Donald Trump has shared an eerie video on the eve of the Iowa caucuses in which he appears to proclaim himself God’s chosen emissary on earth, sent to delive...

Donald Trump has shared an eerie video on the eve of the Iowa caucuses in which he appears to proclaim himself God’s chosen emissary on earth, sent to deliver America back to prosperity.

The three-minute clip, posted to Truth Social on Sunday evening, opens on grainy footage of an LP turning on a record player, broadcasting an apparently ancient “sermon” in which the speaker intones: “And on 14 June 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said: ‘I need a caretaker.’ So God gave us Trump…”

What follows – set to a picture of the Republican tycoon as a toddler, followed by a montage of scenes from his presidency – is an extraordinary expression of Mr Trump’s Messiah Complex, bordering on sacrilege.

  • AernaLingus [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    18·
    11 months ago

    And on June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, “I need a caretaker.” So God gave us Trump.

    God said, “I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, fix this country, work all day, fight the Marxists, eat supper, then go to the Oval Office and stay past midnight at a meeting of the heads of state.” So God made Trump.

    I need somebody with arms strong enough to rustle [wrestle?] the Deep State and yet gentle enough to deliver his own grandchild. Somebody to ruffle the feathers, tame cantankerous World Economic Forum, come home hungry, have to wait until the First Lady is done with lunch with friends, then tell the ladies to be sure and come back real soon, and mean it. So God gave us Trump.

    That last part is borderline word salad. Both the script and the voiceover have gotta be AI generated, right? I love the awkward pause after “arms” which makes it sound as if God is searching desperately for somebody, anybody, who has arms.

      • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        12·
        11 months ago

        There is no fucking way. If that dude is even half the germophobe he claims to be, there’s no way he’s getting within splash radius of an actual birth, let alone touching a slimy fresh baby.

        I truly believe he would watch his own child slither out onto concrete before he would even consider getting within reach.

        • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
          10·
          11 months ago

          Exactly. Birth is one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen in emergency medicine. It was one of my ultimate nightmares in an ambulance. I can’t imagine Trump letting a dog lick his hand, let alone him covered in blood and shit delivering a child while the medical staff just let it happen.

          But then if he’s lying about it, why the fuck would you lie about something so weird? Who does that appeal to?