by Ryan Foley, Christian Post
President Donald Trump has received considerable backlash this week from friend and foe alike for sharing a meme generated by artificial intelligence depicting him in a white robe healing a bedridden man. While critics blasted the meme as “blasphemy” for portraying Trump as Jesus, the president insisted that he thought he was supposed to be a doctor in the meme even after he deleted it.
Trump’s social media post is not the first time the depiction of a political leader as Jesus Christ or the Messiah has generated outrage. Former President Barack Obama was frequently portrayed as a Christ-like figure during his 2008 presidential campaign and throughout his presidency. Here are four examples.