Asked earlier at the White House about one of his posts last night on TruthSocial, which included a picture of himself depicted as Jesus Christ, President Trump responded: ‘I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support. And only the fake news could come up with that one. It’s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better. And I do make people better. I make people a lot better.’
Analysis: This statement exhibits a high degree of absurdity and detachment from reality. The image in question, which was widely circulated and subsequently deleted from Truth Social, clearly depicted the President with divine, messianic iconography. Trump’s attempt to reframe this as a depiction of himself as a ‘Red Cross doctor’ is logically inconsistent with the visual evidence of the AI-generated content. By claiming the public and media misidentified a religious figure as a medical professional, Trump employs a common rhetorical strategy of gaslighting, attempting to rewrite the context of a controversial post to deflect criticism regarding his self-aggrandizement.
Source: sentdefender, 13.04.2026.
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