| Trump touted himself as messiah, then looked to buy Greenland. It's the week in politics. |  |
| FROM WASHINGTON AND BEYOND | Friday, August 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | President Donald Trump promoted himself as "the King of Israel" and "Second Coming of God" this week, later calling himself "the chosen one " - all in the same day. He also floated the idea of maybe, possibly, potentially buying Greenland? All that happened, America. Let's review. | | The Trump messianic talk came from Wayne Allyn Root, a right-wing conspiracy theorist retweeted by the president on Wednesday: "Jewish people in Israel love him like he's the King of Israel. They love him like he's the second coming of God." That came just a day after Trump told reporters that Jewish people who vote for Democrats show "great disloyalty." It also came after Israel banned two Trump critics - Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib - at the president's request. Also on Wednesday, Trump insisted he's taking on China in a trade war because no other president did. "I am the chosen one," he said, looking up at the sky. There's video. | | Also this week: Trump wanted Greenland. "We're looking at it," Trump said Sunday of the world's largest island, described as a "vast tundra" with "immense glaciers" that's overseen by Denmark. The Danish Prime Minister called such talk " absurd." Trump then cancelled an upcoming trip to Denmark, calling the prime minister "nasty." That was after Trump published a fake photo of a Trump tower looming over the island: " I promise not to do this to Greenland!" said the president, who earlier claimed the island would benefit the U.S. "strategically." | 'No recession in sight,' Trump's team says. But just in case ... | | Yes, there are wild market swings. Yes, there's that trade war. But Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow said this week that there's " no recession in sight." Even so, the White House has been planning for one: Officials reportedly began looking at a temporary payroll tax to prevent a recession, the Washington Post and the New York Times reported earlier this week. Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. is "very far from a recession," but he admitted he'd pondered a payroll tax cut "for a long time." By the next day, the idea was abruptly out: " I'm not looking at a tax cut now," he told reporters. "We don't need it." |  | | Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on August 21, 2019. | | MANDEL NGAN, AFP/Getty Images | | This week in Trump | | |  | | U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pitches to his grandson Dylan before a softball game hosted by the Senator at the Field of Dreams on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, in Dyersville, Iowa. | | Kelsey Kremer, The Register-USA TODAY NETWORK v | | This week in 2020 Dems | | | | Thanks for reading, OnPolitics friends. Find your inner Greenland this week.. - Josh Hafner | | Not subscribed to OnPolitics yet? Click here. | | | | MOST SHARED USA TODAY ARTICLES | | | | | | | |
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