Above you can see the AI-created image of President Donald Trump as Jesus Christ, something he himself posted and later deleted on his own Truth Social account. He posted it to antagonize the Pope for daring to criticize him. He now claims that he thought the deleted post showed him as a doctor, which is obvious horseshit to me. I don't know anyone can excuse it, unless you're a member of the cult.
Every time someone writes about something even mildly critical about Trump, his minions begin to scream and holler, "TDS! TDS!" But I want to describe something else called cognitive dissonance.
Cognitive dissonance is the mental unease we all feel when people hold two conflicting beliefs or their actions go against their own beliefs. What we do is simply change our beliefs. We rationalize our bad behavior, be it smoking, unhealthy eating, booze or whatever.
Deep down, I believe we all know something is wrong with Trump. His latest portrayal of himself as Jesus is just the latest in a long line of bizarre and unhinged actions that actually preceded his entry into politics.
Three studies between 2019 and 2022 explain why Trump's followers remain loyal. A majority actually deny there's anything amiss. Others say his achievements outweigh his behavior. Still others will claim that Trump is just doing what other politicians or rich people do. This is classic cognitive dissonance in which someone adjusts his thinking when the facts are contrary to what he wants to believe.
While these studies focused on Trump, cognitive dissonance exists among rabid supporters of those on the left as well.
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How this pathetic buffoon can fool tens of millions of people into believing he is a leader, and silence virtually all of the GOP in Congress out of fear is beyond me. Sure, he's offensive beyond compare, a victimizer of women, a blatant racist... but he is downright incompetent as a politician. He hasn't any interest or skill in building coalitions or policy other than "this is how it is going to be." There is zero democratic in that.
I love when lefties use the term cult. They ALL use it. A group of people all using the same language seems to me more like the cult. Look in the mirror. People are allowed to support their candidate. Unless of course the left doesn’t like them. Then, like a child, they brand you by name calling.
You can all rest easy. President Trump is NOT a candidate in the next presidential election.
In the meantime, I find great satisfaction in all the accomplishments and improvements Trump has already put into place to ‘heal’ the sick nation Obama/Biden foisted upon us during their previous, radical, ultra-liberal terms in office. I shudder to think that garbage will likely return under some yet unknown actor. Sketchy election practices could put almost anyone into office these days.
You are one who has mental problems you are deranged this artyicle proves it.
I would like to thank the most unpresidential, egotistical, narcissistic, clearly mentally ill, child bully, no wars liar tRUMP for allowing me to pay $4.19 per gallon of gas.
This is all by design Bernie, refer to The Shock Doctrine.
Trump and the oligarchs know exactly what they’re doing.
Governments and the media keep everyone caught up in nonstop dramatic headlines and chaos, which kind of numbs people out and makes it hard to pay attention to what really matters. While all that’s going on, bigger economic moves, like policy changes and shifts in markets, keep happening in the background.
Since wealth is tied heavily to things like the S&P 500, people who already have a lot invested can take advantage of market swings, which can keep pushing wealth further upward, not usually because of one big plan, but just how the system tends to work.
Thank you for pointing us to studies analyzing behaviors of Americans, conducted by scholars from Australia. Armed with this knowledge, you can be sure my next auto repair diagnosis will be preformed by Learing Center professionals from Somalia.
Biden DOJ ‘weaponized’ federal law to prosecute pro-lifers-and give them longer prison sentences.
Much ado about nothing. Trump surely didn’t create the meme, someone else did and yet another person decided to post it. It was quickly removed, but not until Trump got in one of his usual ‘digs’ claiming he kind of liked being portrayed as a doctor fixing what ails America. Really, I don’t see all the fuss.
