Pete Buttigieg Spots What’s Oh So ‘Insulting’ About Trump’s AI Jesus Post | EUROtoday

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Saturday used a city hall-style occasion in Oklahoma to tackle Donald Trump for sharing an AI-generated picture of himself as a Jesus-like determine on his Truth Social platform.

Buttigieg, minutes into his opening remarks in Tulsa, addressed Christians who grew up in households the place being Christian and conservative have been thought-about “one and the same.”

“Maybe you’ve come along for a lot of things that have gone in the last few years in our politics but when you see the president insult your faith by depicting himself as the risen Lord healing somebody, you got something to say about that,” stated Buttigieg, who sparked applause from the purple state crowd.

He continued, “Especially since, after insulting your faith by circulating that image, he turned around and insulted your intelligence by saying he thought that was a picture of him being a doctor.”

“By the way, he’s not a doctor, either!”

The president’s AI Jesus-like put up drew swift criticism from conservatives, religion leaders and his personal base whereas his feud with Pope Leo XIV served as a backdrop to the backlash final week.

Trump world figures like Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) downplayed the put up or just tried to brush it off.

The president advised reporters on Monday he made the put up, which has since been deleted, and claimed that it depicted him as a health care provider.

Trump has since shared a separate picture on his platform displaying Jesus embracing him together with a U.S. flag-themed background.

Ahead of Buttigieg’s speech in Tulsa, he spoke at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Kansas on Friday the place he commented on Vance just lately warning the pontiff to “be careful” and never get political when discussing “matters of theology.”

“You’re my kind of Democrats who understand that God does not belong to a political party in the United States of America. Nor can I imagine any leader we support telling the pope what he ought to do on matters of theology,” stated Buttigieg earlier than referring to Vance, who transformed to Catholicism in 2019.

“That’s crazy. He’s been Catholic about as long as I’ve been middle-aged and he thinks he can lecture the pope on Catholic theology.”