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Trump posts photo of himself as the Pope (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 3 OP
B.S.C. Disaffected May 3 #1
WTF? Why? Did he actually post this himself or is he being trolled? brush May 3 #2
He's the one doing the trolling JoseBalow May 3 #68
What a sick fuck. The president of the US has nothing better to do than this? brush May 3 #88
If it's real, and it's suspect, he might get some GOPer backlash. Of course, they'll love him again Silent Type May 3 #3
Newsweek reporting it. sinkingfeeling May 3 #10
The Guardian is reporting it: yardwork May 3 #36
Boy, if that doesn't scream "Antichrist", I don't know what does. tanyev May 3 #4
Maybe it will hildegaard28 May 3 #45
Evangelicals don't think Catholics are Christians. 1WorldHope May 3 #67
Why hasn't he been sizzled with a lightning bolt yet? nt Dulcinea May 3 #81
Fingers canetoad May 3 #5
Good Catch.. so somebody just Imposed his Stupid head Cha May 3 #7
The image is AI canetoad May 3 #11
TY.. wishful thinking on Cha May 3 #14
He could qualify as Pope Poop the First. (Meaning no disrespect to the real Pope) nt allegorical oracle May 3 #40
Trump himself posted this and it's on the White House feed too. yardwork May 3 #37
That is the point malaise May 3 #83
trDUMP has just taken up residence at a convent,... magicarpet May 3 #34
And Trump would have made his manly bulge bigger. Turbineguy May 3 #55
Time for the 25th. maveric May 3 #6
Way to win over Catholics. Sacrilegious. sinkingfeeling May 3 #8
Especially after NJCher May 3 #12
How would all those "Catholic that voted for him" Cha May 3 #9
Catholics went for trump in the last election 56-41. One issue voters. nt albacore May 3 #71
Well, there's the abortion issue TexasBushwhacker May 3 #84
Some of those folks are about to learn some really hard life lessons. nt albacore May 3 #87
Message auto-removed Name removed May 3 #13
He's a Stupid Greedy Asshole. Cha May 3 #15
Actually he's not funny at all. sheshe2 May 3 #16
I see what you did there Brother Buzz May 3 #17
... sheshe2 May 3 #19
And I missed it!!!! Darn!! GP6971 May 3 #52
An unusual late night visit from our unhinged fiend Brother Buzz May 3 #60
LOL! Cha May 3 #18
Indeed! Patton French May 3 #35
He's a psychopathic murderer of millions, murdered by covid and more Meowmee May 3 #41
Definition number 2? Absolutely. tanyev May 3 #42
on the bright side... IzzaNuDay May 3 #20
If someone did an AI portrait of Trump dressed up as Muhammad* TommyT139 May 3 #21
Yeah, that would be great. IzzaNuDay May 3 #22
Had this been 500 years ago he would be running for his life Norbert May 3 #23
I want him in the pope's most recent picture. nilram May 3 #24
Well, he's got the lying part down pat. WestMichRad May 3 #46
The Antichrist is mocking my religion. Wingus Dingus May 3 #25
He is mentally ill. madaboutharry May 3 #26
Yup, and getting worse by the day. GoCubsGo May 3 #32
Give us a number Unwind Your Mind May 3 #56
MAGA is mental illness on full display. Initech May 3 #64
Pope Little Peter himself. Jit423 May 3 #27
You win the thread! nt Dulcinea May 3 #82
Pure trolling. Don't take the bait. Celerity May 3 #28
Trump posted this himself. yardwork May 3 #39
I know he posted it himself. He is trolling. I refuse to take the bait. Celerity May 3 #49
I'm not triggered by the photo so I'm not being trolled. yardwork May 3 #50
Good luck. Also, Trump IMHO is trolling everyone, not just Catholics. Celerity May 3 #53
His trolling rarely works on me. yardwork May 3 #54
We need to stop reacting to J_William_Ryan May 3 #29
Trump posted this. yardwork May 3 #38
The 'Ayatolla TooZany' wants to use any bubble he could to hide in Jrose May 3 #30
Satanic C_U_L8R May 3 #31
Is fifth grade graduation anytime soon? He needs to go off to summer camp. Vinca May 3 #33
Message auto-removed Name removed May 3 #44
Insanity DenaliDemocrat May 3 #43
What an imagination! Brainfodder May 3 #47
I predicted this April 21, but I was being sarcastic. Trump is a true believer . . . that he is god. GulfofMexico May 3 #48
🙄🤬 Rebl2 May 3 #51
Tell Republicans that Trump would be a pope like Alexander VI...... DetlefK May 3 #57
Trump's message: He's infallible and the only way he leaves the White House is when he's dead. sop May 3 #58
Owning the Libs? It's so nuts FullySupportDems May 3 #59
It is all about me, me me. republianmushroom May 3 #61
This needs to go VIRAL on every Social Media platform there is. ProudMNDemocrat May 3 #62
Sacrilegious! peggysue2 May 3 #63
Global outrage malaise May 3 #65
New name for Trump PJMcK May 3 #85
WTaF UpInArms May 3 #66
Shitting in the papal regalia Blue Owl May 3 #69
It has that vibe, 100% Maru Kitteh May 3 #89
Shiny squirrel! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 3 #70
Yep MorbidButterflyTat May 3 #73
I'm convinced this is not a joke, nor is it satire. Ursus Rex May 3 #72
New name for Trump PJMcK May 3 #74
I am not Catholic, and I am offended by this picture LetMyPeopleVote May 3 #75
Someone should tell him he, unlike Biden, is not elligble karynnj May 3 #76
What an ego RainCaster May 3 #77
He is his own god, so he needs a. god-sized ego Maru Kitteh May 3 #90
He is stark raving mad Botany May 3 #78
You don't want to know where that finger's been C_U_L8R May 3 #79
It's posted on the official White House Twitter page. Crunchy Frog May 3 #80
Where's the Catholic League with their outrage? Boomerproud May 3 #86
Time to get out the butterfly net. oasis May 4 #91

