President Donald Trump on Sunday night took a break from his new feud with Pope Leo XIV to apparently offer Christians an alternative: himself.

The president posted an image on Orthodox Easter depicting himself as Jesus Christ, or someone very much like Christ.

Trump in the image is decked out in white robes with a red sash as light emerges from his hands. One of those hands is on a man sick in bed, who in turn glows with an apparent healing light as a woman gazes at the scene with her hands locked in prayer.

There are also silhouettes of military figures in the sky above as well as eagles, fighter jets, fireworks, a giant flag, and more in the image. The post has some of the hallmarks of AI including distorted fingers, the incorrect number of stars on the U.S. flag and gibberish text on a man’s hat:

Trump and his team have a long history of posting over-the-top images of the president, with past pictures depicting him as Superman, on Mount Rushmore, and as the pope.

But showing himself as Christ or a Christ-like figure crossed a line for many.

“It’s more than blasphemy,” former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a one-time Trump supporter who has since turned critic, wrote on X. “It’s an Antichrist spirit.”

Others across the political spectrum also slammed the president for posting the image:

This is blasphemous Trump portraying himself as Jesus Christ, descending from the clouds, healing the sick, with people praying to him, is reprehensible. If only there was a qualified leader of the White House Faith Office, and not a heretic, so this wouldn’t happen or at… pic.twitter.com/cGAJZn3E1o

There is behavior that's so self-evidently deranged that merely seeing it should lead to fury and disgust. I'm concerned, however, that some evangelicals are so influenced by Trump that they won't unite with their Catholic brothers and sisters in response to Trump's blasphemy and… pic.twitter.com/Cd3s3ovb3t

I’m not sure it has broken through to the general public that the president is a megalomaniac crazy person. Hopefully posts like this help. pic.twitter.com/7diVJG0hyo

I don’t know if the President thought he was being funny or if he is under the influence of some substance or what possible explanation he could have for this OUTRAGEOUS blasphemy. But he needs to take this down immediately and ask for forgiveness from the American people and… https://t.co/scsXaj6Rey

This evening, the president posted this, literally presenting himself as Jesus. He’s not doing anything to stave off the anti-Christ allegations. If any Democrat president did this, Evangelical Christians would implode. But will they speak out against this? I highly doubt it. pic.twitter.com/c6vpE68M1d

Trump is now posting AI images of himself as Jesus Christ healing, what appears to be, a young Jeffrey Epstein. pic.twitter.com/zG2OQKbP9s

I assume someone has already told him, but it behooves the President both spiritually and politically to delete the picture, no matter the intent.

so comical! funnier than Hieronymus Bosch. https://t.co/QEvind4fy9

What is this https://t.co/q5I64IyEED pic.twitter.com/YGNyj6G9Px

I'm not religious, but I respect the importance that faith plays in people's lives. Posting an image of yourself as God is literally blasphemy. It shows a disregard for sacred imagery and, by extension, for the very concept of the divine. Trump should apologize.

If you're still maga you need to shut up for the rest of your life. https://t.co/aZqeoKX0o3

This is absolutely disgusting. Trump just posted himself as JESUS healing the sick. Any Christian who defends this guy from now on needs to get their head examined. https://t.co/UK9bgWvk2y pic.twitter.com/3rYc1p9ctM

Totally not blasphemous https://t.co/REmDJ3p1Fr

Trump doesn’t see this as blasphemy because he actually believes he is God.Liberals were right. https://t.co/CzRi51bz7D

Jesus never bombed a girls school https://t.co/lSgoXtrzzy

He’s openly mocking Christians now. His mockery of Jesus Christ is unforgivable. pic.twitter.com/tqGCfdRE02

To be clear, the Iranian mullah regime, which I hate, has never, ever posted anything this offensive to Jesus Christ and his most pure Mother.https://t.co/a0gfy0grZI

Golden Calf moment. Many of the Epic Christians on here will defend this. https://t.co/p9HAKJfVSV

This should be deleted immediately. There’s no context where this is acceptable. https://t.co/XrcpiBV1O0

The demon in the sky is a nice touch https://t.co/hEl2H2LNth pic.twitter.com/I2RVdd45rF

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