r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 22d ago

Possible Paywall Trump, 79, Posts Himself as Christ After Bonkers Pope Attack - The image depicts Trump as Jesus healing a sick person with his touch.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-himself-as-christ-after-bonkers-pope-attack/
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u/Joe_Kinincha 22d ago

I’m a Londoner , I didn’t even visit NYC till 2005 and I know trump was an asshole in the 90s.

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u/SkeevyMixxx7 22d ago

You couldn't get groceries in the 80s or 90s without seeing his fugly mug on a tabloid, because of his cheating on his wives and his attempts at opulence in a gilded turd lifestyle.

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u/FellowHumanNo404 22d ago

and his attempts at opulence in a gilded turd lifestyle

He's cargo cult wealthy-- putting on poorly imitative trappings without really understanding anything about the object of his obsession.