{"id":234237,"date":"2026-04-13T13:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/donald-trump-potrays-self-as-jesus-christ-blasts-weak-pope-leo-in-shocking-social-media-posts\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:44:07","slug":"donald-trump-potrays-self-as-jesus-christ-blasts-weak-pope-leo-in-shocking-social-media-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/donald-trump-potrays-self-as-jesus-christ-blasts-weak-pope-leo-in-shocking-social-media-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Potrays Self as Jesus Christ, Blasts &#8216;Weak&#8217; Pope Leo In Shocking Social Media Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has been on a rampage lately.<\/p>\n<p>No one is safe from the president\u2019s wrath these days, as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/donald-trump-shares-graphic-murder-video-on-social-media-continues-to-concern-supporters-with-bizarre-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unleashes his fury <\/a>on everyone from Tucker Carlson to Pope Leo XIV. <\/p>\n<p>Yes, even the pope is catching strays at the moment, with Trump blasting the Chicago native as \u201cweak\u201d and \u201cterrible\u201d on foreign policy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270914397-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the media after walking off of Air Force One at Miami International Airport on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. \" class=\"wp-image-552662 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270914397-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270914397-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270914397-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270914397-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270914397-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270914397-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270914397-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270914397-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the media after walking off of Air Force One at Miami International Airport on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,\u201d Trump wrote, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe talks about \u201cfear\u201d of the Trump Administration, but doesn\u2019t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart. I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gets it, and Leo doesn\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post came during a very strange 24-hour period, during which Trump also posted a photo of himself as Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I\u2019m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History,\u201d Trump ranted on, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise. He wasn\u2019t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I wasn\u2019t in the White House, Leo wouldn\u2019t be in the Vatican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For obvious reasons, many social media users \u2014 including supporters of Trump\u2019s \u2014 were shocked by Sunday\u2019s posts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost attends the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. \" class=\"wp-image-552663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost attends the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. \" class=\"wp-image-552663 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212121081-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost attends the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Franco Origlia\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Pope Leo was quick to respond to the White House\u2019s provocation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo put my message on the same plane as what the president has attempted to do here, I think is not understanding what the message of the Gospel is,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-pope-leo-xiv-02f6b4554ea4b83af02af15987ae1f2d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leo told The Associated Press<\/a> aboard the papal plane over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m sorry to hear that but I will continue on what I believe is the mission of the church in the world today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has yet to respond to the Pope\u2019s rebuttal or to the backlash against his bizarre Jesus photo.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/donald-trump-potrays-self-as-jesus-christ-blasts-weak-pope-leo-in-shocking-social-media-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Donald Trump has been on a rampage lately. No one is safe from the president\u2019s wrath these days, as he unleashes his fury on everyone from Tucker Carlson to Pope Leo XIV. Yes, even the pope is catching strays at the moment, with Trump blasting the Chicago native as \u201cweak\u201d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-234237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}