An AI-generated image depicting US president Donald Trump in religious robes, wearing a 'Make America Great Again' hat, holding a Bible, and walking on water—accompanied by text calling him “pastor. President. Protector”—circulated on social media. The image, which bears an ‘American 24/7’ watermark, was not posted by Trump; fact-checker Lead Stories traced the original post to Facebook shared on 2026-08-23, and the graphic spread on X/Twitter after being reshared.
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An AI-generated image depicting US president Donald Trump in religious robes, wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat, holding a Bible, and walking on water—accompanied by text calling him “pastor. President. Protector”—circulated on social media. The image, which bears an ‘American 24/7’ watermark, was not posted by Trump; fact-checker Lead Stories traced the original post to Facebook shared on 2026-08-23, and the graphic spread on X/Twitter after being reshared.