One of my seminary professors liked to put pictures on the wall outside his office. Most were in the vein of one I remember best, because it was so familiar. It showed a very white Jesus (you know the one, as surely as you know what “Batman” looks like) playing baseball with very white (of course) young children.I'm not religious, but I respect the importance that faith plays in people's lives. Posting an image of yourself as God is literally blasphemy. It shows a disregard for sacred imagery and, by extension, for the very concept of the divine. Trump should apologize.
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) April 13, 2026
I’m inured to this crap, IOW. Maybe I shouldn’t be. I have a high regard for sacred imagery, and a low regard for humbug. I grew up on pictures of “white Jesus.” I find them silly, now. But public figures as Jesus? Outside of actor portrayals, I can appreciate the offense of anyone presenting themselves as equivalent to the Christ.
Trump should apologize for a lot of things.
I have to admit the picture is offensive to the concept of the divine; it also offends and abuses the concept of religion.https://t.co/mjUCZNu7er pic.twitter.com/58JtqarZHB
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) April 13, 2026
It is as unchristian a picture as can be imagined. Crudely manipulative, to say the least. And there’s the offense of Trump making himself the Christ. Especially in this picture.The five final bosses you have to beat before you can get into heaven pic.twitter.com/VJN3ARq17W
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 13, 2026
What political benefit does Trump think this gives him? Does he believe it? Or does he just think it’s useful to him? And do those questions matter? This is the POTUS we’re talking about. Isn’t that what matters?
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