India, May 6 -- President Donald Trump gave clarification over an AI-generated photo of himself in a papal costume that was posted to his Truth Social account last week.

The White House's official X account later reposted the picture, which featured Trump wearing a white cassock, a Mitre hat, and a big gold cross around his neck.

Trump's contentious social media post was made during Novemdiales, the nine days of formal mourning that the Catholic Church observes after Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88.

The public, religious leaders from throughout the globe, and heads of state, including Trump, gathered to his funeral on April 26 in St. Peter's Square. St. Pope Francis' remains were interred in Mary Major, one o...