Donald Trump has shared an eerie video on the eve of the Iowa caucuses in which he appears to proclaim himself God’s chosen emissary on earth, sent to deliver America back to prosperity.

The three-minute clip, posted to Truth Social on Sunday evening, opens on grainy footage of an LP turning on a record player, broadcasting an apparently ancient “sermon” in which the speaker intones: “And on 14 June 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said: ‘I need a caretaker.’ So God gave us Trump…”

What follows – set to a picture of the Republican tycoon as a toddler, followed by a montage of scenes from his presidency – is an extraordinary expression of Mr Trump’s Messiah Complex, bordering on sacrilege.

  • happybadger [he/him]
    hexagon
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    10 months ago

    Did he deliver his own grandchild? That's such a weird thing to say in any context.

    • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      There is no fucking way. If that dude is even half the germophobe he claims to be, there's no way he's getting within splash radius of an actual birth, let alone touching a slimy fresh baby.

      I truly believe he would watch his own child slither out onto concrete before he would even consider getting within reach.

      • happybadger [he/him]
        hexagon
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        10 months ago

        Exactly. Birth is one of the most disgusting things I've seen in emergency medicine. It was one of my ultimate nightmares in an ambulance. I can't imagine Trump letting a dog lick his hand, let alone him covered in blood and shit delivering a child while the medical staff just let it happen.

        But then if he's lying about it, why the fuck would you lie about something so weird? Who does that appeal to?

      • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
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        10 months ago

        Oh, I thought they meant he was willing to sacrifice ('deliver') his grandchild despite it never happening which was still weird.