Yehuda TurtleIsland.social
ThomasThe picture speaks for itself: Trump reveals himself as a person with pathological grandiosity, to the point of delusional ideas.
The self-staging as Jesus Christ often points to his exaggerated self-image ("chosen", morally superior) and the need for admiration. Jesus also stands for suffering, persecution and sacrifice, so to place oneself in line with him points to self-interpretation as a misunderstood and unjustly treated subject.
In addition, there is a strong identification with moral authority, i.e. one's own position is set as "correct" and absolute.