Fox News host and conservative commentator, Riley Gaines, said she “can’t understand why he posted this”. “Is he looking for a reaction? Does he really think that? Either way, two things are true. 1) A little humility would be good for him 2) No mocking God,” she wrote on X.

Trump’s now removed post

He wrote, “I don’t know whether the President thought he was being funny or whether he was under the influence of a substance or what possible explanation he could have for this.” He demanded Trump “immediately remove it and apologize to the American people and then to God.”Isabelle Brown, another conservative host, called the image “disgusting and unacceptable”.“Nothing matters more than Jesus,” he wrote. “This post is, obviously, disgusting and unacceptable, but it also represents a deep mischaracterization of the American people experiencing a true and beautiful revival of faith in Jesus Christ.”BlazeTV host Steve Deyes posted a one-word response: “No.”The image originally surfaced on Twitter in early February, posted by conservative commentator Nick Adams, who is known for sharing AI-generated pro-Trump Bible imagery. In Adams’ version, the silhouette of an American soldier appeared in the background. In Trump’s reposted version, the figure was changed to a horned monster looming behind him.The reaction was not limited to media figures. Even on Truth Social, where dissent against Trump is rare, several users criticized the president on the post before it was removed.The controversy comes amid Trump’s ongoing public feud with Pope Leo XIV, who recently suggested that the “illusion of omnipotence” was shaping US foreign policy, particularly with regard to Iran. Trump responded by calling the Pope “weak on crime”, said he was “not a fan of Pope Leo” and accused him of “promoting the radical left”.The removed AI image also appeared just a week after Easter Sunday for Catholics and a day after Orthodox Easter, sparking criticism among religious conservatives who considered the depiction offensive.Trump’s post comes just months after he signed legislation that would significantly cut federal Medicaid spending over the next decade, a move critics say would strip health coverage from millions of low-income Americans. Mandy Arthur, a user on X, expressed outrage, writing: “Lord, we must have made a mistake and accidentally chose the Antichrist. Send help.”