Washington • President Donald Trump said Monday that he “had nothing to do with” a depiction of himself as the pope that was shared on his and White House social media accounts over the weekend, distancing himself from the apparently artificial intelligence-generated image that has agitated Catholics.

President Donald Trump’s account posted what appeared to be an AI-generated photo of himself as the pope on Truth Social on Friday night, and it was reposted by the White House’s official X account.