OMG: Trump’s gold statue reveal at Mar-a-Lago BACKFIRES

0:00 Okay sir.

0:02 Hello everybody.

0:03 I want to thank you so much for being

0:06 there today and more importantly for what you did.

0:08 The uh the statue is beautiful.

0:11 You know I saw it during the weekend.

0:13 We had a big PGA tournament with a a great

0:16 champion and all great champions actually but it was a great

0:20 tournament and I got to look at it very closely

0:23 and it's incredible and I just want to thank you.

0:26 I know it was done from love.

0:28 And I want to thank Mark Burns, a pastor.

0:31 He's a good pastor.

0:32 He's a good man.

0:33 I've known him a long time.

0:34 He's been with me from the beginning.

0:36 Right from the beginning, maybe about two days later, right?

0:39 Two days.

0:40 Right, Mr.

0:40 President.

0:41 He was He was right at the beginning.

0:43 And I appreciate it, Mark.

0:44 You're great and just really a a good person.

0:47 And I want to thank everybody there.

0:49 I don't know.

0:49 I hear there's a good crowd of people,

0:51 but I want to thank you all and I won't forget it.

0:55 And we we love you all and the country is doing

0:58 great and uh Iran is not doing good because of us.

1:02 They are not doing well at all and good things

1:05 are happening and I just want to really give you

1:08 my love and I wish I could be there where we

1:11 want to make sure everything's going perfect on the war fronts.

1:14 I think you you could understand that.

1:16 But we'll all we'll see you all around.

1:18 I just want to again it's everybody is taking pictures of it.

1:22 Everybody is my people told me that it's unbelievable.

1:26 All day long they're taking pictures.

1:27 They stand up next to it and they have their picture taken.

1:31 It really came out beautifully.

1:32 I didn't know what to expect.

1:34 I just want to thank you all and we love you all and God bless America.

1:39 God bless you, sir.

1:40 God bless you.

1:40 We love you.

1:41 God bless you, Mr.

1:42 President.

1:43 Love you, sir.

1:44 Talk to you soon.

1:45 Byebye.

1:47 That was the unveiling of a golden statue of Donald Trump at Mara

1:51 Lago because he definitely totally does not view himself as a god-like figure.

1:56 Whatever you do, just remember that Donald Trump

1:59 100% absolutely doesn't see himself as a deity.

2:04 And on a completely unrelated note,

2:05 here is an image Trump posted of himself as Jesus.

2:08 Now, of course, I presume that most

2:10 people who attended Donald Trump's little Mara Lago

2:12 unveiling have so little self-awareness that they

2:15 couldn't see what it is they were doing.

2:17 But at least one person heard some criticism.

2:19 Trump's pastor, Mark Burns, had to post on Twitter.

2:23 Now, obviously, this screed is a lot, like a lot lot.

2:28 But I'm just going to read a little bit from the very

2:30 top since I think that's enough to really get the point across.

2:33 quote, "One of the greatest honors of my life

2:36 was leading the dedication of President Donald J.

2:38 Trump's statue to the world." What amazes me

2:40 is how quickly some people have compared this beautiful

2:42 statue created and made possible by more than

2:45 6,000 patriots to a golden calf or idol worship.

2:48 Let me be very clear, we worship the Lord Jesus Christ and him alone.

2:52 The word of God says, "You shall have no other gods before me." Exodus 23.

2:56 It also says, "You shall worship the Lord

2:58 your God and him only you shall serve." Matthew 4:10.

3:02 That is the line.

3:03 Honor is not worship.

3:04 Respect is not idolatry.

3:06 Celebration is not bowing down to a false god.

3:08 What's the expression again?

3:10 Uh, a hit dog will holler.

3:11 Because that certainly is a lot of words to protest criticism.

3:16 It's almost like, and bear with me on this one,

3:18 Mark Burns has a guilty conscience for some reason.

3:22 But with all of that said,

3:24 is it a surprise that Donald Trump and his cult following

3:26 are committing sinful behavior while using their religion as a shield?

3:30 Remember, this is a guy who literally sparked off a fight with the pope.

3:35 Jesus told us, "Blessed are the peacemakers." But woe to those who

3:40 manipulate religion in the very name of God for their own military,

3:45 economic, or political gain,

3:48 dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.

3:53 Yes, my dear sisters and brothers, you who hunger and thirst for justice,

4:00 who are poor, merciful, meek, and pure of heart, you who have wept.

4:09 You are the light of the world.

4:12 And Trump, for his part, responded to this comment, saying this,

4:16 very important that the pope understands.

4:18 Very, very important.

4:19 It'd be nice not to say it.

4:21 Uh, Iran killed 42,000 people that were totally unarmed.

4:25 They were protesters.

4:27 Uh, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

4:30 If they did, every country, including Italy, where he stationed,

4:34 every single country in in the world would be in trouble.

4:38 So, we're doing very well with respect to that having

4:41 to do with the whole situation on Iran.

4:44 The uh the blockade is amazing.

4:48 It's holding up very strong, very powerfully.

4:51 Uh, and I think we're making a lot of progress on that.

4:54 But the pope has to understand Iran,

4:56 very simple, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

4:58 The world would be in great danger.

5:00 And just a quick note right now on Donald Trump's demand

5:03 that the Pope has to understand that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

5:06 There was already an agreement in place preventing exactly that.

5:10 Trump tore it up because he didn't like

5:12 the guy whose name was attached to the deal.

