The conclave to elect a brand new pope has but to start, however President Donald Trump already has a pitch for who ought to lead the Roman Catholic Church: himself.
On Friday, Might 2, Trump posted an AI-generated picture of himself because the pope on Reality Social. The official White Home X account then reposted the picture.
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The submit comes days after Trump, who shouldn’t be Catholic, told reporters he should be the next pope.
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“I would wish to be pope. That might be my primary alternative,” he mentioned, earlier than including: “I’ve no desire. I need to say, we’ve a cardinal that occurs to be out of a spot referred to as New York, who’s superb, so we’ll see what occurs.”
Trump was doubtless referring to New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, whom he appointed to serve on the newly established Religious Liberty Commission alongside figures like TV character Dr. Phil and former Housing and City Improvement Secretary Ben Carson. In line with Reuters and the BBC, Dolan shouldn’t be on the shortlists of doubtless successors to the late Pope Francis.
Trump’s fan casting of himself as the brand new Pope sparked waves of response on social media, from debates about whether or not it was facetious or real to additional memes and AI-generated photographs.
The pope picture is not the primary time Trump has posted pretend AI-generated footage. Within the lead-up to the 2024 election, he shared an AI-generated image of Kamala Harris holding a communist rally and an AI endorsement from Taylor Swift.
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