Unfortunately, this is not satire. Please tune in. 
At the Trump National Doral Golf Course, evangelical leaders gave praise to a gold statue of Trump. Trump delivered an audio message.
Mocking Catholics
“The statue is beautiful,” says Trump.
This video shows a dedication for the “Don Colossus” statue at Trump National Doral in Miami on May 6, 2026—not Mar-a-Lago. President Trump was not physically present; he called into the ceremony by phone to address the crowd.
It’s not like they are idolizing Trump, is is?
Let’s check.
“The dedication of President Trump’s gold statue is the most inspiring event in American history since Christ’s Sermon on the Mound. Now we are all free to publicly worship our chosen savior without fear of persecution, just as scripture commanded us.”
The above comment was by Gary Peterson. I was wondering if his comment was satire.
A quick look at hos bio provides the answer: “Patriot. Bible Reader. Mall Santa. I like WOMEN! Bass player for our church band Shifty Nelson & The Dixieland Scooters, who puts America First.”
Leviticus 26:1
New International Version
“’Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God.
New Living Translation
“Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the LORD your God.
English Standard Version
“You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the LORD your God.
Webster’s Bible Translation
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.
Kool-Aid
This is yet another excellent ad campaign for the midterm elections.
Every Democrat in the country needs to run against Trump and not their real opponent.
Musical Tribute
Trump as Gaston
What Trump Wants
I have stated this many times before and here goes again: “Trump wants adoration more than he wants to win any election.”
MAGA cultists are the only ones willing to give Trump what he wants. This is why he constantly appeals to the radical core,
What a load of bull, pun intended.
In the end the Hebrews drank their God given gold gathered from the Egyptians after being burnt and ground.
Exo 3:21
And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty,
Tools
Exo 3:22
but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”
Exo 20:23
You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold
Exo 32:4
And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[fn] calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Exo 32:20
He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.
The statute in North Korea is actually much better. Trump’s shows a very poorly tailored suit.
Blue and white are also the colors of the Israeli flag. Some of the religious wingnuts at the statue ceremony would not like being called evangelists or even christians.
The Babylon Bee is actually quite rational, in comparison.
I think there’s something deeper going on here Mish, and I’d like your thoughts on it.
It feels like this entire photo shoot was made to showcase the two Jews they invited. So much so that I think this is intended to make Jews look evil. Hear me out.
A lot of the people behind Trump famously don’t like Jews, and Trump is too dumb to see their angle. People like Miller and his ilk might be hoping to drum up antisemitic sentiment by going out of his way to arrange shoots like this that can later be used to sway the post-Trump right into hard antisemitism (not anti-zionism, which is not inherently antisemitic despite what Israel says).
This sets up a “stab in the back” explanation for the right wing on why Trump was such a failure of a president: The Jews did it! It cleanly absolves the right of being morons for voting for this clown and gives them a scapegoat not nearly as hard to harass as Latinos.
I had to make an effort to wrap my head around what you are trying to say.
First, any supporter of Trump that doesn’t like jews has long left the Trump train. Largely as a result of his war(s) which have violated his pledge on no new wars and which have undisputedly been launched on behalf of zionists.
Second, how would Stephen Miller expect to escape the onslaught of the very antisemitism he is supposedly inciting? Does he really think anyone would make a distinction between antisemitism and antizionism?
Amazing such idiots walk among us.
Trump has a better understanding of the Bible than Pope Leo, says conservative Christian pastor
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-robert-jeffress-bible-pope-b2973812.html
Does anyone really have an understanding of the bible? It is full of logical contradictions and physical impossibilities.
I wish they’d fast forward to the part where they all drink the kool-aid.
Don’t worry mish this summer when the shite hits the fan this evangelist are going to hang their idol….
Cults normally become stronger during times of adversity.
of course,see how long they can stand the hunger games coming to a place near you, and if you have never been hungry you guys are going to find out…
BARTIROMO: What kind of GDP growth number would you expect this year?
HASSETT: I think we really could be looking at numbers north of 6% because there’s so much capital stock growth right now
FORTUNE: The federal government must issue more debt than it expected as cash flow weakens, and ‘the bond market is shouting’
Three of the men in the top picture wearing black suits don’t look like Evangelicals to me. My guess is Ultra Orthodox Jews (also known as Haredi).
Those kneeling guys look like Islamic people on their prayer rugs.
Trump has brought Sharia law to Florida.
The statue will wind up being placed in his billion dollar Baalroom
I’m freaked out by religious statues, but this is gut wrenching. What’s next, Trump suffering on the cross?
THAT would be fun to witness. Maybe a TV special: “President Trump Dies on the Cross.”
FUN.
I expect the statue will appear after Trump is removed from office.
An optimist!
I’d watch it, even if I had to get Pay Per View.
Nooo! I do not want a possibility of resurrection.
Remember South park: he crossed the desert for you.
How nice of them.
All these “religious leaders” who adore Trump recognize their scammy selves in him
A society not being able to code its racism, sexism and other hierarchical structures with finesse and subtlety, sugar-coated in surface bonhomie, is a sign of its decay and desperation.
