Trump’s hilariously weak explanation that he believed he was a doctor did little to stop the surge of criticism, jokes, and memes that followed

President Donald Trump posting an AI-slop meme of himself as Jesus Christ, sorry as a doctor with a glowing orb of light in his hand, has led to celebrities and the internet mocking Trump for the ridiculous explanation. 

Trump had posted the AI-generated image on Truth Social over the weekend, amid his petty feud with Pope Leo XIV, who Trump declared was “weak on crime” after the Pope spoke about the “absurd and inhuman violence” unfolding during the Iran war. 

After significant backlash, including from his own MAGA camp, Trump deleted the image. But when asked about the post, which showed him in white robes and healing a sick man, Trump claimed he didn’t realize he was being depicted as Jesus.

“I viewed that as a picture of me being a doctor,” Trump told CBS. “You had the Red Cross right there, you had, medical people surrounding me. “I was like the doctor, you know, as a little fun playing the doctor and making people better. So that’s what it was viewed as. That’s what most people thought.”

The hilariously weak explanation did little to stop the surge of criticism, jokes, and memes that followed. 

Kacey Musgraves was among the first to poke fun of the president, creating an AI image of a holy Dolly Parton laying a healing hand on a sleeping Musgraves’ forehead. Sarah Palin, the former Republican governor of Alaska, also couldn’t resist weighing in. She shared an image of Jesus, who believed it was time for Trump to put the phone down. 

Joy-Ann Reid reposted an AI-generated video where the actual Jesus flies down from heaven and casts a screaming Trump into the pits of hell. “The internet never loses,” she wrote. “#trumpisantichrist #magaisevil.”

Meanwhile, Jack White took a more serious tone. “Hey evangelical Christians? Remember that anti-Christ you been squawking about all these years and how he’d present himself as Christlike and bring about the end of days with a final war in the Middle East involving Jerusalem? Well … check out your boy now!” White wrote.

“How can any so called Christian support him after this blasphemy?” the incredulous rocker asked. “How could any Catholic support him after he attacks the character of their Pope multiple times? How did so many millions of people fall for this conman?” 

Jon Stewart also took Trump to task, saying it was one of the clearest examples on how Trump easily lies to his fan base. “That’s you as a doctor? Why don’t you own it, you big puss bag?” Stewart said. “Do you even care about lying to us anymore? Is it over? Has this relationship gone still? Your lies used to have a real spark: ‘They’re eating the cats and dogs.’ ‘Venezuela stole the 2020 election.’ And now the best you’ve got is: ‘Oh, it wasn’t Jesus. I’m a doctor.’ You need to find your happy place, and fast. We expect better lies, sir.”

The internet continued to roast Trump, coming up with their own versions of Trump bursting into an operating room and morphing into a sexy nurse.