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Easter Defiled [1]

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Date: 2025-04-21

It is not necessary to be a Christian to critique Trump’s Easter spirit. Perhaps that is what Easter Monday is for this year in America. In a number of countries, it is a public holiday—though not in the U.S.—but here, reflection on the “leader” of the “free” world is demanded.

What follows is a recounting of Holy Week through the lens of Trump’s actions and the events that deeply unsettled him. Items marked * are Trump’s activities, while those marked ***** are developments that caused him visible political pain. (Trump’s official schedule is sourced from https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/topic/calendar/. As in his first term, it’s worth noting—he doesn’t really work that hard.)

Eight things rocked his world, leading up to an unhinged Easter Sunday message (see postscript).

Saturday, April 12 – Rating: Really Great Day

*Played golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.

*Attended UFC 314 at the Kaseya Centerin Miami, a major mixed martial arts event (Perhaps such an event could be scheduledat the Kennedy Center, given all of the cancellations.)

Sunday, April 13, Palm Sunday – Rating: Very Good Day

*Played golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, his 24th golf outing since January 20, 2025. He’s golfed over 28% of his days in office.

*Returned to the White House.

Monday, April 14 – Rating: Really Good Day, Then Not at All

*Trump met with Nayib Bukele, the President of the Republic of El Salvador, asked him to build five more detention centers, and mused about deporting U.S. citizens convicted of violent crimes to El Salvador.

***** Trump’s comments sparked bipartisan outrage for suggesting deportation of U.S. citizens.

*Hosted the Ohio State University football players to the White House—the 2025 College Football NationalChampions.

***** Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador and visited with deported immigrant Ábrego García., drawing national attention.

Tuesday, April 15 – Rating: Good Day Gone Bad

*Trump had lunch with JD Vance / It should not be a surprise that in the evening, Vance published a tweet on X calling into question due process, suggesting that undocumented immigrants were not worthy of much due process, if any.

*Continued to micromanage by signing four more Executive Orders.

*Participated in a ceremony honoring Navy Midshipmen - the United States Naval Academy.

*****District Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ordered documentation and updates from the Trump administration regarding Ábrego García. She blasted the government lawyers for doing absolutely nothing and indicated that she is weighing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration.

*****Biden slammed the Trump administration in a speech in Chicago, his first since leaving the White House.

Wednesday, April 16 – Rating: A Less Than Great Day, Actually Bad

*Received intelligence briefing

*Signed one Executive Order

*Attended Easter Prayer Service and Dinner

*****U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in D.C. found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willfully disobeying his order to immediately halt deportations under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act and turn around any airborne planes.

Thursday, April 17 – Rating: A Good Day Became Very Terrible

*Met with Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of the Italian Republic

*Signed one Executive Order— his 130th of the term, along with 36 memoranda and 35 proclamations.

***** Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson of the U.S .Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit condemned the administration’s attempt to stash away U.S. residents in foreign prisons without due process, calling it an affront to American liberty.

Friday, April 18 – Rating: An Okay Day

Participated in swearing in Dr. Mehmet Oz as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Saturday, April 19 – Rating: A Really,Really Bad Day

***** At 1:00 am, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked Trump’s plan to deport people under the Alien Enemies Act.

*Went to Golf Course

***** “No Kings Day” brought protests to all 50 states—over 800 in total.

Sunday, April 20 – Rating: Boring, but Cathartic

*His Easter Sunday Screed.

*Easter Service at White House

*Went to Golf Course.

So that was Trump’s week. It started with golf and staged appearances but spiraled into legal setbacks, widespread protests, public rebukes, and judicial smackdowns. The official Presidential Message on Holy Week 2025, released on Palm Sunday, was appropriately reverent—clearly not authored by Trump.

The real Trump emerged on Easter Sunday. Furious at Senator Van Hollen, three federal judges, the Supreme Court, a resurrected Joe Biden, and a public that continues to protest his agenda, Trump lashed out. His screed—masquerading as a holiday greeting—was a venomous eruption of paranoia, sarcasm, grievance, and dehumanization.

What was meant to be a day of hope, forgiveness, and renewal was twisted into a platform for Trump’s darkest impulses. His Easter message was not only jarringly inconsistent with the spirit of the holiday—it was a case study in emotional instability, populist rage, and ideological extremism. Dripping with contempt, conspiracy, and authoritarian longing, the message made one thing clear: Trump had a terrible week, and the resistance got under his skin.

So, take heart, America. The pressureis working. KEEP IT UP. (Trump would love the all-caps.)

Day 91: days left to January 20, 2029:1,370 days

PS: Trump’s Easter Sunday Message

Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, the Mentally Insane, and well known MS-13 Gang Members and Wife Beaters, back into our Country.

Happy Easter also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges and Law Enforcement Officials who are allowing this sinister attack on our Nation to continue, an attack so violent that it will never be forgotten!

Sleepy Joe Biden purposefully allowed Millions of CRIMINALS to enter our Country, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Borders Policy that will go down in history as the single most calamitous act ever perpetrated upon America. He was, by far, our WORST and most Incompetent President, a man who had absolutely no idea what he was doing—But to him, and to the person that ran and manipulated the Auto Pen (perhaps our REAL President!), and to all of the people who CHEATED in the 2020 Presidential Election in order to get this highly destructive Moron Elected, I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter!!!

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