{"id":17379,"date":"2025-04-29T22:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/?p=17379"},"modified":"2025-09-27T18:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:50:27","slug":"pope-trump-life-imitates-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/pope-trump-life-imitates-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Trump &#8211; Life Imitates Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pL9g3qwhJnM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>UPDATE: My &#8220;Pope Trump&#8221; &#8220;First American Pope&#8221; video was released TWO DAYS before Trump said &#8220;I&#8217;d like to be pope&#8221;, FIVE DAYS before Trump&#8217;s official social media accounts posted an AI photo of himself as pope, and ELEVEN DAYS before the Vatican did indeed select the First American Pope? Can I see the future? Maybe&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, April 21st 2025, Pope Francis passed away. That night the thought occurred to me that Donald Trump, with his immense ego and lack of self-awareness, would probably want to be the new pope. I started working that night on a parody video of what it might look like if Donald Trump was The First American Pope.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I recorded a film-trailer style voiceover, put in my songs &#8220;Agnus Dei&#8221; and &#8220;A Walk in the Park&#8221; as background music; and then generated AI video clips and AI Trump voices that I thought would fit the aesthetic I was looking for in a &#8220;First American Pope&#8221; parody film trailer. I released the video on Sunday, April 27th 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where it gets weird. Two days later on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 &#8211; Trump was talking to reporters and said &#8220;I&#8217;d like to be pope. That would be my number one choice&#8221;. UNBELIEVABLE!<\/p>\n<p>A few people have said that my parody is offensive, but I tell you that nothing on God&#8217;s green earth is more offensive than Trump believing he could be pope.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, but we&#8217;ve only just begun. A few hours later, Lindsey Graham (South Carolina Republican) said: &#8220;I was excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope,&#8221; wrote alongside a video of Trump&#8217;s remarks. &#8220;This would truly be a dark horse candidate, but I would ask the papal conclave and Catholic faithful to keep an open mind about this possibility!&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/lindsey-graham-trump-pope-2065931\">https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/lindsey-graham-trump-pope-2065931<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks all for joining in on the fun and please share my &#8220;Pope Trump&#8221; video.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, my political videos? Yah shoor yoo betchya there&#8217;s going to be more&#8230; many more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an interview all about my &#8220;Pope Trump&#8221; video:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/avkIic4ydzk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: My &#8220;Pope Trump&#8221; &#8220;First American Pope&#8221; video was released TWO DAYS before Trump said &#8220;I&#8217;d like to be pope&#8221;, FIVE DAYS before Trump&#8217;s official social media accounts posted an AI photo of himself as pope, and ELEVEN DAYS before the Vatican did indeed select the First American Pope? Can I see the future? 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