The neuroscientist Bobby Azarian who has written several articles about Trump and his followers tells us that The evangelical belief that Trump is the messiah is more rampant than you think — and dangerous.
... there is another major reason (besides fear) why Trump loyalists do not waver no matter how he behaves or what scandals come to light. For most evangelicals, it is not only fear that keeps them in line, but it is also faith. As a cognitive psychology researcher who has been writing about the science underlying Trump’s unshakable support since he began his presidential campaign, I have learned—through comments, emails, and discussion forums—that a significant portion of his supporters literally believe the president was an answer to their prayers. He is regarded as something of a messiah, sent by God to protect a Christian nation.
As Trump would say “lot’s of people have noted the entrance Trump made through the doors” before his Iran speech.” This is from Robert Harrington in The Palmer Report:
Donald Trump was backlit by intense sunlight as he emerged through the double doors of the Grand Foyer at the White House to address the American people Wednesday morning. The sunlight was dramatically cut off as soon as he’d stepped to the podium and the double doors closed behind him. Were the cinematic lighting effects deliberate? Has the demeaning of the office of the president of the United States come to that? Until some staffer writes a tell-all book we may never know. But a man who once described himself as “the chosen one” would probably not have minded the effect, and is certainly self-involved enough to engineer it.
After a long sniff, without the amenity of a greeting, Trump began with this preamble: “As long as I am President of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.” That was an odd way to begin. But then Donald Trump is an odd man. Trump is so emotionally dead to other people that he is quite capable of thinking that this ham-fisted attempt to dazzle and the bizarre preamble could actually work. And it does, of course, but only with the feeble-minded or the hopelessly sycophantish. It was then that Trump deigned to acknowledge his audience and said, “Good morning.”
I certainly noticed it as did the people I had coffee with later that morning. It prompted me to make and tweet this collage (click to enlarge):
I wouldn’t be surprised if the next time Trump makes his entrance it will be to this well known music and it is renamed The Trump Hallelujah Chorus:
Trump is famously known (by liberals at least) for the 15 some songs artists like Aerosmith’, Neil Young, Adele, Elton John, and R.E.M. for example (and the estate of Prince) have asked a him not to play at his rallies.
You can hear the songs here:
Trump is not known for subtlety. As good an instinctive crowd pleaser as he is, he is also so narcissistic that he likes to play his favorite songs at his rallies, just for his own pleasure. An example is a song from Cats. This is a good video about this.
Instead of playing music like this at his rallies he could play the Hallelujah Chorus at his rallies with giant TV screens showing images like these interspersed with pictures glorifying himself.
He could even have his event planners look at Christianity Today’s music section, whose editor resigned after penning a critical editorial about Trump, for music by Christian groups who would be happy to have him use their songs at rallies. I assume Trump will hate these songs but could be convinced that pandering to his audience is worth it.
If these changes are actually made I rather doubt it will be because Trump’s 2020 campaign director read this article, but just in case, this one’s for you Brad Parscale:
If he makes the changes I suggest here thanks to me, and it actually helps his campaign, my bad! I will go into hiding and never post stories on Daily Kos again.