{"id":40577,"date":"2026-04-13T18:22:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/13\/trump-posted-a-picture-of-himself-as-jesus-now-hes-trying-to-explain-it-away-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:22:41","slug":"trump-posted-a-picture-of-himself-as-jesus-now-hes-trying-to-explain-it-away-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/13\/trump-posted-a-picture-of-himself-as-jesus-now-hes-trying-to-explain-it-away-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Posted a Picture of Himself as Jesus. Now He\u2019s Trying to Explain It Away. &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOSjVmWjktbUkzUDdHNVdhUXlxMDhVV3FNLU4tWDJYTlYtVURYNjZ5SHJSR2ZqZFZJQjhkVWdmeVVSdWFISk5yYmYza2UxZnZROWYtRV8xRlB1OVRZQUtRMUxaZU5UMmw3RnNGVTQzZDlUUlZzcjZGakIxTVh3LXFWbkx3UmpPcHM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Posted a Picture of Himself as Jesus. Now He\u2019s Trying to Explain It Away.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE9lQTFQS2VnbFhiLUxmVEkwNzBzUmdXNWs3WjVNeDFuUWY4QnphU3NLLUNnSnlQM0E2TTdOMWZ0YXp4SmpmYTNEdklENEQ4U2xpWGtpS0U4eGhLaDlWNGdTTTJuRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Live Updates: Pope Leo Says He Has \u2018No Fear\u2019 After President\u2019s Attack<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE1fSWFCa1hoNFNHamFIVjhlellLclpzRkNrQ0YtcWVCNi13ZmNCd2djZnJvUzdaM21USFIySTROQ2JwVFpqWFJGckw3Nklib3RrTWU3VmROa3B5emVYT1ZFLWhQQWgwVFBQSk1nVjlmV25aR0FU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump deletes social media post depicting him as Jesus but refuses to apologize amid tension with pope<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE5OaUJ1TlZ2d180c3NrRENaVGd5bVBHZVFZVTZiOFk4dXR0ZXIzRThMN3EyM1VBX0ljYmlHZWdQT19uTUkwM25RVDJSN01ORHdGUWZnZXF1MVhiX0RMcnRObHVHZnhLb2p6dDF6TWp6dURmcDJ5RGFQd2l30gF_QVVfeXFMUC1ua2lEaWdtbmRvZ1I3SURSLVUwQnlzSEN5U1NtUmdKLV9MVXRkc2hTcFVuNGgwV2VVTFVRSFl0dUVJbV9ndUNvMm9CM1dYMTlCTU9LQkEwWW1xc0ZEWmctTFhFcGxmN0Z5bDEyY1IxZVdtbXQxT3R6S0diUldxbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump deletes Truth Social image depicting him as Jesus: &#8216;I thought it was me as a doctor&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxOcXVUZDhlbVlSM0dDcy1FdEJiUlk1THlkSWxoaGNMd3NkSmtoOS10NXp6Z0U2XzlVY04wSWFoVXdfdjcxYjA0bkNZNXRJd21xWXVxR2hIbTN1bjBmZkFWc1FWc0tKOXFxRjhtUXJfekI5Wm1LT3RseHpLV1BXNy1EWGxqTF9xQVIwR01QelJraWNwaDZ6cnVZbTIxMzB3djBPbEFKZ0hIVGdodHpyc1hIN2dINzFTcmxVY05zX0R3OURfME5KbjFpUUx0aEV2V2JidHFzT0lWSkw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Many US Catholics are dismayed by Trump\u2019s unprecedented broadside at the first American pope<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Seattle Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Posted a Picture of Himself as Jesus. Now He\u2019s Trying to Explain It Away.&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Trump Live Updates: Pope Leo Says He&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/13\/trump-posted-a-picture-of-himself-as-jesus-now-hes-trying-to-explain-it-away-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}