Pastor Mark Burns, the president’s informal “spiritual advisor,” wants to make one thing very clear about the extremely tall gold statue of Donald Trump that was officially dedicated last week in Doral, Miami. “Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone,” he wrote on Twitter.
He’s technically right, just as Rene Magritte was technically right that his painting of a pipe was not actually a pipe. In the most literal sense, the statue of Trump, which is named “Don Colossus” is not a golden calf.
Despite the president calling it “The Real Deal - GOLD,” on Truth Social, the statue is not made of gold. Unlike the golden calf, which was made from melting the jewelry of the Egyptians, the Trump statue is not actually made of solid gold. “Don Colossus” is cast in bronze and covered in gold leaf, making it much, much less valuable. It is also obviously not a calf, as calves are baby cows, and the statue is certainly not a baby cow.
cast in bronze and covered in gold leaf
Why use gold leaf instead of electroplating it? Isn’t gold leaf more liable to fall off when exposed to the elements?
As per usual with all the shit the conservatives do, it is cheaper. Electroplating requires a gigantic bath or a massive hermetically sealed room that can fit the entire volume of the statue. Such a thing either doesn’t exist, would be irrational to pay to build or, if it exists, it is really expensive as a service to use it (repurposing a PCB plant, maybe?) Modern public consensus also considers gold anything to be tacky and corny, of very bad taste. Despite the rise of gold prices, the jewelry market is somewhat stagnant. It looks gaudy to have much gold anything around for decoration. So it stands to reason that there’s actually few services that could electroplate gold to copper at such a scale, much less so a statue of the turd in chief.
Ehh, the kind of person who would choose to make that probably doesn’t care much about safety, but that much potassium-goldcyanide would be costly.
Forgot to have the dick hanging out of the statutes pants. You know, for all the sucking the right does.
Could include the bite marks from the teenager he orally raped.
I wonder who the golden calf-god was that had early Christians so afraid that they put it in their “absolutely don’t” shortlist?
They were Jewish. Israelites fleeing slavery in Egypt. It wasn’t out of fear of the calf-god, it was the rejection of one’s own faith that made it a big deal for them.
Possibly Apis because the context of the story is the Israelites waiting for Moses to come down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments, just after their escape from Egypt, but worshipping bulls was a huge thing in the entire Fertile Crescent area so it could have been anything. Bulls are kinda a big deal at the time period - you see lamassu with human heads and bull bodies guarding lots of temples and palaces in Mesopotamia.
Moses is so pissed about the golden calf because he was literally just talking to god. He leaves them alone after getting them out of Egypt and they immediately get into polytheism.
The actual early Israelite religion was polytheistic, had temple prostitutes, burned cannabis for ritual purpose, and very likely had child sacrifice - probably of the first born.
My ‘Not a golden idol’ shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
Are you sure he is not a baby cow though? When I hear him speak all I hear is the exact same whiny mooing sound a calf makes.
I feel like he’s both a baby and a cow, and yet somehow not a baby cow.
That’s why I can’t STAND to listen to Trump. He is ALWAYS WHINGING when he talks, even if he’s winning. It sounds like he’s upset over the winning because it’s not enough winning.
Baby calfs (calves?) are cute, the dumpster ain’t pretty to look at and looks worse covered in gold
I’d like to ask Pastor Burns if he’s read the book of Daniel, particularly chapters 3 and 4.
God struck Nebuchadnezzar (who likewise had a golden statue built for his entire kingdom to worship) with madness for 7 years for his pride.
Another 7 years?
Wouldn’t have thought he’d live that long 🤷♂️Well, he doesn’t seem to care anymore.
We’re having madness right now.
We have madness at home.
True, but in Nebuchadnezzar’s case his kingdom was taken from him for those 7 years…
Trump only lost his for 4
If only we could be so fortunate.
A monkey paw finger curls
Hey look, the brits are coming again!
If only
Some of them actually believe this guy is the antichrist and they’re helping him destroy the world, thinking Jesus will just be cool with that. They’ll believe anything.
A gold plated statue is really on the nose for this con artist.
I am sure it’s the thinnest gold coating possible, a lettuce head will last longer than the coating.
Well how about that! The high priest of the 12 tribes of Israel said the exact same thing to Moses when asked why everyone was worshiping a golden calf
I know it’s not really important. But why have they made him fat?
“Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone,”
Which is why they erected a giant golden statue of the president of the United States. Makes perfect sense!
And blessed it, and have repeatedly said that Trump is either blessed by God, or God’s divine instrument.
But this isn’t idolatry.
This statue is a PERFECT representation of Trumpism, he can’t resist revealing himself by the art he chooses. Reminds me of Mussolini.
(caption: a photo of the massive Mussolini head staring down a public square)
I think it’s because these personalities surround themselves with sycophants, and this leads to them being isolated and unaware of their own ridiculousness. A universal truth across the centuries.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. ~Matthew 7:16
It’s still definitely an idol, though.
tiny dick and all.
Probably the most American Idol to date
Isn’t that Taylor Swift?
with a golden calf just above each golden ankle
Cankle
Sorry couldn’t resist
They all worship idols all the time and apply some mental gymnastics bullshit to pretend they don’t. It’s wild.
idolatry seems to be ignored by christians.
One is a statue of a cruel, merciless, sinful being that kills for fun. The other is Baphomet.
Baphomet is much better done
The character design is on point
Not only that, a much better character to have a statue of.
And way safer around those children
FR. I think devolution just went up a notch. Gold statues, ehmmm wasn’t that a trend 1500 years ago in Europe?
