Late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert took aim at Donald Trump’s fondness for AI-generated religious images and Vice President JD Vance’s defence of the president, including his advice to the Pope over the Iran war.
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel showed an image of a Jesus-like figure cradling Trump, posted by a MAGA account. He joked that Trump believes such images are real paintings, not AI creations, and quipped: “And check out the chin and cheekbones on him. Someone’s been looksmaxxing!”
Kimmel also mocked Trump’s recent comments on Fox News about the UK’s economic downturn, in which Trump said: “They’ve got to stop with the windmills, and open up the North Sea.” Kimmel quipped: “Every problem comes back to windmills.” He also joked about Trump’s claim to have ended eight wars in his first year, and his suggestion that every other war in history remains ongoing.
Turning to what he called a “rough week” for Vance, Kimmel noted that the vice president had failed to make a deal in Iran and again defended Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, branding reports of their friendship a hoax. Kimmel said: “Oh, now it’s clear. They weren’t best friends, they were just extremely horny acquaintances together.”
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert dismissed Trump’s claim that an AI image depicting him as Jesus was meant to show him as a doctor, saying: “The problem with lying to conservative Christian MAGA about this photo is that they know what American Jesus looks like, and they’re not buying this bull.” He added that Trump was in danger of losing his “key demo: goateed meat daddies.”
Colbert also responded to Vance’s comments at a Tuesday event, where Vance said: “I think it’s very important for the Pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.” Colbert retorted: “Hey, JD, I know you’re Catholic, but you joined in 2019, OK? I’ve been genuflecting since the mid-1960s. I think you’re out over your Catholic skis here, OK?”
