CNN Host Exposes Trump for Telling ‘One of the Lamest Lies Imaginable’

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CNN star Anderson Cooper has slammed President Donald Trump’s curious excuse behind his AI Jesus post as “one of the lamest lies imaginable.”

Trump posted an https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-himself-as-christ-after-bonkers-pope-attack/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-himself-as-christ-after-bonkers-pope-attack/">AI-generated image of himself as Christ on his Truth Social on Sunday evening.

After a backlash, including from some MAGA figures, Trump deleted the post and attempted some weapons-grade deflection.

He insisted ”only the fake news” would suggest he was depicted as Jesus and claimed that he thought the picture represented “me as a doctor” instead.

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