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Donald Trump is God?

At lunch this past week I was having a friendly conversation with a colleague, and we came to the conclusion that Donald Trump may be God. I a past post I made the point that he is like a Chinese, Daoist god , in n  that he expects all to direct their attention to him. So this point has been firmly established. But this new question is to consider if Trump has expanded his "godship" to also become the christian god. Let's consider the evidence. When I was growing up, in Sunday School I was taught that God has three omnis: omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. Let's consider each of these attributes as they apply to Trump. First, we know from his claim that he has " one of the greatest memories of all time " (except when he is trying to recall his meeting with George Papadapoulos ) that he is omniscient. So that satisfies one of the omnis. Second, we know that Trump is everywhere and at all time. For instance, when exercising in the gym at the Univer...