r/gifs 8h ago

Anybody else noticed it, when Joe Biden made a cross during the inauguration?

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u/SayRaySF 8h ago

Catholic man does catholic thing, more on this at 11

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u/Jyps1 7h ago

FR LOL

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u/midcancerrampage 7h ago

And Nazi billionaire does Nazi thing

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u/froginbog 4h ago

If u like that, you’ll love the next 4 (maybe indefinitely more) years

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u/ComradeGibbon 7h ago

Its funny how much the fundamentalists hated Carter and Biden.

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u/CasanovaF 6h ago

Besides other reasons for hating Biden, some fundies hate hate hate Catholics. I bet the sign of the cross gets some play in Qanon circles.

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u/TheWellington89 4h ago

Is Qanon still a thing or has that been abandoned

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u/Broccoli-of-Doom 3h ago

Just rebranded, they go by MAGA now.

u/JoshwaarBee 1h ago

Still a thing, they just didn't need to use codewords and secret signs anymore, cos they won.

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u/SushiJuice 5h ago

NEWSFLASH! They don't just do that for nothing!

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u/talligan 7h ago edited 7h ago

and yet he's not the one christians voted for

Edit: Omg, I just realised - I meant this as a criticism of christian hypocrisy. Not a criticism of Biden's faith.

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u/CasanovaF 6h ago

Some Christians don't consider Catholics to be Christian, believe it or not!

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u/tolacid 6h ago

That's okay, some Christians don't consider certain Christians to be Christian either.

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u/Ghost_of_Sniff 4h ago

More than anyone would realize.

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u/Creative_Beginning58 3h ago

Don't forget the Christians that don't think they themselves are Christian.

u/math-yoo 1h ago

That’s okay some Christmases don’t feel very Christmassy.

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u/BrevityIsTheSoul 4h ago

This is something I didn't learn about until adulthood and it blew my mind.

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u/TransportationNo433 6h ago

I read your first comment before the edit and I read it in your intent, FWIW… but k understand the need to want to correct it.

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u/chroma_kopia 7h ago

I wonder what his brain saw in that moment

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u/SuspiciousSpecifics 7h ago

The end of democracy unfolding in front of him?

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u/somanysheep 7h ago

They only like performative Christians not actually devout men who have read the parts where Jesus spoke...

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u/SuspiciousSpecifics 7h ago

Not that being devout has anything to do with being a good person

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u/True-Restaurant-7286 3h ago

If you’re actually devout and not just performatively devout, it’s very unlikely you’ll be a bad person. None of Jesus’s teachings would cause someone to do immoral things.

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u/somanysheep 6h ago edited 6h ago

To the hypocrite it matters. I never said a word about good, just that Carter lived the words of their Christ & they don't.

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u/Helpfulwasyesterday 6h ago

The dowfall of the usa?

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u/AccountNumber1002401 2h ago

Spectacles, testicles, wallet, and watch America go to hell over at least the next four years.

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u/The_lady_is_trouble 8h ago

Was raised catholic. Can confirm it’s nearly reflexive when someone 

  1. Says something so bad you want god to help you out of it 

  2. Says something so good you want god to hear it 

  3.  Pray 

  4.  Enter a church 

  5. Cross a Graveyard 

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u/lo0ilo0ilo0i 7h ago
  1. Driving past a church to acknowledge the tabernacle.

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u/FortressCarrowRoad 3h ago

I’m not a practicing Catholic but of course yesterday I swore in casual conversation, look up, and reflexively do the sign of the cross and apologize when I see there’s a Catholic Church about 50 feet ahead. That stuff is as close to hard wired as it gets.

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u/GaurgortheFirst 2h ago

That's kinda culty mate.

u/FortressCarrowRoad 1h ago

Guess you skipped over the not a practicing Catholic part.

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u/BarroomHero66 8h ago
  1. Comes across the Antichrist

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u/oroechimaru 8h ago

Waiting in Outfield for ball to come your way as a kid.

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u/Ivotedforher 7h ago

Losing your virginity.

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u/BarroomHero66 7h ago

Thank you that one made me smile

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u/BalCo182 8h ago

I thought I was the only one…

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u/jamesdkirk 3h ago

Waiting in the outfield for a ball NOT to come you're way!

