Trump vs. The Pope

Kit Johnson

14 Apr 2026 — 1 min read

Phot of Trump: By Daniel Torok - White HouseFacebook, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=166661524; Photo of Pope: Edgar Beltrán, The Pillar, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

ICYMI, you've got to check out Trump's Truth Social post from Sunday, wherein he picks a fight. With the pope. The pope!

He also posted this AI produced image that makes it look like DJT is, himself, Jesus.

The president ultimately deleted the above image from his profile. But check out this WaPo column dissecting the imagery. You'll feel like you're back in Art History 101.

Here's how Stephen Colbert handled the issue:

@colbertlateshow Trump cyberbullying the pope just unlocked a new circle of Hell. #StephenColbert #PopeLeoXIV ♬ original sound - colbertlateshow

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