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US DEFENCE SECRETARY Pete Hegseth has said that AI-generated videos depicting Jesus Christ gorily attacking US president Donald Trump are “disgusting and detached from reality”.
The Iranian Embassy in Tajikistan shared one such video this week which altered Trump’s now deleted AI post depicting himself as Jesus, and added Jesus Christ attacking the president and throwing him into hell.
Trump continues to face backlash over the AI post depicting himself as Jesus Christ, which generated an outcry from a series of prominent conservative Christians who are among Trump’s biggest backers.
— Iran Embassy in Tajikistan (@IRANinTJ) April 14, 2026
Asked about the post, Trump denied that he was trying to look like Jesus Christ. “I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross,” he told journalists.
During a rambling press conference today with chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine, Hegseth was asked by a journalist about the AI video shared by the Iranian embassy.
“As far as a video like that, of course, that’s disgusting and detached from reality. Iran says a lot of things in the propaganda speech based on complete lies, and their actions have been lies,” he said.
Another AI-generated video shared by the Iranian Embassy in Tajikistan appears to depict convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein attached to Trump’s head.
“Don’t fight it Donie, we’ve been bonded since the 90s. We don’t want those tapes to come out now, do we?” the Epstein-like creature asked.
During the conference, Hegseth also announced that the US will maintain their naval blockade on Iranian ports “for as long as it takes”, after Iran’s military warned it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman if it continued.
The Defence Secretary also claimed the US army is carrying out miracles and quoted extensively from the bible while making an analogy which seemed to compare the US media to the Pharisees, and the US army to Jesus Christ.
He said the Pharisees, a Jewish religious and social movement, had ‘hardened hearts’ and wanted to explain away religious miracles “in pursuit of their agenda”.
“Our press are just like these Pharisees, not all of you, not all of you, but the legacy Trump-hating press, your politically motivated animus for President Trump, nearly completely blinds you from the brilliance of our American warriors,” he said.
He also described rescue missions carried out during the US and Israel’s war against Iran as ” incredible rescue missions, miracles, you might say”.
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