Trump’s Deleted AI “Healing” Image: Blasphemy, Hidden Beasts, and the Alarming Alterations

Without doubt, the most controversial aspect of President Trump’s post was the way it depicted him. Standing before a sick man and shining in radiance, the image shows Trump healing the man while others kneel and gaze upon him in awe. His apparel matches how Jesus is commonly portrayed: a white tunic with a red garment. The shining rays and golden orbs in his hands (noted by some as drawing from pagan Roman tradition rather than Christian imagery) clearly portray Trump as a Christ-like figure.

Depicting oneself as Christ is clearly blasphemy, as countless conservatives have rightly called out. While some have tried to defend the image as “trolling” or “innocent,” there is simply no defense for blasphemy. One argument suggests President Trump was too naïve or simple in his faith to recognize the blasphemous nature of the message (his later statements seem to support this view). However, this does not diminish the wrongdoing—it only explains his lack of understanding.

It is, frankly, entirely unacceptable for the president—or anyone, especially a self-identified Christian—to depict himself as Christ-like or God-like, as this radiant image clearly does. The outcry spread rapidly across the internet. Even many of his strongest and most unwavering supporters condemned the image as entirely unacceptable, with some rescinding their support and stating they could never place their president above God.

I have noted that President Trump did not merely share this image on Truth Social, nor did he create it. Rather, he recreated the image. The original image was, as shown above, created by Nick Adams. However, President Trump did not merely copy and paste this image, he recreated this in an AI model. There are two notable changes that show this: The first is the resolution change and small AI failures such as the text on the veterans hat in the bottom left corner.

The second and most drastic change is to the soldiers at the top of the image. In image A (from Nick Adams), it depicts flying soldiers, wearing identifiable uniforms and helmets. However, image B (from President Trump), depicts unidentifiable beasts that have set the internet ablaze. The flying beasts are still of relatively similar shape, but do not appear to be humanoid, and are certainly not the same soldiers.

Because the resolution of the posted image was low, these creatures are difficult to discern. I therefore ran Image B through three different AI resolution enhancers: PicsArt, ChatGPT, and Grok.

Enhancing the images (while not explicitly revealing what the figures are) greatly improves our ability to analyze them. The beasts to the left and right of center appear to wear scaly armor and headgear reminiscent of sci-fi extraterrestrial helmets. Image C (produced by Grok) depicts the figure on the right as more feminine in its facial features, making it the most humanoid of the group.

However, it is not the flanking beasts but the central creature that has ignited the massive controversy. This beast wears a crown of three points (or has a head with three horns), appears to have either a banner or arms upraised, is clad in a form of tunic or armor, and possesses a menacing, dark nature—even appearing several shades darker than the creatures beside it.

While it is challenging to identify what this beast or creature is, there have been several propositions. Some claim it is angelic, others claim it is demonic, and some wilder theories persist. I will mainly focus on the two former.

• Angelic: There are some theories that suggest these are merely angels. Some biblical descriptions of angels are far from the fair skinned humanoid angels depictions such as that of Saint Michael, or that of angelic messengers. However, while many angelic descriptions—such as those seen in Ezekiel—depict bizarre and terrifying creatures, none of them are even a shadow of this dark beast in this image.
• Demonic: Perhaps this theory has the most merit and weight. This creature certainly would instill terror, displays darkness, and is an extreme contrast to the glory behind it. It is bizarre why such a creature would be present at the healing of a sick man. Some have claimed this creature is a depiction of Baal; however, I do not believe this is logical, as I see no similarities between the two. Many, though, have compared the creature to another occult figure, Baphomet.

• Perhaps the most interesting evidence I have found in research of this creature was of an image shared across X. @humanitywipe, who found a book being slowly created on Reddit some time ago, saved an image of this book and reshared it on X. On the top of this cover was depicted a Satanic being, the exact likeness of the creature at the top of President Trump’s image—and lacking from the original.
• Other theories persist on the nature of this creature, such as some saying it is a levitating Statue of Liberty. However, upon consideration and comparison, this can be seen as truly illogical.