Regarding Donald Trump’s now-famous AI graphic that portrayed him as the Pope, JD Vance has spoken out.
One of the final foreign leaders to meet with Pope Francis before to his passing on Easter Monday, the vice president, a Catholic, declared that he was “fine with people telling jokes.”
The image has drawn criticism from both domestic and foreign quarters, including the Catholic bishops of New York State and former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
It shows an unsmiling Trump sitting on a fancy chair, wearing white papal garb and a headpiece, and holding out his right forefinger.
“Hey, JD Vance, are you okay with the Holy Father being disrespected and ridiculed like this?” Bill Kristol, a conservative commentator, wrote on X.
