In a posting on his Truth Social platform today, failed one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump went off on an all-caps rant that a reporter on religious extremism says should be of great concern as the disgraced ex-president faces arraignment Tuesday on federal criminal charges for mishandling classified information.
The post from Trump which was shared earlier this afternoon reads:
NOW THAT THE “SEAL” IS BROKEN, IN ADDITION TO CLOSING THE BORDER & REMOVING ALL OF THE “CRIMINAL” ELEMENTS THAT HAVE ILLEGALLY INVADED OUR COUNTRY, MAKING AMERICA ENERGY INDEPENDENT, & EVEN DOMINANT AGAIN, & IMMEDIATELY ENDING THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA & UKRAINE, I WILL APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL “PROSECUTOR” TO GO AFTER THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE USA, JOE BIDEN, THE ENTIRE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY, & ALL OTHERS INVOLVED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ELECTIONS, BORDERS, & COUNTRY ITSELF!
Be sure and note mention of the “seal” being broken, religion reporter and extremism expert Jeff Sharlet warns. It has special significance to those in the QAnon conspiracy movement and other right-wing religious extremists.
Sharlet explained his concerns on Twitter.
“QAnon & many fundamentalists will read this—& I don’t think it’s a stretch to imagine Trump’s people are aware of that—as both the indictment & 7th seal of Revelation, the opening of which heralds the second coming of Christ.”
“This, combined with Saturday’s claim that World War III ‘WILL’ occur if he’s not back, & that he is the ‘only one’ who can stop the obliteration of the world, are claims to divinity.”
“As I write in THE UNDERTOW, Trumpism’s a kind of bastardized American gnosticism, an ecstatic doomsday/utopian faith in secrets & ‘strength.’ Some QAnon followers make the gnostic connection explicit. Here’s some of the most famous gnostic text, ‘The Thunder, Perfect Mind’:
For those who have read the Book of Revelation, those lines have the echo of “I am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” (Revelation 22:13).
Revelation was David Koresh’s favorite book of the Bible. It was also big with Charles Manson. In other words, it’s a favorite source of dark inspiration for terrorists and mass murderers.
Let’s hope security is airtight tomorrow in Miami when Trump shows up to be arraigned.
