Let’s state the Christian obvious. God had created everything. Human beings just move stuff about. Those who claim to “create”, to be “big” are just blowing up their own balloons. Thatcher’s “wealth creation” was laying off workers and telling the others to work harder. Trump puts himself at the centre. He will recreate America. He is a self-inflator. His claims are all balloons. His “economic revival” was Obama’s careful return from the Bush warring big spend. “No global warming” he says while California is on fire. Inject with disinfectant he says while coronavirus is rampant. Trump’s make America Great Again (for the second time), is balloony – a Greedy, Bullying, Fat, Stupid, World Gobbling US? We don’t want it. It successes the failures of sin. It is the biblical crash of the mighty. It is an orange painted coating on a sepulcre of lies. It is preaching without practice. It appeals to the poor from Trump Tower. It is a tax avoiding for the rich state careless for the sick. It is a blown-up illusion, the big lie, and people might love darkness rather than light, but not all the time.

In the light all balloons must be pricked. Jesus said, “Beware a wolf in sheep’s clothing” but that is to flatter Trump voters. “Beware a rat posing as an elephant” is more like it. “Many will come in my name,” says Jesus while Trump fumbles to say anything about the Christianity he is supposed to champion. So ALL the Christians had better sort this out. We can see Self-worship and Narcissism inflated by State propaganda, but Christianity insists on false gods being exposed. The balloon must be pricked for the humble poor, the planet, and because we have met and heard the Saviour. If the meek are blessed, this man is a curse, and part of the Good News is his demise.