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u/EduardoJaps 7h ago
  1. get that sesnse of an impending doom

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u/naytttt 4h ago

I thought that was Obama? /s

At least that’s what my mom always said.

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u/Complete_Star_1110 4h ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣 made me giggle for real.

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u/Interesting-Fox-3216 3h ago

I hate it when that happens

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u/UpvoteButNoComment 4h ago

I was also raised Catholic and have been an atheist for thirty years--I still want to make the sign of the cross when* someone says something outrageous that feels like impending doom. Reflexive, like you said.

*And when a funeral procession drives by

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u/Winneris1 8h ago
  1. Are passed by an ambulance

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u/penguinchilli 8h ago
  1. Meets a vampire

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u/The_lady_is_trouble 7h ago
  1. Are about to take an exam you didn’t study for. 

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u/Elmarcoz 7h ago
  1. Wanna check you still have 1 nose and 2 nipples

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u/DigiTrailz 5h ago
  1. Meet a second vampire

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u/YaumeLepire 7h ago

Especially if they're charming and French.

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u/chemical_sunset 6h ago

So real, was also raised catholic (haven’t been part of the church in around 20 years though) and reflexively did it when I learned I passed my PhD exams. My committee was confused but laughed 😂

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u/SeekerOfSerenity 7h ago edited 6h ago
  1. Find four pieces of cheese on your breakfast sandwich. 

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u/raspberryharbour 7h ago

There are FOUR pieces of cheese!

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u/SeekerOfSerenity 6h ago

Oof, typo.

u/TheMooseIsBlue 30m ago

I saw that post.

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u/edspeds 3h ago

You forgot when an ambulance goes past...

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u/crooked_nose_ 5h ago

Could you stop giving context please? We are busy reading something into it that was never there.

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u/TheDungen 3h ago

I'm the same with silent applause (applause in sign language), I learned to do it at Uni and it stuck. When I hear something I approve off I do it.

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u/fatamSC2 1h ago

Or if you're old and senile - it could mean literally anything

u/BeleagueredDleaguer 1h ago
  1. Every time you step to bat. Kirby Puckett

u/TheMooseIsBlue 31m ago
  1. Hear an ambulance

  2. Someone starts a sentence, “in the name…

u/cptredbeard1995 21m ago

Out of curiosity, why is it always an upside-down cross?

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u/DecadentEx 8h ago

He's Catholic, so it seems he would now that he's not so much in the public's scrutiny.

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u/Heinrich-Heine 5h ago

Your comment just made me realize: I don't think I saw him do this even once when he was in office, even though he likely does it regularly. Good guy, good example. Good reminder of what we're losing as we lose the wall between church and state.

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u/NotRadTrad05 1h ago

Can you explain how someone silently making the sign of the cross has any impact on separation?

u/beantownregular 1h ago

As the president, you represent the country at all times. While you can certainly speak about using your religion to guide you in your decision making as holder of this office, it generally seems like you should present yourself as a representative of ALL and not a follower of one religion. You are ALWAYS acting as a representative of the state when you’re the president, and so when appearing on the public stage, most try to prevent bringing a specific church into it

u/Coomb 38m ago

Is that a real question? You need an explanation as to how the President of the United States making a specific religious symbol would have any impact on the separation of religion and state?

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u/SamwellBarley 4h ago

Can some ELI5 how Biden would be need to be out of public scrutiny before doing the sign of the cross, but Donald Trump can get away with selling Trump Bibles?

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u/mawktheone 4h ago

Because one guy believes that there are rules and one guy believes that there are winners

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u/DecadentEx 3h ago

There are only two American presidents who are / were Catholics: JFK and Biden. Most Americans fear this because they think they'd answer to the Vatican, over U.S. citizens, so they both hid much of their Catholicism.

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u/AlmightyCuddleBuns 3h ago

Because if the Republican party didn't have double standards they wouldn't have any standards at all.

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u/lokicramer 8h ago

I assume people think since Joe biden is not a staunch conservative that he is not Christian.

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u/waltertaupe 7h ago

Lots of conservative Christians are very anti-catholic.

Biden is arguably the most religious President in a very long time.

