Was he getting ready to testify? With his right arm in the air and his hand grasping the Bible was he there to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you who have no God other than yourself?
As publicity stunts go, this was a doozy. Dispersing a peaceful protest with force worthy of putting down an armed insurrection, this got off on two wrong feet. And then standing there in a pose so unnatural, so unfeeling, so demonstrably without hint or trace of empathy but almost exploding with utter disdain, this scene provided a remarkable visual statement of his contempt for those who dared expose the raw nerve of two and a half centuries of a nation's continuing disgrace.
Donald Trump is the antithesis of everything the Bible would preach. He is a man consumed by his vices, by his greed, by his hatreds, by his narcissism, by his pettiness, unable to produce a scintilla of desperately needed morality or the slightest evidence of compassion.
It disgusts me that in this time of compounding tragedies this charade was Mr. Trump's best response. We are alone in our grief and our pain as our President is but a fiction, a fraud hiding behind a Bible I am certain he has never opened, and its teachings that he has clearly and unequivocally never once in his life practiced.
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I consider the Bible a mixed bag of good & bad ideas, but I have yet to see anything good about Rump.
F
If thousands stood lining the streets protesting the protesters, holding God Bless and We Love Trump signs, would they, too have been “dominated” by tear gas?
Only hoping that the God loving and God fearing who “worship“ and support him will see through that horrific display of sheer and shallow phoniness and think twice about who they vote for on November 3rd.
EA
He is appealing to his neo-nazi, fascist "Brown Shirt" base, brought to you by The Heritage Foundation. Early on, they have hijacked the legislative agenda, and have forced out any capable, independently-minded people and replaced them with robots.. In so doing, the Heritage Foundation will achieve their goal: to disproportionately enhance the power of the presidency well beyond the power of Congress. I wish the press would portray Trump for what he is: a puppet.--RE
Thanks for being my voice
Lois
Sadly so true.
AM
You said it all!!!!
JP
Why suppose Rump has never opened a Bible? Lots of evil people, including slave-owners & segregationists, read the Bible assiduously & used it to support injustice. So do many anti-gay bigots nowadays.Reading the Bible & taking it seriously is no guarantee of virtue.
F
My favorite part in the paper was that they pointed out that his baby girl pulled said bible out of her $1540 MaxMara purse. Unnecessary detail, but a nice touch. PB
Another excellent post. Passing it on.
HER
Why did not we hear from Obama during this mess
Where was he?
FCL
AMEN!
JAM
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