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applegrove

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Tue Jan 21, 2025, 12:29 AM Yesterday

There Is No Limit on Trump's Ego [View all]

There Is No Limit on Trump’s Ego

January 20, 2025 at 5:57 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 76 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/01/20/there-is-no-limit-on-trumps-ego/

"SNIP.................

New York Magazine: “It is customary for human beings inheriting enormous power over others to show a bit of humility before exercising it. This is why presidential inaugurations include ritualistic invocations of national traditions, hallowed precedents, and divine favor. Those staging the second inauguration of Donald Trump did their best to surround the man with reminders that he stands in the shadow of leaders much greater than he can rightly claim to be, and in the presence of institutions, from Congress to the courts to the armed forces sworn to defend the Constitution, that constrain his authority.”

“The reality that Trump doesn’t recognize any such restraints was made most evident by his reluctance to bow before the supreme authority of God Almighty, as he stood open-eyed during the invocations of the deity to bless his puny human efforts. Indeed, he seemed to regard God as a peer or perhaps as an aide in his confident assertion that the Lord of Hosts had saved him from assassination out of divine concern for his holy role in restoring American Greatness.”

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There Is No Limit on Trump's Ego [View all] applegrove Yesterday OP
trumps ego is as big as the Montana sky. William769 Yesterday #1
He doesn't see God as a peer. He sees him as staff. tanyev 20 hrs ago #2
Or a tool. JustABozoOnThisBus 20 hrs ago #3
And after all that bad theater, he'll go cheat at golf. Justice matters. 15 hrs ago #4
No religious test required for office in the United States. SidneyR 12 hrs ago #5
Thanks for pointing that out. maxsolomon 11 hrs ago #6
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