An image of the 47th president dressed as Superman is just in time for the release of a movie in which the superhero is depicted as an immigrant story.

In mid-July 2025, the claim that White House social media accounts posted a picture portraying U.S. President Donald Trump as Superman circulated widely on platforms like X and Facebook, coinciding with the U.S. release ( archived) of the new "Superman" film on July 11.

The White House has shared a doctored image of Donald Trump as Superman, just days after MAGA critics slammed the new superhero cinema reboot as “woke”. The surreal post on the White House’s official X account with a caption borrowing from Superman’s most famous catchphrase: “THE SYMBOL OF HOPE.