Wisely recognising that he might need divine intervention to win November’s midterms, the imploding Donald Trump has turned to religion.
Earlier in May, when the narcissist-inchief decided to install a 22ft gold statue of himself on his Trump National Miami Doral golf course, the president hired Mark Burns of Pastors for Trump to do the unveiling. Burns said of this graven image, reminiscent of the Biblical golden calf: “Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf.”
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Now even that has been topped by Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving, a Washington DC event backed by Trump and funded with millions of taxpayer dollars, which saw eight hours of speeches from religious leaders and government officials overtly stating the hitherto constitutionally secular country’s Christian foundation.
Trump himself failed to attend, instead addressing the crowd through a rambling video, apparently recorded three weeks ago in which he covered up the disfigured back of his right hand and stumbled through a Biblical reading he seemed not to have seen before.
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The most barnstorming speech was by Eric Metaxas, a Christian author, who told the crowds at the National Mall how God had “raised up” Trump to build a White House ballroom.
“It’s hard to believe it would take two centuries for the Lord to raise up a great man to bring that ballroom finally to stand where it needs to stand,” he fire-and-brimstoned to huge cheers. “It’s extraordinary. We only had to wait 200 years.” Nurse! The smelling salts!
