r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/Dry-Tough-3099 1d ago

Jesus taught us to put your faith in government? Must have missed that part.

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u/TigreWulph 1d ago

Uh yeah... kinda... Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” And they were amazed at him.

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u/davisboy121 Washington 23h ago

That….was absolutely not Jesus teaching people to put their faith in the government, it was a critique of Caesar. 

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u/TigreWulph 22h ago

It was his response when asked if it was legal to pay taxes to Ceasar, your interpretation is... interesting.