5:14 And that deal did the thing that Trump is claiming he wants to do

5:17 by bombing Iran every six months to the tune of billions of dollars.

5:21 In other words, Trump's partisan hackery

5:23 and jealousy costs Americans $50 billion and counting.

5:27 And yet, it's the Pope who needs to be schooled.

5:30 Got it?

5:31 And reporters have actually pushed back again about Donald Trump's

5:34 new feud with the religious community of the president because

5:38 there was a group of bishops that did put out

5:39 a statement saying the focus isn't merely exercising his opinion.

5:42 He's preaching the gospel.

5:44 What do you say to people that do that?

5:45 Well, I want him to preach the gospel.

5:46 I'm all about the gospel.

5:48 But I also know that you cannot let a certain country,

5:52 which is a very mean-spirited country, have a nuclear weapon.

5:55 If they did, they would use it.

5:57 And I think they'd use it quickly and they would kill many millions of people.

6:01 So, you know, the Pope could disagree with me

6:03 on that, but certainly we're allowed to have that.

6:05 Uh, I'm all about the gospel.

6:07 I'm about it as much as anybody can be.

6:09 But I can't allow as president of the United States of America,

6:14 I can't allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

6:16 And here's the story.

6:17 They won't have.

6:18 They've already agreed not to have.

6:21 That's good news.

6:22 And I think the Pope will be very happy more

6:26 that Trump is quote all about the gospel.

6:29 Now, you may have seen this video before, but if not,

6:32 I want to show you exactly how all about the gospel he is.

6:36 Here's what happened when all about the gospel,

6:39 Donald Trump, was asked for his favorite Bible verse.

6:42 You mentioned the Bible.

6:43 You've been talking about how it's your favorite book and you said,

6:45 I think last night in Iowa, some people are surprised that you say that.

6:48 I'm wondering what one or two of your most favorite Bible uh verses are and why.

6:53 I wouldn't want to get into it because to me that's very personal.

6:56 You know, when I talk about the Bible, it's very personal.

6:58 So, I don't want to get into verses.

6:59 I don't want to get into there's no verse that means

7:01 a lot to you that you think about or site.

7:03 The the Bible means a lot to me, but I don't want to get into specifics.

7:07 Even to site a verse that you like.

7:08 I don't want to do that.

7:09 I mean, an Old Testament guy or a New Testament guy?

7:11 Uh, probably equal.

7:13 I think it's just an incredible the whole Bible

7:16 is an incredible I joke uh very much so.

7:19 They always hold up the art of the deal.

7:20 I say my second favorite book of all time.

7:22 But uh I just think the Bible is just something very special.

7:26 See how all about the gospel he is?

7:28 And if I was the pope, I'd maybe consider just staying in my lane when it comes

7:32 to going toe-to-toe with the behemoth of the Bible, Donald Jesus Trump.

7:37 I also find it pretty interesting that when asked

7:39 if he would meet with the Pope, Trump said this.

7:42 Mr.

7:42 President, would you meet with the Pope

7:44 to even out your differences with Catholics?

7:47 I don't think it's necessary.

7:51 Especially considering when I asked Barack Obama who he'd most like to meet,

7:55 this was his answer.

7:56 who uh is there is there a person that you

7:58 most want to meet that you haven't met yet?

8:00 I'll be honest with you being president or even being the next president.

8:06 I can kind of meet everybody.

8:08 So, I've met a lot of folks.

8:09 Uh the person who I have not yet met um

8:13 that I'm looking forward to meeting and I I hope I

8:14 get an opportunity sometime in the future is uh uh

8:18 the new pope who is from Chicago and a White Sox fan.

8:21 I had the pleasure of getting to know Pope Francis pretty well.

8:25 Um and and he was legit.

8:29 You know, there there's some figures, he's one,

8:32 the Daly Lama was another is another who they're how you hope they are.

8:38 They kind of walk the walk.

8:39 Yeah.

8:40 And my sense of this new pope is he's from that he's cut from that cloth.

8:46 you know, somebody who, you know, worked in places, you know,

8:56 that really needed help and and and uh

9:00 what wasn't just uh preaching from a pulpit,

9:03 but getting his hands dirty trying to trying to help people.

9:05 So, I'm I'm looking forward to talking to him.

9:07 So, it's no wonder Trump already hates the guy because Obama likes him.

9:10 And Trump's disdain for Obama is one of the only thing that fuels him.

9:14 It's why he dismantled the ACA.

9:16 It's why he's dismantled the Iran nuclear deal, the JCPOA.

9:19 I mean, hell, you could make the argument that Trump ran for president

9:22 because Obama made fun of him at the White House correspondents dinner.

9:25 Trump knows that he will never be as smart,

9:28 never be as articulate, never be as good-looking as Obama.

9:30 And so, he's dedicated his life and his presidency

9:33 to trying to undermine Obama's legacy instead,

9:36 even if doing so leaves Americans sicker, poorer, and less safe.

9:40 Because at the end of the day, it's not any of us who he cares about.

9:44 It's not any of the 350 million Americans who Trump cares about.

9:48 It is Donald Trump and his own fragile ego.

9:51 But I'll leave you with one last thing.

9:52 Words from Leviticus 19:4.

9:54 Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves.

9:58 Perhaps someone should let this guy and his cult following down

10:00 in Florida know that while using their Christianity as a shield,

10:03 they're the ones undermining it.

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