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The right-wing Lindell TV network refused to take President Donald Trump at his word after he claimed an image of him as Jesus was really meant to present him as a doctor.

At a White House event on Monday, Trump was asked if he intended to compare himself to the Christian savior over the weekend.

"I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with Red Cross as a Red Cross worker there, which we support," Trump insisted to reporters.

"I'm not sure that people are going to buy that as the excuse," Lindell TV anchor Kristi Leigh noted. "But, I mean, he certainly doesn't look like a doctor in that picture. So I don't know about that."

"A lot of people are not buying it," Lindell TV correspondent Cara Castronuova observed. "But that was President Trump's response. I didn't think that he was going to talk to the press today, but he did."

"I think they felt that he should address this because it really was a lot of backlash, as you know, in social media, especially from Christian groups and even some non-Christians as well," she added.

Podcasters Andrew Kolvet, Blake Neff, and Joshua Haymes spoke out against President Donald Trump after he shared an image that appeared to compare himself to Jesus Christ.

The three podcasters addressed the president's latest stunt after he admitted to posting a photo of himself appearing to be Christ. The president, however, claimed that the image depicted him as a doctor rather than the Christian savior.

"I hated it. I hated it so much. I didn't like it at all. It screamed blasphemy, honestly," Haymes said. "I don't know Donald J. Trump's heart. But he does not strike me as the type of man who is in love with his Savior, Jesus, the type of man who is in full submission to Jesus Christ and his law, who wakes up every morning and goes to the Word of God as his ultimate and infallible authority. He doesn't strike me as that kind of guy."

"And I think it's good for us as Christians to voice that and make it very clear that, hey, we are not going to accept blasphemy from our president," he added.

Haymes later pulled out his Bible to make a point about blasphemy.

"I want to issue this warning from scripture, because you mentioned exactly what I have noticed as well, which is, uh, even his thought process may not have been blasphemy," he explained. "It was just people love me here. I'm putting it out there. They're praising me. I'm putting it out there."

"And so I want to read Acts chapter 12, verse 21," he added. "On an appointed day, Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to the people. And the people were shouting, the voice of God, the voice of God, not a man. Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and breathed his last."

"Now, I read that because I really like Donald Trump. And I want him to — I want to see him in heaven. I want to enjoy company with him in eternity."

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) called for the hanging of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) following allegations of sexual misconduct against him.

In an interview on Monday, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson asked Ogles what should happen to Swalwell if the allegations against him were true.

"There's going to be expulsion articles," Ogles explained. "My guess is they drop tomorrow against him, and I think they'll succeed. I think there's multiple Democrats, I can't name them per se, have said that they would sign on. And so I would, I would expect him to be gone as well."

"But when you're targeting, and you're a predator, and you're raping young women, let's hang him," he continued. "Rapists should be hung, period. No questions."

He then appeared to backtrack after realizing what he said could be construed as a threat against a Congress member.

"And so now I'm not, I don't want the Secret Service to come," he said. "I'm not talking about Eric Swalwell. I'm not threatening a member of Congress. But the point is, we've got to say enough is enough."

MAGA TV anchors David Brody, Terrance Bates and Allison Haunss criticized President Donald Trump after he compared himself to Jesus Christ on social media.

In an image posted to Truth Social late Sunday, Trump seemed to liken himself to the Christian savior. The image created outcry — much of it from the president's supporters.

"Let me be very clear," Brody said on Monday morning. "Take this down, Mr. President. Look, you've done a lot of great work defending Judeo-Christian principles since you've glided down that golden escalator."

"But you're not God," he continued. "You're flawed. I'm flawed. All of us are flawed. Every single one of us are."

"Now, I love so much of what this president has done, so don't misread anything when it comes to that. But.. I'm going to call it as I see it when I disagree, and I vehemently disagree in this situation."

Bates insisted that he didn't get the point the president was trying to make.

