Trump Is “The Chosen One”
Because he’s a perfect instrument of the patriarchal dominance hierarchy
Donald Trump is pretty much a walking embodiment of the seven deadly sins: Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed, and Sloth. And yet, Rick Perry recently declared that he is the chosen one of God, sent to save this country. Perry is not the first or only one to have reached such a conclusion, despite the fact that the thrice-married Trump is hardly a model of “family values.” Franklin Graham and other evangelical leaders have also publicly supported Trump with the same kind of rhetoric. Graham even went so far as to liken Trump’s political opponents to “demonic forces.”
Why would a man who spent time talking with shock jock Howard Stern about his daughter’s breasts and voluptuousness, agreeing that it was OK to refer to her as a “piece of ass” be considered the ordained of God? Because Donald Trump stands for and defends the dominance hierarchy as being appropriate and good and that is what the religious right believes as well.
The dominance hierarchy is the pyramid-shaped social structure that has been a given in this country until very recently — one where rich white Christian men hold the top positions of power and authority, and all others fall below them to varying degrees. It hearkens back to the pre-Civil Rights era…