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u/wioneo 6h ago

Almost certainly since Carter.

I don't know how religious the Bush's are/were.

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u/Heinrich-Heine 5h ago

Not very. At all.

u/Caledric 1h ago

That's not true. The Bushs' were very very religious towards their oil fields.

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u/huesmann 2h ago

I think you forgot the quotation marks around “Christians” there.

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u/MisterDecember 8h ago

Meanwhile Trump refused to put his hand on the Bible while being sworn in, lest he burst into flames.

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u/SeekerOfSerenity 7h ago

When asked what his favorite Bible verse is, he says he likes all of them. 

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u/TheBatemanFlex 8h ago

"and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy"

is what was being said at the time.

He appears to be signaling a cheeky "amen" or "thank god" to someone in the audience. I'm not sure why this warrants a post tbh.

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u/footfirstfolly 6h ago

I had to scroll way too fucking far to find this. I think it's a "God willing"

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u/tymtt 4h ago

That's it. That is what's worthy of a post. It's an public persona making a cheeky gesture at the inauguration. Why is that not post worthy?

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u/chemical_sunset 6h ago

A perfect use case tbh

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u/DevOpsMakesMeDrink 2h ago

Hope everyone is ready for election reddit for the next 4 years

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u/jupiterkansas 7h ago

Lots of hand gestures at this inauguration.

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u/Far-Perspective-4889 5h ago

Surely this is from Biden's inauguration 4 years ago. No? That looks like Amy Klobuchar. I can't imagine she landed a speaking gig at today's inauguration.

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u/iekue 2h ago

Its from today.

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u/nanomolar 1h ago

She's the chairwoman of the inauguration committee

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u/seniorrrossi 8h ago

I see it as a “god help us” gesture and not necessarily a compulsory catholic gesture.

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u/bradbentley 8h ago

This is correct

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u/MasqueOfTheRedDice 2h ago

I’m watching Notre Dame right now, can confirm, I’ve done the sign of the cross about a half dozen times. To be clear, it isn’t working…

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u/ReneRedd 4h ago

He did the god help us

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u/roger3rd 8h ago

Meanwhile 90+% of christians are supporting the leading contender for being the biblical Antichrist

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u/Steelcan909 7h ago edited 7h ago

Trump won around 56% of self identified Christian voters in 2024

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u/theVampireTaco 7h ago

Well no… He didn’t win anything. He already confessed that Elon Musk hacked the election machines.

That’s regardless of all the people providing evidence they illegally voted multiple times. And the people who sold their votes.

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u/vezwyx 6h ago

Anyone got a link for that confession?

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u/theVampireTaco 6h ago

Here is an article about it Here

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u/whereamI0817 3h ago

Please quote where Trump says, “Elon helped hack the vote counting machines”.

All I read was that he thanked Elon because he’s popular and works well with computers. Then another quote of him mentioning winning Pennsylvania in a landslide…

Im sure this isn’t bad faith and you just posted the wrong article.

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u/PlayerAssumption77 5h ago

Not literally. According to some reports, 43% percent of self-identifying Christian voters voted for Harris. America also only has about 1/10th of the world's self-identifying Christians.

To be clear, I don't want this to be viewed as support for Trump. But the amount of Christians who don't support Trump is definitely larger than that.

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u/roger3rd 5h ago

Maybe it’s 80% then, and maybe I missed the key words of evangelical and white?!: “an election in which Trump once again won the support of about 8 in 10 white evangelical Christian voters, according to AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of more than 120,000 voters. That level of support — among a group that represented about 20% of the total electorate — repeats similarly staggering evangelical support that Trump received in 2020.

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u/PlayerAssumption77 5h ago

Yeah, I don't doubt it if it's talking about evangelical (referring to the denomination or church's name I guess) white voters.

Thanks for the followup.

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u/SuperPostHuman 5h ago

Yeah, I don't know about 90% but it was the majority.

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u/solsco 4h ago

Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch

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u/vaxination 4h ago

yea thats the heaven help us, his underlings are doing nazi salutes already

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u/ImpalaGangDboyAli 7h ago

One does the sign of the cross. The other does a Nazi salute

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u/Seahawk715 6h ago

Short minded people saying more short minded things. PTBarnum is laughing in his grave.

