Donald Trump says AI Pope pic was ‘fun’: ‘Melania thought it was cute’

US President Donald Trump has downplayed the controversy surrounding an AI-generated image that portrayed him dressed as the pope. Speaking from the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said he had nothing to do with the creation of the image and suggested it was made “for fun” by someone else.

“Somebody made up a picture of me dressed like the pope, and they put it out on the internet. That’s not me that did it. I have no idea where it came from. Maybe it was AI, but I know nothing about it. I just saw it last evening,” he said.