Donald Trump’s Golden Statue: Critics’ Biblical Comparisons Explained

 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-golden-statue-biblical-comparisons-explained-11940790

A 22-foot golden statue of President Donald Trump is riling some observers who claim the "golden calf" clearly represents idol worship expressly forbidden in the Ten Commandments, religious scholars told Newsweek.

The bronze effigy covered in gold leaf, dubbed "Don Colossus," depicts Trump, 79, with a raised fist similar to the gesture he made following the July 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Pastor Mark Burns, an evangelical minister and spiritual adviser to the president, led last week's unveiling ceremony at Trump National Doral Miami and insisted the likeness represented "gratitude, honor and remembrance" rather than deification.

"Evangelical Christian leaders literally gathering around a gold statue of the president and celebrating it, all while raging against any accusation of idolatry," Cremer posted Friday on X. "This is what idol worship looks like."