Chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel in the Septuagint Bible tells how Daniel destroyed the Great Dragon of Babylon. This Dragon was adored by the Babylonians as a genuine living god. But Daniel obtained permission to try to “kill the dragon without sword or club,” and verse 26 reports: “Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and boiled them together: and he made lumps, and put them into the dragon’s mouth, and the dragon burst asunder. And he said: Behold him whom you worshipped.”

I wonder if we are going to see a similar end for America’s reptilian demi-god, Donald Trump. Maybe the current campaign is going to stuff into Trump’s mouth enough lumps of multi-racialism, optimism, respect for all, and generosity that he will be blown away along with those who promote his worship.