"I looked and... I kind of was trying to figure out, okay, what's he trying to say here?" the anchor said. "And it's taking me until now to really kind of digest this. And I just don't get the point. I agree with you. Take it down. But what point are you trying to make here, Mr. President? I don't understand it. And whatever the point is, I'm not so sure you're going to convince me that this is appropriate."

"Well, I'd have to agree, but the question is, what is the point?" Haunss asked.

Brody insisted that Trump was trying to show he was doing God's work but had gone about it the wrong way.

"The problem here is the red robe and him being the central figure in it," the anchor explained. "If you're going to be saying that, then you're part of, if you will, God's army, right? Aren't we all trying to do the best for the kingdom? So go smaller in the picture, put God at the front of it, and you in the background, you're not the foreground, Mr. President. You're not."

"And that's my point, guys," he added. "And I'm pretty stringent and very serious about this. To be clear, I just want to be clear, I love so much of what President Trump has done in both terms, a lot of stuff. But this is this is not right. He needs to take it down."

Right-wing host Alex Jones clashed with longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone after the conspiracy theorist called for the 25th Amendment to be used to remove the president of the United States.

In an interview on Friday, Jones spoke to Stone about President Donald Trump's decision to attack him in a Truth Social post over a disagreement about the war in Iran.

"Just be honest. This was not healthy for Trump to come out and attack everybody. Obviously, it only makes me bigger," Jones said. "This is very destructive of the midterms to attack Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, and some of the most other popular people saying we're low IQ idiots, while he literally has Mark Levin sitting in his lap and Laura Loomer, you know, sitting on his shoulder like a demonic parrot."

"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about," Stone replied. "So, Alex, yes, it just probably makes your brand bigger, but you need to get back on the Trump train fully. We could have Kamala Harris if you think that would have been preferable."

"Roger, I get all of that!" a frustrated Jones shouted. "My point is that the war is extremely unpopular and also make it — the inflation's exploding!"

"We had a narrow window," he added. "His economic plan was great. If we have inflation, which oil and gas and fertilizers is the base of, then that derails his plan."

For his part, Stone insisted that Trump's war with Iran "will be over faster than people think it will be."

"Better be!" Jones snapped.

President Donald Trump has officially submitted plans to dramatically alter a Washington, D.C., landmark, even though he is being sued over the potential changes.

In a design proposal sent to the Trump-appointed members of the Commission of Fine Arts, the White House said it would have the Eisenhower Executive Office Building painted bright white. The French Second Empire-style building that houses much of the president's team is currently slate gray.

According to the proposal, the building has drawn criticism since its completion in 1888 because of its "highly ornate design." It was designated a national historic landmark in 1969.

The DC Preservation League and Cultural Heritage Partners filed suit last year after Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that he was considering painting the building.

"Gray is for funerals," Trump complained at the time, insisting that bright white paint would be "a great addition to Washington."

The president has sought to leave his mark on the nation's capital by paving over the Rose Garden, demolishing the East Wing to make way for a ballroom, renovating several White House rooms in Mar-a-Lago style, and painting the Kennedy Center's golden pillars white.

Author Michael Wolff argued that First Lady Melania Trump called on Congress to hold hearings on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein because she "hates" her husband, President Donald Trump.

In a video posted on Friday, Wolff reacted to the first lady's speech by noting that it "contradicts much of the evidence, known timeline, and much of what Epstein has directly said about her."

Melania Trump claimed that although she attended parties with Epstein, she was not friends with him or his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Wolff sued the first lady last year after he claimed she threatened him with a $1 billion lawsuit to muzzle his reporting on her alleged ties to Epstein, who communicated extensively with the author.

"We know that she's unhappy about my lawsuit against her," Wolff said. "But is this an effort to influence the judge? It's a Trump judge, by the way. Or intimidate the judge? Intimidation is, of course, what my case against her is about."

He speculated that Melania Trump might be "getting out in front" of a story about her.

"And then the other, perhaps obvious point might just be that she hates her husband," Wolff continued. "He's the one who got her into this Epstein mess. He's the one now threatening to damage the Melania brand. She's p-----."

