AI-generated photo showing Trump as pope shared from official account

By Can Hasasu and Zehra Nur Celik

WASHINGTON/ A photo created with artificial intelligence depicting US President Donald Trump as the pope was shared from his official social media account on Saturday.

The image, which shows Trump wearing white papal attire, was posted on his own social media platform Truth Social, without any accompanying text.

The visual quickly spread across social media platforms after it was posted at 10.30 pm Saturday (0230GMT Sunday).

Half an hour later, the same image was also shared from the official White House account on X.