Seems these Christians don’t know or care about the 10 Commandments. See #s 1 & 2:
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17 NKJV)
1“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
Catholics need Mish’s religious commentary like a fish needs a bicycle.
Evangelicalism: the low-rent district of Christendom on the wrong side of the tracks.
Mish doesn’t get it. Trump is playing 5-D religion. Trust the process. Trust MAGA. /s
He has only one “D.” And it no longer is showing Signs of life. Ask Melania.
I see crypto investors and a black pastor behind the statue? Where is MAGA in this? What am I missing?
You are missing the ability to think.
Trump gave a speech praising the statue.
Trump portrayed himself 3 times on Truth Social as Christ.
You are a member of the cult, looking for any excuse to ignore this, pedophilia, and unconstitutional actions.
That’s all.
Im not maga and never voted for Trump btw.
Its a fair question
In terms of how the statue came to be. It is awful.
Dont let your anger cloud your analysis You assumptions are wrong about me.
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”
Hamlet
They got crypto bros and black folk in MAGA, too.
Isn’t crypto a religious cult?
How do cults emerge? Howling irony, satire, self-mockery, even blasphemy lost on these lost folks. Strange how deeper truths about folks’ real philosophies and natures surface, under the pressure-washing of circumstance. But my chuckling happens over bigger depths of concern and foreboding, for cultural fragmentation and conflict.
Trump is absolutely a metaphorical Anti-Christ. I’ve posted this opinion before. I felt the same way about Obama. Obama was a fake; someone who promised to save the masses, yet was actually working for Goldman Sachs and the big banks. That’s who he was the savior of.
I’m a religious/spiritual person but I do not believe in the “supernatural”. The concept of a literal Anti-Christ is just superstition in my opinion.
If there is such a thing as a “soul” it has to obey the laws of physics. The human mind exists in brain cells and once those cells die, all memories and cognition disappears. There are religions that do not believe in an afterlife and I’m afraid they are correct.
My opinion is this: You are already in heaven right now. This is it. Earth is Heaven. Make the best of it. If you think your life is a living hell, try to make some positive changes. Life can be beautiful. It’s what you make of it.
Appreciate the fact you are part of a beautiful universe and that you sprang to life from inert matter, which is a miracle no matter how you look at it. Humans are the ultimate irony: matter examining itself and discovering itself and describing all the laws of physics that apply to itself. It’s really mind blowing when you think about it.
“The stars are matter: we are matter: but it doesn’t matter” – Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart.
Wow. You’ve got it all backwards, your human manifestation is a transitory state. You aren’t cells, chemical or physics, what you are in words you humans can understand are a “radio frequency” tuned to a human state specific to you.
The purpose of this state is to gather experiences (data) for the sole purpose of “feeding” the continuity of “infinity” of the universe. There are so many layers to the universe, you have no idea. Nothing created is destroyed, it is merely transformed.
You want to take a sneak peak of the other layers take some DMT or psilocybin. At your age you’ve got nothing left to lose. You can find those trips down in Costa Rica if you’re up for it.
I was just giving my opinions on how I see the world. Nobody really knows the true nature of things. Not you, not me, not even the all-knowing Trump.
When I read “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” as an adult I realized it’s basically an argument that there is in fact a God (however you define it).
Humans know (and will ever know) a minuscule fraction of all there is to know.
Some call Taco the anti-christ. I wonder if the bible has any words to say about worshipping the anti-christ…
Tell me you’re not worshipping a golden calf without worshipping a golden calf.
Please don’t be so disrespectful!
Calves deserve more respect!
I had a calf for Dinner last night.
Nero’s was bigger: Colossus of Nero (Colossus Neronis), was a monumental statue standing approximately 30 to 37 meters (98 to 121 feet) tall.
ssshhh…! Now you’ve done it! Trump is going to demand a bigger statue.
Deuteronomy 7:25 (ESV): “The carved images of their gods you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.”
Evangelical Christians are brainwashed to think that Israel and Trump do no wrong. Cultists.
Living in the United States is like being stuck in a submarine that is stuck at the bottom of the ocean, running out of oxygen, and the crew is smoking cigarettes and party dancing. I have to keep reminding myself to prepare for when reality hits although 90%+ of the country doesn’t seem to have a clue as to what is coming.
Fritz Lang! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdtZv3XROnc
That is a classic. I saw it in high school film class in 1973. I understood the theme but I didn’t even imagine that modern society and the United States would turn out this way.
Compared to the Titanic: we have HIT the Iceberg; A Woman is denied boarding a lifeboat and Trump takes that seat. HE WOULD DO IT.
The one image must be Ai as taco is in full fat suit mode, i.e. the real DT likeness. As for the “real thing”, Commissioned by a group of cryptocurrency investors as a tribute, it was created by sculptor Alan Cottrill. It’s a fair trade I guess. Let us feed on your crypto scams and we’ll feed your ego. Just more BS that continues to divorce him from reality.
That Gary Peterson twitter account is total satire. Effing hilarious if you actually read his posts.
Now following him. Thanks.
What is mindboggling is Trumps’s capacity to promote himself endlessly, find ways to enrich himself, and sort of run a country. I am sure these will now appear around the country as MAGA competes for their own statues.
