He’s invoking, even commanding, God to deliver the goods. Or so I’d tell Steve Benen.
Benen is appalled, even flabbergasted, that Mr. Trump is trying to get the black community’s vote:
It’s also a timely reminder that Trump apparently can’t help himself. There were plenty of ways in which the former president could’ve tried to make a compelling pitch to Black voters, but he apparently settled on his most ridiculous option.
Perhaps in response to this:
Declared during his speech, “The lights are so bright in my eyes that I can’t see too many people out there. But I can only see the Black ones. I can’t see any white ones, you see? That’s how far I’ve come. That’s how far I’ve come. That’s a long — that’s a long way, isn’t it? Ah, we’ve come a long way together.”
But long-term readers should remember Chad Bauman’s comments on then-President Trump:
Those who lay claim to victory actualize it, while those who admit defeat find themselves hopelessly entrenched in it.
As the former President grew up in a prosperity theology church, the name it and claim it theology should be familiar to him and everyone who studies him, and is certainly something Mr. Trump frequently attempts, as anyone paying attention to his pronouncements concerning his opponents will recognize, whether it’s concerning tangible or intangible things. I include in these pronouncement those concerning the black community, hoping to gain their votes despite his long-running enmity to the black community.
I think attempts to understand and predict Mr. Trump’s behavior while disregarding his religious background are fairly unwise.
