Is Trump the heir to the messianic movements that swept across Europe in the 18th Century?
Some of the followers of Sabbatai Zvi, self proclaimed Messiah, and Yaakov Frank, believed that by performing evil with a pure heart, they could redeem it–breaking the dark shells that had trapped the divine light. There was a contagious frenzy of orgies, and sexual excess toward the end of these movements.
Have Trump’s followers elevated him to a similar role? Do they believe–that his grouping and rapes and pedophilia are not evil FOR HIM, because he has the power to do these things with a ‘pure heart?’
I’m curious — have there been a sexual orgies, among his more fervent evangelical believers–claiming similar justifications? Are they waiting for Trump to invite them to join him in some mass orgiastic finale? Is that what the rally in Tulsa is really about? Cause it sounds almost like something out of the same book–no masks, no protection, a mass gathering in a pandemic. A collective acceptance of imminent death can release people from inhibitions, and drive them to sexual excess. There is a powerfully erotic undercurrent in Trump’s call for his faithful to abandon all caution– feeding, perhaps, more than his insatiable ego.