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Staunch Trump Supporters Are Now Asking If He’s the Antichrist
In a matter of days, MAGA media figures have gone from defending President Donald Trump as God’s chosen president to making the case that he is actually the antichrist.
The accusations reached a fever pitch on Sunday night, after Trump posted an AI-generated image depicting himself dressed in a white robe and red sash and placing a hand radiating golden light on a man in a hospital bed. The image, which Trump deleted from Truth Social after around 14 hours, seemed to invoke Jesus Christ, and it outraged some supporters who likened Trump’s behavior to the antichrist—a figure in Christian theology who opposes Christ and whose appearance many believe could augur the end of time.
Major figures in the MAGA universe quickly spoke out. “It’s more than blasphemy. It’s an Antichrist spirit,” former congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene posted to X on Sunday.
“In 18 months I went from hesitantly voting for Trump to thinking there’s a decent chance he’s the antichrist,” added Clint Russell, host of the right-wing Liberty Lockdown podcast.
“I genuinely believe Trump is currently demon possessed,” far-right Texas pastor Joel Webbon wrote on X. Hours later, Webbon hosted a livestream chat titled “Is Donald Trump the Anti-Christ?”
The Knights Templar Order, a Christian organization based on a medieval military order, wrote of the post that they had “no other choice but to condemn it wholeheartedly and ask for a public apology.”
For more than a decade, Trump and his supporters have used explicitly religious rhetoric and images to mobilize his base. But in recent weeks, some of Trump’s actions—from posts about the Vatican to messages about Iran posted on Easter Sunday—have caused a major schism among his supporters that could have lasting effects for him and the Republican Party.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment. During a Monday news conference, Trump denied that the image portrayed him as Jesus, telling reporters that he thought the image depicted him as a doctor. “It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better,” Trump told reporters.
Several MAGA influencers have been claiming that Trump is the antichrist for some time now. Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson, in a 43 minute-long opening monolog on his show last Monday, suggested that the administration’s war in Iran was also a war on the Christian faith. Carlson made the video in response to a Truth Social post from Trump on Easter where the president threatened to destroy significant infrastructure in Iran. (“Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell,” Trump wrote. “JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”) Despite his never saying the word “antichrist” during the video, people ranging from MAGA media figures like Alex Jones to users of the DonaldTrump666 subreddit thought Carlson was insinuating that Trump was the antichrist.
This rhetoric marks a significant departure for Carlson. Though he has become more critical of the president and his administration recently, Carlson has long used religious language supportively when it comes to Trump. At the 2024 Republican National Convention, Carlson claimed that Trump survived the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, by “divine intervention.”
Trump also claimed divine intervention after the incident, as did many of his allies. Robert Jones, the president and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, tells WIRED that Trump’s frequent portrayals of himself as a messianic figure have helped bring MAGA to a breaking point. “The reason why people have reached for [the antichrist label] is because Trump has actually set the stage for that himself,” says Jones.
Long before we had Amazon or Facebook marketplace, or thousands of other online retailers, we had eBay. And now, we have an eBay coupon to help you save on basics like vacuums and phones, to even your most niche need—because eBay has everything from haunted objects to ironic landline phones to retro gaming consoles. One of the first and most enduring online shopping platforms, eBay has stood the test of time, providing us with the old-school feel of estate sales, complete with bidding wars and gently used items of quite literally every type.
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Once you’ve perused the nearly endless options of items on eBay, here’s how you can redeem the eBay discount code or offer at checkout: first, make sure your code isn’t expired (I know it sounds like a no-brainer, but you don’t want to be disappointed when that dreaded ‘invalid’ pop-up comes on the screen). Enter the code in the ‘Add coupons’ section, or check the box if the coupon is displayed. When you select ‘apply,’ you should see the discounted total, and then you’ll be prompted to pay.
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Once you find the special item of your dreams, go to the “shipping and pickup” search filter and check the “free shipping” box to get free shipping. Make sure you choose eBay free shipping on a multitude of items like motor parts, books, golf clubs, Pokemon cards, haunted objects, tech, and virtually anything else you can imagine.
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eBay has rotating deals, like 20% off up-and-coming brands, so be sure to check their page often to know which deals are next. They also have spotlighted, trending, and featured deals for huge savings on a myriad of products like auto parts, golf clubs, shoes, and more. eBay has a money-back guarantee to ensure you get the item you ordered or you get your money back.
