Donald Trumpwas forced to defend a controversial social media post during a live Fox News segment in Washington after a reporter pressed the US president on why he had shared an image many viewers took to portray him as Jesus Christ. Asked directly about the picture, Trump, 79, insisted it showed him as a doctor, not a religious figure, even as users online branded him 'deranged' and 'worse than Joe Biden.'
The exchange followed several days of growing unease over Trump's recentTruth Social activity, which has included attacks on the Pope and a run of AI-generated religious-style images. The Irish Star reported that the Fox News broadcast cut to a live message from the president, where he was questioned about the now-deleted graphic and his increasingly combative rhetoric. For viewers already unsettled by his age and public slips, the moment fed directly into a comparison with Joe Biden, the predecessor Trump has spent years mocking for gaffes of his own.
During the segment, a journalist put the question plainly: 'Did you post that picture of yourself, depicted as Jesus Christ?' Trump did not deny sharing it, but he rejected that interpretation.
'Well, it wasn't depicted. It was me,' he said. 'I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and it had to do with red crosses because of the Red Cross work that we support. Only the fake news could come up with that one.'
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He then pushed the point further. 'It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people. I make people a lot better,' he added.
The image showed Trump in religious-style robes with his hand raised above another person's head in a pose many viewers read as overtly Christ-like. The president appears to have deleted the post after the backlash began.
Online reaction was swift. One user sharing the Fox clip wrote: 'Deranged. Disturbing.' Another said Trump looked like 'a doctor going to a fancy dress party as Jesus.'
More politically charged replies went further. 'That's delusional. Trump is literally worse than Joe Biden,' one person wrote. Another added: 'Trump is worse than Biden. I can't believe how bad his presidency has been. Regret my vote.'
Those reactions are anecdotal rather than representative, and they do not amount to polling or verified voter data. Even so, they capture a line of criticism Trump normally directs at his rivals, not one aimed back at him.
Source: International Business Times UK
