Ego, Idolatry, and Coddling
2015 (context)
2015-06-16 (context/timeline) Trump announced he would seek the Republican nomination for president. He officially became the presidential nominee on July 1, 2016.
https://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/
2016
2016-01-23 Trump said, “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, okay, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay?”.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-i-could-shoot-somebody-and-wouldnt-lose-any-voters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBRk90BKf_E
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/01/23/donald-trump-iowa-rally-shooting-sot.cnn
2019 “The Chosen One”
2019-08-21 Trump referred to himself as “the chosen one”.
2021
2021-01-06 People carried “Jesus is my Savior – Trump is my President” signs, even during the J6 riots.
2024
2024-07-13 This was the first assassination attempt on Trump in Butler PA. Ryan Routh, the convicted assailant who attempted to assassinate Trump, later attempted to stab himself in the neck after being found guilty September 23, 2025. One of the MAGA followers constructed a statue of Trump out of nails.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-biden-trump-07-13-24
2025 January
2025-01-23 Bill HR691 was introduced to rename Dulles Airport after Trump.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/691
2025-01-25 A Florida lawmaker proposed Bill HR792 carving Trump into Mount Rushmore.
https://www.kbtx.com/2025/01/31/lawmaker-proposes-bill-carve-trump-mount-rushmore/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/792
2025-01-28 Bill HR792 was introduced to force U.S. park services to carve Trump’s face into the side of Mount Rushmore.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/792
2025 February
2025-02-15 Legislation Bill HR1395 proposed making Trump’s birthday a federal holiday.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1395
2025-02-19 The White House posted an AI-generated image of Trump wearing a crown captioned “Long Live the King.”
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1892295984928993698
2025-02-26 Trump posted an AI-generated video depicting Gaza as a luxury resort and himself as a golden idol.
2025-02-27 Bill HR1761 proposed placing Trump on a $250 bill.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1761
2025 May
2025-05-02 Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ai-generated-photo-pope-vatican/
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1918502592335724809
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114441543826801216
2025-05-04 The White House shared an AI image of Trump as a Sith Lord for May the 4th.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJPQ72FxNkC/?hl=en
2025-05-28 Trump posted “He’s on a mission from God & nothing can stop what is coming.”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114588777076099501
2025-05-29 Rep. Greg Steube introduced the “Make Autorail Great Again Act.”
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3660
2025 June
2025-06-14 Trump’s embarrassing birthday parade.
2025-06-16 European Council leadership coddled Trump, gifting him a signed jersey, praising him for “playing for peace.”
https://www.tiktok.com/@cbsnews/video/7516913750734081293
2025 August
2025-08-06 Tim Cook presented Trump with a gold-themed plaque during Apple investment announcements. Numerous CEOs exhibited sycophancy during this term. The term “apple polisher” is an informal, often derogatory term for a sycophant or a “suck-up.”
https://www.nytimes.com/video/business/economy/100000010328133/trump-apple-investment.html
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0O9QhwIkj5w
2025-08-13 Trump allies proposed renaming the Kennedy Center after Melania or Trump himself.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5413914-kennedy-centers-opera-house-melania-trump-gop/
2025-08-26 Trump had a banner of himself mounted upon the building across from the US Labor Department.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5471330-trump-banners-propaganda-washington/
https://www.newsweek.com/department-labor-trump-portrait-2119185
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FzZrYxgf7ZA
2025 October
2025-10-17 Bill HR5766 proposed creating a “DJT Peace Prize” and demands Trump be the first person to be awarded.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5766
2025 December
2025-12-03 The administration renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after Trump months after DOGE dismantled it.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g-s1-100576/trump-institute-of-peace-name
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/trump-us-institute-peace-renamed-musk-dismantled-rcna247367
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/politics/us-institute-of-peace-renamed-trump
https://x.com/StateDept/status/1996368099160080884
https://x.com/secrubio/status/1996368261827666104?s=46&t=-DGlDYI6esU-4We1z9gHiQ
2025-12-10 Trump put his face on national park passes.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/politics/trump-face-replace-images-national-parks-passes-lawsuit
https://abcnews.com/US/face-lawsuit-targets-plan-put-trumps-image-popular/story?id=128292660
2025-12-18 The Kennedy Center was renamed to include Trump’s name and had himself named the head of the board. Then he announced the center would close in February 2026.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/politics/kennedy-center-cancelations-trump-name
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/30/donald-trump-kennedy-center/87906255007/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-kennedy-center-plans-sue-jazz-musician-canceled/story?id=128761195
2025-12-22 Trump announced “Trump-class” battleships (i.e. USS Defiant).
2026 February
2026-02-02 Trump announced luxurious Kennedy Center renovations while Americans struggled with healthcare costs. Meanwhile, a Gallup survey showed that millions of Americans were skipping meals to pay for their healthcare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi0AWU60RxE&list=WL&index=1&t=69s
https://news.gallup.com/poll/702596/one-third-americans-cut-back-cover-healthcare-expenses.aspx
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-5696489/kennedy-center-renovation-trump-questions
2026-02-05 Trump proposed renaming Penn Station and Dulles Airport after himself in exchange for releasing federal funds for reconstruction.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/politics/schumer-trump-ny-funding-rename
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-penn-station-dulles-airport-named-after-funding/story?id=129910999
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/trump-dulles-penn-rename-branding
2026-02-19 Trump hung another banner of himself, this time over the Department of Justice.
