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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.

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[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

Do those bastards not see what can happen to despots?

[-] auntieclokwise@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

tomato potato. some of those ugly ugly giant bags of mostly water.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Can't wait to see these statues finally torn down by an invading imperial army doing a photo op for their dumb fat chud viewers on the other side of the planet.

[-] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

A lot of dictators die peacefully in their sleep a night. 😞

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

they do die peacfully from a bit of string too.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

of natural causes too. once your fatal bullet poisoning reachees the butthole they have to replace your legs with wheels and your arms with those extendo boxing gloves or else we wouldn't have enough whimsical things to laugh at in the world (like when's the last time you saw a clown in a bathtub being pulled down the river by a flock of geese).

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 day ago

They always think they're the exception. It's a symptom of their narcissistic personality disorder.

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I am Ozymandius, King of Kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair ...

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

owner of the largest sand factory in east sandtopia

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