Franklin Graham blasted for urging Pope to praise Trump
One of America’s most high-profile Evangelicals has sparked a backlash by suggesting Pope Leo XIV should meet with Donald Trump to thank him for advancing religious freedom.
Franklin Graham, the son of the famed evangelist Billy Graham, also took to social media on Thursday to defend Trump’s controversial post depicting himself as a Christ-like figure—and Trump’s bizarre explanation that he thought the image portrayed him as “a doctor.”
“I do not believe President Trump would knowingly depict himself as Jesus Christ—that would certainly be inappropriate,” Graham wrote.
“I’m thankful the President has made it very clear that this was not at all what he thought the AI-generated image was representing—he thought it was a doctor helping someone, and when he learned of the concerns, he immediately removed the post.”