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The AI images Trump can’t get enough of
Who wouldn’t want to be a king, a footballer, a friend of lions, a maestro and Jesus?
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In Donald Trump’s telling, the image showed him as a medical professional, never mind the lack of training.
“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better,” Trump said, responding to the outrage after he posted an AI-generated photo which critics – including some on the right – say showed him as a Jesus Christ-figure.
A king
A skilled footballer
A person roaring with a lion
A maestro
What I think is supposed to be a rich guy, but instead looks like a money launderer
Superman
A 1930s-era private dick
Colonel Kilgore from Apocalypse Now
A Nobel peace prize winner
A very muscly Sith lord
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Adam Gabbatt · Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 11:30 AM
US news | The Guardian
Who wouldn’t want to be a king, a footballer, a friend of lions, a maestro and Jesus?
In Donald Trump’s telling, the image showed him as a medical professional, never mind the lack of training.
“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better,” Trump said, responding to the outrage after he posted an AI-generated photo which critics – including some on the right – say showed him as a Jesus Christ-figure.
A king
A skilled footballer
A person roaring with a lion
A maestro
What I think is supposed to be a rich guy, but instead looks like a money launderer
Superman
A 1930s-era private dick
Colonel Kilgore from Apocalypse Now
A Nobel peace prize winner
A very muscly Sith lord
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