Trump's Newfound Religiosity

Why has Donald Trump recently decided to become an unabashed, self-styled religious figure?

Well, to start with, that's where the believers can be found. Which means:

1. That's where the money is. Picture this: If Trump can get a coast-to-coast bunch of churchgoing Christians to peel off just half of what they're accustomed to donating to their church, and send it to him, on a weekly or monthly basis, that maneuver has the potential to be quite lucrative.

Although everybody knows Trump really, really wants/needs to be president, again, he has longed to have a never-ending fountain of money, in the worst way, for all of his life. It's possible Trump wants that fountain more than he wants back in the White House.

2. That's where the suckers are. If Trump thinks heroic WWII soldiers who were killed in battle in Europe were "suckers," just imagine what he thinks of the gullibility of people who have unflinching faith in Mother Mary's immaculate conception theory of how she became pregnant; what he thinks of the gullibility of people who believe that Jesus walked on water and that he died on the cross, then miraculously came back to life on Easter Sunday. Trump must figure he can convince a lot of those believers of almost any damn thing.

3. That's where the new voters are. Trump knows he needs new voters to replace some he has lost for various reasons. Death among them. But still, a certain small percentage of his supporters won't love his new religiosity strategy. So he especially wants to gather up millions of the young and baptized who are naïve enough, say, to purchase one of his Trump Bibles for only $59.99.

4. That's where the angry fools are. Trump needs to recruit a new army of crazies to do dirty work like his January 6th army did when called upon. So, as the year goes on, he needs a million angry fools who will sling violence at various assigned targets, on cue. Then, if caught, bank completely on receiving a presidential pardon.

5. Trump wants to fall back on being the one and only Godfather of the First Church of Trump, when he loses in November. Naturally, rather than situated at Mar-a-Lago, its palace/resort/headquarters will be at a beautiful offshore location yet to be determined.

Dear reader, I think you probably get my drift, so I won't go on stretching my point about Trump's new angle. Last thought: Never forget that in 2017 Trump, the wannabe fascist dictator, told us all just exactly where he still wants to take the country. Concerning the deadly riot in Charlottesville, Trump declared: "I think there is blame on both sides ... but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides."

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-- Words and art by F.T. Rea.

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