That would be my number one choice,” he said at the time. The image shows Trump dressed in a white garment wearing a pope’s hat and a necklace with a cross hanging around his neck. He is sitting in a chair with his index finger pointed upwards.

President Donald Trump on Monday denied being the source of the AI-generated image of him as the pope that went viral on social media over the weekend. The image shows Trump sitting on an ornate chair wearing white papal robes and a large golden cross necklace.

Just hours after Vatican workers installed the chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel in preparation for the Papal Conclave, which will begin on May 7 to select a new pope, the White House shared an AI-generated image of President Donald Trump in papal regalia on X,