{"id":42527,"date":"2019-08-21T12:39:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T19:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42527"},"modified":"2019-08-21T19:13:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T02:13:19","slug":"trump-says-i-am-the-chosen-one-after-tweeting-that-hes-the-second-coming-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42527","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says ‘I Am the Chosen One’ After Tweeting that He’s ‘The Second Coming of God’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people have been predicting that as the tribulations of Donald Trump intensify, his mental state will become ever more unstable and dangerous. That appears to be the case as he is battered by devastating poll numbers<\/a><\/strong>, a weakening economy<\/a><\/strong>, and chaos on both domestic and foreign matters that is pulling back the curtains on his incompetence and failure<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Donald
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

But did anyone see this coming? In response to a question about his trade war with China, Trump looked to the heavens and proclaimed<\/a><\/strong> to reporters today that “I am the chosen one.”<\/em> Well, maybe if he means chosen by Vladimir Putin. And while some may regard this as typical Trumpian hyperbole, it needs to be viewed in relation to his other recent commentaries.<\/p>\n

Trump has long been known to harbor aspirations of dictatorship. He has expressed jealousy<\/a><\/strong> over Xi Jinping’s status as “President for Life.”<\/em> He openly yearned<\/a><\/strong> for Putin’s power to “get rid of”<\/em> the press. But perhaps most troubling is his fervent wish that Americans worship him<\/a><\/strong> the way North Koreans do Kim Jong Un. That’s a theme that returned on Wednesday when Trump retweeted Wayne Allyn Root, a notorious conspiracy crackpot who, among other things<\/a><\/strong>, was a prominent Birther and believed that the Democratic Party murdered Seth Rich. Trump’s tweets quoted Root saying that…<\/p>\n

“President Trump<\/a> is the greatest President for Jews and for Israel in the history of the world, not just America, he is the best President for Israel in the history of the world…and the Jewish people in Israel love him….”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“….like he\u2019s the King of Israel<\/a>. They love him like he is the second coming of God…But American Jews don\u2019t know him or like him. They don\u2019t even know what they\u2019re doing or saying anymore. It makes no sense! But that\u2019s OK, if he keeps doing what he\u2019s doing, he\u2019s good for…..”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“…..all Jews<\/a>, Blacks, Gays, everyone. And importantly, he\u2019s good for everyone in America who wants a job.” Wow! @newsmax @foxandfriends @OANN<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Trump’s “America First”<\/em> mantra is now being set aside to allow him to also be the president of Israel. Even worse, Trump is echoing the blasphemous assertion that he is the “King of Israel”<\/em> and even the returning Messiah as “the second coming of God.”<\/em> It’s also notable that Trump is crediting Fox News and the even more radical right One America News Network for these remarks.<\/p>\n

For the record, Jews do not believe in the second coming. But Christians in America do. And are they really comfortable with Trump passing along these flagrantly unholy pronouncements? Is there any sacrilege that Trump can commit that will cause his pious devotees to question his omnipotence? Apparently telling more than 12,000 lies<\/a><\/strong> won’t do it. Nor will cheating on his three (so far) wives. Although there may be a bit of concern about his potty mouth<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Trump has previously made staggeringly irreligious remarks. For instance, when asked if had ever asked God for forgiveness, he replied that he didn\u2019t need to<\/a><\/strong> because he has never done anything wrong:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to lead a life where I don\u2019t have to ask God for forgiveness. [\u2026] Why do I have to repent? Why do I have to ask for forgiveness if you\u2019re not making mistakes?\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That, of course, shows that Trump has a painfully misguided interpretation of the tenets of his own alleged Presbyterian faith, including \u201coriginal sin,\u201d<\/em> wherein all are born with sin and require God\u2019s forgiveness for salvation. But he also has a perversely delusional image of himself as infallible, a state that Christians believe only Christ had achieved. Which brings us back to these new comments wherein he regards himself as, at least, Christ-like.<\/p>\n

In the past few days Trump has delivered abhorrent, anti-Semitic diatribes aimed at Democratic members of Congress, and Democratic voters in general. He said that they are both stupid and disloyal<\/a><\/strong>. That’s not only insulting, but it rekindles an old affront to Jews as not being patriotic Americans.<\/p>\n

What’s more, it ignores the reality that American Jews are overwhelming Democratic and ardent opponents of Trump<\/a><\/strong>. So it’s fair to say that he hasn’t helped himself with that sector of the electorate this week. In fact, he’s just digging himself deeper into an abyss of hatred and division that Americans of all stripes will reject in November of 2020.<\/p>\n

\n

How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many people have been predicting that as the tribulations of Donald Trump intensify, his mental state will become ever more unstable and dangerous. That appears to be the case as he is battered by devastating poll numbers, a weakening economy, and chaos on both domestic and foreign matters that is pulling back the curtains on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,1200,698,16],"tags":[554,1147],"class_list":["post-42527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-politics","category-religion","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-messiah.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-b3V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32527,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32527","url_meta":{"origin":42527,"position":0},"title":"Donald Trump On The Record: We Will Be One People Under One God","author":"Mark NC","date":"9\/8\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"On Tuesday, Donald Trump delivered another of his infamous harangues. 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