Trump Challenges God

A court has unsealed the affidavit that allowed the administration to raid Fulton County County’s election office. Legal experts are shocked. They cannot understand how any magistrate would allow it to go forward based on the information in this document. I agree. But while this is an interesting mystery, it’s not the one I’m interested in. I want to know how we came to this place. This is a place in which, In his constant efforts to reverse the 2020 election, Trump challenges God.

In this article I will explain how Trump crossed the line in his latest attempt to discredit the 2020 election. This is different from the recent plot to steal elections in blue states. Trump’s struggle with Fulton County began immediately after that election, and it was caused by religion. I believe that when the Christian nationalists told us Trump is the Messiah they destroyed his equilibrium.

The Messiah Thing Was Not Even Trump’s Idea

This obsession is particularly revealing considering Trump was merely playing a part in the 2016 election. The Messiah thing was just something to impress the conservatives in Congress and win the evangelical vote. It wasn’t even his idea.

The bottom line is that powerful people wanted Trump to ruin Bernie’s chances and he was in no position to refuse them. So he did his job. But he won. This was not what he signed up for. He did not expect to win the election.

Then in 2020 he lost and he has been inconsolable ever since. The evidence is his obsession with 2020 after he already won 2024.

Did Trump See His Loss in 2020 as a Rejection by God?

Who could have foreseen the drama that ensued when Trump lost? This must be the biggest irony in election history, but it may not be surprising. Imagine finding out you’re not the Messiah by losing an election, and when being the Messiah wasn’t even your goal in the first place. The messiahship was hung around your neck like a prize bull at the fair.

Finding Out You’re Not the Messiah is Not the Same Thing as Rejection by God

It goes without saying that finding out you’re not the Messiah is not the same thing as a rejection by God. But when it’s connected to a popularity-contest/election and you’re Donald Trump, maybe that’s how it feels. Again, it’s not that he thought he was the Messiah. It was his gig. It became weirdly important only when he lost. What else can explain his irrational attempts to reverse that election?

At first Trump tried to patch up his failure in the only way he knew how, but Fulton County wouldn’t help him out. Because for Fulton County and the rest of us it was a real election. The only one for whom it wasn’t real was Donald Trump.

If this all sounds far too understanding, it is not at all what I intended to write. But how would any of us know if it’s too understanding anyway? Trump was the first person to run as the Messiah and yet he played it like the guy he is. Among his crowd everything is cynicism and posturing. And then you lose.

Unfortunately, there are consequences. The cynicism that motivates his supporters has fostered a tarnished emperor and a dark golden age. And currently, Trump is running the United States in the only way he knows how.

The Facts Surrounding the Affidavit

Here are the facts surrounding the affidavit as explained in the video linked above:

The statute of limitations will have expired on any crime that might have taken place in the 2020 election. In addition, the affidavit does not list a person or theory of a person as the culprit. Even so, Trump might still appear rational if he can produce evidence of a crime, but there is no such evidence. And to complete the inexplicable weirdness, the magistrate allowed the raid to go ahead.

If he can capture Fulton County, maybe he can save 2020.

My conclusion: Trump challenges God in spite of himself.