The narrator begins:
"And on June 14, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God gave us Trump."
This isn't parody.
This is not Saturday Night Live nor something by The Lincoln Project to make Donald Trump look ridiculous.
It is up on Trump's own social media site, Truth Social.
The video piece was done in the style of radio commentator Paul Harvey's "God Made a Farmer" encomium about the hard-working farmer hero. Ron DeSantis's campaign did a version of it, which drew wide derision, including fromTrump himself, who began calling DeSantis "Ron DeSanctimonious."
But now Trump posts his own version.
Why spend three minutes looking at a video about Trump? Because we are seeing myth-making and historical revision. It is underway. Trump worked farmer's hours, didn't you know? He was tireless, selfless, pious, and patriotic in his effort to serve Americans. He is a good man, heroic and honest. God gave us Trump.
There is a simple takeaway idea for readers who are trying to understand this moment in America: A great many people believe this; some of your neighbors; about half of our fellow Americans. The video makes sense to them. It inspires them. Trump inspires them.
That is so disturbing on so many levels.
How did he manage to fit in all those days on the golf course?