WASHINGTON, USA: Thanks To Trump, Both #ChosenOne And #Antichrist Are Trending On Twitter
Once again Donald Trump is making even nonreligious people say, “Oh, my God.”
On Wednesday, the president declared himself the “chosen one” to take on Beijing.
The words “chosen one” have a specific meaning with Trump’s base of evangelical voters, but ordinarily a comment like that might seem benign since it was referring to a trade war, not a religious one.
However, the president blurred things by looking at the heavens as he said it.
Also, the self-praising comment came hours after Trump thanked right-wing conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root for saying the Jewish people considered him both the “king of Israel” and the “second coming of God” on a call-in show on Newsmax.tv Tuesday evening.
The president liked Root’s comments so much, he quoted them in a three-tweet thread:
As a result, both #chosenone and #antichrist became trending terms on Twitter.
And, of course, Twitter users had strong reactions:
One person suggested that people who might think Trump is the actual “chosen one” mentioned in the Bible read the Good Book first.
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Then there was the guy who suggested the confluence of trending terms could only mean one thing.
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He Has 9 Billion Dollars
he had assets worth a total of $9 billion.
In a tasteless boast, Trump went on to reveal he refused a bank’s loan of $4bn. He said: “I don’t need it. I don’t want it. And I’ve been there.”
While millions of Americans continue to suffer the effects of sluggish economic growth, Trump is blissfully unaffected. Well, that’s how he makes it sound.” data-filename=”5cc16e8b240000320076fec3″ data-credit=”ASSOCIATED PRESS” data-crediturl=”” data-caption=”Launching his Presidential bid last June, Donald Trump held up his financial statement to prove he had assets worth a total of $9 billion.
In a tasteless boast, Trump went on to reveal he refused a bank’s loan of $4bn. He said: “I don’t need it. I don’t want it. And I’ve been there.”
While millions of Americans continue to suffer the effects of sluggish economic growth, Trump is blissfully unaffected. Well, that’s how he makes it sound.” data-width=”2898″ data-height=”3456″ data-ops=”” />
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But He’s Never Used A Cash Machine
During an appearance on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’, Trump said that he’d never seen the need to use ATMs, all the while hinting at his extraordinary wealth.” data-filename=”5cc16e8c24000068003835df” data-credit=”ASSOCIATED PRESS” data-crediturl=”” data-caption=”Trump says he’s never had to withdraw cash from a cashpoint. During an appearance on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’, Trump said that he’d never seen the need to use ATMs, all the while hinting at his extraordinary wealth.” data-width=”2343″ data-height=”2765″ data-ops=”” />
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He Gets Super Defensive About Money
But unlike those struggling to make ends meet, Trump is more concerned with the perception of his wealth, which he says is “more than $9 bn”. When an author suggested Trump had a net worth of less than $300m, the property tycoon sued him for libel.
Yet during testimony, Trump admitted his own estimations depend on his “feelings”. It was reported Trump said: “Yes, even my own feelings (guide estimates of my wealth), as to where the world is, where the world is going, and that can change rapidly from day to day.”
Trump lost the libel case.” data-filename=”5cc16e8d240000140a51c338″ data-credit=”ASSOCIATED PRESS” data-crediturl=”” data-caption=”Like many of his voters, money is always on Trump’s mind. But unlike those struggling to make ends meet, Trump is more concerned with the perception of his wealth, which he says is “more than $9 bn”. When an author suggested Trump had a net worth of less than $300m, the property tycoon sued him for libel.
Yet during testimony, Trump admitted his own estimations depend on his “feelings”. It was reported Trump said: “Yes, even my own feelings (guide estimates of my wealth), as to where the world is, where the world is going, and that can change rapidly from day to day.”
Trump lost the libel case.” data-width=”5184″ data-height=”3456″ data-ops=”” />
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He’s Leading A Fact-Free Campaign
In a remarkable exchange with FOX News host Bill O’Reilly, the famously impertinent presenter took exception to flawed statistics banded about by Trump.
O’Reilly: This bothered me, I gotta tell ya. You tweeted out that whites killed by blacks — these are statistics you picked out from somewhere — at a rate of 81 percent. And that’s totally wrong. Whites killed by blacks is 15 percent, yet you tweeted it was 81 percent. Now …
Trump: Bill, I didn’t tweet, I retweeted somebody that was supposedly an expert, and it was also a radio show.O’Reilly: Yeah, but you don’t wanna be. … Why do you want to be in that zone? Trump: Hey, Bill, Bill, am I gonna check every statistic? I get millions and millions of people, @RealDonaldTrump, by the way. O’Reilly: You gotta, you’re a presidential contender, you gotta check ’em.
” data-filename=”5cc16e8e24000032003835e1″ data-credit=”Dennis Van Tine/MediaPunch/MediaPunch/IPx” data-crediturl=”” data-caption=”Despite pretending to offer something different from the tired-old ways of Washington, Trump has admitted that he’s more than willing to use dubious non-facts and statistics in an effort to further his White House ambitions.
In a remarkable exchange with FOX News host Bill O’Reilly, the famously impertinent presenter took exception to flawed statistics banded about by Trump.
O’Reilly: This bothered me, I gotta tell ya. You tweeted out that whites killed by blacks — these are statistics you picked out from somewhere — at a rate of 81 percent. And that’s totally wrong. Whites killed by blacks is 15 percent, yet you tweeted it was 81 percent. Now …
Trump: Bill, I didn’t tweet, I retweeted somebody that was supposedly an expert, and it was also a radio show.O’Reilly: Yeah, but you don’t wanna be. … Why do you want to be in that zone? Trump: Hey, Bill, Bill, am I gonna check every statistic? I get millions and millions of people, @RealDonaldTrump, by the way. O’Reilly: You gotta, you’re a presidential contender, you gotta check ’em.
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He Takes His Name Way Too Seriously
J. Taikwok Yung, a self-described “domainer” from Brooklyn, NY, was hauled before judges after Trump noticed he’d bought up a huge amount of his brand online.
Trump sought the maximum damages allowed – $100,000 for each of the four Trump-related domain names bought by Yung.
And he had legal grounds: Trump is a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Organisation and is adorned on many a high-stakes casino, and several hotels.” data-filename=”5cc16e90240000140a51c33a” data-credit=”ASSOCIATED PRESS” data-crediturl=”” data-caption=”He’s so obsessed with his image that when a “cybersquatter” took control of hundreds of online domain names, including those using the name “Trump”, Donald went on the defensive. J. Taikwok Yung, a self-described “domainer” from Brooklyn, NY, was hauled before judgesafter Trump noticed he’d bought up a huge amount of his brand online.
Trump sought the maximum damages allowed – $100,000 for each of the four Trump-related domain names bought by Yung.
And he had legal grounds: Trump is a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Organisation and is adorned on many a high-stakes casino, and several hotels.” data-width=”5070″ data-height=”3143″ data-ops=”” />This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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