Trump AI Jesus Scandal is Crazier Than You Think

TL;DR

Trump attacked Pope Leo, shared an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ, then deleted it while claiming it depicted him as a doctor.

Key Points

• 1.U.S.-Iran nuclear talks collapsed in Islamabad with no deal reached. JD Vance, Steve Wyckoff, and Jared Kushner met Iran's foreign minister and parliament speaker for 21 hours before Trump and Rubio left for a UFC fight, with Iran refusing to commit to halting uranium enrichment or shutting nuclear facilities.
• 2.Trump announced a naval blockade of Iranian ports effective immediately, then contradicted himself multiple times. He initially claimed all ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz would be blocked, then narrowed it to Iranian ports only; the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, and Greece all refused to send naval forces to support it.
• 3.The Trump AI Jesus scandal: Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself depicted as Jesus Christ during an active feud with Pope Leo, drawing condemnation even from supporters like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who called it blasphemous; Trump deleted it but claimed it depicted him as a doctor in a white robe with glowing hands.
• 4.Trump launched a rambling Truth Social attack on Pope Leo, calling him weak on crime and terrible on foreign policy. He also claimed Leo only became pope because the church wanted to appease Trump, and told him to 'get his act together' and stop catering to the radical left.
• 5.Pope Leo responded defiantly, saying he has no fear of the Trump administration while boarding a plane to Algeria for an 11-city, 11,000-mile Africa tour covering exploitation of natural resources, Catholic-Muslim dialogue, and political corruption — and three American cardinals echoed the Pope's criticisms on 60 Minutes.
• 6.Ireland's government faces a potential no-confidence vote as fuel protests triggered by the Iran war crisis spiral. The PM announced €505 million in motor fuel tax cuts after farmers and truckers blockaded refineries and ports with tractors; about a third of Ireland's gas stations ran out of fuel, and oil prices rose back to $100 a barrel.
• 7.Eric Swalwell dropped out of California's governor race after CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle reported allegations of sexual assault and rape from four accusers, including claims of coerced oral sex, unsolicited nude Snapchats, and a blacked-out hotel room encounter; the Manhattan DA's office has opened an investigation.
• 8.Viktor Orban was defeated in Hungary's election after 16 years of rule, with challenger Petar Magyar's Tisa party winning 138 of 199 parliamentary seats — an all-time record — on a platform of anti-corruption and restoring democracy, despite reports that Russian intelligence proposed staging a fake assassination attempt on Orban to boost his support.