Scathing Online Schoolmarm notes that politicians in very deep holes often tell their followers that they suffer for the world like Jesus. Proto-Trump Silvio Berlusconi once complained
that he feels like what he called “the Jesus Christ of Italian politics”.
“I’m a patient victim. I put up with everything. I sacrifice myself for everyone,” he said.
Trump has the Jesus language down, but hasn’t yet actually pointed out his similarity to Jesus.
He’s practically, but not quite, there. SOS doesn’t know what’s holding him back. Let’s see if SOS is right that in a day or two Trump will be telling us that he’s the Jesus Christ of American politics.
October 13th, 2016 at 7:39PM
To borrow a phrase from WJ Bryant, methinks it would involve a “cross of gold,” matching the bathroom fixtures and other tasteful decor in his little heaven above 5th Avenue.
October 13th, 2016 at 8:19PM
Greg: LOL.
October 13th, 2016 at 9:14PM
Greg’s not far off his church’s Jesus wasn’t a suffering sacrificial lamb but a triumphant Gospel-er of prosperity.