Jon Stewart noticed something conspicuous about the AI-generated image Donald Trump shared of himself resembling Christ on the Daily Show this week.
The image, which has since been scrubbed from his social media, depicts Trump holding a glowing hand over an older man in a bed.
The sickly man being healed in the image, Stewart conceded, is a dead-ringer for himself.
‘Oh my god. Wait, the the guy in the bed- can I just…’ Stewart said as he brought his broadcast to a halt Monday just to make the comparison.
‘Am I okay?’ he joked after several seconds of studying and squinting. The comic jokingly craned his neck to get a better look.
Once satisfied – or sufficiently horrified – Stewart, 63, let out a swift ‘What the f*ck.’
The comic went on to admit that he is indeed aging and may lack the ‘the vigor and spunk’ of his ‘MTV days.’
‘But I didn’t know we were here already,’ Stewart said, acknowledging the AI generated man’s plight.
‘It looks like it was touch and go for a while. Thank God, in my time of need, I was surrounded by family,’ Stewart joked. He expressed relief ‘that Jesus-Trump brought his healing orb’ for the AI-generated occasion.
‘I didn’t realize my look had reached leper territory,’ Stewart further joked.
The other principal of the AI-artwork, ‘Trump-Jesus’, as Stewart put it – is seen healing the other man in the image as orbs of light emanate from his hands.
The piece was posted by the president late Sunday night before being swiftly deleted.
Still, the post was immediately met with pushback. Trump told critics from both sides of the aisle it was meant to depict him ‘as a doctor.’
He admitted Monday that he published the post, but did not specify why it was deleted.
Stewart’s riff was preceded by a recap of Trump’s ongoing criticism of the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV.
The comic recalled how Trump on Sunday said he sees the religious leader as too liberal and ‘weak on crime’ for the position.
‘I am really starting to sour on this president,’ Stewart joked. He went on to make a quip that knocked the administration’s handling of the so-called ‘Epstein files.’
‘That’s you as a doctor? Why don’t you own it, you big puss bag?” Stewart joked further, highlighting Trump’s excuse.
‘Do you even care about lying to us any more? Is it over? Has this relationship gone stale?
‘Your lies used to have a real spark,’ he continued, rattling off a series of Trump soundbites.
‘”They’re eating the cats and dogs,” “Venezuela stole the 2020 election.” And now the best you’ve got is: “Oh, it wasn’t Jesus. I’m a doctor,”‘ Stewart said.
‘You need to find your happy place, and fast. We expect better lies, sir.’
Christians already perturbed by Trump’s promise to wipe out Iran’s civilian infrastructure were left similarly skeptical of the president’s story.
The post comes weeks after Trump received heat for an AI-generated video he posted in February that depicted former first couple Barack and Michelle Obama both as apes. Trump blamed a staffer for the post at the time.
Stewart, meanwhile, has long been a critic of the conservative commander-in-chief. For his part, Stewart is a self-professed atheist.
