Divine Disruption: The Left Loses It Over Trump’s Holy Makeover
“This is deeply offensive to me and to my fellow Catholics around the world as we continue to mourn our beloved Pope Francis.”
President Donald Trump has made a sport out of trolling the left, and they rarely fail to take his bait. With a mix of bravado and media savvy, he posts outrageous memes, cracks offhand comments, or embraces over-the-top imagery, knowing full well it will dominate headlines and send progressive commentators into a frenzy.
Time and again, his provocations trigger outsized reactions from the left, who often respond with outrage and alarm, unintentionally amplifying his message. In doing so, Trump turns their indignation into fuel, keeping himself at the center of public discourse while exposing just how easily rattled his critics can be.
When asked by a reporter last week who he’d like to see chosen as the next pope, Trump—clearly joking—quipped, “I’d like to be pope. That would be my number one choice.”
On Friday night, he doubled down on his remark by posting an AI-generated photo of himself in full papal regalia to his Truth Social account—and promptly sent the internet into a frenzy.
US President Trump just posted a picture of himself as the Pope on the Truth Social.
It comes after he told the media this week that he wants to be the next Pope.
Here is the interview:
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Journalist: Who would you like to see in place of the head of the Vatican?Trump: “I’d… pic.twitter.com/Mol2HvUN0y
— Chris Ejiofor 𝕏 (@ChrisEjiofor7) May 3, 2025
Some commenters actually believed Trump was serious and were quick to condemn him. Most saw that he was simply joking and pointed out the irony of it.
I love it that leftists who hate anything spiritual, are suddenly having strokes over Trump trolling them.
— VintageCroww (@GloryRoadJK) May 4, 2025
Rabid anti-Trumper Bill Kristol took a shot at Vice President J.D. Vance, who is Catholic: He wrote: “Hey, @JDVance, you fine with this disrespect and mocking of the Holy Father?”
Vance shot back at Kristol, who is known for his hawkish reputation, with fire.
As a general rule, I’m fine with people telling jokes and not fine with people starting stupid wars that kill thousands of my countrymen. https://t.co/2WQPsofVIH
— JD Vance (@JDVance) May 3, 2025
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul took to X to say she and her fellow Catholics were deeply offended by the photo as they continue to mourn their beloved Pope Francis.
This is deeply offensive to me and to my fellow Catholics around the world as we continue to mourn our beloved Pope Francis. https://t.co/i3Uv3zjwdT
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) May 3, 2025
Users on X wasted no time in calling out her hypocrisy.
This is deeply offensive to me and my fellow Catholics:
Governor Hochul Announces Nation-leading $35 Million Investment to Support Abortion Providers in New York.
— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) May 3, 2025
LMAO, Kathy, you “care deeply” about faith? You cheered abortion up to birth, pushed lockdowns on churches, and stayed silent while the culture gutted Christian values.
Now you’re suddenly a devout Catholic because of a meme?
— MAG🔫1775🇺🇸 (@Mar50cC5O) May 4, 2025
Next came former Republican National Committee Chairman and current MSNBC host Michael Steele, who is about as conservative as Jennifer Rubin: “During this period of Novemdiales (mourning the loss of Pope Francis) I’ll set this offense aside because Trump in his narcissism gets off on our being offended.” Please.
During this period of Novemdiales (mourning the loss of Pope Francis) I’ll set this offense aside because Trump in his narcissism gets off on our being offended. More to the point, this affirms how unserious and incapable he is. At 78 he remains a 10yo child, emotionally scarred… pic.twitter.com/FLZGRuKHyE
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) May 3, 2025
Then far-left, 23-year-old TikTok influencer Harry Sisson jumped into the fray with his stupidity.
Trump just posted an AI image of himself as the Pope. Instead of working to bring down costs, he’s doing this instead.
Nice job, MAGA! You elected a man-child. pic.twitter.com/iXQz41AcDq
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) May 3, 2025
And the Republicans against Trump account weighed in: “Donald Trump just posted a photo of himself as the Pope. It’s full-on lunacy at this point.”
I’m not American. I’m not even a Catholic. But as a human being I am beyond offended by this image, and that someone in The White House actually CHOSE to repost this. Grow up!
— janehunt 😎 (@janemorgan62) May 3, 2025
The Left walks right into Trump’s trap every single time. They simply can’t help themselves.
