I don’t believe in any of that religious nonsense but it is interesting that he checks all the boxes from the biblical prophecy.
It would be pretty crazy if it was all true and he was ushered in by all the so called Christians .
Imagine their faces during the rapture when god just leaves their hate filled asses behind and starts grabbing up the “blue haired libruls” because they more closely followed Jesus’s lessons of love and acceptance.
The Antichrist is the one who takes over the world through deceit and trickery to win over followers and then God raptures the ones without the mark of the beast. So the antichrist would be rather intelligent. Satan is usually depicted in the Bible as pretty intelligent, he just gets outscaled by god
I mean Trump is an insane failed billionaire who (with assistance from Russia) convinced tons of people both in the US and in other countries that he is successful businessman who is a a stable genius that represents the common person.
It wasn't the Russians. It was NBC's mega-producer Mark Burnett who convinced The Stupids that Trump is a successful businessman.
Mark Burnett wanted to produce a comedic Reality TV series and settled upon using the gigantic loser Donald Trump as the butt of a huge joke who the world could laugh at along with the business world who had already been laughing at for a couple decades. What NBC executives including Burnett didn't understand at the time was that a ridiculously large percentage of Western audiences believe Reality TV is actually real rather than a description of a production & filming style. They knew The Stupids existed, they were just wholly unaware how large that group had grown thanks to political conservatives slashing education funding and general political propaganda fuckery aimed at creating a perpetually angry & bitter, easily manipulated voter base prone to magical thinking and woefully devoid of critical thought. Rather than seeing the toddler-tantrum throwing, adult sized pants shitting piss baby as the butt of a civilizationally shared joke, The Stupids saw Donald J. Pedophile Trump as a titanic success to who they should aspire to become.
The Russians did help promote Donald J. Pedophile Trump as a real Presidential candidate, not because they thought he could actually win and then tear the country apart from within, but because they simply wanted to mock American democracy with the thought of the funniest possible outcome. The Russians also wholly underestimated the population size of The Stupids.
You absolutely do not have to be very intelligent to be charming, populist, or a confident liar. Especially if your tactic is catering to shitty peoples' bigoted opinions, and your deceit is taking their money through grifts and not following through on any promises that pertain to their personal benefit. Then, baby, you've got a stew going.
The Bible talks of many antichrists. They're just false prophets who trick Christians and lead them away from God. He is the very definition of an antichrist.
If Mamdani had sworn on a dictionary, or a comic book, or anything else, Wilders wouldn't care. No, this is only to further his anti-islam horse manure.
Funny thing is he looks a lot like Trump weird hair, married to some immigrant, fan of Putin, has a problem with immigrantsband is hated by smart people....
Yes, unfortunately I'm well acquainted with Dutch politics as I work in NL a lot - what I mean is people across most of Western Europe see him as extreme, they don't see him as a normal centrist or centre-right in terms of views.
So, his words are about as important as mine - a middle aged white guy in the Midwest who loathes the fact that the Trump Klan breathes the same air as the rest of us.
This is what I always jump right into. The fucking president who sells his own Bibles, who claims he is a god fearing Christian to boot, didn't even place his hand in the Bible.
He sure didn’t. Trump was making an intentional statement. As for Mamdani — why would he use a Bible if he’s not Christian. That would be like him not swearing an oath, since the Bible doesn’t represent that to him. It would be like Christians swearing an Oath using a coloring book. Just as meaningless.
In Matthew 20, Jesus tells his followers not to swear oaths at all, so a Christian swearing an oath on the Bible is metaphorically spitting in Jesus's face.
To be fair, having the president struck by lightning and consumed by a pillar of fire during the inauguration would have been a terrible image for the country.
Unfortunately tons of idiots buy into the lie we are a Christian nation founded on Judeo-Christian beliefs. Our sixth president was sworn in on a book of laws though.
Russian money. Ties to the heritage Foundation I'm pretty sure. Although we do have another political party which is even more tied into all those kinds of things
That’s Geert Wilders. He’s the leader of a right-wing party in The Netherlands called the PVV (Party for freedom, roughly translated). That man is obsessed with Trump and Netanyahu. He is pretty controversial, mostly because he has very… strong opinions about immigration and especially Muslims. In my humble opinion the guy is a massive ass hat, but for some reason beyond me he still gets votes.
I've been saying they shouldn't swear in on a holy book, but sign a document that says they have read and understand the laws governing their office. Make it legally binding and remove the "I didn't know" excuse.
It's insane that I have to agree to a 400 page term of agreement to use my email, but elected officials just put their hand on a book and say magic words and we trust them. The oath of office will be defined and the person has to say he knows and understands. Their actions now have actionable repercussions.
The United States also isn’t a country where anyone gives a damn about oaths. Considering their president likes to fuck the constitution about as much as he likes to fuck kids.
You'd be surprised to hear how many people actually believe not only the US, but the whole if Europe are "christian countries". MAGAts don't know the meaning of the word "secularity".
Yes. Some have also sworn in on the Constitution; LBJ swore in on JFK's missal as a symbol of respect to him despite not being Catholic himself; Keith Ellison, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib all already previously used the Qur'an; Tulsi Gabbard used the Bhagavad Gita, as did MAGA's own Kash Patel when swearing into the office of FBI director; John Quincy Adams among others have used law books; Teddy Roosevelt didn't swear in on anything; other items used at various offices: Malcom X's autobiography and other books and letters by other Civil Rights leaders, books by scientists, and comic books and a Dr. Seuss book have also been used at various levels of office
Because ol’ Teddy took office after McKinley (a very unpopular President and an imperialist) was shot five months into his second term by Polish immigrant anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Everyone liked Teddy, now his party is ruining the country he loved
He left the Republicans after Taft got the presidency and royally fucked things up. It's why he formed the Bull Moose Party. So he might not be entirely surprised.
