Poll: Even Trump voters reject his Jesus post
Summary
Most Americans, including President Trump's own voters, disapproved of his social media post showing himself as Jesus. A recent poll shows broad rejection of this post, indicating limits to the support for his religious messaging within his political base.Key Facts
- 80% of voters who support President Trump in 2024 reacted negatively to his post depicting himself as Jesus.
- 79% of Republicans also had a negative reaction to this post.
- Overall, 87% of Americans disapproved of the Jesus image post.
- The post, which showed Trump in robes with one hand on a sick man and light coming from the other, was deleted the next morning after being called blasphemous.
- President Trump said he thought the image showed him as a doctor linked to the Red Cross, but the image had no clear Red Cross symbols.
- About 9 in 10 white evangelical Protestants viewed the post negatively, yet around 70% still approved of Trump's overall job performance.
- The Washington Post–ABC News–Ipsos poll surveyed 2,560 U.S. adults from April 24-28, 2026, with a margin of error of ±2 percentage points.
- The poll also found that 69% disapproved of a prayer by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon that mentioned "violence of action."
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