President Donald Trump has shared an image depicting him as the pope.

The image, which appeared to be generated by artificial intelligence, arrived mere days after Trump jokingly told reporters he would “like to be pope” himself, following the death of Pope Francis last month.

The image seems inspired by traditional papal portraits: It shows Trump in full papal regalia, replete with an embroidered pope’s hat and his index finger lifted at the sky — a gesture that appears to mimic the hand of benediction frequently used in religious blessings.

The 78-year-old MAGA leader posted the image on his Truth Social platform on Friday evening. It was later reshared by the official White House account on several other platforms, including Instagram, Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, to thousands of baffled reactions.

“Where do you even begin with this?” wrote one user on X, with another person commenting more........

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