Trump’s ‘Christian Visibility Day’

At a Tuesday night rally in Wisconsin, Donald Trump said he wants Election Day this year to be called “Christian visibility day.” His remark was intended to counter Biden’s recognition of the annual Transgender Day of Visibility – which happened to fall on Easter Sunday this year.

Trump said, “Such total disrespect to Christians, and Nov. 5^th is going to be called something else. You know what it’s going to be called? Christian visibility day, when Christians turn out in numbers that nobody has ever seen before.” Here’s that video.

You can say what you want about Trump’s intelligence, but he is absolutely smart enough to know that a large part of his base is not only Christian, but they view him as a defender of the faith, even chosen by God. Many of them even consider him to be Christian.

That despite the fact that Trump’s own Christian beliefs are not in alignment with the Bible at all. Rather, Trump’s faith was formed by Norman Vincent Peale, whose teachings soon evolved into the prosperity gospel.

But on top of that pseudo-Christian faith, Trump adds in his own version of The Secret – where he uses repeated falsehoods in an attempt to manifest his own reality. His is a mystical, new-age type of Christianity, centered on the things of this world.

Trump even denies a basic tenet of Christianity: he doesn’t seek God’s forgiveness. This makes all of what he believes – the prosperity gospel, the new-age idea that he can manifest his own reality, and his refusal to seek God’s forgiveness, VERY far removed from what Christianity actually is.

But none of that matters to his Christian supporters. They simply can’t see through his pandering because they want to believe he’s been sent by God to restore America to greatness. And this speaks volumes to what Trump has done over the past few years.

He has poisoned the faith by mixing in the prosperity of a nation, and his own political success, with the Word of God. Even to the point where he portrays himself as chosen by God for this very purpose, and a growing number of his supporters agree.

He sells Bibles mixed in with nationalistic documents, and his supporters barely blink an eye at how wrong this is. He talks about himself as savior of America, and shares articles with titles like “The Crucifixion of Donald Trump,” and it just doesn’t matter.

To many Christians caught up in this Trump delusion, it’s no longer about the Kingdom of God. Instead, it’s all about making America great. It’s about getting worldly power. It’s about prosperity. And it’s about seeking retribution.

But while his supporters may think he’s defending Christianity, that’s not what matters to Trump. It’s all about being praised – even worshiped. And he simply doesn’t care where that worship comes from, as long as HE is the one being worshiped.

Right now Trump has many Christians convinced that he is a staunch defender of Christianity, but that’s not where this is all heading. Because the truth is that you can sum up everything that Trump says and does in four words: Trump is Trump first.

Christians may not see it right now, but Donald Trump will never be satisfied until his own name is magnified above all others. Including the name of Jesus. ♦