Tucker Carlson went to town on President Donald Trump over his explanation for the AI-generated image he posted of himself looking like Jesus Christ.

During Wednesday’s episode of the “Tucker Carlson Show,” he described Trump’s post as “disruptive.”

“It’s Donald Trump, president of the United States, dressed as Jesus, healing a man. You can see the healing power coming off of his right hand,” the political commentator said.

Trump, who Carlson described as a “famously irreligious man,” tried to explain his way out of the controversy after he received widespread criticism, even from his own base.

“So, he sent that out and then withdrew it, deleted the tweet from the internet after an outcry, but was asked about it, and he said, ‘Yeah, I sent that’ … And he said, ’I sent it out, but it wasn’t me as Jesus,’ though obviously it is. [Trump said] ‘it was me as a doctor because I heal people.’”

When asked about it a day later, Trump denied even posting the image.

“He said, ‘No, no, I didn’t have anything to do with that. I didn’t send it out,’” Carlson added. “Which wasn’t exactly an answer to the question.”

Carlson then took issue with Trump reposting a doctored photo of Jesus “caressing” him.

“That’s unmistakably Jesus, the Christian Messiah, the man God at the center of Christianity, with his arm around Donald Trump, basically saying, ‘You go, Trump. I’m on your side.’”

So what do Trump’s posts mean, Carlson asked, before answering his own question.

“It’s mockery. He’s mocking Jesus. He’s making fun of Christianity. The central figure of the religion is being held up for mockery,” he said.

Carlson also blasted Trump for threatening war crimes and dropping an F-bomb in another Truth Social post on Easter Sunday.

“And then he seemed to make fun of Islam. ‘Praise Allah,’ he said. So in one short statement of about 110 words, he seemed to give the finger to the world’s two largest religions, Christianity and Islam,” Carlson said.

A week later, Carlson noted, Trump again behaved offensively towards religion.

“Also on Sunday, the Christian holy day, he attacked the pope, the leader of the world’s largest religion and largest Christian denomination, and attacked him personally and said basically, he’s only pope because of me,” Carlson said.

This prompted Carlson to wonder if the U.S. is a “Christian nation.” And if it is fundamentally a Christian nation, what does Trump’s mockery of religion say about the future of America?

“Donald Trump is not the first president to give the finger to Jesus, hardly. But he is the first president to do it in public,” Carlson said.

Watch Carlson’s remarks on “The Tucker Carlson Show” below:

By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.