With 'Jesus' post, Trump doesn't care about upsetting his base
I’ve written about Donald Trump for more than 10 years. At this point, there isn’t much the president can do that will really surprise me.
Yet, some recent Trump paroxysms on social media have certainly raised my eyebrows.
And they also could drive a wedge between Trump and the MAGA base that has been so loyal to him.
Religious conservatives, especially, have real reasons to be miffed with the president in recent days, from his criticism of Pope Leo XIV to literally posting an AI-generated photo of himself as Jesus.
After pronounced pushback, Trump did take the artificial intelligence photo down. But he’s not acting sorry.
When he spoke with reporters on April 13, Trump explained himself this way: “I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor,” he said, saying he thought it had to do with “the Red Cross.” “It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better. I make people........
