In May 2026, social media users alleged U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself — resembling Jesus — delivering a "baby Trump" from the Statue of Liberty. Social media accounts and Snopes readers alike shared the image as an alleged screenshot from Trump's Truth Social account.
(Instagram user adam.the.creator)
In reality, Trump did not post the image on any of his social media accounts. We searched through his Truth Social and X accounts, as well as archives of his deleted posts, and found no evidence that he posted or shared such an image. A watermark at the bottom of the image led us to a social media profile called adam.the.creator who previously published similarly fake images on Instagram and Facebook. The creator described his work to Snopes as satirical in nature, so we've rated this as originated as satire.
The image with adam.the.creator's watermark was shared by numerous social media accounts. It was uploaded onto adam.the.creator's Instagram (archived) on April 29.
The creator's Instagram and Facebook accounts also feature numerous examples of AI-generated images and videos. Snopes has previously covered other images created by him. The "about" section on his Facebook described it as featuring "Daily memes and fake products from the mind of Adam Padilla."
Padilla confirmed over Instagram that he was the original source of this image and it was intended as political satire. He wrote, "Like most working creators in 2026, I use a range of tools, with AI on rare occasion. Out of thousands of posts on the account, only a small handful involve AI at all."
Google's reverse image search tool directed us to no authenticated sources, neither social media accounts nor news outlets, covering the alleged post by Trump. Were this claim true, it would have been widely covered by the news media.
Snopes checked Trump's Truth, a website that makes it easier to find the president's Truth Social posts — including deleted ones — and found no evidence of the image. There was also no evidence on Roll Call's archive of Trump's social media posts.
However, Trump did share and delete a similar Truth Social post the previous month, depicting himself as a Christ-like figure. The image, posted April 12, 2026, was AI-generated and depicted him wearing a similar white robe and red sash, garments that appear in many traditional representations of Jesus Christ. As of April 13, the image had been deleted from Trump's Truth Social feed. He later acknowledged to reporters he posted the image but said he thought it showed him as a doctor rather than Jesus.
Snopes also confirmed in May 2025 that Trump had posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope.