The judge said President Trump had not “plausibly alleged” that The Journal published the article with actual malice.

The image showed President Trump bathed in divine light and clad in religious robes. His interpretation was that the image depicted him as a doctor, not Jesus Christ.

A prominent conservative bishop who serves on President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission was among those who called on the president to apologize.

As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.”