Die-hard Trump supporters are now asking if He is the Antichrist

In a case of days, MAGA media figures went from the defense of President Donald Trump as God’s chosen president to make the case that he is actually the antichrist.

The accusations reached a fever pitch on Sunday night, after Trump placed An AI-generated image depicting himself dressed in a white robe and red sash and placing a hand emitting golden light on a man in a hospital bed. The image, which Trump deleted from Truth Social after about 14 hours, appeared to invoke Jesus Christ, angering some supporters who liked Trump’s behavior toward the antichrist — a figure in Christian theology who opposes Christ and whose appearance many believe could herald the end of time.

Major figures in the MAGA universe spoke quickly. “This is more than blasphemy. This is an Antichrist spirit,” former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene posted to X on Sunday.

“In 18 months I went from reluctantly voting for Trump to thinking there’s a good chance he’s the antichrist,” added Clint Russell, host of the right-wing Liberty Lockdown podcast.

“I really believe Trump is demon-possessed right now,” far-right pastor Joel Webbon in Texas written on. Hours later, Webbon hosted a live chat titled “Is Donald Trump the Anti-Christ?”

The Knights Templar Order, a Christian organization based on a medieval military order, wrote of the post that they “had no choice but to condemn it wholeheartedly and to issue a public apology.”

For more than a decade, Trump and his supporters have used explicit religious rhetoric and imagery to mobilize his base. But in recent weeks, some of Trump’s actions — from posts about the Vatican to messages about Iran posted on Easter Sunday — have caused a major rift among his supporters that could have lasting consequences for him and the Republican Party.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment. During a Monday news conference, Trump denied that the image depicted him as Jesus, telling reporters that he thought the image depicted him as a doctor. “I’m supposed to be like a doctor, making people better,” Trump told reporters.

Several MAGA influencers have been claiming that Trump is the antichrist for some time now. Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson, in a 43-minute long opening monologue On his show last Monday, he suggested that the administration’s war in Iran was also a war against the Christian faith. Carlson made the video in response to a Social Truth post from Trump on Easter where the president threatened to destroy significant infrastructure in Iran. (“Open the Fokken Street, you crazy bastards, or you will live in hell,” Trump wrote. “JUST WATCH! Praise to Allah.”) Despite never saying the word “antichrist” during the video, people switch MAGA media figures like Alex Jones on users of the DonaldTrump666 subreddit thought that Carlson was insinuating that Trump is the antichrist.

This rhetoric marks a significant departure for Carlson. Even though he became more critical of the president and its administration Recently, Carlson has long used religious language supportively when it comes to Trump. At the 2024 Republican National ConventionCarlson claimed that Trump survived the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania by “divine intervention.”

Trump also claims divine intervention After the incident, as did many of his allies. Robert Jones, the president and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, tells WIRED that Trump’s frequent portrayal of himself as a messianic figure helped bring MAGA to a breaking point. “The reason people have reached out to (the antichrist label) is because Trump actually set the stage for it himself,” Jones says.