"And in a way, what she's doing is saying to Congress and perhaps to a future Democratic Congress on the horizon, investigate the son of a b----," he added.

The husband of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly admitted things got "really bad at home" after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota.

Texts and phone call recordings obtained by The Daily Mail detailed sex worker Shy Sotomayor's years-long relationship with Bryon Noem, who was said to enjoy cross-dressing and dreamed of becoming a woman named Chrystal.

Sotomayor said she confronted the Homeland Security secretary's husband after discovering his true identity late last year.

"Besides the fact of who your wife is, no one is prettier than me. No one is as powerful," the woman told him. "So much better than your wife, aren't I?"

"You're so much better," he replied.

Although Byron Noem talked about leaving his wife for Sotomayor, that changed after Good and Pretti were shot to death by immigration officers.

"Did you think that I wouldn't find out who you were?" she asked during a January 10 conversation.

"I knew you knew," Byron Noem admitted.

Sotomayor revealed that the secretary's husband became distraught and cut off contact following the shooting of Good.

"Really bad at home. Really bad. I've got to go and figure me out. It's bad. Sorry and thank you," he explained. "I've got to stop everything and focus on me. Thank you. I'll be deleting all my stuff."

"Is it because of everything going on right now with ICE?" Sotomayor asked.

"And life," Byron Noem said.

"Yeah I'm sure it's stressful," Sotomayor wrote back.

Only two weeks later, Byron Noem contacted her again.

"I do like my wife and I know you don't," he texted.

"To be honest. She's not [very] likable," Sotomayor said. "There's no female compared to me. Especially your wife."

"True!!!" he exclaimed.

"Like being honest, idk how you can be with her," Sotomayor said before pressing him about Kristi Noem shooting the family's puppy.

"So stupid people talk about that. So stupid," Byron Noem complained. "Let's talk about something else... People are clueless."

President Donald Trump fired Kristi Noem earlier this year after rumors that she had an affair with adviser Corey Lewandowski.

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) predicted that "Republicans are going to get slaughtered in the midterms" because President Donald Trump had fractured his MAGA base.

During an interview with Politico that aired Friday, host Dash Burns observed that Greene had unexpectedly sided with Democrats on invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.

"I was so shocked by his statement of taking out an entire civilization of people," the former lawmaker explained. "That is rhetoric that we have never heard from any president of the United States, and I don't think any world leader. I was so, so disturbed by that. And to me, that displayed a severe mental state, that someone would say those words."

Greene called Trump's remarks about destroying Iran "the most evil thing I've ever heard in my life."

"Is Trump still the leader of the MAGA movement?" Burns asked.

"I don't associate with the new MAGA that he created once he became president," Greene insisted. "I think it's all divided right now. I don't think, I mean, obviously President Trump is, he's the president, obviously, and he still has significant support according to polling, anyone that identifies themselves as MAGA very much supports President Trump."

"However, the reality of what's happened in that base is it's very fractured," she continued. "There's the America First lane of the Republican Party. There's a, you know, Republican voter that calls themselves MAGA. And then, you know, then there's your traditional Republican voters. Then you've got your moderate, more moderate voters."

Greene said that division meant disaster for Republicans in the midterm elections.

"Republicans are going to get slaughtered in the midterms," she asserted. "I think right now it's definitely losing the House and potentially the Senate."

Fox News host Stuart Varney called out White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett for filibustering after being asked about skyrocketing inflation numbers due to President Donald Trump's war in Iran.

"3.3% rise in consumer prices in the last 12 months," Varney told Hassett on Friday. "That's a fairly sharp increase. However, I'm sure you're going to find some comfort in the core rate of inflation, which went up only 0.2% in March."

"Right. Well, you know, one of the things that would have been a warning sign would have been that what we believe is a temporary energy disruption would feed through to core, driving up prices of everything," Hassett responded. "And I think that in fact the 0.2% core number for the month that you mentioned is actually rounded up to point two, which is pretty unusual. It was point one nine something."

