Yep, Jesus! really was the highlight of yet another crazy and totally insane week.
Just to be clear, my use of “Jesus!” in the title and also just above is as an explicative. I may indeed be considered a blasphemer for using it like that, but seriously now, my degree of blasphemy pales into utter insignificance when compared to the image that he posted to Truth Social on Sunday April 12, and then obliterated the next day.
I’m not alone.
Matt Wuerker – everybody’s calling him Jesus….
Clay Jones – A lot of people say “JESUS!” in response to Donald Trump’s latest social media posts
He was asked about it by a reporter.
I really did not think Trump’s explanation about the Jesus post might be more insane than the Jesus post itself, but hey, this is Trump, so yea something about Dr. Jesus Trump from the Red Cross…
But of course, because my primary care doctor always glides in wearing a flowing white robe with light emanates from his hands as he takes my vitals. The clouds part, the angels sing. All for the low, low price of a $50 copay. A very understandable mistake.
Why did he use the “I thought it was a doctor” line?
Because he really is very very stupid, and did not understand the guidance he was given …
Meanwhile, the doctor quips are now rolling …
Oh, and let’s not forget that his JESUS post was not a first, he has done stuff like this before. Here Daily Beast columnist @juliadavisnews.bsky.social reminds us of this …
Trump’s New War with (*checks notes*) The Vatican
You know that we truly live in the weirdest timeline when you discover that both Trump and also JD Vance expressed serious doubts about the Pope actually being Catholic.
The additional observation that Trump considers Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un as his very best friends while denouncing the Pope should tell you all you need to know about just how corrupt he really is, but for the core of the MAGA cult, apparently not.
JD also chipped in …
Even Fox News is joining in …
And also this has been happening (he is making it ever so clear to an increasing number of people that he truly is an evil obnoxious shit) …
Graeme MacKay – Jesus Trump vs Pope Leo XIV
Clay Jones – MAGAts are willing to burn in hell for Donald Trump. #Trump #Pope #CatholicChurch #Catholics #Religion #Fundamentalists #PopeLeo #Libtard #MAGA
also Nick Anderson
Trump Learned his lesson – No more Jesus Posts … right?
That Sunday posting of him as Jesus was such a bad idea that it was gone by Monday.
That was it then, lesson learned, no more Jesus posts?
Well … this was Wednesday …
Child sacrificing?
Quick reminder: Trump is alleged to have raped kids and he also just bombed a girls school.
Meanwhile Daniel Boris nails it with this …
War Games
So how has his war that he claims isn’t a war going?
Here is a quick reality check …
People have always mistaken Vance’s ambition for intelligence, but here Ron calls it out …
It is really never worth giving anything he says any serious merit, it is all manipulative BS …
Eventually the lies become very obvious …
We are in the mess because so much of the information ecosystem has utterly failed …
Nick Anderson – Toll Booths
Clay Bennett – Gas Prices
Other Weird Stuff this past week
As reported by many, RFK Jnr made the news …
Robert F. Kennedy Jr once pulled over on a highway to cut the penis off a dead raccoon so he could “study it later”, according to a new biography of the US health secretary.
The bizarre account described in RFK Jr: The Fall and Rise, by Isabel Vincent, a New York Post journalist, is included in diaries allegedly written by the US’s top civilian health official.
Clay Jones – At what point does Donald Trump say that he never knew RFK Junior? #Trump #RFKjr #RepublicanWeirdos
Via Many Media Outlets reporting it, this happened last Wednesday…
Hegseth channels his inner Tarantino with fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction
It was perhaps inevitable that a braggadocious Christian nationalist defense secretary elevated from his role as a weekend Fox News television host would pluck a fake Bible verse from a violent Hollywood blockbuster and present it at a Pentagon prayer session to rally the troops for the “holy war” in Iran.
So yea, from Hegseth we get the gospel according to Tarantino, and if you are familiar with his movies then you will appreciated how that really is ever so symbolic is so many ways.
Daniel Boris – Pulp Fiction Prayers.
Insider Trading
There really are consequences when you elect a convicted felon and fraudster …
- The Guardian might ask, “What is going on”, but they know that we all know the answer.
Corruption on a truly epic scale – Robert Reich has some good insights
They gave Trump a few million to get him elected, and now they reap the reward of billions …
… FDR said it best…
FBI Kash Patel MIA …
Is anybody noticing that this is part of a theme here …
A Paul Revere inspired Reminder
Matt Davies – Demolition Man
Law
He lost … yet again …
MAGA Christian Cranks
The nuttier right-wing religious fanatics within the MAGA cult are as always doing their thing, and so here are this week’s samples.
So how do these guys feels about that Jesus posting, are they “concerned”?
Oh come now, you know that they will let him do literally anything.
- Right, because when someone posts a glowing self-portrait of himself healing America, the sensible response is obviously not ‘that’s absurd,’ but ‘zoom in harder until the messiah vibes appear.’ At this point MAGA isn’t doing political analysis, it’s doing Where’s Wally for blasphemy.
