Crash Course: "Better than Jesus": How far will the cult of Trump go?

MAGA has "been persuaded," Katherine Stewart tells Salon, "that Trump is the savior who will face down the demons" [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvd2UwNDNzOTZhdi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWVXA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdHI2aWpnNThidC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWUmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMGp4YmU2YjZjYS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWVXA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaHNwaXZzY2U2ZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWVXA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdHN0bHpoZ3F3NS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWVXA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbGY1dDE0MnN4OC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWVXA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMHFqZ3oyNW1vMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWVXA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo "Better than Jesus": How far will the cult of Trump go? Trump’s delusions of grandeur have been escalating as he continues to proclaim that he is some type of messiah-prophet, chosen by “god” and “Jesus Christ” to lead the MAGA movement in an epic End Times battle of good and evil against President Biden and the Democrats and “the left” to “save America” by winning the 2024 election. Trump is now also claiming that [he is a “proud” Christian who is being persecuted – basically like Jesus Christ](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc2ZxejNuOTRrbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWUmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) – by the courts and others who are daring to hold him accountable for his decades-long public crime spree. In an attempt to make better sense of Trump’s claims of personal divinity, we recently asked a range of experts for their thoughts and insights. 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The historic prosecution nearly five years after [Pebbles LaDime "Dime" Doe's](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcXRoamdjN25lMi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWVXA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) death granted the woman and her loved ones, who celebrated the guilty verdict on social media, justice via the legal system that trans and gender non-conforming Americans don't often receive. But experts caution that, in the current social and cultural climate, the trial is not enough. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnxutZP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbjNua3lienVvaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPThtY3h5cmNxdWUmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZeJaZuRloeWdxFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). 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