Before there was Trump as Jesus, there was Trump as the pope. There was Trump as Rocky. There was Trump in Apocalypse Now, smelling victory.
There was Trump pictured with a red lightsaber like Darth Vader’s, getting into the heads of the resistance on May 4.
To troll “No Kings” rallies, he was shown as a fighter pilot, call sign “King Trump,” dropping excrement bombs on protesters below.
If it seems like silliness and snark, you’re not in on the joke. Trump may realize he crossed a line with the now-deleted Jesus-like post. But stoking Trump’s base feels like a major part of White House communications strategy at a time when people spend time in online echo chambers and get their information from social media feeds.
He’s been pictured by a supporter with an official job at the State Department as a Founding Father, signing what appears to be either the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence — although that AI-generated image is poorly constructed, since he’s writing a feather quill rather than his preferred Sharpie. Laughable.
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