A pundit on British TV didn’t mince words on Monday when asked her reaction to the bizarre image Donald Trump posted Sunday that basically depicted himself as Jesus Christ.
In fact, Marina Purkiss described the president with a fairly harsh slur ― at least in religious circles ― saying he is the “Antichrist.”
During a segment with British talk show host Jeremy Vine, Purkiss admitted to being shocked by the image the president posted.
“I’m just gonna say this, right? I am a person that was raised a Catholic — I did all the sacraments, I read the book, you know,” she said, adding that while she has lost her “faith,” she still finds Trump’s post “deeply, deeply offensive.”
Then she went scorched earth on the president.
“How dare you? That is blasphemous. The picture is blasphemous, it’s a huge disrespect. That in itself is the breaking of a commandment,” Purkiss said.
After noting that Trump had, by her count, “broken eight of the 10 commandments,” Purkiss declared, “This guy, in my opinion, is the Antichrist.”
“No wonder he doesn’t like the pope,” she added.
The image was removed from Trump’s account late Monday morning. The president then told reporters he thought the picture showed him as a doctor.
Trump’s post came while his current war with Iran has been heavily criticized by Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church’s first American-born pontiff.
Although his team has previously posted images depicting Trump as Superman, on Mount Rushmore and even as the pope, the Trump-as-Jesus post seemed to be a bridge too far with many people on social media who called it “blasphemous” and “deranged.”
In fact, Purkiss wasn’t the only prominent person to describe Trump with the “A-word” label.
Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei didn’t call Trump the “Antichrist” when he appeared on “Morning Joe” Monday, but he warned the president that posting memes suggesting he’s Christ could alienate his supporters.
“I think he is playing with fire with the base. And if you look at where his standing is, like, he should be worried,” VandeHei said. “I’m surprised his advisers didn’t say, ‘Come on, man. Like, at some point you’re pushing this too far. Your favorable ratings are already relatively low.’”
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