The Donald Trump campaign is now conflating Trump and God, warning a MAGA crowd at a rally in Iowa last night that if you go against the Republican frontrunner, you are rebelling against God. And, as the headlining pastor put it, “there will be retribution against all” who “rebel against the authority.”
“Let’s not lose sight that this election is part of a spiritual battle. There are demonic forces at play. But I want to remind those who have fallen prey to the leadership of such demons…this is the warning: The authorities that exist have been established by God,” he said to the cheering MAGA flock.
The normalising of “the dictator” by the hard right seems to be popping up in more places. Globally, not just in the case of this nutcase, a right-wing (sick) identification with “dictator daddy” seems to be the only thing getting these oversized amygdalas working.