Hmmm, are his handlers and inner circle now as much to blame as Trump himself?
I really do not want to keep posting about Trump. Honestly, I do not. But I feel compelled to document his increasingly indefensible actions and his accelerating descent into narcissistic delusions.
When I first heard about the AI-generated image of Trump as Jesus appearing to heal a sick man on a bed, I assumed it was a fake created by one of his many critics. When I learned that it actually was published by Trump on his Truth Social site, I was aghast.
In case you missed it, the image depicts Trump wearing a white robe, with a glowing hand on the forehead of a sick man, bearing an obvious resemblance to Jesus healing the infirm. In the background, images included: the Statute of Liberty, a large U.S. fluttering flag, fighter jets and an eagle, a nurse, a woman praying and what appeared to be a soldier in uniform.
My first reaction was: Does Trump really have no shame? Is there no limit to how low he will stoop? After a bit more consideration, I found myself wondering: Was this a deliberate act of provocation on his part? Does he find such perverse pleasure in pissing people off that he simply cannot restrain himself?
Eventually I arrived at the only conclusion that makes any degree of sense. There is simply no rhyme or reason to Trump’s actions. He lives entirely within his own made-up world that makes no sense to anyone but himself. His inflated view of his own importance has reached the level of irreversible delusion.
The image was posted shortly after Trump used his Truth Social platform to attack Pope Leo who has been a vocal critic of the U.S. war in Iran as well as Trump’s foreign and immigration policies. The Pope’s plea: Let those who have weapons lay them down. Let those who the power to unleash wars choose peace.
Trump (or more specifically, his handlers) did remove the image from Truth Social and attempted minimal damage control saying that he believed the image depicted him as a doctor next to a Red Cross worker. Absolutely no one is buying that explanation.
And if the first image was not egregious enough, Trump then posted an AI-generated image of himself being embraced by Christ with an American flag in the background.
This latest act of provocation is yet one more example of Trump’s rapidly accelerating devolution into what can only be characterized as a swamp of self-delusion. He has developed a Christ Complex or some other form of personality disorder of that nature.
One would hope that his handlers and inner circle would have reached the point of thinking: OMG, I can’t believe he did that! We cannot let this go on any longer. But it appears that they are all-in on propping him up no matter how unstable and dangerous he becomes.
Trump is edging every closer to the cliff edge of his presidency. He is staggering on the edge of the cliff of a deep, threatening and unpredictable sea which is waiting to swallow him up. If his handlers do not put shackles on him soon, if that is even possible, he will tumble over the edge.
The chaos that will follow Trump’s plummet into the sea of irreversible bedlam could cripple the U.S. sending shockwaves around the world. At this point, those who prop him up – and refuse to take responsibility for what so clearly needs to be done – are as much to blame for what is happening as Trump himself. They will go down with him when he topples over the edge.
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