America’s Orange Jesus

Susan Glasser: “The point is simply this: in Trump 1.0, Orange Jesus was a snarky shorthand for the hypocrisy of Republicans who knew better but joined up with the cult of Trump anyway.”

“In Trump 2.0, Trump thinks he has actually become Orange Jesus.”

“How else to explain the President’s many otherwise inexplicable acts since returning to office? The gilding of the White House to resemble a profane copy of the Vatican, the ever more baroque lies, the slapping his name on everything, and, perhaps most of all, the repeated reminders that our leader recognizes no earthly limits on his power as he wages war in the Middle East and speaks of conquering other lands.”

Said Trump back in January: “There is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”