President Trump said on Monday that he had thought the image he had posted to his Truth Social account had depicted him not as Jesus — but as a physician.

President Trump arriving in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday.

The spread of the fake post appeared to be aided in part by the confusion surrounding how President Trump came to post the original racist video and why it was taken down.

President-elect Donald J. Trump is the largest shareholder of Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent of the social media platform Truth Social.