Donald Trump has denied posting an AI picture of himself as pope – and mentioned Catholics who had been offended “can’t take a joke”.
An image of the president carrying white and gold robes within the fashion of a pontiff was posted to his account on Reality Social and precipitated outcry amongst some Christians.
“I had nothing to do with it, somebody made a picture of me dressed like the Pope and they put it out on the internet,” he mentioned on Monday.
“That’s not me that did it, I’ve got no idea where it came from, maybe it was AI.”
When it was identified to him that some Catholics had been offended by the picture, he replied: “Oh, they can’t take a joke.”
“The Catholics loved it,” he additionally claimed.
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Pic: Donald Trump/Reality Social
President Trump insisted that he first noticed the picture – which was posted on Friday evening on his Reality Social account and later promoted by the White Home on its official X account – on Sunday night.
He additionally famous that first girl Melania Trump “thought it was cute”.
President Trump was not baptised as a Catholic and subsequently is ineligible to be pope, neither is he allowed to take part within the conclave.
Some 133 cardinal electors – these beneath the age of 80 – will participate within the conclave and start voting for the brand new pontiff on Wednesday after the dying of Pope Francis final month.
The rituals of the occasion, held within the Sistine Chapel within the Vatican, are elaborate and date again centuries.
