Donald Trump says he got a hole-in-one this past Saturday while playing golf and that he doesn’t like braggers about such things; yet he still bragged about it last night by issuing a written statement about it that was published. He described the shot as follows,””It took place at Trump International Golf Course Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on the 7th hole, which was playing 181-yards into a slight wind. I hit a 5-iron, which sailed magnificently into a rather strong wind, with approximately 5 feet of cut, whereupon it bounced twice and then went ‘clunk,’ into the hole.” Well, I won’t hold that against the guy. But he utters a lot more hubris than that.
Trump said he was playing golf with three PGA Tour pros, which included four-time major winner Ernie Els, and they were playing on the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Trump said they had a team match game in which he and Ernie teamed together. The Bragger Extraordinaire then divulged, “I won’t tell you won because I am a very modest individual, and you will then say I was bragging, and I don’t like people who brag.” Oh, then Trump doesn’t like himself. Or is this a case of Mr. Trump talking in the first person, but it’s the third person Trump who brags?
The back cover of my new book, Bible Predicts Trump Fall, begins, “This book is a collection of posts the author wrote on his Kermit Zarley Blog about Donald Trump’s presidency as it was happening.” I state in the preface, “I often said I believed Donald Trump is the most arrogant man I have ever seen.” One chapter in the book compares 27 public sayings made by Donald Trump about himself during 2016-2019 with ten sayings of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament as follows:
“There’s nobody bigger or better at the military than I am.”—June, 2015
“I know more about ISIS than the generals do. Believe me.”—November 12, 2015
“I know more about courts than any human being on earth.”—November, 2015
“I know more about contributions than anybody.”—November, 2015
“Who knows more about lawsuits than I do?”—January, 2016
“Nobody loves the Bible more than I do.”—February 23, 2016
“Nobody knows banking better than I do.”—February, 2016
“Nobody knows politicians better than Donald Trump.”—February, 2016
“Nobody knows more about trade than me.”—March, 2016
“Nobody knows more about the U.S. Government system than me.”—April, 2016
“I know more about renewables than any human being on earth.”—April 13, 2016
“Nobody has more respect for women than Donald Trump.”—March 26, 2016
“I think nobody knows more about taxes than I do.”—May, 2016
“Nobody knows more about debt. I’m the king of debt. I love debt.”—May, 2016
“I understand money better than anybody.”— June, 2016
“Nobody knows debt better than me.”—June, 2016
“Nobody knows the [visa] system better than me, . . . I alone can fix it.”—July 21, 2016
“I understand the tax laws better than almost anyone, . . . [I] can truly fix them.”—October 3, 2016
“Nobody has more respect for women than I do.”—October 9, 19, 2016, debates w/ H. Clinton
“I am very highly educated. I know words. I have the best words.”— April, 2017
“Nobody knows more about construction than I do.”—May, 2018
“Nobody knows more about technology than me.”—December, 2018
“I know more about drones than anybody. I know about every form of safety.”—January, 2019
“I am the chosen one,” said outside the White House looking up.—August 21, 2019
“I know windmills very much. I’ve studied it better than anybody.”—December 23, 2019
Ten Sayings of Jesus in Matthew
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (5.3).
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (5.4).
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” (5.5).
“But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first” (19.30).
“So the last will be first, and the first will be last” (20.16).
“Whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant” (20.26).
“The greatest among you will be your servant” (23.11).
“All who exalt themselves will be humbled” (23.12).
“And all who humble themselves will be exalted” (23.12.
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