Trump Takes Rare Step Of Deleting Post Depicting Himself As Jesus After Christians Cry Foul

President Donald Trump deleted a post Monday displaying himself as Jesus Christ following backlash from Christians.

The photo appeared to have been deleted some time before Monday morning, no longer appearing on his Truth Social timeline, and with direct links to the post resulting in an infinite loading screen. (RELATED: ‘I Have No Fear’: Pope Leo Responds To Trump’s Biggest Attack Yet)

The image, published Sunday night along with a lengthy attack on Pope Leo XIV, showed Trump wearing red and white robes often used in depictions of Jesus as he is shown healing a bedridden elderly man.

The deletion followed backlash from the Christian right.

Journalist Meghan Basham and self-described “church lady” deemed the photo “OUTRAGEOUS blasphemy,” even asking if Trump had been “under the influence of some substance” and calling for him to take it down immediately.

Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene noted how the photo was posted on Orthodox Easter and suggested that the picture showed Trump “replacing Jesus.”

The Daily Caller has reported that the White House’s chief photographer, Daniel Torok, claimed in an also now-deleted post on X that the image was not meant to depict Trump as Jesus, as there were no “halos, no thorns, no nail marks, no angels … no long curly hair.”

Torok even went as far as to question, “What exactly is triggering folks here?”

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— Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) April 13, 2026

The image also shows light emanating from his open left hand and from the head of the sick man, where Trump’s right hand is placed.

Surrounding the elderly man, the post shows a group of people looking up at Trump as if they were on their knees, with some of the prominent people being a nurse, a soldier, a woman with her hands pressed together as if in prayer or supplication, and a crowd of heads reaching the horizon of the photo, suggesting a crowd gathered to see Trump’s miracle take place.

The image, appearing to be generated by artificial intelligence, shows distorted figures in the sky, backlit by rays of the sun, as well as signs of U.S. power, including two bald eagles, a furled flag, fireworks, the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial, and three distorted Air Force-style planes.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.