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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould Trump be trolling his Christian supporters with his golden statues of himself? Showing them to be worshipping the
golden calf from the Book of Exodus? That sort of superiority and contempt would fit a narcissist like Trump perfectly. On the other hand, is he even intelligent enough to figure it out?
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Could Trump be trolling his Christian supporters with his golden statues of himself? Showing them to be worshipping the (Original Post)
artemisia1
Thursday
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I thought his Christian supporters started the whole thing with the gold statues.
Mariana
Thursday
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Mariana
(15,388 posts)1. I thought his Christian supporters started the whole thing with the gold statues.
artemisia1
(904 posts)6. Yes, but one can seize upon a phenomenon an use it themselves. Good point, though, and I knew of this event prior to my
OP.
Happy Hoosier
(8,780 posts)2. Nope. He's not that self-aware.
And he IS a magalomaniac.
ecstatic
(34,648 posts)3. He trolls and openly mocks them all the time
I love the poorly educated.
I could murder someone in broad daylight and my supporters would still support me.
And that weirdly cautionary story about the snake? Something along the lines of, "you knew I was a snake when you took me in."
Nothing new.
I could murder someone in broad daylight and my supporters would still support me.
And that weirdly cautionary story about the snake? Something along the lines of, "you knew I was a snake when you took me in."
Nothing new.
tanyev
(45,563 posts)4. Nope, he's not trolling. He really is that narcissistic.
Hed love it if every church in the land put a golden statue of him up by the altar.
God only likes you if you worship me, too!
BoRaGard
(4,226 posts)5. G.O.P. is the Party of Idolatry
Money is their chief gawd.
Then the Felon-Rapist.
They pay no attention whatsoever to Christ's actual teachings.