That would be my number one choice,” he said at the time. The image shows Trump dressed in a white garment wearing a pope’s hat and a necklace with a cross hanging around his neck. He is sitting in a chair with his index finger pointed upwards.

President Donald Trump on Monday denied being the source of the AI-generated image of him as the pope that went viral on social media over the weekend. The image shows Trump sitting on an ornate chair wearing white papal robes and a large golden cross necklace.

President Donald Trump is insisting that people offended by an image he shared on social media portraying himself as the pope “can’t take a joke.”