Iran’s embassy in Tajikistan decided to go full tabloid fever dream—posting a grotesque AI-generated video depicting Jesus Christ decking Donald Trump in the face.
The clip, dumped onto X like a bad meme with a diplomatic passport, shows a glowing, sky-descending Christ homing in on Trump—who appears to be pulled straight from a post the former president had shared on Truth Social. What follows is less “Sermon on the Mount” and more “Celebrity Deathmatch”: an ominous voice growls, “Your reckoning has come,” another panics, “What is this?”—and then Trump yells “no” before getting clocked. Blood splatters. He plunges into a fiery abyss. Roll credits for Tehran’s latest propaganda stunt.
Much of this content traces back to “Explosive Media,” an Iranian outfit cranking out AI videos that reimagine world leaders as Lego characters—because nothing says “serious regime messaging” like plastic figurines waging pixelated war. These clips mock Trump and Netanyahu while puffing up Iran’s military bravado for global consumption. And yes, they’re proud of it.
In a BBC podcast appearance, a spokesperson for the group shrugged off criticism, accusing Trump of backing a “coup”—a reference to U.S. unrest—and brushing aside accusations of antisemitism with the line: “our videos are anti-Zionist.” That’s doing a lot of work to explain away some pretty aggressive content.
It’s a direct jab at Trump’s own now-deleted Truth Social post—a surreal, AI-crafted image showing him in a white robe, touching a man’s forehead in what looked like a divine healing scene. The image was drenched in symbolism: angels, soldiers, fighter jets, bald eagles, even fireworks over the Statue of Liberty. Call it “Messiah meets Marvel poster.”
Not everyone was amused. Even some of Trump’s staunchest supporters cried foul, calling the imagery over-the-top and, for many, outright blasphemous.
The post vanished soon after.
Trump later brushed it off, saying he “thought it was me as a doctor.” Vice President J.D. Vance chalked it up to humor gone wrong, saying it was pulled because “a lot of people weren’t understanding his humor.”
All of this unfolds against a backdrop of Trump’s ongoing spat with Pope Leo XIV, who has criticized the administration’s posture toward Iran. Trump fired back, branding the Chicago-born pontiff “weak” on crime and even suggesting he wouldn’t have been elected pope if Trump weren’t in office. Because apparently, even the Vatican isn’t off-limits in today’s political food fight.
So here we are: nuclear tensions, proxy conflicts—and AI-generated videos of biblical figures throwing punches.