Meanwhile, Republicans found Trump’s photograph to be hilarious.
Tell AI to make you the pope and post it. Every lib will suddenly become pro catholic. Trust me. pic.twitter.com/RjFYIYc8A5
— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) May 3, 2025
Trump as pope is hilarious. So many are triggered over this. Calm down folks. He is just trolling. pic.twitter.com/BLU03wo8ti
— Sassafrass84 (@Sassafrass_84) May 3, 2025
Watching the crazy left completely melting down today over this Pope post by President Trump is the best birthday present ever! 👏😂 pic.twitter.com/fzJ24Jb3m9
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) May 3, 2025
Trump!! 😂 wicked
— Victor irimiya (@victoririmiya) May 3, 2025
And I’ve saved the best for last.
Good saturday morning Gotta keep Trump’s awesome meme trending … as a catholic, good Saturday, #SaturdayVibes, catholics!
Some epic saturday trolling from the master I LOVE IT 💖 Pope Trump🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/G6XIGTlN5D
— Ape𝕏 (@CubanOnlyTrump) May 3, 2025
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Like early Limbaugh, the larger-than-life persona is self-deprecation, which winds up wildly popular. In addition in common with early Limbaugh, Trump is a prankster and uses pranks to make his points.
His pranks, those tweets, I have found entertaining from the beginning. Seeing liberals chasing their tails, wasting their time, was brilliant.
All those folks with their Fauci and Luigi prayer candles need to sit this one out.
This is God-level trolling.
No one with an IQ above room temperature actually believes that Trump wants to be a dictator, a king or the Pope. What’s ironic is that the American president (whoever that may be) is more powerful than all three put together.
In other words, it would be a demotion in power for Trump to become anything other than POTUS.
It’s been 10 years since Trump descended the golden escalator and the lunatic left hasn’t learned a single thing.
White/Gold are also not his colors. He’s too fair to rock them.
He’d look good in Cardinal Red, though.
If libs had critical thinking skills, they wouldn’t be libs.
I’m pretty sure that most Dems would enthusiastically vote for Kilmar Abrego Garcia as the next Pope.
A Satanist as Pope, figures
Garcia is ahead of Trump as he likely is already Catholic.
Yes and he has already had a number of prominent people make pilgrimages to see him. It’s a kind of a thing.
But no wise men have visited.
I bet gold and drugs did play some part.
POTUS …. Pope Of The United States
All the progs who are wailing and gnashing their teeth over this were totally cool with a “POTUS” and senior Dim “leadership” who worship the wholesale slaughter of unborn babies and yet claim to be “good Catholics.”
Just more selective outrage. Yawn.
It is endlessly amusing that the dimwits of the left, which means virtually all of those on the left, are too stupid to see that Trump is making fun of them, not the Pope or Catholic Church.
To the left, they have raised the Pope to Muhammad level protection so no one can copy his image. That is the fact behind these fake Catholics.
They bitch about Catholics worshipping Mary, which isn’t true, but demand that everyone worship the Pope.
Congratulations Trump. You were the only politician who got Murderers, Rapists, and other leftists to be on the side of the Pope.
I merely want to say, as a lifelong devout Catholic, I am not offended by this, much less deeply offended, I didn’t find it particularly funny, but have yet to speak with anyone in my parish or online who is offended or bothered, and I doubt that anyone is actually “mourning” the death of Francis, except his fellow Marxists.
He was certainly not beloved by any standard by traditional Catholics, who under most circumstances would be expected to revere the office of the papacy.
Only those whose brains are riddled with the holes made by TDS find this in any way worthy of comment.
I suspect that you are solid in your faith, and know that fun-making will not diminish that solidity.
The ones I hear bellowing the most about this or that slight to their beliefs are the ones with the most self-doubt.
Pretty much fur shure.
It’s the ones whose lives revolve around earning power points by being victims. Classic crybullies.
Now tell us what your reaction would be if President Biden had posted a picture of himself as pope a few days after Benedict died.
Terrified. It would be like hearing Batman try to tell a joke.
(Real Batman, not Adam West Batman.)
Adam West is the only real Batman.
Lol looks the the next pope is another “Marxist” who actually cares about the teachings of Jesus.
