Idolatry
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Most of this is found in the “Behavioral Issues” section under “Ego, Idolatry & Coddling”
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.
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/07/christian-nationalists-embrace-trump-as-their-savior-will-they-be-his](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/07/christian-nationalists-embrace-trump-as-their-savior-will-they-be-his
2024
2024-04-11 Pastors respond after Trump claimed Christianity is under attack. In this video, interviewees likened Trump to Jesus Christ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqmcPTi0N7Q&list=WL&index=2
2025 February
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 Gaza resort video featuring himself as a golden idol.
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
2025-05-28 Trump posted “He’s on a mission from God & nothing can stop what is coming.”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114588777076099501
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
2026-03-31 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 Pete Hegseth compared portions of the press to biblical Pharisees and accused reporters of unfairly targeting Trump.
https://x.com/gretchencarlson/status/2044752887029358926?s=46&t=qjA9BAv6BhOCNlxoiZWFbw
2026-04-16 Pete Hegseth quoted a fake bible verse from the movie Pulp Fiction during a prayer, then compared Trump to Jesus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZdkRiTs_4w&list=WL&index=4
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5834822-hegseth-pulp-fiction-bible-reference/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-hegseth-pulp-fiction-bible-verse_n_69e0e4d2e4b09c96f93e9391
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hegseth-bible-pulp-fiction/
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”. This is the guy who in April 2024 said that 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”: “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 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 on social media, “….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 June
2026-05-19 Mark Meckler claimed Trump was touched or ordained by God.
https://www.anarchistfederation.net/mark-meckler-says-trump-is-a-man-transformed-by-god/
https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/mark-meckler-says-trump-man-transformed-god
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s-oHAosovk&list=WL&index=7&t=91s