BREAK IT DOWN!
Not much to say about this one. Last Sunday, Easter, the man we call President shared an expletive-filled rant on his Truth Social platform directed at Iranian leaders. While a post of this ilk from a U.S. President would have drawn widespread attention anytime, that this one appeared on Resurrection Sunday sparked quite a controversy. Of course, with D-Trump, most controversies are short-lived, because they are pushed out of the headlines…you guessed it, by the next controversy.
True to form, fast forward a week, and on this past Sunday, Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself, agreed by most observers far and wide, as a Jesus-like figure, complete with bright light emanating from both hands. Not surprisingly, the post sparked a controversy of its own.
Those who follow current events know that Trump has been engaged in an escalating tête-à-tête, a feud really, with Pope Leo. The image drew widespread criticism. Even some of Mr. Trump’s staunchly religious conservative supporters, people who regularly go to the mat for this POTUS, complained. In fact the intensely negative reaction, notably from his core support group, resulted in Trump doing what Trump seldom does…taking down one of his ridiculously offensive posts.
Of course, Trump being Trump, he did not simply take down the image. Neither did he take it down and apologize. No, he took it down, or had it taken down, and claimed it was not what your lying eyes saw. Rather, he said of the image, that it was not reimagining himself as Jesus; rather that it depicted him as a doctor. As usual, he said this with a straight face.
Back to the Pope-POTUS beef. Pope Leo criticized the war that jumped off after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as inhumane. Not long before publishing the image, some commentators would say, in response to the Pope’s criticism, Trump posted a lengthy screed against Pope Leo, calling him “WEAK on crime and terrible for Foreign Policy.”
However, there is no need to overreact to this kerfuffle; there will be another soon enough. The question I leave with you, especially MAGA/Trumpers is, “Be Honest; Would You Believe The Image Depicted A Doctor If Anybody Else Said That?
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