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Trump mocking Pope Francis' death? POTUS posts AI image in papal attire
Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself dressed in papal attire. Social media users accused him of mocking Pope Francis’ death.
President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed in papal attire days after jokingly saying he would ‘like to be Pope’. While some social media users found the post humorous, others criticized it as insensitive, accusing Trump of mocking Pope Francis’ death.
Pope Francis died last month. The 88-year-old suffered a stroke and heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released last week, Reuters reported. President Trump was among several world leaders at the pope's funeral.
After Trump posted the AI-generated image of himself dressed in papal attire, several social media users accused him of mocking Francis' death.
“This is disrespectful to the church and God himself… he’s literally the antichrist,” one person commented.
Another wrote, “This is disgusting and entirely offensive.”
A third person tweeted, “This is extremely disrespectful and narcissistic. republicans really voted for that.”
Another person commented, “How disrespectful to Catholics. That is what Trump and his maggots are all about, disrespect and meanness and stupidity. How dare you mock the process we Catholics go through to pick a new pope.”
‘I’d like to be pope'
A reporter recently asked Trump whom he would like to see succeed Pope Francis. The 78-year-old immediately quipped: “I’d like to be Pope. That would be my number one choice.”
He further added: “I have no preference. I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who’s very good, so we’ll see what happens.”
South Carolina Sen Lindsey Graham vouched for Trump as pope.
“I was excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope. This would truly be a dark horse candidate, but I would ask the papal conclave and Catholic faithful to keep an open mind about this possibility!” the Republican posted on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.
“The first Pope-U.S. President combination has many upsides. Watching for white smoke…. Trump MMXXVIII!” he added.
