In the movie The Usual Suspects, the ruthless crime lord Keyser Soze says: “The greatest trick the devil ever did was to make the world believe he did not exist.”
Conman Donald Trump’s “biggest trick” he has “ever pulled” is to convince MAGA believers, especially evangelicals, that he is the “chosen one” who will save our country from secularism. there were.
This modern-day Elmer Gantry was successful in fraud because many people made it possible for him. It took a long time for major newspapers, including the New York Times, to call his misinformation “lies.” Fox News continues to spread his lies. As a result, these lies have become entrenched and many believe that Biden is an illegitimate president.
Other enablers defend him by saying he is joking or that’s not what he meant. After declaring that “immigrants taint our nation’s blood,” House Republicans quickly defended him by falsely claiming he was not targeting immigrants but referring to Democratic immigration policies. did.
When President Trump parroted Hitler and called his political opponents “vermin,” his ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham, advised us to focus on actions, not words. This is exactly what we should fear.
Just like Hitler, many have enabled Trump by underestimating him. When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, traditional politicians believed they could control his extremist tendencies. Some believed that once he became prime minister, he would change and his opinions would become more moderate. He continued to eliminate rivals, establish a dictatorship, and implement radical policies. Many people paid the price, including 6 million Jews.
Among those who have been “duped” by Trump’s fraud, the most obvious are evangelicals. To some, he is the second coming of Christ who will “make America pray again.” To others, he is, like Saul, an “imperfect vessel” who had a conversion experience on the road to Damascus and became St. Paul. After all, he made the Supreme Court appointments that overturned Roe v. Wade. Now Trump is promising “I will be your revenge,” as if he were a god of vengeance ready to strike down America’s enemies.
In 2016, 81% of white evangelical voters supported Trump. He accomplished this despite lies, false religious beliefs, violent rhetoric, xenophobia, sexual assault, porn star payoffs, and disgusting narcissism. As far as tricksters go, the devil has nothing against Trump.
In an un-Christian Easter message, President Trump attacked his opponents for election interference and wrongly charging him with multiple charges. He began his message with “Happy Easter to everyone, including evil and corrupt prosecutors and judges.” …” He sees himself as a Christ-like figure who, like Christ, is unjustly persecuted.
If Trump is the second coming of Christ, then the words of poet William Butler Yeats would be appropriate. In his poem “The Second Coming,” he warned: “And what a wild beast, when his time has finally come, stoops down toward Bethlehem to be born.”
michael camerota
westfield
