The debate today is between those who think that Orange Julius’s use of the image of Christ is blasphemous and those who think it is simply Trump being Trump. I side with the latter group. But, not for their reasons.
I agree that in posing as Jesus, Trump is being Trump but not because it shows what a great negotiator he is. Orange Julius is not negotiating. He is extrapolating. He thinks he already is the King of the World.
That Trump believes this is certainly a function of his insanity. He entered the Presidency with an ego that could not be contained within the known universe. But he took on a role that only enhanced his megalomania. When you’re the President, they play “Hail to the Chief” with blaring trumpets every time you enter a room. When you go to a foreign country, instead of having to go through T.S.A. when you land, the head of that country shows up, literally rolls out a red carpet and has his army stand in formation. The world’s economy hangs on your every word. This, and so much else about the job would cause even an originally modest person’s ego to grow even more than a trophy wife’s breast enlargements.
And Orange Julius was no modest person.
He already saw himself as a heavenly body both as a businessman and with Epstein’s girls. So now, the fact that he is linking himself to God should come as no surprise. It should, though, come as a warning.
We are being led by a man whose intellect is even tinier than his hands. Because of his incapability of forming a single deliberative thought, he is incapable of engaging in anything even remotely introspective. He sincerely feels that he is perfect. And yet this small man with his whopping witlessness is the one who’s decision-making controls the peace of the planet.
So, why does Orange Julius think he’s Jesus? Why shouldn’t he?
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