Story by Jai Hamid
Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump on Saturday after Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the Pope on Truth Social.
The post went up just days after Pope Francis died, and it set off a full-blown wave of backlash from Catholic groups, politicians, and media across the U.S. and Europe. But Vance didn’t flinch. He treated the whole thing as a joke and fired back at people calling it disrespectful.
Vice President JD Vance defends Trump’s AI Pope post amid backlash.
“As a general rule, I’m fine with people telling jokes and not fine with people starting stupid wars that kill thousands of my countrymen,” Vance wrote on X, replying to a direct question from Bill Kristol, editor-at-large at The Bulwark.
Kristol asked if Vance was really okay with “this disrespect and mocking of the holy father.” The image Trump posted showed him in full papal garb — white robes, gold cross, pointed bishop’s hat — standing like he was running the Vatican.
A picture too far?
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