The Pope engaged in a coordinated psy-op put together by Obama and his Chicago scumbag cronies to undermine Trump's approval with Catholics, whose pro-life wing despises Obama and his abortion radical, child-mutilating, human trafficking pack of animals. I'm a cradle Catholic and attend Mass every week. The Church is more than a pope and big shiny buildings. Ask your brother (or the Pope's brother who is MAGA). The Pope is a communist and should be investigated for any role he played in hiding priests who raped children. The stories coming out of Notre Dame in Easton are jaw-dropping. The Pope should deal with the scandalous aftermath of that, and take a look at the child trafficking that caused even Amnesty International to rip Obama for promoting it. Remember, kids in cages was begun by Obama after Amnesty International demanded kids be separated from adults in migrant centers. The Pope dabbled in politics with a junkyard dog and now he looks like a complete asshole. He should stay out of US politics and stick to cleaning up pervy predatory homosexual priests. Full disclosure, I never voted for Trump and think he's a buffoon, just like the Pope. The church has survived lots of disgusting popes. It will survive this disgusting Chicago pervert, too.
First of all, Leo should clean up his own dysfunctional house before he weighs into others dysfunctional houses. Secondly, the unpresidential office sitter of the white house should realize (reality is a concept ego boy donny does not grasp) that he alienates the ponzi scheme catholic believers who live and breathe every utterance from the vatican , (much like the mindless maga cult do with their messiah). Both are merely elected office holders, not GODs . Both make fools of themselves on a daily basis, as I admit donny is winning that particular race. 2028 cannot come soon enough.
"While these studies focused on Trump, cognitive dissonance exists among rabid supporters of those on the left as well." - Yes, like your "cognitive dissonance when it comes to Lamont McClure." Look in the mirror buddy!
Morally bankrupt trump is bankrupting America, just like many of his other ventures. His ego has no shame
I sometimes find him repulsive, but he gets things done!
Can we talk about why the guy "Trump/Jesus" is healing looks like Jeffrey Epstein????
Since so few of your readers would even go to Truth Social, why are you spreading such a blasphemous image here? You could have expressed your continued disdain for Trump without the image. Shame on you.
Trump is a God type figure.
Oh, I can't wait to hear the cult say he thought he looked like a DR. so no harm, no foul, turn the page
He'll be selling the Kool-Aid pretty soon!
Why am I not surprised?
Trump trolls, dopes bite.
Offer an alternative, BOH, any reasonable alternative. Not Trump is not a policy nor does it suggest any option for sane leadership.
Call it what you want, you are obsessed with the Reality Show POTUS.
Now Trump explains he thought the image depicted him as "a doctor", not Jesus. Tell me again how Trump has passed those cognitive tests for dementia if he can't tell the difference between a doctor and Christ.
Let us all pray to Trump.
Most Trump supporters are quietly realizing they've made a mistake and that they were manipulated into believing that Trump would save them. Its on the rest of us to welcome them back to reality, and not hit them with "told you so!" Billionaires and income inequity are a much bigger problem and threat to America than any other country or immigrant.
Obama zombies were more entranced than Trump nuts. Obama had zero accomplishments and was an idiot. I recall him pronouncing Copenhagen as "Copenhaagen," thinking it sounded more sophisticated to pronounce it like a New York-based ice cream. But Democrats loved him because - as Joe Biden said - he seemed articulate and bright and clean for a black man. Racist Ds fell for it hook line and sinker.
Trump is the most consequential President of the United States since FDR, and you can’t stand it.
Bummer for you.
Obama did have his own cult following, to be sure. But do you see what you're doing? Cognitive dissonance.
Do you see what you are doing? Excusing aberrant behavior bc Trump has been "consequential." Cognitive dissonance,
Trump won the Blue Wall, took all the swing states, won the Electoral College….AND the popular vote.
The election of the Orange Man Bad was a stellar example of democracy in action.
Biden apologized for that stupid comment the same day he said it. I like presidents who are able to admit a mistake and apologize, unlike Trump who never believes he's wrong.
Bernie. Do you think you made your point.? Personally I think all the craziness is to deflect from the main goal that allows Trump and billionaires to make even more money. For or against Trump we are paying the high price for gas and diesel fuel. I am old enough to remember the gas lines of the 70’s. Iran. History repeating itself.
As for Trump saying he was a doctor would you let a doctor operate on you wearing that outfit
"artyicle" lol
Biden weaponized his justice department to look into my background because I attended a March for Life in DC. I've never had a parking ticket. He never apologized to me. His FBI photographed my license plate while I was on the bus to DC from Easton. Trump is bad. Biden and his cult are the embodiment of pure evil.
