SiriusXM host John Fugelsang was scratching his head when he heard President Donald Trump was compared to Jesus Christ.
The comparison was made by an advisor at an Easter event, per Mediaite.
Fugelsang, comedian and author of the book “The Separation of Church and Hate,” talked about the comparison on “Morning Joe” Friday morning.
Fugelsang seized the opportunity by taking a shot at both the president and White House faith adviser Paula White.
“Watching that, I’m reminded that the only way you can support both Donald Trump and Jesus is if you’ve never read either one of their books, he said. “Because, friends, the only things Donald Trump has in common with Jesus is that they both spent a lot of time with prostitutes, and they both use ghostwriters.”
Fugelsang continued to discuss the importance of Holy Week and accused White of “capitulating” to the president like a king.
“This homeless, Jewish mystic faith healer is virtually mocking the pomp that surrounds the armies of Caesar. Because you’re either standing up to Caesar or you’re capitulating to him like Paula White,” he said. “So by two days later, he’s having the rebellion inside the temple, the protests that he’s flipping tables over the way that some extreme conservative religious bosses collaborated with the empire to exploit the poor.”
“And then by Holy Thursday, the night he’s arrested, he gives the greatest parable. He gives the goats and the sheep where he says, individuals and nations are going to be judged heaven or hell by how they care for the poor, care for the sick, welcome the stranger, and take care of those in prison. They arrest him, and by the end of the week, it’s the saddest story you’ve ever read,” he added.
At the White House event earlier this week, White directly compared the president to Jesus.
“Mr. President, no one has paid the price like you have paid the price. It almost cost you your life. You were betrayed and arrested. And falsely accused,” she said,
“It’s a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us. But it didn’t end there for Him, and it didn’t end there for you. God always had a plan.
On the third day, He rose, He defeated evil, He conquered death, hell, and the grave. And because He rose we all know that we can rise.
“And sir, because of His resurrection you rose up.”