2026 March
2026-03-09 Trump reposted a prophecy video describing him as divinely chosen. See video “Kim Clement prophesying about Donald Trump, 2007”.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/i-will-raise-up-the-trump-trump-promotes-wild-2007-prophesy/
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116200371638821370
2026-03-22 Trump ordered a commemorative Trump coin.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/03/22/trump-coin-controversy-update/89245184007/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-gold-coin-250th-anniversary-8be387e70ae561c62e27552bf47fb430
2026-03-25 Mike Johnson announced a special “America First” award for Trump.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/03/trump-receives-another-award-that-was-just-invented.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/26/trump-mike-johnson-america-first-award
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3826ZVTKmE&list=WL&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5PVnCR5GOE&list=WL&index=3
2026-03-26 Treasury announced Trump’s signature would appear on U.S. currency.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/26/politics/trump-signature-paper-currency-treasury
https://fortune.com/2026/03/27/trump-name-on-dollar-not-treasury-secretary/
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0425
2026-03-31 Trump proposed a massive gold-themed presidential library featuring his heckling “walk of fame”, the gifted Saudi jetliner, and a gold statue of himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHtNpXBOj6k&list=WL&index=4
https://newrepublic.com/post/208455/donald-trump-presidential-library-make-money-hotel
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-library-money-power-jet/686643/
2026 April
2026-04-01 Trump’s spiritual adviser Paula White compared Trump to Jesus during a White House Easter event.
https://baptistnews.com/article/at-white-house-trump-lauded-as-suffering-king-like-jesus/
https://www.salon.com/2026/04/05/paula-white-likens-trumps-troubles-to-jesus-christ-at-easter-lunch/
https://www.ms.now/opinion/paula-white-sparks-maga-backlash-after-comparing-trump-to-jesus
https://premierchristian.news/us/news/article/trump-compared-to-jesus-at-white-house-prayers
https://x.com/metzgov/status/2039462014968316313
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkTSObD6VxU&list=WL&index=1&t=267s
2026-04-01 Franklin Graham framed the Iran conflict in biblical terms and likened Trump to Queen Esther.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an9D8G1BtjY&list=WL&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9lmpBqaiGtI
2026-04-12 Trump posted – then deleted – an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ. After backlash, he claimed it was a picture of himself as a doctor healing people.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-truth-social-pope-leo.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-faces-backlash-over-post-144400174.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17v8y0z9z2o
https://abc7.com/post/trump-takes-down-image-social-media-depicted-jesus-like-figure/18880184/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/13/politics/trump-jesus-post-pope-feud
SUB WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/trump-jesus-pope-leo-truth-social-post.html
SUB WALL https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-religious-conservatives/
2026-04-16 Hegseth compared reporters covering the Iran war to the Pharisees, the biblical Jewish group that opposed Jesus.
https://x.com/gretchencarlson/status/2044752887029358926?s=46&t=qjA9BAv6BhOCNlxoiZWFbw
2026-04-16 Right-wing podcaster Pastor Shane Vaugh said, “You can’t believe God raised up Pharaoh and not believe he raised up Trump”. In April 2024 he said Justice Jackson “talks monkey talk” and “belongs in the jungle”. He has said a lot, including “Satan had raised up Barack Hussein Gay Raised By Transgenders Obama” and, “Any time the devil makes a move, Yahweh, God makes an even bigger move”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLxczPMXIHQ&list=WL&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04u-lDJjreo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1e_ebV20hA
FROM 2022 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-pastor-god-chose-save-america-1704371
FROM 2025 https://baptistnews.com/article/the-kingdom-of-god-is-not-about-gold/
2026-04-29 Trump posted an AI image of himself holding an assault rifle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYypemF9ULo
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-gun-iran-peace-deal-11891398
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/trump-machine-gun-post-threatens-blow-up-iran-966354-20260429
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/donald-trump-gun-picture-iran-37085084
2026-04-29 Trump added his image to U.S. passports.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/passports-trump-face-park-pass-currency-analysis
PAY WALL https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5pn1ngerpo
2026 May
2026-05-10 A 22-foot golden Trump statue was erected at Trump National Doral Miami. Pastor Mark Burns defensively wrote, “Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNowrK16J0&list=WL&index=2
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/11/donald-trump-gold-statue/90029751007/
https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-defends-golden-trump-statue-from-biblical-backlash-11933490
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/colbert-spots-sneaky-insult-hidden-on-trumps-golden-statue/
2026-05-17 During a National Mall ceremony, podcaster Eric Metaxas praised Trump’s ballroom project in religious terms, “It’s hard to believe that it would take two centuries for the Lord to raise up a great man to bring that ballroom finally to stand where it needs to stand”.
https://people.com/maga-prayer-rally-speaker-says-god-chose-trump-to-build-ballroom-11978057
https://www.salon.com/2026/05/20/white-house-ballroom-is-turning-into-a-symbol-of-trumps-failures/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yBckt4T7xM&list=WL&index=5
2026 July
2026-07-09 Trump had the Palm Beach Airport renamed the Donald J. Trump International Airport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASaqsMs8SXo&list=WL&index=2&t=17s