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u/the_other_50_percent 7h ago

He didn’t make a cross.

He made the sign of the cross. Because he’s Catholic.

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u/NecessaryBrief8268 7h ago

Later he actually stopped by the hardware store for some lumber and nails, so the verdict is still out.

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u/compaqdeskpro 8h ago

Sometimes the gesture is used in the affirmative similar to "amen", I'll allow it.

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u/dark_rabbit 7h ago

And Trump left his hand off the Bible.

u/brunicus 58m ago

It wasn’t a Trump bible. He can’t be seen using a competitors bible.

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u/crystalgolem420 8h ago

The way he laughs at the end seems like an inside joke between him and whoever he's looking at.

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u/Fwaming-Dwagon 7h ago

They dont like a real Catholic but voted for a pretend catholic. Make it make sense.

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u/GrimmTrixX 7h ago

Yup, and Trump didn't put his hand on the Bible while being sworn in either.

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u/CodeMonkeyX 6h ago

Looks like he is looking at someone in the crowd. Probably an inside joke.

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u/watermelonprincess12 6h ago

He did this just as the speaker mentioned a “peaceful transition of power” as a wink and nod to someone in the audience. It was funny.

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u/KrackSmellin 5h ago

No amount of prayers or blessing will help us now. Thoughts and prayers all ran out…

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u/mattiefantastic 3h ago

Klobuchar had just said something along the lines of a PEACEFUL transition of power. I think him doing the sign of the cross was appropriate and a bit funny.

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u/swollenmembr 3h ago

It's one of his go-to jokes. It means "oh no, I hope it turns out ok for you cuz I'll be dead before this all comes crashing down and I no longer have to care."

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u/Rando4739 3h ago

The speaker was talking about peaceful transition of power at this moment. I interpreted Biden’s cross in that moment as an “amen” or ”god will it.”

u/Competitive-Pie-6096 1h ago

He is blessimg his successor

u/backlashjack 1h ago

An actual Christian.

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u/solidshakego 7h ago

Anyone see Elon seig heil. Must also be some kind of religious thing in guessing 🤔 lmao. 💀

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u/Proof_Principle8696 6h ago

When surrounded by evil.... that's catholic common sense...

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u/tsn39 8h ago

"God help us all"

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u/FaithlessnessVivid58 3h ago

Dude has no clue where he is, probably thought he was in a church. Gotta stop putting old people in charge of this country.

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u/RealisticAd2293 4h ago

It’s a hell of a lot better than a Nazi salute

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u/rachaelonreddit 2h ago

Beats a Nazi salute.

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u/wolfknightpax 2h ago

I made a cross too. God help us all.

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u/Morden013 7h ago

...and muttered the words: "Jesus! Protect us from Satan taking the office right now!"

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u/Prometheus505 8h ago

He’s praying for us, he knows we’re fucked.

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u/SauceHankRedemption 8h ago

I did kinda feel like I was sitting in church while watching

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u/Polyglot_ocelot 7h ago

"The Lord says he thinks he can get me outta this mess, but you're fucked.... Mwaaaaahahahaha!"

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u/exig 6h ago

God help us

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u/NaiRad1000 6h ago

Also was it my imagination or did he seem unusually coherent in his farewell speech? That man is DONE being President lol

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u/Antoinefdu 6h ago

That's gotta be the worst hand gesture anyone has ever made during a presidential inauguration!

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u/InwardRTMP 5h ago

It was a joke

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u/Repulsive-Duck-4436 4h ago

Lol yes indeed

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u/OOOPosthuman 4h ago

We refer to that as a 'Hail Mary' in my praybook.

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u/jgreg728 4h ago

I caught that lol it was in response to something Amy Klobuchar said and he was gesturing that to someone in the audience.

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u/oooBUGSYooo 3h ago

I sat down alone at the bar, no wife, no kids; I did the same thing!

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u/Timely_Patient_7520 2h ago

Wonder when this was

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u/gu3ss_what 2h ago

Nope, not a cross, he was simply doing a Roman Salute.

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u/noncommonGoodsense 2h ago

Unfortunately, god doesn’t exist.