brush

(60,035 posts)
88. What a sick fuck. The president of the US has nothing better to do than this?
Sat May 3, 2025, 08:00 PM
May 3

The moron magats got just what they wanted I guess by voting for this fool AGAIN.

Silent Type

(9,654 posts)
3. If it's real, and it's suspect, he might get some GOPer backlash. Of course, they'll love him again
Sat May 3, 2025, 12:31 AM
May 3

when he deports another 100K poor people or bashes minority groups.

hildegaard28

(499 posts)
45. Maybe it will
Sat May 3, 2025, 08:47 AM
May 3

Finally wake Evangelicals up to that fact. I've been telling them that he is the Antichrist, but they never listened.

canetoad

(19,033 posts)
11. The image is AI
Sat May 3, 2025, 01:20 AM
May 3

And originally came from reddit. If you do a search by the image url, dozens of people have depicted him as pope. Wishful thinking? Satire? I really dread to think but it's a strange sickness.

Cha

(311,292 posts)
14. TY.. wishful thinking on
Sat May 3, 2025, 01:45 AM
May 3

Mump's part.. he wants to be "king", Dictator, Pope, Mob Boss, , Hitler, Etc...

malaise

(284,582 posts)
83. That is the point
Sat May 3, 2025, 05:26 PM
May 3

Let the coward Catholic hierarchy weigh in starting with Timothy.
I will not hold my breath.

magicarpet

(18,333 posts)
34. trDUMP has just taken up residence at a convent,...
Sat May 3, 2025, 07:14 AM
May 3

... he just had index finger intercourse with Mother Superior. He was eager to post this fact on his site Truth Social.



Good to be King POPE & Fuhrer.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,891 posts)
84. Well, there's the abortion issue
Sat May 3, 2025, 05:36 PM
May 3

But most Latinos are Catholic, and Latino men went for Trump in far higher numbers than they did for Biden, especially Latino men under 40. They SAID it was because of the economy, but that was self reported. Would they admit they just didn't want to vote for a woman?

Black men who voted for Biden switched to Trump in significant numbers as well.

Response to Demovictory9 (Original post)

sheshe2

(92,178 posts)
16. Actually he's not funny at all.
Sat May 3, 2025, 02:15 AM
May 3

I am not religious, however he makes a mockery of the church and those of true faith.

He is a convicted felon, a rapist, a racist and a lying POS.

He makes you want to bee vomit 🤮

TommyT139

(1,437 posts)
21. If someone did an AI portrait of Trump dressed up as Muhammad*
Sat May 3, 2025, 02:42 AM
May 3

...with a neat bilingual caption, I bet Trump would repost it.

* peace be upon him

Norbert

(7,064 posts)
23. Had this been 500 years ago he would be running for his life
Sat May 3, 2025, 04:47 AM
May 3

The Roman Catholic Religion was much more militant back then. Martin Luther was a prime example. Fortunately, he lived to tell about it.

GoCubsGo

(33,869 posts)
32. Yup, and getting worse by the day.
Sat May 3, 2025, 07:06 AM
May 3

I'm finding it harder and harder to believe this is some kind of "trolling." This is more like Harry Morgan character, General Bartford Hamilton Steele, in the M*A*S*H episode, "The General Flips At Dawn." Except that the General didn't have a legion of sycophants and huge cult following him.

yardwork

(66,795 posts)
39. Trump posted this himself.
Sat May 3, 2025, 07:23 AM
May 3

He may be trolling but I'm not going to ignore it. I want lots of conservative Catholics to see this.

