California Governor Gavin Newsom escalated an already heated controversy by mocking President Donald Trump with a striking AI-generated image that recast him as the Grim Reaper. The post came in response to Trump's own widely criticized AI-generated image portraying him as a Christ-like figure, which he posted on Truth Social and then removed. Trump's AI-generated image sparks backlash The controversy began when Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting himself in a scene resembling traditional portrayals of Jesus Christ.