President Trump shared an image of AI-generated, portraying himself as the leader of the Catholic Church, with the Vatican meeting to choose the next pope to begin next week.

On Friday night, the U.S. president posted images on Truth Social, a social media platform run by Trump Media & Technology Group, without any comments or background. The source of the image is not yet known.

Trump had previously joked that he hoped to be the next pope after Pope Francis died on April 21.

Trump told reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, April 29: "I want to be the pope. That would be my first choice. Then, he added more seriously: "No, I don't know, I don't have a preference." I must say we had an accidental cardinal, which happened to be a place called New York, and he was fine. Trump refers to the Archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, who was appointed on May 1 as the White House’s newly created Religious Freedom Commission.

After Trump commented on comments about wanting to be a pope, Senator Lindsey Graham (RSS.C.) picked up the clue and wrote in a post on X: "I'm glad to hear President Trump's idea of ​​the next pope open. It's indeed a candidate for a Black Cavalry, but I'll ask Papal and Catholic loyalty to announce this possible situation! White Smoke...

Trump attended the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome last Saturday (April 26). Viral images on social media allegedly indicate Trump fell asleep during the funeral. However, according to Snopes, this is wrong, which says: "Video coverage is otherwise stated."

According to Vatican News, the Vatican Conference, which will begin on May 7, will be the first to include 133 cardinal voters.

This is not the first time Trump has shared fake images on his Truth Society account. Last August, Trump released a series of AI-generated images, falsely claiming that Taylor Swift recognized him as president. Later that month, Trump shared a photo taken, portraying himself and others as DC superhero characters, like Trump, Superman, with JD Vance playing Batman and Batman and Elon Musk, a part of the human/part-robot.