Trump's Religious Image Sparks Backlash

0:00It's April 13th. This is Sidney News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. President Trump stirred up his own religious supporters by posting then quickly deleting an image of himself in white robes, laying hands on a sick, patient like some kind of healer. He claimed to showed him as a doctor helping with the Red Cross, but critics saw straight up Jesus vibes right after he blasted Pope Leo online for, opposing his push against Iran. At earlier posts called the Pope, weak on crime, and bad informed policy, especially for speaking out against war, Trump doubled down, saying no apology needed since the Pope's wrong about letting Iran go nuclear. Christian voices in his camp hid back hard. Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron demanded an apology, calling the Pope attacks disrespectful. Young conservative Brille and Holleyhan labeled the image gross blasphemy, and passed her Doug Wilson praise folks for denouncing it quick. Even Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Maloney, a close Trump ally, defended the Pope, saying

1:02it's normal for him to push peace. Trump shrugged it off, preferring the Pope's brother, who's all in on MAGA. This fits Trump's pattern of fiery truth social rants, from profane threats to Iran, over the strait of Hormuz, to wild pose like depicting the Obama's. As monkeys, push backs growing even from his side, highlighting the heat in his online game.