The White House adviser went on to tell a story about how the administration was fighting to lower egg and beef prices instead of addressing the sharp rise in other consumer prices.

"That was a bit of a filibuster," Varney noted before presenting a graphic showing a stark increase in energy prices over the past year. Fuel oil saw a 44.2% increase, while motor fuel and gasoline jumped nearly 20%.

"All kinds of items which have gone up very significantly," the Fox Business host noted. "They're up, and those prices are reflected in the way people think about inflation. I don't think you've won the war against inflation at this point."

"Once we get the straits open, there are boats going through right now," Hassett said of the war in Iran. "Once we get back to the normal pace, then we expect things to get back to normal, and then all these underlying factors that I discuss almost in a filibuster-like way."

"That's an admission, Kevin, that's an admission, and you know it," Varney pointed out.

White House officials were reportedly blindsided after first lady Melania Trump gave a surprise address in which she admitted partying with two of the country's most infamous sex offenders, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

During an address at the White House, Trump decried the "lies" linking her to Epstein and Maxwell.

"I reject their mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation. I've never been friends with Epstein. Donald and I were invited to the same parties, as Epstein from time to time, since overlapping in social circles is common in New York City and Palm Beach," the first lady said. "To be clear, I never had a relationship with Epstein or his accomplice, Maxwell. My email reply to Maxwell cannot be characterized as anything more than casual correspondence."

"I'm not a witness or a named witness in connection with any of Epstein's crimes. My name has never appeared in court documents, the depositions, victim statements, or FBI in interviews surrounding the Epstein matter. I have never had any knowledge of Epstein's abuse of his victims. I was never involved in any capacity. I was not a participant, was never on Epstein's plane, and never visited his private island. I have never been legally accused or convicted of a crime in connection with Epstein sex trafficking, abuse of minors, and other repulsive behavior," she insisted.

Trump, however, did not spend as much time defending her husband.

"Now is the time for Congress to act. Epstein was not alone," she said. "Several prominent male executives resigned from their powerful positions after this matter became widely politicized. Of course, this doesn't amount to guilt, but we still must work openly and transparently to uncover the truth."

Following the speech, MS NOW's Jake Traylor reported that White House officials "were caught off guard by her statement."

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones broke down in tears while cradling a "battle axe" in an effort to break a "demonic spell," which he believed had caused President Donald Trump to wage war on Iran.

During a Thursday segment with journalist Tim Williams, Jones presented the battle axe as proof that God had blessed his attempts to combat "witchcraft" afflicting Trump.

"And thank you for the example that you've given," Williams prayed over the axe. "Alex is a battle axe. Your president is a battle axe. Lord, we repent."

"And now we intercede on behalf of our president, Donald J. Trump. Lord, we decree and declare as the Ecclesia now in the name of Jesus Christ that every form of witchcraft, sorcery, and divination has been cast against our president is now broken," he added. "And we decree and declare freedom for his mind. Freedom for his heart. Freedom from his soul."

"And everyone must join us and pray for Trump right now!" Jones insisted. "We're going to break this demonic spell right now in the name of Jesus!"

"They brought spirits unto him, Lord," Williams said of the president.

"Let's stop right there," Jones remarked, interrupting the prayer by displaying the axe. "But how crazy is this, just delivered in the last 30 minutes? Rob delivered it 10 minutes ago... They walk in with this, and the man says, I was told by God in Oklahoma, make this for you. Like Close Encounters, he was told to make the mountain. I had to send this to you, and my son said send it, and it perfectly arrives right as you're talking about it."

"That is the power of God, literally telling us that your message was true. God obviously knows the future," he continued.

As Williams called for a religious fast at the White House, Jones began to weep.

"Oh, my God!" the conspiracy theorist exclaimed. "You just said it. God's whole point was to make them listen to you about the fast. And so, call for a fast. God literally just took a highlighter to everything you just said. In God's plan, literally had someone make this [axe] months ago, be pushed by God and sons said, send it now to perfectly arrive, not last week, not yesterday, today, 20 minutes ago!"

