“I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support,” Trump told reporters at the White House, denying claims he was meant to appear as Jesus.

“Only the ‘fake news’ could come up with that one,” Trump added.

“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better,” he said. “And I do make people better. I make people a lot better.”

The president of the USA doesn’t know what a doctor looks like (nor apparently does the AI he used to make it) while he works on the important issues, like a child on the internet.

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        In actuality, it’s more accurate to say that this is how uncritical and self-deceptive his followers are. The followers we are talking about here are Christian Dominionists (aka adherents of the 7 mountains mandate).

        They largely don’t care about his insanity because they genuinely believe orangeboi and the regime are a means to an end - and, you know, they’ve finally got a shitload of Christian Dominionists in the regime’s leadership now. Them caring about the initial post was a rare outlier of them actually caring about this shit, because it began to tread - and reflect very poorly and obviously cultishly - on their messianic worldview.

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        Gives very church of LDS vibes. Don’t question anything cuz I’m always right and you have to do whatever I say.

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        Yes the millions of sane people who voted against him should just accept the blame for their ruined futures and lives. Thanks for this very smart and not garbage/shitty take. You are a morally good person and not at all a victim blaming cruel dickhead. The people upvoting you too. What a bunch of great people.

        No wonder the left infights so much. People like you will act like you are full of empathy and want a better future for all, but then you love to point and laugh at innocent people if you can find a half assed way to justify it

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          The people upvoting you too. What a bunch of great people.

          I’m from a “third world shithole”. Decades of being oppressed by your country has left scant pity for your current troubles. In fact, seeing all that current upheaval and strife happening there is pure schadenfreude.

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            I’m glad you found it in your heart to lump me in with people whose ideas I find abhorrent. Really helps the world move forward, “paying back” people who would otherwise have not hated you.

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                Lol no shit. You spread hatred and justify it with “but where you live is controlled by bad people you vote, speak, and protest against consistently but fuck you anyway because you were born there.” I won’t apologize for being born a place. You wouldn’t give a shit if I tried apologizing for the bad things said and done to the rest of the world. All you care about is hating so enjoy that you miserable fuck.

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            Well, keep your head down. The moron is liable to lob some bombs your way the next time he needs to distract attention from something.

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              I’m sure he will. He is already eyeing South America “thinking” about that. But I’m not too scared about bombs, my guess is that our current (and any future) government would just bend over just as much the Venezuelan did. We’ll only be really free when the USA implodes once and for all.

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          A shitty take is calling Trump stupid when clearly, he has manipulated 70 million Americans successfully to vote for him, and the 89 million who did not vote. No doubt, most people calling him “stupid” did not vote at all.

          Sorry your shithole is crumbling, but this was a long time coming from a country that consistently piles on more and more power to one guy.

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        Do you really think that it’s fair to blame people who were given a choice between dog shit and horse shit? And were being lied to by both sides constantly.

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          I mean… Yes. The two choices weren’t equivalent. Neither good but that doesn’t mean the results were going to be the same. And that was clear and obvious.

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            Clear and obvious is that there are no sides, really.

            In the election time, cmon, she was not able to construct a decent sentence, at least orange blew beautiful lies. Remember, defund the pentaghon, America first, stopping all the wars etc. He’s crafty liar, and between the two he created better illusion, even though everybody pretty much knew that he’s a charlatan.

            If anything, people are just too good, too naive and they want to believe a beautiful story.

            So yeah, it’s nonsense to blame the people. There are no two parties, it’s all by design to manipulate the masses. If one sucks, the other one must be the solution. And they play it, shit talk each other and throw blames around but essentially it’s all just a trick for the masses. I mean, if you don’t see this then you must be sharp as a tack, or something.

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              Oh seriously, stop with the “everyone is the same” centrism crap.

              Do I think that most of the Democratic Party is “controlled opposition” by the rich? Yes, very much so given AIPAC and Billionaire donations.

              However, do I think they will yield the same outcome? Hell no. Even though neither are great choices, they yield drastically different results as part of that controlled opposition is ensuring the masses are happy enough while they get what they want.

              Harris would have kept the status quo. Is that the best thing for us? Nope, but it would have been a hell of a lot better than this bumbling orange idiot who is actively destroying the country.

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                Where “status quo” is steady progress towards expanded civil rights and added consumer protections.

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      They don’t even bother to lie badly anymore. I suppose that’s the final humiliation.

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      eh, I don’t think it’s that. deniability is operandum for the party line anyways.

      ofcourse he did that, in private he probably claims he is the second coming of Jesus. that’s how big his ego is.

      as for why deniability. because it’s deny by default. even things that tow the party line, deny by default. because you can always rebuke your own denial and say you witheld the truth out of fear when it works for you with a larger majority…

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    “It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better,” he said. “And I do make people better. I make people a lot better.”

    Something a six year old says when you ask about their drawing.

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      • When I grow up I want to be the king of the USA!!!

      • Sure Donald, you can be whatever you want, but you need to stop touching the younger kids. (Pfff, someone needs to tell this kids he’ll be lucky if he can drive a zamboni at his local arena for a living)

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    So fucking stupid. The Christian’s will let this go just as soon as he posts a new stream of vowel sounds that they are told they want to hear.

    Also Donald Trump is a child rapist. There is most certainly incontrovertible evidence in the Epstein files of him raping children. He’ll say or do literally anything to keep the focus off of uncovering his terrible crimes. Make himself Jesus in an AI Jesus photo? Distraction. Insult the Pope? Distraction. Blockade the strait? Distraction.

    It’s working quite well right now.

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    As a Doctor? Didn’t trump basically close the VA and push insurance premiums up to sky high levels?

    He’s a complete fuckwit.

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      “People are acting like this is unusual,” said Dr Simon Williams, adjusting his radiant aura before attempting to cure a sprained ankle through meaningful eye contact and a calming presence.

      😄

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    The new Jesus doesn’t “know” the old Jesus because they’ve never met.
    And never will.

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    IF it were true (it’s Trump talking, so no) that he saw that image and thought “doctor” rather than “Jesus,” it demonstrates his complete and utter ignorance of anything related to Christianity. Which doesn’t shock me but will the Evangelicals

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    Either he’s lying (he is) or has never been to church before in his life. It’s probably a combination of both, but he’s definitely lying.

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    I love how “only the fake news could come up with that one.” It’s like triple ironic. There’s like layers of irony working against eachother. And we just take it at face value and accept it, and print it and move on. Which itself adds another layer of irony.