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Comedy World Righteously Roasts Trump Over Gettysburg Gaffe (newrepublic.com)

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People can’t stop cracking up over the former president’s bizarre, bumbling speech.

Speaking outside Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Donald Trump left everyone confused when he attempted to explain the Battle of Gettysburg, praised (and invented a quote from) Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and generally had no idea what he was talking about.

When his off-the-cuff remarks hit late-night television on Monday, the hosts couldn’t hide their laughter.

“You have to hand it to this guy: On the weekend before his unprecedented criminal trial begins, he somehow manages to overshadow it with this broken-brained interpretation of what happened at Gettysburg during the Civil War,” Jimmy Kimmel quipped.

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[-] protist@mander.xyz 82 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

He lets people who "believe in him" let go of all guilt, shame, and self-doubt. It doesn't matter if you're racist, sexist, or homophobic, it doesn't matter if you commit crimes, perpetrate injustice, blaspheme, or maliciously harm others, as long as you believe in Trump, he forgives you. It's intoxicating to some people. He's like the opposite of Jesus. Some kind of "anti-Jesus."

As far as why Trump even brought it up, he's a narcissist who has never had boundaries or been held accountable for anything. He just says and does whatever he wants in the moment.

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 21 points 5 months ago

He’s like the opposite of Jesus. Some kind of “anti-Jesus.”

I wonder if the bible has anything to say about that...

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Supply side Jesus

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Keep going

[-] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

anti-Jesus

You might say the Jesus character in the Bible is a projection of the Yahweh character's internal need to excuse his own horrendous behavior in the same way that Trump excuses his base's behaviors.

[-] kromem@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It doesn't matter if you're racist, sexist, or homophobic, it doesn't matter if you commit crimes, perpetrate injustice, blaspheme, or maliciously harm others, as long as you believe in Trump, he forgives you. It's intoxicating to some people. He's like the opposite of Jesus.

I hate to burst your bubble, but that literally is the canonical conceptualization of Jesus.

"As long as you accept him into your heart as your lord and savior, all is forgiven" is basically the lifeblood of modern Christianity. It's why you have people proselytizing to death row inmates to "save them" before execution.

There's a lot of other aspects that are antithetical to canonical Jesus, who I don't recall having golden toilets or being tried for fraud in paying off a porn star to keep quiet about an extramarital affair - but "he forgives everything" is pretty on brand.

[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

He's the canonical conceptualization of the anti-christ.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah I get that, and could have expounded more. He is just like Jesus in that one way, but he actively encourages bad behavior and is basically the anti-Christ in many other ways

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