Even (or especially) when sore loser/aspiring Leader for Life Donald Trump channels his inner Fuhrer (with, among other things, screams for “vengeance” on “vermin”), his cult follows as if in lock step. Or in jack boots. And now (as if inspired by CPAC 2021’s gilded, graven image of him), enter his genuine fake gold, ‘never concede da feet’ clodhoppers.
Sigh. At this past Sunday’s aptly named “Sneaker Con” gougefest, a woman went into a trance that smacked of prophecy, demonic possession, or both. Setting the stage for Trump to hawk bunion bling at $399 a pop, she praised him as an “honest…. Christian!”
Translation: ‘Honest, he's honest! Oh, sure, on one level, he lies through his fangs all day. But that’s his Way of Revealing Greater Truth- to light the nation and the world!
‘And what a Christian! From power grabs to grabbing women, has he got this Hand of God thing down, or what?’ As these words are penned, he pegs himself a “very proud Christian.” In stark contrast, day in and day out President Biden heeds the Bible’s proscription (cf. Matthew 6:6) against ‘religious’ grandstanding. (In line with it, he neither flaunts nor weaponizes his faith; he lives it. Period.)
But here’s the thing. The political arena can be no calm sanctuary. If Mr. Biden and company can’t bring themselves to call out evildoers by alerting us to the falseness of Trump’s amoral, religion-robed, self-serving wickedness, then may God have mercy on us. Amen.