He’s no longer relevant to us….he has gone totally rogue and refuses to live in our world.
He needs to have the 25th amendment enforced as he has given up his responsibilities to our nation
Name 3
That's funny. So no billionaire millionaires that are democrats.....
Many prefer Trump to give up on social media crap and his crazy people that post some of this . Id prefer presidential behavior. So I dont like it Bernie but I still greatly prefer his positions and actions where it matters over democrats crap anyday
Trump will be a Saint someday but not today.
I Imagine that their medical bill for Obama-Care aka ACA act opened their eyes, now they cant afford the electric for their trailers but come out en-mass to kill a job creating data center so their kids don't turn into Meth producers/sellers and can have a real JOB
By the time Trump concludes his term, he will have done more to get Democrats elected to office than any Democrat candidate or Democrat policy platform could ever wish to do. Now that's he's upped his game and got people interested in Christianity again, he is worthy of genuflection.
My Jesus approves of the meme posted by the Great Orange God King. My Jesus has a sense of humor. I’m disappointed that the Dorito Dictator took the meme down.
I am a democrat but am sympathetic to certain aspects of the MAGA agenda. For instance, I think we need an orderly immigration system rather than a free for all border. I also think that as a nation we should invest in our infrastructure and society rather than prosecute wars overseas. My critique of our president is often to do with the process. We are a nation of laws, and the predictable rule of law is a big reason why so many global companies are located here, why the dollar is the most stable currency and generally our courts can be depended upon. Mr. Trump seems to view the rule of law and the processes with making laws as mere nuisances to be skirted at best, and run over at worst.
trump supporters deny deny deny and blame the commies that the rich are duping them.
8:01- partly accurate. Trump didn't create the meme. However, Trump admitted to posting it. Regardless of facts, you still don't care and believe his later narrative about being a doctor in the meme. You're delusional, have Trump-like corrupt morals and have TDS.
Carry on.
Trump is right what he is doing the pope should stick to his own problem in the church and there are many.
8:05AM- Funny.
The Catholics beloved Pope John Paul II reign started in 1978 and continued all throughout this scandal, covering up widespread sexual abuse of children.
The Catholic Church in the United States significantly rocked by the sex abuse scandal in early 2002, following the Boston Globe’s "Spotlight" investigative series. This reporting exposed widespread abuse and systemic cover-ups, leading to the resignation of Boston's Cardinal Law and nationwide investigations.
Key moments
January 2002: The Boston Globe began publishing reports detailing decades of abuse and covering up of crimes.
1985: Early national attention was brought to the crisis by the case of Fr. Gilbert Gauthe in Louisiana.
2002–2004: The Church adopted the "Dallas Charter" to address abuse, and a 2004 John Jay study found over 10,000 allegations against nearly 4,400 priests.
But yeah, "Trump Good" [grunt]. "Pope Leo bad" [grunt].
9:19- To be fair, Christ was a dark-skinned Jew and we all know Trump's aversion to non-white skin people and to the Jewish population.
I’m going with the Trump is the most consequential president since FDR comment.
I was born during the Truman administration and no president in my lifetime has kept more campaign promises than Donald Trump.
None.
Get a dictionary, any dictionary.
Facts don’t constitute cognitive dissonance.
@10:57
I’m with you. I don’t mind if the Shia Revolutionary Iranian death cult develops nuclear weapons as long as I can save at the pump.
But I thought Trump was the KING.
When you feel outsiders are attacking you and Dear Leader you are in a cult. When you defend Dear Leader regardless of his actions or the consequences you are in a cult. Also when you are in a cult - you don't know you are in a cult only those on the outside have the clarity and vision to see it.
“Consequential” - significant, effective, notable, important - so yeah, consequential works.
Are you old enough to remember when N. Korea developed the nuclear bomb?
Would your children and grandchildren be better off if that had been prevented?
