Vice President JD Vance tried to spin President Donald Trump’s now-deleted Truth Social post depicting himself as Jesus Christ in an AI-generated image.

“Well, first of all, Bret, I think the president was posting a joke,” Vance, who is Catholic, said. “And of course, he took it down because he recognized that a lot of people weren’t understanding his humor in that case.”

Vance then tried to paint Trump’s unorthodox use of social media as a positive attribute.

“I think the president of the United States likes to mix it up on social media, and I actually think that’s one of the good things about this president, is that he’s not filtered. He doesn’t send everything through a communications professional. He actually reaches out directly to the people,” Vance said.

Despite taking the post down, Trump tried to spin the image’s message.