I'm amplifying it.

Celerity

(50,082 posts)
49. I know he posted it himself. He is trolling. I refuse to take the bait.
Sat May 3, 2025, 10:58 AM
May 3

Amplification of a troll post just empowers the troll.

yardwork

(66,795 posts)
50. I'm not triggered by the photo so I'm not being trolled.
Sat May 3, 2025, 11:00 AM
May 3

I'm seizing the opportunity to spread this far and wide. I hope many conservative Catholics see this.

If Trump is trolling Catholics it's in my interest to assure they know it.

Jrose

(1,457 posts)
30. The 'Ayatolla TooZany' wants to use any bubble he could to hide in
Sat May 3, 2025, 07:03 AM
May 3

to shield himself from imprisonment or further indictments and trials

Response to Vinca (Reply #33)

Brainfodder

(7,339 posts)
47. What an imagination!
Sat May 3, 2025, 09:36 AM
May 3

Adderall?
Is the insane part all the sharing?
Mussolini pose up next?
How are cult members going to survive with COL increases for Donald?

GulfofMexico

(41 posts)
48. I predicted this April 21, but I was being sarcastic. Trump is a true believer . . . that he is god.
Sat May 3, 2025, 09:50 AM
May 3

How much evidence do you have to have to prove the guy is bonkers, nuts, insane, a lunatic? His megalomania may be unparalleled in human history.

A while back he had himself pictured in a Pittsburgh Steelers uniform--the cowardly bully who dodged the draft because of "bone spurs."

If he were Uncle Billy Bob, he'd have been institutionalized long, long ago. Instead, an alleged slight majority of US voters sent him to the White House.

There is no rational explanation for it. The crazy-as-hell cult leader of all cult leaders thinks he should be pope. Of course, the case could be made that it would be a pretty good fit, the Catholic Church being an international ring of child molesters and Nazi sympathizers . . .

 

DetlefK

(16,670 posts)
57. Tell Republicans that Trump would be a pope like Alexander VI......
Sat May 3, 2025, 11:23 AM
May 3

They will like the comparison until they look it up.

Alexander VI was a huge patron of the arts.... and a murderous, money-grabbing, scheming corrupt bastard who tried to turn the papacy into a hereditary title and pass it on to his son.

In the end, he was poisoned because he made WAY too many enemies. And his son was forced to become a mercenary.

sop

(14,441 posts)
58. Trump's message: He's infallible and the only way he leaves the White House is when he's dead.
Sat May 3, 2025, 11:32 AM
May 3

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,640 posts)
62. This needs to go VIRAL on every Social Media platform there is.
Sat May 3, 2025, 12:16 PM
May 3

I am a recovering Catholic who respected the late Pope Francis for his love and compassion for people wherever they were at in their lives, who cared about Social and Environmental Justice, etc., I find this HIGHLY OFFENSIVE.

I posted this on my Facebook Timeline and the responses are brutal.

peggysue2

(11,881 posts)
63. Sacrilegious!
Sat May 3, 2025, 12:37 PM
May 3

I've been absent from the Church for years but . . .

This is beyond offensive particularly on the heels of Pope Francis' death.

Hope American Catholics who voted for this beast feel unnerved, maybe a little queasy because Trump is the antithesis of the true faith, the one based on the teachings of Jesus.

Positively disgusting!

UpInArms

(52,830 posts)
66. WTaF
Sat May 3, 2025, 01:27 PM
May 3
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina posted to X on Tuesday: "I was excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope. This would truly be a dark horse candidate, but I would ask the papal conclave and Catholic faithful to keep an open mind about this possibility! The first Pope-U.S. President combination has many upsides. Watching for white smoke.... Trump MMXXVIII!"


Can I get off this world, now? It is spinning craziness

Ursus Rex

(379 posts)
72. I'm convinced this is not a joke, nor is it satire.
Sat May 3, 2025, 04:06 PM
May 3

Last edited Sat May 3, 2025, 05:29 PM - Edit history (1)

HE posted or reposted it. It’s a real idea from him, and maaaybe has some level of trolling, but he’s feeling unleashed, unchecked, and free to express whatever crosses his mind these days.

karynnj

(60,276 posts)
76. Someone should tell him he, unlike Biden, is not elligble
Sat May 3, 2025, 04:30 PM
May 3

Though anyone not already a cardinal would be an extreme unlikely remote chance, the basic requirements are to be a baptized Catholic male. He isn't.

RainCaster

(12,881 posts)
77. What an ego
Sat May 3, 2025, 04:37 PM
May 3

No education in the Bible, but he did say that he has never needed to apologize for anything in his life, as he has never done anything wrong.

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