance or what possible explanation he could have for this OUTRAGEOUS blasphemy.”

“But he needs to take this down immediately and ask for forgiveness from the American people and then from God.”

Fox News’ Riley Gaines also questioned why he would do such a thing, and asked: “Seriously, I cannot understand why he’d post this.

“Is he looking for a response? 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.”

Conservative commentator, Isobel Brown, called the post “disgusting and unacceptable” and has since said the deletion of the “Jesus meme” was the “right call”.

Megan Basham also added: ” Glad to see the president has deleted the offensive post. Would be helpful if the administration addressed it.”