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Trump posts image of himself alongside Jesus Christ amid feud with Pope Leo[Updated]

Thursday, 16 April 2026, 08:17 · 1 min read
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The feud takes on additional historical texture given Trump's religious background: he attended services as a young man at Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, led at the time by pastor Norman Vincent Peale — best known as the author of The Power of Positive Thinking — who officiated at Trump's first wedding and was a prominent anti-Catholic voice during the 1960 presidential race. Peale led a group of 150 Protestant clergymen who publicly objected to John F Kennedy's presidential candidacy on the grounds of his Catholicism, warning that "our American culture is at stake."

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US President Donald Trump reposted an image on his Truth Social platform showing Jesus Christ embracing him, with the caption: "The Radical Left Lunatics might not like this, but I think it is quite nice!!!" The post comes as a public dispute between Trump's administration and Pope Leo XIV (the first US-born leader of the Catholic Church) shows no sign of easing, with Vice President JD Vance accusing the pontiff of overstepping on theology and Trump urging the pope to condemn Iran's killing of protesters. The online reaction to the latest image was notably more restrained than the backlash that greeted an earlier Trump post depicting him as a Jesus-like figure, which he subsequently deleted.

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Channel NewsAsiaTrump posts image of himself with Jesus as administration's pope criticism continues ↗︎NHK Worldトランプ大統領 キリストと寄り添って見える画像を引用し投稿 ↗︎
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