Trump says the ‘world would be torn to pieces’ if he wasn’t president days after posting AI-picture of himself as Jesus

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTrump says the ‘world would be torn to pieces’ if he wasn’t president days after posting AI-picture of himself as JesusThe president also insinuated that a peace deal with Iran could soon be reached, even after the first round of talks collapsedBrendan Rascius in New York Wednesday 15 April 2026 14:19 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2958108","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-world-savior-ai-jesus-photo-b2958108.html","title":"Trump says the ‘world would be torn to pieces’ if he wasn’t president "}}CloseTrump claims ‘drinking soda kills cancer cells’, reveals Dr OzSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","reg...