Trump Declares Himself "King of Isreal," the "Second Coming of God"

[crazytown]

Vanity Fair, August 21, 2019
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/donald-trump-king-of-israel

TRUMP DECLARES HIMSELF “KING OF ISRAEL,” THE “SECOND COMING OF GOD”

It’s been an eventful 18 hours in the fevered mind of Donald Trump. Yesterday, the president unleashed an anti-Semitic rant in the Oval Office in which he declared that Jews who vote for Democrats are either uneducated or disloyal. Unfortunately, with about 70% of Americans Jews being registered Democrats, that’s a lot of disloyalty. So Trump looked elsewhere for answers, and lo, he found an unhinged supporter who says Israelis (the real Jews!) love Trump like the “King of Israel” and “the second coming of God.” Then he cited him on Twitter:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

It’s probably self-evident that anyone claiming Trump is the Messiah is not right in the head, but just so it’s on the record, Wayne Allyn Root—a self-described “Jew turned evangelical Christian”—is an unhinged conspiracy theorist who believes the 2017 Las Vegas shooting was a “coordinated Muslim terror attack” by ISIS and that George Soros paid actors to stage the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville that included Nazi chants like “Jews will not replace us.”

Trump, incredibly, seems to believe that he’s going to win over Jewish voters by telling them they don’t what’s good for them (“They don’t even know what they’re doing or saying anymore!”). Or perhaps he’s just given up on American Jews, and is looking to the Likudniks for narcissistic supply. Insulting Americans for being disloyal to Israel, where the second coming is going to take place—led by Trump in the role of Jesus—seems like an odd pitch to anyone who knows literally anything about Judaism, but that’s probably beside the point. Stay tuned for tomorrow, when Trump cites the teachings of Mel Gibson as reason for this particular constituency to get on board.

[Turbineguy]

1. Bound to happen.

Calling those men in their clean white coats.

Bring a straitjacket.

[Girard442]

2. He is not far now from passing out the Kool-Aid.

[dawg day]

3. I thought you were repeating an Onion headline-- really.

I was a bit amused and then annoyed that you posted that because, "It's not real, it's satire."
Then I saw you were right. This is what Trump has just posted.

I cannot believe "Christians" can look at what is clearly heresy-- saying he's the second coming???- and can support him.

[crazytown]

5. I quoted the Vanity Fair headline verbatim

The more important takeaway, (if you can believe it), is that Trump quoted a guy who believes that George Soros paid actors to stage the Nazi rally in Charlottesville.

[Initech]

4. My brain hurts after reading that!

[Hugin]

6. If anyone is playing 25th Amendment BINGO.

Be sure to mark "God Complex" if it appears on your card.

It's not on mine.

I still need "End stage syphilis" or "Public defecation".

[CTyankee]

7. My step daughter is a rabbi out on Long Island. I must get to her quickly so she and her

congregation are aware of these developing events...

[duforsure]

8. This is an act

He knows he'll soon get fully exposed, and the old GOP are turning on him, and this is an act to use the insanity defense, but it won't work. They know this is just another con job. Republicans are realizing he'll not just lose his re-election, but he'll cause them to lose theirs too. Every day he.s in office more Americans will run from trump and them, and they will lose everything.

[Blue_Tires]

9. I know Israel is all fucked up but.... A Nazi king??

[Mme. Defarge]

10. False messiahs are a sign of the End Times.