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Have you heard of an eBay Mastercard? I hadn’t either, but if you’re a collector or frequent eBay shopper, an eBay Mastercard is a smart way to save on purchases you were already planning to make. You’ll earn five times the amount of points for the rest of the year after you spend $1,000 on eBay in a calendar year. Until then, you’ll earn three times the points per $1 spent, up to $1,000, on eBay in a calendar year. You can also earn twice as many points per $1 spent on gas, restaurant, and groceries, and 1 times as many points per $1 spent on all other Mastercard purchases.
Get Daily Deals With the eBay App
If you’re someone who shops or sells on eBay often, I’d suggest downloading the eBay app for even more perks. The eBay mobile app makes it easy to find the best rotating deals on various items and access to the hottest deals and discounts of the day before they leave. Through the app, you can browse everything from trendy items, to power tools, to tech gadgets, and then choose whatever price looks best. There’s also app-only discounts and special offers exclusively for eBay app users. Plus, eBay will help you figure out when’s the best time to buy, with price notifications to let you know when the price has dropped.
The MacBook Neo made quite a splash when it landed in March. $599 for a MacBook felt groundbreaking, and it was easy for casual onlookers to declare that Windows laptops had no true answer to it.
But what if I told you there was a Windows option that was better in almost every way? That’s the HP OmniBook 5, a laptop you’ve probably never heard of unless you watch the space closely. I’ve been recommending it ever since I tested it last month. The price has been fluctuating, but more often than not, the 14-inch model was selling for $500. You read that right: $500. Today, the cheapest, most consistent price you’ll find it for is $730 over at Walmart, but I’ve seen the HP frequently drop the price from $1,050 down to around $500.
And just take a look at what you get for the price, because it’s absolutely stacked. It comes with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, double what you get on the $599 MacBook Neo. There’s a 16-inch version as well, if you like the idea of having a bit more screen real estate work with.
The HP OmniBook 5 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X, a highly efficient chip that gets great, all-day battery life that’s at least on par with the MacBook Neo. If you haven’t used a Windows laptops in a few years and still think they can’t compete with MacBooks in battery life, you’re sorely mistaken.
The 16 GB of memory on the OmniBook 5 is particularly important to note, as it’s one of the big points of contention with the MacBook Neo. Being stuck at 8 GB in 2026 feels cruel on principle, and while testing it I was able to load up the MacBook Neo and easily find its breaking point. The 16 GB of memory on the HP OmniBook 5 is enough that you’ll never have to worry about how many tabs, applications, installations, or downloads you have going simultaneously. Combined with the better multicore performance of the Snapdragon X, it enables a kind of freedom that lets you forget about the hardware and focus on the task at hand. Don’t get me wrong—the MacBook Neo has its place, but calling it the undisputed king of budget laptops just isn’t right.
The HP OmniBook 5 Is Only $500
Now, I know what you’re thinking. Specs and performance don’t tell the whole story, and Apple has never been known for offering tons of specs for cheap. But the OmniBook 5 14 is also an attractive design in a highly portable package. At 0.5 inches, it’s exactly the same thickness as the MacBook Neo and right around the same weight too. Does the MacBook Neo have a bit more style and personality? Absolutely—especially if you fancy one of the bolder color options. But I’d say the OmniBook 5 is a very pretty laptop in its own right. It’s also made of aluminum, sturdy and well-built in your hands. The hinge is balanced nicely, allowing you to open the lid with one finger. It doesn’t feel cheap.
After years of suffering in silence with her trauma, Vega eventually called out her accuser in one of the most public forums in existence: Facebook. Within just a few days, she was contacted by eight other women, most of them also American college students studying abroad, with eerily similar stories of their own encounters with Vela, who was known to many as “Manu.” This three-part docuseries traces how Vega found the courage to stand up to her attacker and how the far-reaching power of using one’s voice on social media can be used for more than just sharing memes and family photos. Ultimately, Vega’s efforts led authorities to determine that Manu had assaulted between 50 and 100 young women.
Star Wars: Maul—Shadow Lord
From The Mandalorian to Skeleton Crew, Disney+ has produced a dozen Star Wars TV shows since its streaming debut, and fans are always clamoring for more. This month, that means the premiere of Star Wars: Maul—Shadow Lord, a gritty, animated series for adults that is set after the events of the universe’s famous Clone Wars and told from the perspective of Maul, one of the space opera’s most notorious supervillains. But it unravels more like a crime-drama, as it follows Maul’s rogue attempts to use his Sith skills to rebuild his Shadow Collective, a massive crime syndicate composed of Sith leaders, Mandalorian warriors, bounty hunters, and more, all united by the goal of usurping Darth Sidious and destroying his Sith Order. IYKYK.