- So now Trump is fighting the Pope and the Prince of Persia at the same time? That is not theology, that is a rejected Marvel screenplay written during a gas leak.
- This is what happens when political fandom, end times fan fiction, and boomer Facebook theology all move in together and nobody pays rent.
- That is not a biblical worldview, it is a toddler worldview. “When I grab the cookie jar it is leadership. When you touch it, it is theft.”
- What they make clear is their complete lack of any credible ethics – they do not oppose election theft. They oppose losing,
- Family Research Council keeps proving that for some people, hypocrisy is not a flaw in the worldview. It is the fundamental core of their worldview.
- Metaxas treats authoritarianism like a smoke alarm that only goes off when Democrats make toast.
- His beloved orange tyrant Trump being authoritarianism-proof is like calling a wolf a sheepdog because you like the barking.
- There really is no ducking this, but the way Metaxas warns the church about authoritarianism is like a lifeguard that warns swimmers about rain while a shark circles the ladder.
Hemant calls out Feuerstein’s latest bit of stupidity during the past week:
- Aside from the wild idea that the Pope hasn’t read the Bible, Jesus specifically said those living by the sword will die by it, Matthew 26:52
MAGA religious fanatics practise what can best be described as “Diet Christianity” – Basically all the OT wrath and slaughter without any of the actual teachings of Jesus in the NT …
The Vance Effect comes to Hungary
JD visited the last Pope who then dies. This past week he then visited Orban who loses (After Vance’s visit, Orban’s share of the vote fell from 35% to 27%). He also went to Pakistan for peace talks that then failed. Could we ask if he is free to possibly pop over to Israel for a quick visit?
Cathy Wilcox – Thanks JD
Even More Political Cartoons from the past week
As always, there are many more excellent cartoons.
MacLeod – Fixed It
Joe Heller – Tax day
Clay Jones – Dr. Fucknuts will see you now. #Trump #TrumpJesus #Healthcare #TrumpCare #MAGA
Graeme MacKay – As seen on TV!
Sometimes Actions really do have consequences
- Link to article here
- This story is part of a collaborative investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE that includes a documentary, “Caught in the Crackdown,” which premiered April 14 at 10 p.m. EDT/9 p.m. CDT on PBS stations (check local listings) and will be available to stream on YouTube, the PBS App and FRONTLINE’s website. It will also be available on PBS Documentaries on Prime Video.
Life comes at you fast:
Aliya Rahman is one of hundreds of people filing personal injury claims against federal agents …
- Link to article here
- Quote: On January 13, Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor’s appointment when ICE agents smashed the glass out of her car windows at a Minneapolis intersection, pulled her out of her car, hauled her down the street by her arms and legs, and detained her. Rahman—a disabled Bangladeshi-American woman with a traumatic brain injury and autism—blacked out from her injuries on the floor of the Whipple detention center. When she woke up in the emergency room, she learned that she was being treated for “injuries consistent with assault,” according to her lawyers.
Some are keeping the receipts
- They flag up the JESUS Post of course, and also …
- Where Trump depicts former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a racist video (February 2026)
- Where Trump referenced Nazi-era language in a video looking forward to a potential win in the 2024 election (May 2024)
- Where Trump violated a gag order on his criminal hush money trial nine times (April 2024)
- Where Trump threatened all of his enemies during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack (January 2021)
Buttigieg
Obama & Mamdani
So yes, Mamdani really is an African born Muslim, and he is also a truly excellent Mayor of NYC …
We live in a country where the two most dynamic, charismatic, eloquent politicians of this century have the first names Barack and Zohran. This is what bothers the white supremacists so much.
Dr Trump
The mockery is truly excellent stuff, so let’s now enjoy some more of it.
Finally
Trump Rages at Pope Leo, JD Vance Fumbles Iran Deal & Hungary Ousts Viktor Orban | The Daily Show
6,237,300 views 14 Apr 2026 #DailyShow#JonStewart#Trump
Jon Stewart dives into the backlash over Trump Jesus-ifying himself with AI, the president claiming he was just depicting himself as a “doctor” (treating a bedridden Jon Stewart?), and Trump starting an Easter beef with Pope Leo. Plus, JD Vance fails to secure a deal with Iran while ALSO failing to get Hungarian strongman Viktor Orban reelected. #DailyShow#JonStewart#Trump#Pope
- 0:00 – Jon Stewart’s TDS Open
- 0:41 – Trump Disagrees with Pope Leo’s Easter Message
- 3:29 – The President Shares an AI Photo of Himself Depicted as Jesus
- 7:22 – News Media Calls Out Trump-Jesus Photo, Trump Deflects
- 8:46 – Trump Delivers Iran Update with the Easter Bunny
- 11:30 – Negotiations Continue Between the U.S. and Iran
- 14:42 – JD Vance Handles Iran Negotiations While Trump Attends UFC Fight
- 18:33 – Hungary’s Viktor Orban Loses Race for Prime Minister
Even if you don’t watch it all, check out Jon’s reaction when he realises that the guy being healed in the Jesus post is him.