Always, when something like this occurs, I ask what America-first move is Trump doing behind the scenes that he wants to distract the press with a news-squirrel. The bigger the squirrel, the more important the matter. Something YUGE is coming.
Right?! He’s using a catnip powered laser to keep their attention elsewhere.
I think their “Saturday Night Sinner, Sunday Morning Saint” act is falling apart.
“If I go to church on Sunday
Then cabaret on Monday…”
Leftists are easily distracted like cats and shiny things
What an unpleasant life it must be, to have such a stunted sense of humor that you can’t even see the joke of President Trump dressed as the Pope. That simple issue explains a lot about the left.
Well I can see where some mind find this a bit offense but on the 1-10 scale offense I would only give it about a 2. Certainly the progressives don’t have a uterus to stand on regarding this, not that they would understand that.
BTW: Who is this Harry Sisson? He’s 23. What has he ever done? Is he just another Hogg? Why would anyone be influenced by him? Are they that weak? And why would anyone write about what he says for that matter.
He must be a 23-year-old mensch to be calling people of his grandfathers’ generation “man-children.”
I really don’t get this whole notion of influencer. I actually find it distasteful. Of course they are dubbed so by the media who see themselves as influencers.
Influencers. If my mother were alive today, she would have said:
“So, if all of your influencer friends were jumping off a bridge, would you follow them?”
Did that phrase come in the mom manual? Every mom I’ve ever known has used it.
“This is deeply offensive to me and to my fellow Catholics around the world as we continue to mourn our beloved Pope Francis.”…hate to clue the governor of NY…. he’d be a better Pope than Francis. I miss John Paul II, even Benedict… evil is always targeting the Faith. The question going forward is whether G_d will choose the Pope or the Cardinals lock Him out. There is supposed to be Devine revelation on the choice… but Satan has his minions.
Missing is a pin for the most triggered that says “Trump 2028.”
Trump should have further trolled them by explaining that HE didn’t create the image, but received it from an admirer who asked woke Google Gemini to draw him a picture of a recent pope, and that came out. Woke exploding heads everywhere.
I remember Obama and halos
Votive candles for Fauci, Biden and various Dems
These people can #PoundSand
Obama raises the seas or something.
No, but he seized a lot of raises.
Trump’s Pope name would have to be “Innocent XIV” to further troll the democrats.
Brilliant!
“Now do Trump as a black female pope!”
Hours of fun for the kiddies!
You don’t have to be a liberal to think it was tasteless.
You’re right. He should have done it in blackface, to show equity sensitivity.
No, just completely humorless.
I’m far more offended that Biden and hochul and Cuomo (and so many others) pretend to be Catholic.
Pelosi
Trump never learned this and neither has anyone defending it or cheering it along. Childish instant gratification is not how you MAGA domestically or internationally.
The “fraud” and “rigging” in the 2028 midterms are going to be epic again.
Concern troll is… concerned.
Brownnoser’s nose is brown.
Re-opening Alcatraz and declaring that Hollyweird is a critical national security issue are two more very recent examples of the exact same idiocy.
Concern troll is… even more concerned.
How virtuous of you to be so… concerned.
Thank you for proving my point.
We won’t be having midterms in 2028.
D’oh! The point still stands though. This is not going to help future election cycles.
Wow! 2025 years ago, these very same types of people would be screaming “Give us Barabbas!” while crucifying JC.
Now it’s “Give us Kilmar Abrego Garcia.” While “The Pope” at that time denied His existence 3 times. The Pope today is all in for KAG, and all other illegal invaders while hiding behind the very wall that Trump wanted to put across our border. Well, until his ticket was punched the day after the Resurrection.
So yeah. Kathy Hochul and her merry band of pretend Catholics claim to speak for all Catholics, which is ironic given they Frankie couldn’t even speak for all Catholics in the decade plus that he sat on the throne.
Please. When you can claim you follow the tenants of the Catholic Faith, then feel free to claim to speak for all Catholics. Something about “He who has not sinned, can cast the first stone.”
Pelosi, Biden, and the other Satanic Catholics can STFU.
Hair on fire is a leftist’s default mode.
Why is this being covered instead of the economic losses being higher than expected and Australian Conservative victory being another trade war casualty?
Both the United States and world has real issues going on. Trump is free to have fun but reporting should be on actual news.
Maybe we simply lack your monomania.
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