The Testaments
The Handmaid’s Tale marked a watershed moment for Hulu when, in 2017, it became the first streaming series to nab the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series—solidifying the streamer’s reputation as a bona fide player. As that groundbreaking series signed off in 2025 after six seasons, it’s hardly surprising that Hulu would want to keep Margaret Atwood’s dystopian world alive, so now we have The Testaments. Set 15 years after the events of the original series, much of the series takes place at an elite prep school for young women learning to be the dutiful wives of the next wave of Commanders. Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) returns to terrify a new generation of young women, including Agnes (One Battle After Another’s breakout star Chase Infiniti), a pious young woman who is beginning to question the rules she has grown up obeying, and Daisy (Lucy Halliday), a Canadian teen and recent Gilead convert—all of whom have secrets they’re keeping.
Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever
“There’s so much bad information that the good information gets drowned.” That’s the central thesis behind famed tech journalist Kara Swisher’s decision to dive headfirst into the science (and scams) of longevity—a multibillion-dollar industry that shows no signs of slowing—in this six-episode docuseries. Armed with her investigative skills and famously dry wit, Swisher talks to the brains behind brands promising wellness acolytes longer lives with everything from gene editing and AI-driven medical care to bleeding-edge anti-aging treatments. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, outspoken “biohacker” Bryan Johnson, nepo baby venture capitalist Reed Jobs, and Nobel Prize–winning biochemist Jennifer Doudna are among those who help Swisher separate fact from fiction in the quest to live forever.
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Margo Millet (Elle Fanning) is a clever, ambitious young woman with her whole life in front of her—until an affair with her English professor leaves her pregnant and suddenly thrust into adulthood. With mounting bills and limited options to gain real income, Margo ultimately turns to OnlyFans, where she quickly gains a large and lucrative following—and the judgment that comes along with that. Based on Rufi Thorpe’s bestselling 2024 novel, this dark dramedy cleverly uses its setup to challenge the many still-existing stigmas surrounding sex work and even single motherhood. While Fanning is the undoubted star, she is ably supported by an A-list team of costars, including Michelle Pfeiffer as her mom and former Hooters waitress Shyanne, and Nick Offerman as her dad Jinx, a former pro wrestler.
This Is a Gardening Show
First he was Between Two Ferns, now he’s got his own DIY gardening series. Emmy-winning actor-comedian Zach Galifianakis brings his absurdist comedy to this hilarious docuseries, which is (mostly) as earnest as it is funny. Each episode introduces viewers to a new group of gardeners. While it’s largely aimed at laughs, there’s also a real exploration of the many reasons why people choose to garden, which often leads to very real and important questions about mental health, sustainability, the disconnection many people feel in the modern world, the many flaws in our current “perverse” (Galifianakis’ word) food production system, and what that might mean for future generations. Appropriately, the series debuts on Earth Day (April 22).
Stranger Things: Tales From ’85
Much like Hulu wasn’t about to say goodbye entirely to The Handmaid’s Tale, just because Stranger Things said goodbye on New Year’s Eve doesn’t mean the gang from Hawkins, Indiana, is totally parting ways with Netflix. In this animated spinoff, the kids—Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max—are going back in time slightly, to 1985, where the friends are desperately trying to reacquaint themselves with “normal” life after their terrifying dealings with the Upside Down. But they soon realize that something is still amiss in Hawkins, and they quickly find themselves embroiled in yet another paranormal adventure. Much like the nostalgia-fueled live-action series, the animated show is meant to be reminiscent of the Saturday morning cartoons that were a staple of every ’80s kid’s pop culture diet. Notably, the show is also being heavily promoted as a more family-friendly entry in the series—meaning monsters for all. All 10 episodes will drop on April 23.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is officially dead—at least for now. In mid-March, Sarah Michelle Gellar announced via Instagram that Hulu had put a stake through the heart of the long-awaited Buffy reboot, which would see the ’90s icon reprise her role as the vampire world’s biggest headache. But just because there presumably won’t be new episodes to enjoy doesn’t mean you can’t revisit the beloved original series.
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