Timing is everything, and an image reportedly posted by Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform has caused a stir, considering June is Pride Month. An inadvertent celebration?
Donald Trump is no stranger to posting self-aggrandising AI-generated images of himself on his Truth Social platform.
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He has stooped to “memetic warfare” and rage-baiting via AI before, presenting himself as an Apocalypse Now soldier, a distressingly muscular Jedi, Superman, the Mandalorian, and even Jesus. He later claimed that the image of him as the Messiah was actually a depiction of him as a “doctor”.
Despite these images now being par for the course for Trump, a recent post he reportedly shared has raised some eyebrows, especially due to its timing...
The image shows Trump in an oil painting-style portrait, in which he is decked out in American football gear, wearing suffocatingly tight stars-and-stripes shorts and a jersey emblazoned with the number 47. Behind him are shirtless male cheerleaders shaking pompoms and looking very happy indeed.
As per his custom, Trump is incandescently jacked... And, rather confusingly, holding a basketball instead of an NFL ball. Go figure.
If your first thought when reading that description was that it’s dripping in camp energy, you’re not the only one to point out the homoerotic vibes. Especially considering the post's timing, as June is Pride Month.
The image has gone viral, especially after it was seemingly taken down from Truth Social.
Some have asserted that the image is a fake, but that hasn’t stopped screenshots of the portrait from spreading online and being met with mockery and surprise.
Several users highlighted how refreshing it is to see a Republican celebrating Pride, and how this image ironically contrasts with controversial actions of Trump’s administration, which has erased LGBTQ+ people from military service and removed transgender history from federal websites, among other things. Trump also has a history of not issuing Pride proclamations.
“Happy Pride,” tweeted Rick Wilson of the Lincoln Project, while tennis champion and gay rights advocate Martina Navratilova asked: "Is he gay??? Roflmao!!!"
Here are some of the best reactions to the viral image:
Pride Month is celebrated from 1-30 June 2026.
