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Provide your citation, please. This strikes me as made-up. I don't think anybody does this.
That's like saying, "Somebody accused phyllo of making pastry, and he never said anything about that, therefore, he makes pastry." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-twee ... in-israel/In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, Mr. Trump quoted conservative radio host and known conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root, who practically declared the president the Messiah during his show Tuesday night.
Quoting Root, Mr. Trump shared the message that he is "the greatest President for Jews and for Israel in the history of the world," that "the Jewish people in Israel love him like he's the King of Israel" and even that "They love him like he is the second coming of God."
Mr. Trump said "Wow!" and thanked Root for the "very nice words."
Well, your Mr. Root, who is called a "conspiracy theorist" by the Leftist press, is obviously not typical of anybody, and is over-the-top. He's certainly being hyperbolical in the extreme, for sure.phyllo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 4:40 pmhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-twee ... in-israel/In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, Mr. Trump quoted conservative radio host and known conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root, who practically declared the president the Messiah during his show Tuesday night. [/quote
Quoting Root, Mr. Trump shared the message that he is "the greatest President for Jews and for Israel in the history of the world," that "the Jewish people in Israel love him like he's the King of Israel" and even that "They love him like he is the second coming of God."
Mr. Trump said "Wow!" and thanked Root for the "very nice words."
You will have to access different sites, mostly by *lower order* Trump supporters and fanatics where he is very clearly described as some sort of messenger or agent of God.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 4:56 pm What's evident is that you're trying to make something where it isn't. Have you got anything better?
And how many such are there? How many of these "lower order" types, and how many "middle" or "higher order" Trump supporters?Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:32 pm You will have to access different sites, mostly by *lower order* Trump supporters and fanatics
It's not as if Root even sounds Scottish.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 4:56 pm
Well, your Mr. Root, who is called a "conspiracy theorist" by the Leftist press, is obviously not typical of anybody,
Hey, it's the Lefties who are telling us not to base anything on what he says. Isn't that what "conspiracy theorist" means?Harbal wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:57 pmIt's not as if Root even sounds Scottish.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 4:56 pm
Well, your Mr. Root, who is called a "conspiracy theorist" by the Leftist press, is obviously not typical of anybody,
Don't ask me; I'm just observing at the moment.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:58 pmHey, it's the Lefties who are telling us not to base anything on what he says. Isn't that what "conspiracy theorist" means?Harbal wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:57 pmIt's not as if Root even sounds Scottish.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 4:56 pm
Well, your Mr. Root, who is called a "conspiracy theorist" by the Leftist press, is obviously not typical of anybody,
Well, maybe you should observe aptly. That might be better.Harbal wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 6:01 pmDon't ask me; I'm just observing at the moment.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:58 pmHey, it's the Lefties who are telling us not to base anything on what he says. Isn't that what "conspiracy theorist" means?
You don't need to go that far:You will have to access different sites, mostly by *lower order* Trump supporters and fanatics where he is very clearly described as some sort of messenger or agent of God.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10557067/mar ... ump-jesus/Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene compared former president Donald Trump to Jesus over the weekend, leaving some in America’s political ecosphere scratching their heads over the comparison, baffled as to how she sees Trump, now a convicted felon, as Christ-like.
She was speaking at a rally for Trump in Las Vegas on Sunday, railing against his recent conviction for covering up a 2016 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to help his electoral chances.
“The Democrats and the fake news media want to constantly talk about, ‘Oh, President Trump is a convicted felon,’” Greene told Trump supporters. “Well, you want to know something? The man that I worship is also a convicted felon, and he was murdered on a Roman cross.”
Greene, a well-documented conspiracy theorist who often brings her religious beliefs to the microphone, has compared Trump to Jesus before.
Last year, after Trump was arrested, she likened him to not just the Messiah but South African President Nelson Mandela, as well.
“Trump is joining some of the most incredible people in history being arrested today. Nelson Mandela was arrested, served time in prison. Jesus was arrested and murdered by the Roman government,” she said at the time, according to The Guardian.
“There have been many people throughout history that have been arrested and persecuted by radical, corrupt governments.… I just can’t believe it’s happening, but I’ll always support him. He’s done nothing wrong.”