Compared to what’s happening in MAGA land, North Korea starts looking like a sane place.
They captured the gold pot belly, LOL.
“False idols will appear from all around us, but the sin is not in their existence. The sin is in their worship”
― Da Vinci’s Demons S1
They worship Trump Statue because they’ve got something and they’re expecting more.
They are close friends and associates who benefitted from his powerful position.
They have made handsome profits such as insider trading, meme coins, etc. and more are coming.
That pic of the guys kneeling in front of the statue has to be AI.
It’s nice to know, despite his ascension to godhood, he still takes time to grift the little people: https://www.ibtimes.com/magas-are-fuming-after-email-confirms-they-will-never-get-their-500-trump-phones-deposits-back-3802572
There was a golden statue of him at cpac. Remember back in the 70s when the tv preachers were talking about the end of days.
So sad. Is this what we, the greatest experiment into government with integrity, have devolved into?
The experiment ended a long time ago. With forced vaccinations in 2021, with the closing of the gold window in 1971, with Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, with FDR’s confiscation of gold in 1933 and subsequent revaluing of gold to $35/oz., with the creation of the Fed in 1913, with the 25th amendment in 1913 which set up the popular election of Senators, with the creation of the income tax in 1913, with the War Between the States from 1861-1865 and the subsequent death of state’s rights, with Marbury vs. Madison, with the establishment of 1 BUS by Washington (playing Othello to Hamilton’s Iago whispering in his ear) over Jeffrson’s objections…. We can quibble about the exact point the experiment died, or perhaps we can observe that it has been a 250 year-long process with several memorable events along the way, but there is no experiment anymore. Hamilton’s camp has won; Jefferson’s has lost. Jefferson’s and Jackson’s faces on the $2 and $10 FRNs is the ultimate FU from the bankers.
Coincident with the death of the experiment, the Government stopped having integrity a long time ago. Government is not reason, it is not eloquent, It is force. And like fire, it is both a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
The US was never a government with integrity. The country just had enough natural resources and the rest of the world was poor enough to overcome the corruption. We’ve just reached a point where the natural resources have been pretty much used up, much of the rest of the world has caught up economically, and hypocrisy is no longer a sin.
here is the plan Rejecting church and state separation is on the wish list for Trump’s religious liberty commission
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/rejecting-church-state-separation-list-trumps-religious-liberty-132808625
Same colors as the Israeli flag
But draping him in the flag might be a step too far
God, these people are pathetic little kissasses.
The Gary Peterson post IS satire
But, the others are not…
On the boob tube…
Pastor Robert Jeffress: “It looks like President Trump has a better understanding of what the Bible teaches than the Pope”
Today The US is a SCARRY place. Lot’s of ICE there I hear.
This *has* to be parody.
That said, I have personally encountered individuals who insisted, on the basis of no discernible evidence, that Donald Trump and Jesus Christ are in regular, direct, two-way communication, and they discuss personally and policy.
I have heard of, but have not encountered, individuals who insist that Trump is in fact Jesus.
EDIT: apparently, this statue is real. Wow.
1/3 of Americans support this clown. 1/3 of Americans suffer from deep mental illness.
Got exit strategy?
Let’s talk about a stay-in-place strategy for those who can’t leave. That might be more practical for a lot of people.
1. Buy a MAGA hat (🤮) and start wearing it, sweat ring in the brim, etc., so it doesn’t look like you just bought it on the day you really need to blend in.
2. Attend a Trump rally, and get your picture taken there. Even if it’s just outside. Hold onto it for the day you need to blend in. Maybe spend some time talking to the MAGA idiots and taken note of how they talk, what they talk about, how they dress, so you can blend in when the time comes. Maybe hit up the local Goodwill to buy a few outfits after seeing how they dress.
3. Start discreetly prepping. Store up several (3-6 or more) months of food, medication, and other essentials. Be sure to use the food you have stored (and replenish it) on a regular basis so it does not go stale.and so that when that is all you are eating for a time it is not such a shock to your system.
4. Create margin in your finances. Get out of debt.
5. Don’t flash your cash. Look like you are of modest means.
6. Find others like you that you can lean on when the crisis comes.
Any others?
You say “those who can’t leave” but if you look at what has been happening in Palestine, Ukraine, Middle East (Dubai, Qatar, etc) and the common pattern is to leave. Its the same story from Egypt to Rome to Germany, things go south and you stay and suffer or you leave.
I know you have a disabled bro but what you should do is have a plan on how to evacuate somehow. No one said it would be easy but if you were forced to do it, how would you handle it? Best to have that conversation now rather than later.
Do you expect the USG to start carpet bombing American cities and suburbs?
“The most inspiring event in American history since Jesus’s sermon on the Mound (sic)”
Marked above for compliance with Poe’s Law
Hmm, wonder whos mound(s) he was sermonizing over…lol.
I bet Putin and Xi are jealous! Build us statues also, they command!!
Statues will be built for both of them after they’ve died.
So when are you going to Doral to worship your idol Jojo? Send us a selfie with you and Golden boy.