The "martyrdom" of Donald J. Trump. "It’s all slapstick comedy: Posing as a Christ-like figure is so outlandish and absurd"

Donald Trump has repeatedly shown that he can reasonably be described as evil. Yet, white “Christian” evangelicals are among his most loyal, stalwart, and enthusiastic supporters. Moreover, when his behavior and character are evaluated relative to the Christian mythological framework, Trump is actually much closer to being the Antichrist than some type of divine savior in the mold of Jesus Christ and chosen by God as a type of messiah and prophet. In reality, this superficial tension is easily resolved: The relationship between Donald Trump and his fascist MAGA movement and the Christian Right is transactional. Trump is a type of weapon and cudgel for them to create an American apartheid theocratic plutocracy.

In exchange, Trump receives the votes and other support to ascend, again, to the White House – this time as the country’s first dictator – where upon taking power he will proclaim that he was chosen by God. My prediction here is not a spoiler but a preview. During these last few months, Trump has repeatedly made such statements about his divinity and being God’s emissary on Earth.

tygerprints,

Many times I've explained to people that trump actually IS the anti-christ as described in the bible; hugely appealing to the gullible and the corrupt, able to build armies of immoral and indecent sycophants, proclaiming to be the "messiah of God." All of these and more point to his actually being the actual anti-christ in every possible way.

But hey, go ahead and re-elect him to office and watch how your own fortunes burn to a cinder as a result. It's the very people that are mentally ill enough to re-elect him that will the first to dragged into eternal hell by him.

paddirn,

His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.

Walter C. Langer, Office of Strategic Services (psychological profile on Hitler from 1943)

unreasonabro,

It’s not at all surprising that the antichrist compares himself to jbro all the time.

tygerprints,

Yet all I see whenever I'm forced to see his face is a pile of orange dog shit.

homesweethomeMrL,

Part of me thinks this whole thing would be over if someone would just dump a bucket of water on his head

simplejack,
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I’d pay $20 to see what happens when that combover and clown paint gets wet.

AlbertSpangler,

He did the ice bucket challenge when that was a thing. Challenged one of his sons and Barack Obama, naturally. Also I couldn’t find an actual list of who challenged who with the whole thing, but I’m pretty sure no-one nominated him.

BobaFuttbucker,

Nah, mashed potatoes. He has a thing about that.

EsheLynn,

Why? Shit floats.

tygerprints,

All of me thinks this whole thing would be over if someone would just lay something heavy (or lead-encased) across his skull.

ReallyKinda,

I remember those drawings of trump with Jesus in the oval office circulating unironically on facebook

tsonfeir,
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I am the best Christian. I don’t believe in god, but I have my own line of Bible for sale.

Mirshe,

Don’t forget that he said he never needed to ask for salvation because he’d never sinned.

Somehow the evangelical community especially ATE THAT SHIT WITH A SPOON.

tsonfeir,
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They like him because he IS them. They think something isn’t a sin because they can justify it.

Killing is a sin…. Unless you have a reason.

downpunxx,

Absurd you say, have you ever read the OG Christ martyrdom story? These people exist in the absurd, the absurd is their bag, it's their whole thing.

Diplomjodler3,

I guess the methane from huffing his own farts destroyed whatever was left of his brain.

themeatbridge,

The douchebag has always been a moron. This is well documented. He started with a fortune, and continued to succeed in business simply by being the biggest asshole in the room.

That’s actually my pet economic theory, the Biggest Asshole in the Room. Most successful capitalists are not the most talented, most qualified, most efficient, or most hard-working people in the room. No, if you look around a boardroom for qthe person with the deepest pockets, it is invariably the biggest asshole in the room.

Donald Trump is a master at this strategy, and it has made him wealthy despite his perpetual failures, allowing him to live a life of privilege and excess while destroying anything and anyone in his orbit. His selfishness, narcissism, and lack of self-awareness is the quintessence of the master BAITR.

NOPper,

He is clearly a Master BAITR.

rdyoung, (edited )

Trump has never actually been wealthy. Any money he has made has been offset by larger losses and debts. He bankrupted a casino for fucks sake.

Trump is not successful. He is where he is now because he is the useful idiot and is being funded by putin, saudi princes, etc.

Trump is the equivalent of the people you see driving a maserati or a lexus that spend all of their money looking rich while living in a run down trailer or apartment that needs raized.

themeatbridge,

“Success” comes in many forms. Trump is the king of his own world. He lives in a country club. His acolytes die for him. He was the President of the United States.

I agree with everything you said, except for saying he’s not successful. The man gets what he wants, and he’s not in prison yet.

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