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Donald Trump posted an image on Truth Social portraying himself in flowing white robes with a beam of light emanating from his hand onto a sick man's forehead, surrounded by figures in heaven — a depiction Christians widely interpreted as Trump casting himself as Jesus. The post came on Orthodox Easter, just days after Trump's "Easter open the fucking straight you crazy bastards" message, and was deleted — highly unusual for Trump. When asked about it, Trump claimed it showed him "as a doctor" and a Red Cross worker, adding "I do make people a lot better."

The backlash came swiftly, including from prominent evangelical conservatives. Ali Beth Stucky called it "what happens when Paula White is your personal pastor and people around you are continually comparing you to Christ." Megan Basham demanded Trump "take this down immediately and ask for forgiveness from the American people and then from God." Krystal and Saagar noted the irony of moral shock from Christians who have spent a decade defending Trump's irreligious behavior. "You guys made a deal with a completely irreligious person," Krystal said. "It was probably the correct bet whenever it comes to what they wanted ultimately out of the government, which was Roe versus Wade. You won. So what are you complaining abo