The White House has posted a bizarre edited image of US President Donald Trump on the movie poster of the new film Superman.
The photo was shared on official social media pages today and depicts Trump as actor David Corenswet’s Superman, which was released in cinemas yesterday.
”THE SYMBOL OF HOPE.TRUTH. JUSTICE. THE AMERICAN WAY,” the White House wrote in the caption.
It is not the first time Trump has tried to align himself with the Man of Steel.
In a 2015 interview with CNBC, before being elected for his first term in 2017, Trump proclaimed he would be a “Superman president”.
After his father was elected, Donald Trump Jr posted an image of Trump as a bearded Superman on a fake Time magazine cover.
In 2020, after Trump was hospitalised with COVID-19, the New York Times reported on an idea he floated with staff to appear frail to the public before ripping off his shirt to reveal a Superman shirt underneath.
That stunt did not come to fruition.
In December 2022, Trump posted a video to Truth Social that portrayed him ripping off his shirt to display a superhero costume underneath to tease his collection of 45,000 digital trading cards.
“AMERICA NEEDS A SUPERHERO! I will be making a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT tomorrow. Thank you!” he wrote in the caption.
Trump was illustrated as a superhero, astronaut and boxer in these cards, which sold out in less than a day.
In August 2024, Trump posted a photoshopped image of himself as Superman and Elon Musk, JD Vance, Vivek Ramaswamy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Tulsi Gabbard as his MAGA-inspired Justice League.