How do you feel about the idea of the Revolutionary Islamic Guard of Iran, who views the US as the Great Satin to be annihilated, gets nuclear weapons?
Is it worth a buck a gallon temporarily to have your children and grandchildren live in a safer world?
Sociological and psychological behaviors are not unique or specialized by geographic borders. They key word is "scholars" people who spent years in school, reading and practicing to develop an expertise in their chosen field. Not a huckleberry with an internet connection doin' their own research.
A never ending need to dismiss and rationalize Dear Leader's behavior is a sign you are in a cult.
That's really a low bar you've set for someone to lead our country.
Can the bar get any lower than Sleepy Joe?
Trump has kept more campaign promises than any president since Teddy Roosevelt.
Biden has already left office.
Relax.
Please, Vance is a shoe-in.
The Democrats resemble a third rate comedy troupe more than a serious political party.
83 million Democrat voters believed COVID came from diseased bat meat, Trump colluded with Putin to throw an election, and Biden was cognitively well and competent.
I believe I know where the word “buffoon” belongs.
Excellent. Thank you. Yes its worth it!!!
Yamface can’t negotiate his own diaper deliveries.
Jesus wasn't white.
Where did Jesus find 4 guys in the middle east 2000 years ago with the names Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
Lol. That’s hilarious. You just described yourself!! Congratulations!!
Gee, all that and 34 criminal convictions as well!!! Aren't we lucky!!
If you agree with MAGA, you are NOT a Democrat
Talk about cults. Just look at the american farming communjity. American farmers thought that Trump was the greatest thing since the invention of sliced bread. Now the farmers are crying the blues over the Trump policies. Too the farmers I say you helped create the mess you are in. Now suffer. AS for the pope, stay out of politics. Get your own house in order.
I'm sure you "don't see all the fuss." Welcome to the cult.
But Trump "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities last June. Obliterated. His word. So why are we really in Iran?
HA HA you really rattled the dog cage now Bernie. Both sides of the argument at each others throats. No doubt that was your intent, job well done.
All of this nonsense shadowed something really worth considering. Real astronauts flew around the Moon again. And nobody gives a shit about that. Not for the sake of dwelling on the Moon someday, which we will not. But to see what we really look like from out there. It’s over for us. We are indeed idiots and deserve it.
Anyone talking about the 25th for Trump, but defended Biden is a typical politician. Period. Nothing has changed with Trump, he’s erratic, tweets crazy shit, and is unpresidential. Just like his first term. Joe Biden had serious cognitive issues that his staff even acknowledged in their books.
More on Truth Social from yesterday!
Remarks from Pope Leo from just before he became Pope, as Leo posted on his own Twitter account. Interesting stuff to add to everyone’s understanding.
Check it out, if you dare.
He’s trying to match Biden. I paid 5.05 one day when he was president.
I prefer popes who are Catholic.
He didnt. The book was written by Europeans approximately 300 years later, who had to create it without the aid of well preserved documents with a verified history of ownership and custody. Just word of mouth passed down for what amounted to about 10 generations worth of stories.
This is one of my favorite kind of Bernie posts. It enrages the Trumpkins as NOBODY says bad stuff about the Orange Meanie and it enrages the Trumphaters as NOBODY should defend such a vile man. It's a win win and great entertainment. I will never understand how people can get so spun up about this kind of stuff. It's like the sportsball people who have a rage stroke when their sportsball team doesn't play well enough to prevail.
Come to find out, Trump is so confused, the talking point was supposed to be "this is a doctored image" and he confused it to mean he thought he was a doctor.
And I thought Biden was bad!
Don’t call the Pontiff yam face.
I have to pushback at this. Where in the **** did you come up with millions of Dems thought Covid came from bat meat? I’m sitting here in a group of Dems and not one of us EVER said bat meat was the cause.
This right here is the problem with the democrat party and why I left. I am not 12:18 by the way. The dem party is now run by the far left, and if you have a different opinion on anything except what they tell you, YOU'RE OUT!!!!!! Look what they are doing to Fetterman, a good and honest man.
Are you all nodding like bobble heads and rewriting history LOL.
It’s what keeps me coming back!
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