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The country star fought AI slop with AI slop by sharing an image of Parton as a Christ-like figure healing the sick<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tDonald Trump<\/a> managed to post himself into more blasphemous territory than usual<\/a> when his feud with Pope Leo XIV<\/a> over the Iran War<\/a> ostensibly led him to share an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus healing the sick.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Truth Social post, which Trump eventually deleted, drew condemnation from both sides of the aisle. The president\u2019s usual backers leaned more on disappointment, while his usual critics fired off mocking disbelief<\/a> and exasperation<\/a>. Kacey Musgraves<\/a>, meanwhile, took the extremely online approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIn a late-night post on X, Musgraves recreated the same image Trump shared, only this time with Dolly Parton<\/a> as the Christ figure and Musgraves as the ailing patient. The photo was, perhaps aptly, shared without further comment from the country star.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThis is a good bit. Parton is maybe the only figure in modern music \u2014 or maybe even all of modern pop culture \u2014 that\u2019s beloved enough to warrant such a depiction. And a quick search of, say, \u201cSaint Dolly Parton\u201d shows Musgraves\u2019 photo is far from the first time Parton\u2019s fans and admirers have teetered on the brink of blasphemy while celebrating the country legend.\u00a0<\/p>\n