Donald Trump was in a reflective mood at the National Prayer Breakfast after his administration unleased chaos by beginning his mass deportation program, shutting down US AID, announced his plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza, and the GOP-controlled Congress confirmed the first batch of clowns, charlatans and crooks to his cabinet.

“To get gravitas, you have to be controversial and in many cases, a horrible human being,” the orange MAGA messiah mused at the Washington Hilton.

The dictionary definition of “gravitas” is “dignity seriousness or solemnity of manner.” Synonyms include dignity, bearing, comportment, mien, and presence.

Trump is the antitheses of a statesman who is blessed with gravitas, he has all the gravitas of cotton candy drenched in urine.

Trump is mistaking “notoriety” for “gravitas.” Trump has indeed achieved notoriety by being a horrible human being who persecutes his political enemies, demonizes marginalized groups like the LGBTQ community, especially trans people, and criminalizes migrants whose only crime is seeking a better life in America.

Trump’s sycophants are totally behind his crusade to get gravitas by being a horrible human being, their mantra is “let Trump be Trump”, which basically means “let Trump be a jerk.”

Trump’s speech at the prayer meeting was met with wild applause by the audience of MAGA evangelicals, but for the rest of us it was a portent that when Trump’s devolution is complete he will be a horrible human being that makes the antichrist look like a boy scout.