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From King to Pope to Christ

Trump’s latest AI fantasy is not a joke. It is the visual language of authoritarian worship, and Americans should be terrified by how numb we have become to it.

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We the People United!
Apr 13, 2026
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By Dr. John Petrone

When a president attacks a pope for preaching peace and then posts an artificial image of himself as a miracle worker, the issue is not bad taste. The issue is power. The issue is …

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