{"id":82725,"date":"2026-05-06T08:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82725"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:10:41","slug":"poll-americans-united-in-view-of-presidents-a-i-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/poll-americans-united-in-view-of-presidents-a-i-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Americans United In View Of President&#8217;s A.I. Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the Washington Post<\/em> [liberal outlet]:<\/p>\n<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"64MXTKXD4NFZZC56XFNMLSV6C4\" data-el=\"text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Americans are deeply uncomfortable with recent religion-related statements by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth \u2014 a striking rebuke in a closely divided country, according to a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"js-itid-click\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/tablet\/2026\/04\/30\/april-24-28-2026-washington-post-abc-news-ipsos-poll\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll<\/a>. The poll finds positive ratings for Pope Leo XIV, who has criticized U.S. actions on immigration andin Iran, drawing criticism from Trump that the president\u00a0<a class=\"js-itid-click\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/05\/05\/trump-rubio-pope-leo-rift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repeated on Tuesday<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eighty-seven<b>\u00a0<\/b>percent of Americans have a negative view of\u00a0<a class=\"js-itid-click\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/13\/trump-jesus-religious-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump\u2019s social media post appearing to depict himself<\/a>\u00a0as Jesus, according to the poll. Sixty-nine percent dislike<b>\u00a0<\/b>Hegseth\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"js-itid-click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2026\/03\/29\/pege-hegseth-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">praying at the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pentagon\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">f<\/span>or \u201coverwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.\u201d Both expressions drew criticism even from Republicans and Trump voters, unusual at a time of deep political tribalism.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1778056248\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Poll: Americans United In View Of President&#8217;s A.I. 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