This is The Guardian.
Today, Trump takes on the other most powerful American on the planet.
Trump's late-night social media meltdowns are now the stuff of legend.
But even by his standards, last Sunday was epic.
Throughout the night, until 4am, the president was busy on his Truth Social account.
And squeezed in between posts on his new ballroom and Joe Biden was a bizarre attack on Pope Leo.
God's representative on earth to 1.4 billion Catholics.
Clearly angry over the Pope's criticism of his war in Iran, he called him weak on crime and terrible on foreign policy.
Then, just 46 minutes later, the president posted a,
quite frankly, bonkers AI-generated picture of himself as Jesus, basking in a holy glow.
Trump is laying hands on a sick person in a bed.
He 's surrounded both by somebody who looks like a nurse,
someone who looks like a praying figure, someone who is clearly a soldier or a military figure.
And in the background, there's an American flag, fighter planes, the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial.
It's crazy in only the way an AI image can be.
The backlash from the most dedicated Trump diehards from both his Catholic
and his evangelical supporters was swift and damning.
This is blasphemy.
You've got angels that are soldiers or something.
You've got Donald Trump clearly portraying himself as God.