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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 11:28 AM Aug 2019

Trump claims he's the messiah. Maybe he should quit while he's ahead.

Source: Washington Post

Trump claims he’s the messiah. Maybe he should quit while he’s ahead.

By Dana Milbank
Columnist
August 21 at 7:45 PM

For a man who sees himself as the messiah, President Trump has a lackluster record on Earth.

On Wednesday morning, he tweeted out with approval a conspiracy theorist’s claim that Israelis view Trump “like he’s the King of Israel” and “the second coming of God” (a theology Jews reject). He shared the conspiracy theorist’s puzzlement that American Jews don’t view him likewise.

Hours later, he explained why he has taken a tough trade policy against China: “I am the chosen one.”

Holy God complex!

I lack the celestial sources to fact-check Trump’s claim. But as messiahs go, King Donald of Israel, Blessed Be His Name, appears to be a false prophet:

● The economy teeters on the verge of recession.
● The federal government’s finances reach the worst point in 75 years.
● A trade and currency war rages.
● Threats grow from the Islamic State, North Korea and Iran.
● Trump feuds with Britain, France, Germany, Canada — and now, preposterously, Denmark.
● He calls the vast majority of American Jews stupid and twice calls them disloyal.
● Polls show Trump losing next year to Democratic challengers.

It would take a miracle to get out of this. And Trump can perform one.

He can declare victory — and then say he’s retiring after his first term. He can depart the White House in a flaming chariot, if he prefers that to Marine One.

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Trump claims he's the messiah. Maybe he should quit while he's ahead. (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2019 OP
He is not the messiah he's a very naughty boy. nycbos Aug 2019 #1
Doesn't appear to want to heal the sick . No healthcare improvements his term. lunasun Aug 2019 #2
No quitting now - there remains the little part of a public hanging on a cross. Dan Aug 2019 #3

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. Doesn't appear to want to heal the sick . No healthcare improvements his term.
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 11:44 AM
Aug 2019

What chosen one keeps babies and kids in cages and gives money to the rich, but doesn’t help the poor? New MAGAt religion

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