Nearly a week after Donald Trump posted a picture of himself as Jesus Christ and later deleted it, one of his biggest loyalists is arguing with one of his ex-loyalists about it.
Franklin Graham, the evangelist and leading Trump shill, defended the president on X this week.
“I do not believe President Trump would knowingly depict himself as Jesus Christ—that would certainly be inappropriate. I’m thankful the President has made it very clear that this was not at all what he thought the AI-generated image was representing—he thought it was a doctor helping someone, and when he learned of the concerns, he immediately removed the post,” Graham, the son of Billy Graham, said on X.
I had received some questions about President @realDonaldTrump‘s recent posts, and here are my thoughts:
I do not believe President Trump would knowingly depict himself as Jesus Christ—that would certainly be inappropriate. I’m thankful the President has made it very clear that…
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 16, 2026
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He went on to state, somewhat dubiously, that he didn’t see the religious significance.
“There were no spiritual references—no halo, there were no crosses, no angels. It was a flag, soldiers, a nurse, fighter planes, eagles, the Statue of Liberty, and I think this is a lot to do about nothing.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former Trump ally who broke with the president earlier this year, shared her doubts with Graham’s response.
Franklin Graham making excuses for Trump posting himself as Jesus is one of the worst things I’ve seen.
Trump posted his blasphemous picture with Satan added above him, the original picture had a soldier.
If you search “pictures of Jesus” most of them show Jesus in white with a… https://t.co/flM4KZ3mku pic.twitter.com/kVUM9Z8LWC— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) April 16, 2026
“Franklin Graham making excuses for Trump posting himself as Jesus is one of the worst things I’ve seen. Trump posted his blasphemous picture with Satan added above him, the original picture had a soldier,” Greene wrote in her own X post. “If you search ‘pictures of Jesus’ most of them show Jesus in white with a red robe over his shoulders. Franklin Graham of all people, who is frequently at the WH and with Trump, should be leading Trump to be a Christian, NOT telling other Christians that Trump did nothing wrong when he committed blasphemy.”
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