Trump Denies Posting a Purported A.I. Image of Himself as Pope

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President Trump said on Monday that he “had nothing to do with” a representation of himself as a pope who had been shared on his social media accounts and in the White House during the weekend, distancing himself from the Image generated by AI This has agitated Catholics.

“I had nothing to do with that,” said Trump by answering questions in the oval office. “Someone invented a photo of me dressed like the pope, and they put it on the internet. It was not I who did it, I have no idea where it came from – maybe it was AI but I have no idea where it comes from.”

Trump, answering a question about Catholics unhappy with the image of him dressed in white papal dresses and a ceremonial hairstyle, also tried to minimize increasing criticism.

“They can’t take a joke,” said Trump, saying quickly to the journalist, “you don’t talk about Catholics; you mean false media. Catholics loved it.”

But Catholics across the country, including a leading American cardinal, suggested that the image is offensive, especially since they cry the death of Pope Francis. Cardinal Timothy Mr. DOLAN DOLAN DE NEW YORK, Rome for the Papal Conclave, said when he was asked about the image on Sunday that he hoped that he was not the president.

“I hope he had nothing to do with it,” said Cardinal Dolan. When asked if he had been offended, the cardinal dismantled but called the image a “figura brutta”, which means that she had made a bad impression.