Wie ein Bild, das Trump als Christus darstellte, eine Gegenreaktion bei der religiösen Rechten auslöste

President Trump’s decision to post an AI-generated image depicting himself as a Christ-like figure sparked outrage on the religious right, triggering the most significant pushback from his Catholic and evangelical Christian supporters since he returned to the White House.

Conservative Christians have rallied behind Trump in recent years, despite initial misgivings, standing with him through two impeachments and three elections. Trump, in turn, has made good on campaign promises to them, nominating Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade.

But for many Christian leaders, Trump’s Sunday night Truth Social post—along with his pointed criticism of Pope Leo XIV—went too far.

“We are a little bit beside ourselves,” said John Yep, CEO of Catholics for Catholics, a nonprofit that has hosted faith events at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and maintains close ties to the administration.

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He had already posted an AI picture of himself as Pope. He has said or posted a million other heinous things. These people were willing to make any excuse for his behavior as long as they sensed he had political power they could benefit from. Now that he is diminished, both politically and probably cognitively, they are finding excuses to jump ship. The same goes for online MAGA influencers like Tucker Carlson, who all of a sudden care deeply about Trump’s threats of violence agains Muslims. Republicans are going to lose badly in the midterms, but make no mistake — if he figures out a way to manipulate those elections to hold onto power, all these religious leaders will get right back on the Trump train.