by John W. Whitehead, Rutherford Institute:
“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”— Friedrich Nietzsche
One week after posting a profanity-laced Easter message threatening to wipe out the entire civilization of Iran, Donald J. Trump, the 47th president of the United States, spent the night of April 12 and into the early morning hours unleashing a barrage of AI-generated images, threats and insults.
One post depicted Trump as Jesus, imbued with divine power, healing the sick.
Another imagined a Trump-branded hotel on the Moon.
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Yet another lashed out at Pope Leo XIV as weak on crime, suggesting he owed his papacy to Trump and “should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician.”
After significant outcry—including from his own evangelical and MAGA supporters—Trump deleted the post but refused to apologize for it.
Blasphemous. Profane. Threatening. Self-aggrandizing.
These posts are not anomalies.
They are part of a pattern—one that appears to be escalating.
What was once dismissed as erratic now feels increasingly unhinged. What was once provocative now borders on delusional. What was once ego now approaches outright megalomania.
Consider the trajectory.
In May 2025, after returning from the funeral of Pope Francis, Trump posted an AI generated image of himself as pope.
In December 2025, he posted more than 160 times over a five-hour period.
In January 2026, another late-night posting binge featured what the Poynter Institute described as “false economic claims, election conspiracies and political attacks.”
In February 2026, Trump shared a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes—while casting himself as the king of the jungle.
This is not normal.
Nor is it merely rhetorical excess.
It is behavior that mirrors the governing style: impulsive, self-serving, detached from reality, and increasingly dangerous.
The same egomania driving Trump’s online persona is shaping his presidency.
He has alienated allies, threatened the sovereignty of other nations—including Canada, Greenland and Cuba—and pushed the country toward ill-advised wars with devastating human and financial costs.
Having inherited one of the strongest economies in the world, he has overseen policies that have left average Americans struggling to stay afloat, even as his allies and corporate partners grow richer.
Whether driven by ego or manipulation—by flattery, spectacle or greed—the result is the same: America is being hollowed out while the president redecorates it in gold.
Literally.
Operating on the philosophy that it’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission, Trump bulldozed the East Wing to construct a lavish ballroom. He has proposed monuments in his own honor, covered the White House in gold embellishments, affixed his name to national institutions, and floated renaming major landmarks after himself.
He is even staging a UFC fight on the White House lawn on his 80th birthday as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
All of this while Americans struggle with rising grocery costs, unaffordable healthcare, and economic instability driven by his reckless policy decisions.
This is not serious governance. This is spectacle.