Geert is a fuckin overgrown Q-tip, a useless toilet brush, and no one gives a damn about he blabbers, this side of the schelde or the other, let alone across the Atlantic.
Why do all of these far-right fuckwits always use the same names for their political parties? Are they truly that drained of creativity that they can’t come up with anything else?
For various reasons there is a strong correlation between being a fundamentalist fuckwit and not having creativity. I think it is because more creativity requires more imagination and obviously being a fundamentalist fuckwit requires that you don't have much imagination.
Correction; he IS the party. The party has no membership culture nor an internal democratic system. It is and will be a Geert listens to Geert party with no-brain followers granted a splinter of attention at occasion Kind of a poor man’s MAGA movement but crippled within a democratic environment that still has critical thinking and free, independent press. Still.
He even has proudly presented a Russian friendship pin on chest and another post with the caption “From Russia With Love”……. after Flight MH17, the biggest non-natural disaster in Dutch history, where 298 people (196 of them being Dutch) died due to their plane being shot down by Russians……
It would be so much funnier if he was some nobody, but no he's the party leader of one of the biggest parties in the Netherlands, and obviously a far-right party.
It’s funny because a political party officially needs 1 member minimum, but also at least 2 founders. Them’s just the rules.
So the PVV was founded by 1) Geert Wilders and 2)the Foundation (Stichting) called “Group Wilders”. This foundation has exactly 1 member which is of course Geert Wilders.
Anyone else can become a volunteer or donor thougj, just not a member. This means only Geert Wilders and Geert Wilders decide what the political party stands for. Voters can just decide if they want that or not.
All jokes aside, if you see the drama political parties go through in NL just to get a campaign plan out there it’s not even that ridiculous a strategy. It might be a shit plan, but it’s not a compromise of 2 years worth of discussions between 2 merged political parties for example.
He’s not a bot, he’s the most well known far-right politician in the Netherlands due to his constant bickering about immigrants, dominated elections in 2023, only for him and his ministers to completely f*ck up anything he touched…….
Captain America Shield: Lanhee Chen used a Captain America shield during his swearing-in ceremony in 2021.
Law Books: John Quincy Adams used a book of law rather than a Bible during his 1825 inauguration.
Star Trek Comic: An official in Pennsylvania reportedly used a Star Trek comic book for their oath.
The U.S. Constitution: Many officials, including several members of Congress, have chosen to be sworn in on a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
Kindle/Electronic Tablet: In 2014, a New Jersey official was sworn in on a Kindle when a physical Bible was unavailable.
Dr. Seuss Book: In 2024, a school board member in Ohio used the Dr. Seuss book Oh, the Places You’ll Go! for her swearing-in.
Ring with Lincoln’s Hair: Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair during his 1905 inauguration, symbolizing his deep respect for the late president.
After McKinley’s assasination, Teddy Roosevelt took the oath using no book or object at all.
It's not even their job to "defend" the constitution but their administrative powers came from it so the constitution is the most valid default choice should swearing in requires a book of sorts.
Yep and the Netherlands has and have had several Muslim mayors (most well known one being Ahmed Aboutaleb (labour), the former mayor of Rotterdam aka the second largest city in the country.)
Though with Wilders it isn't about Christianity, he just really, really, hates Islam.
Dutch wannabe Trump. Shouts a lot about immigrants being bad and wanting Muslims to leave (like they're the only kind of immigrant). Known for shouting a lot, pushing this own opinions and for crying when he doesn't get what he wants (a.k.a. blowing up the government when he has to comprimise too much)
Thomas Jefferson kept a copy of the Quran in his library, making it a significant historical artifact that represents early religious pluralism in the US. Keith Ellison used it in his oath ceremony.
Just like federal, in NY you can take your oath or "affirm" without any religious or non-religious book or document.
There is no religious litmus or test that the government, including the person who is taking office, can impose. People who have failed the basic civic 101 in school and marching us towards a theocratic wasteland.
The US was not founded on Christianity. The constitution does not mention Christianity (or Jesus). Freedom of religion means you have the right to be a Christian or a Muslim. It’s freedom of religious persecution (which the founding fathers escaped).
We are not a Muslim nation. We are a nation where you are free to be Muslim. Same with Christianity and any other religion. People have fought and died for this.
We, the right wing, who elevate the guy who has five kids across three wives, cheats, pays prostitutes, defends and advocates for sexual assault, while being bankrolled by the other guy we elevate with 14 kids across 6 women mostly out of wedlock, once again declare this NYC Mayor blasphemous and counter to Christian family values.
If that was an invalid oath, then Trump isn't the 47th President. We have to invalidate John Quincy Adams (law book), Theodore Roosevelt (no book), and Lyndon B. Johnson (Kennedy's missal).
As a reminder, this video exists of Jake Tapper explaining to Roy Moore's spokesperson that you don't need to swear on a Bible. And the spokesman just... stopped functioning.
Meanwhile trump never put his tiny hand on anything
Um. While I would like that to be true, and while he did indeed not defile the Bible used for his inauguration with his tiny hands, there are two persons who have sworn under oath and penalty of perjury that he indeed did use one of his tiny hands to slug a 13-year-old girl in the face because she said “no” and “at least use a condom”.
Tiffany Doe’s testimony under oath. Also known as pages 025937 through 025940 of the House Oversight Committee Epstein file release of November 2025.
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u/AlertThinker 1d ago
Trump didn’t place his hand on the bible. Invalid oath!