"That's God's perfection right there. You just saw a miracle, folks. Yep. And look how badass it is," Jones asserted. "It doesn't matter if Trump gets off track. He belongs to God. He's going to do his job. If we back him. He's going to do his job."

"Like, can you imagine that's the power of God right there? This is a true miracle!"

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of not following the teachings of Jesus Christ because he had supported President Donald Trump after a threat to destroy Iran's entire civilization in one night.

During an interview with CNN on Thursday, Greene called Trump's apocalyptic threat "insanity."

"I really hope to see people in leadership in Washington, D.C., get back on track and care about regular Americans," Greene said. "I think I'm one of the few honest Republicans willing to talk about it. Everyone else is just afraid to speak out against the president because they're terrified of having an ugly Truth Social post dropped on them or a primary challenge."

"They're cowards. And I really have to call out the speaker, Mike Johnson, who calls himself a Christian," she added. "I don't know how he can stand by those words. That's what was so offensive to me. Any Christian serving in Congress or serving in the Senate and serving in the administration really needs to take pause and ask themselves, as a Christian, do you really support the president calling for the annihilation, calling to wipe out an entire civilization of people? And I don't think you should because that's not what Jesus said and that's not what Christianity is all about."

U.S. military service members claimed the Pentagon was not telling the truth about Iran's deadliest attack on America's troops during President Donald Trump's most recent war.

CBS News reported that survivors of the attack that killed six and wounded 20 were "left dangerously exposed" when they were attacked in Kuwait.

According to the surviving members, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was wrong when he said they were attacked by a drone "squirter," which squirted through defense systems.

"Painting a picture that 'one squeaked through' is a falsehood," one injured soldier told the network. "I want people to know the unit … was unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position."

Before the March 1 attack, soldiers said they received an all-clear alert declaring that there were no incoming attacks. Only 30 minutes later, "everything shook," one service member recalled.

"And it's something like what you see in the movies. Your ears are ringing. Everything's fuzzy. Your vision is blurry. You're dizzy. There's dust and smoke everywhere," the soldier said.

According to CBS, the soldiers were stationed at an older-style base that offered "no protection from aerial attacks."

A soldier described being in a "deeply unsafe area that was a known target."

"From a bunker standpoint, that's about as weak as one gets," he added.

In a response on X, the Pentagon did not deny the soldiers' version of events.

Assistant Secretary of Defense Sean Parnell insisted that "every possible measure has been taken to safeguard our troops — at every level" and that "[t]he secure facility was fortified with 6-foot walls."

Pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang warned that President Donald Trump would be the "last white president" if Congress does not pass the SAVE America Act to make it more difficult to vote.

"We are in an existential crisis. The illegal invaders have not only taken over our country, but our elections are in jeopardy," Lang told Lindell TV's Alison Steinberg this week. "We know that 2020 was stolen. And if we do not end the filibuster and pass the SAVE Act, we will have illegal immigrants destroying the 2028 election."

"And quite honestly, President Trump will be the last white president America ever has," he continued. "We're literally living in a time where the Democrats and the Republicans are both working together in order to steal our elections. And that's why the Make America Great Again, America First patriots like myself, President Trump, are pushing because the RINOs got to go. MAGA needs its place, and this is what we're fighting for."

Lang insisted that the U.S. needed to pass the bill because it would require a passport or birth certificate before voting. He also worried that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) would cut a deal with Democrats to shelve the SAVE America Act in exchange for confirming a new attorney general.

"President Trump is president, the Republicans are in power. Why are we trading off, you know, one thing for another?" he asked. "We want our cake and to eat it too."

"If we don't pass the SAVE Act, America, like I said, all you're going to see all of our politicians start to be replaced, H-1B invaders and all these different hijab-wearing invaders one by one," Lang warned. "Every single one of your good hometown, old-school Americans is going to be replaced by Somali."

Fact checks have determined that there is no systemic voter fraud that would alter the outcome of U.S. elections.