Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself dressed as the pope

[mystery-ak]

Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself dressed as the pope
Published Sat, May 3 20259:24 AM EDTUpdated 59 Min Ago
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    The White House posted an AI-generated photo of President Donald Trump depicted as the pope.
    Trump attended Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome last weekend.
    Days later, Trump joked that he’d “like to be pope,” adding, “that would be my number one choice.”
    Cardinals are set to begin conclave on May 7 to elect the next pope.

The White House posted an AI-generated photo of President Donald Trump depicted as the pope on Friday, days after he joked that he’d “like to be pope.”

The image — which first appeared on Trump’s Truth Social account — comes as cardinals are set to begin conclave on May 7 to elect the next pope.



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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/03/trump-pope-ai-image.html

[mystery-ak]

I fail to see the humor...

[cato potatoe]

It’s childish.  The cardinals will be under enough pressure to elect a progressive. 

[berdie]

I'm not amused.

[240B]

I wonder if Trump posted this, or if one of his media staffers thought it would be funny?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Lighten up, folks.  This goes back to Trump's tongue-in-cheek answer to the question he was asked eàrlier in the week:  "who's your first choice for Pope?". The video clip has been replayed pretty often.  No one took it seriously.

[Sighlass]

I guess Trump was hoping to see a repeat of Canada's election results. Just shut the heck up Trump.

[massadvj]

I understand Trump's need to continually trigger his opponents, but very few Catholics, including me - who favored Trump 56-41 in 2024 -- will be amused by this.

[GtHawk]

I fail to see the humor...

I also, I was hoping this time around Trump would have learned to control his mouth and childishness……….unfortunately nothing has changed.

[mystery-ak]

PHOTO: Trump Triggers Leftists with Image of Himself as Pope

President Donald Trump on Friday shared an AI image of himself dressed as the pope and received lots of reactions.
Amy Furr 3 May 2025
President Donald Trump on Friday shared an AI image of himself dressed as the pope and received lots of reactions.

In the post on Truth Social, the president did not write a caption but only shared the image of himself dressed in white papal robes with a cross around his neck:

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/03/photo-president-trump-triggers-leftists-image-himself-as-pope/

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Lighten up, folks.  This goes back to Trump's tongue-in-cheek answer to the question he was asked eàrlier in the week:  "who's your first choice for Pope?". The video clip has been replayed pretty often.  No one took it seriously.

Shocking to find myself in agreement with you. Someone put a stick firmly up these folk's backsides.

[NavyCanDo]

The very same people upset by this were silent and even supportive of the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

That said, I don’t think Trump had anything to do with creating this AI image. And there were a couple of less artistic memes on social media with Trump dressed like the Pope days before this one popped up. He saw this one, thought it hilarious and he or someone else posted it on Truth Social. Bad optics for a President, absolutely, but it’s still just a fake photo. Like the dozens of AI photos that hit our social media page everyday.   

[mystery-ak]

The very same people upset by this were silent and even supportive of the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

That said, I don’t think Trump had anything to do with creating this AI image. And there were a couple of less artistic memes on social media with Trump dressed like the Pope days before this one popped up. He saw this one, thought it hilarious and he or someone else posted it on Truth Social. Bad optics for a President, absolutely, but it’s still just a fake photo. Like the dozens of AI photos that hit our social media page everyday.

I'm over the initial shock of it and I agree with you...here is the latest AI meme

https://twitter.com/mamboitaliano__/status/1918769138324980077