Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken was critical of a post shared by the White House's X account depicting President Donald Trump as pope.

Just hours after Vatican workers installed the chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel in preparation for the Papal Conclave, which will begin on May 7 to select a new pope, the White House shared an AI-generated image of President Donald Trump in papal regalia on X,

An AI-generated picture of President Trump dressed as the pope is breaking the internet — with some suggesting it’s “kind of beautiful,” while others are bashing it as “sacrilegious.” The Trumped-up papal image was jokingly shared on the White House’s X account Friday and the president’s Truth Social has since topped tens of millions of views.