William Lindsey 1d ago

"Trump responded to Orbán’s defeat with a long screed attacking Pope Leo XIV. ...

Today is Orthodox Easter, and about 45 minutes after attacking the Pope, Trump posted an image of himself in the place of Jesus, apparently healing a sick man in a bed, surrounded by a soldier, a nurse, a woman praying, and an older man."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#PopeLeo #Trump #Orbán
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-12-2026

April 12, 2026

By the end of 2024, inflation in the U.S., which had soared in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdowns, was almost back to the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2%.

Letters from an American
Show threadWilliam Lindsey 1d ago

"Behind him are the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial, and a giant American flag, while in the sky are two eagles, three fighter jets, soldiers, and what seems to be a monster.

Amid popular revulsion at what people are calling heresy and blasphemy, former U.S. representative Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote: 'It’s more than blasphemy. It’s an Antichrist spirit.'”

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 1d ago

"A minute after posting the image of himself as Jesus, Trump posted an image of a Trump tower on the moon."

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Show threadChris
@wdlindsy I'm sorry but speaking as an atheist with some unfamiliarity with the tenets of modern christianity:
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCKING FUCK?
Apr 13 at 3:22pmWeb
Show threadChris1d ago
@wdlindsy I move to argue that the following has just disproved the existence of God, even a particularly uninterested and feeble one, because surely that prick should just be a pair of oversize smoking shoes by now
Show threadWilliam Lindsey 1d ago
@ASprinkleofSage I think a whole lot of Christians would say that if God is love, as Jesus identifies God, then God is not in the smiting and destroying business.
Show threadChris1d ago
@wdlindsy better interpretation, certainly. still feels like trump must be testing divine infinite patience and forgiveness right to the limit