<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The White House has posted a bizarre edited image of US President Donald Trump on the movie poster of the new film </span><em><span>Superman</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The photo was shared on official social media pages today and depicts Trump as actor David Corenswet's Superman, which was released in cinemas yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"THE SYMBOL OF HOPE.TRUTH. JUSTICE. THE AMERICAN WAY," the White House wrote in the caption.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-picks-former-sydney-councillor-nick-adams-as-ambassador-to-malaysia/17cc7d55-db4a-4906-be9c-7c65a1f3e7f7" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Trump hand-picks Aussie politician turned 'alpha male' for diplomatic role</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"SUPERMAN TRUMP."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is not the first time Trump has tried to align himself with the Man of Steel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a 2015 interview with CNBC, before being elected for his first term in 2017, Trump proclaimed he would be a "Superman president". </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/white-house-posts-bizarre-edited-image-of-donald-trump-as-superman/2c35ed02-da0c-43e8-8b83-da4d91d5d4eb" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After his father was elected, Donald Trump Jr posted an image of Trump as a bearded Superman on a fake </span><em><span>Time </span></em><span>magazine cover. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2020, after Trump was hospitalised with COVID-19, the </span><em><span>New York Times </span></em><span>reported on an idea he floated with staff to appear frail to the public before ripping off his shirt to reveal a Superman shirt underneath.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That stunt did not come to fruition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-us-threatens-35-per-cent-canada-increase-to-20-per-cent-baseline/909fc795-cb0e-4aa5-a6ce-dbf1bee2618f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Trump threatens to double tariffs on Australia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In December 2022, Trump posted a video to Truth Social that portrayed him ripping off his shirt to display a superhero costume underneath to tease his collection of 45,000 digital trading cards.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"AMERICA NEEDS A SUPERHERO! I will be making a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT tomorrow. Thank you!" he wrote in the caption.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump was illustrated as a superhero, astronaut and boxer in these cards, which sold out in less than a day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In August 2024, Trump posted a photoshopped image of himself as Superman and Elon Musk, JD Vance, Vivek Ramaswamy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Tulsi Gabbard as his MAGA-inspired Justice League.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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