On Sunday, critics were incredulous that Greene could draw a line between Trump’s hush-money payments and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump ... 188badcd1dWASHINGTON (AP) — For the most devoted Trump conspiracy theorists, there are no coincidences and timing is everything.
So when ex-President Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday on charges that he falsified business records to obscure hush money payments in an effort to influence the 2016 election, some of his most ardent followers quickly noted the court appearance came during Christianity’s most sacred week, Holy Week, when many Christians commemorate Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection.
“Seems there was someone else who was tortured and crucified this week,” read one post on Gab, a platform popular with Trump supporters. A similar post on Telegram put Trump’s case in apocalyptic terms: “Good vs Evil. Biblical times. Divine timing.”
Comparisons likening Trump to Christ were among the top online narratives about the Republican former president and his criminal charges circulating in the last several days, according to an analysis of online and social media content conducted by Zignal Labs, a media intelligence firm, on behalf of The Associated Press.
Zignal’s analysis found tens of thousands of mentions calling Trump a martyr. The number more than doubled immediately after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., linked the prosecution of Trump to the persecution of Christ during an interview.
Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony counts alleging he hid payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign to two women — an adult-film actor and a former Playboy model — who claimed they had sexual encounters with him, as well as to a Trump Tower doorman who claimed to have a story about a child Trump fathered out of wedlock.
Greene, who traveled to New York City to protest Trump’s arraignment, noted the timing of the arraignment during a broadcast interview before bringing up the Christ comparison.
“Jesus was arrested and murdered by the Roman government,” she said. “There have been many people throughout history that have been arrested and persecuted by radical corrupt governments, and it’s beginning today in New York City.”
The comparison was denounced by Episcopal Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, who oversees more than 500 churches in Greene’s home state and called her comments blasphemous and disgusting.
“While Marjorie Taylor Greene may put her political loyalty ahead of God, Christians do not,” Jackson said. “Those of faith believe Christ always has, and always will, stand alone.”
Trump’s personal, political and professional history make him an odd choice to stand in for Christ, Christianity’s savior and central figure. Yet it’s an outgrowth from Christian nationalism, a movement that fuses traditional Christian themes and imagery with conservative candidates like Trump, according to John Fea, a historian at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, who has researched evangelical Christianity’s role in American history.
“They see this as spiritual warfare, and Trump is on the side of the angels,” Fea said. “In this view, Trump is politically a savior, he is going to restore America, and he will rise from the ashes in November despite the persecution and the suffering.”
Trump has encouraged such beliefs by claiming he is uniquely qualified to lead the country, by calling his 2024 campaign to retake the White House a “Final Battle” against his enemies and by praising QAnon, a movement that views him as a crusader against what it says is a secret, child-sacrificing cabal that controls world events.
He embraced the role of martyr again on Tuesday, when his campaign created a fake mug shot and included it in a fundraising email, even though no mug shot of the former president was taken that day.
In the Christian nationalist view, Trump’s return to New York could be seen as an echo of Christ’s triumphant entry to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, Fea said, with the exception that Christ rode a donkey and Trump arrived in a motorcade.
I'm afraid what I see is out of my control.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 6:01 pmWell, maybe you should observe aptly. That might be better.Harbal wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 6:01 pmDon't ask me; I'm just observing at the moment.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:58 pm
Hey, it's the Lefties who are telling us not to base anything on what he says. Isn't that what "conspiracy theorist" means?
Sorry Old Bean, I am not interested in proving what is evident and therefore true. This is one of those cases where you double-down on some negation that you make, God knows why. In this case of Phyllo's assertion and now mine. If I assented you'd go on and on and on.
And as confirmed by my observations. ☺Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 6:31 pmSorry Old Bean, I am not interested in proving what is evident and therefore true. This is one of those cases where you double-down on some negation that you make, God knows why. In this case of Phyllo's assertion and now mine.
Well, your vision might need a checkup.
If it's "evident," then there's evidence. If there's no evidence, it's not "evident." That's what's truly "evident."Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 6:31 pmSorry Old Bean, I am not interested in proving what is evident and therefore true.
Trump is portrayed as a manifestation of a Biblical figure among people steeped in these stories.