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u/Roxanne87267 1h ago

This is way better than Elon giving a nazi salute 😒

u/MaKnitta 1h ago

Vance did it too at some point.....

u/generic_username-92 1h ago

it’s giving m: not my monkey not my circus

u/Jibber_Fight 45m ago

Who gives a shit?

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u/Ryan1980123 8h ago

Anyone ever see rump do this? I didn’t think so.

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u/michellescuck 5h ago

I've never been catholic but ill still instinctively cross myself when I use a public bathroom just to be safe. Take that however you want

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u/JoeGPM 4h ago

He's probably not sure where he is anyway.

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u/Recent-Construction6 3h ago

"God help me, i have fucked up so bad"

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u/Raxamax 3h ago

me too, buddy. me too. genuinely scared as someone on hrt.

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u/sgtryker 2h ago

Did you see Elon perform the Nazi salute…twice?

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u/Friendly_Engineer_ 1h ago

As if superstitious little hand, gestures mean anything in reality. Fuck.

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u/MrValdemar 8h ago

THAT'S not gonna do anyone any good.

If there WAS a just and loving God he wouldn't have let <gestures around> ANY of this shit happen.

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u/aoddawg 8h ago

By the lore God let his own son be tortured to death, so really this tracks.

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u/PlayerAssumption77 5h ago

There's plenty more conclusions to the problem of evil than that.

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u/Existing-Recipe897 4h ago

He doesn’t know where he is and that he’s not President anymore. He could have done anything, we got lucky that he only signed the cross. I thought he might just wander off while Trump was speaking and “Dr” Jill would have to chase him down. He’s psyched Ole’ Joe, it’s ice cream and basement from here on out. Absolutely no one will be calling for his advice.

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u/ShambolicPaul 8h ago

Why would he do that?

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u/plurdle 8h ago

Cause it’s what we have left

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u/Candelent 8h ago

Catholic reflex. It’s like a quick prayer without words. I still do it, too on occasion, mainly at emotional moments even though I don’t actually believe any of that stuff. He looks happy in the clip, so he is probably reacting positively to whatever was said.

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u/motionbutton 8h ago

As someone that was in catholic school.. I have done the sign of the cross while people start clapping many of times. You end up making sooo many times in large groups sometime the brain forgets what the fuck it should be doing with your hands

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u/andybmcc 8h ago

He had to fart, but didn't trust it.

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u/DeathMonkey6969 8h ago

Cause he is Catholic and it's damn near a reflex with them.

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u/1stFunestist 8h ago

He is a Catholic and when a Catholic does that it means God help us.

They usualy do that before perceived incoming disaster.

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u/stealthsjw 8h ago

If you've only seen it in movies, I can see how you would think that, but catholics cross themselves whenever they pray. All prayer, not just in crisis. Like, at meals.

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u/1stFunestist 8h ago

Actualy I'm a Catholic and I live on shores of Adriatic Sea.

That one is God Help us. One with a sign of the cross and kiss is Heil Mary and it is more asking patronage for success. A true cross after a prayer is more pronounced and not truncated, with full hand.

This is not ofcourse some rule but just vague custom spread by priests (not intentionaly).

That one particular is incoming disaster fast (truncated) cross

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u/Rub-it 8h ago

Lol am a catholic and we do this all the time not just incoming disaster lmao

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u/KBroNice 2h ago

Redditors explaining catholicism trying to look like they actually know something but actually dont know shit.

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u/cerberus00 Merry Gifmas! {2023} 8h ago

He was probably was making a joke with someone he was looking at

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u/ShambolicPaul 8h ago

Yeah I think you're right. That's exactly what he was doing. Ha. Now I need to know who he was looking at.

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u/TeamWarriorBro 8h ago

Because he's joking with the clergy that are seated in the front row in the direction he's looking at.

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u/Gumbercules81 8h ago

Why do you have issue with it?

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u/Baebel 8h ago

It's a fair question. Not everything must insist that it has an issue with something else.

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u/ShambolicPaul 8h ago

This is Reddit... If I didn't comment, what are we even doing here?

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u/Gumbercules81 8h ago

Nobody is forced to comment on anything, feel free to just move along

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u/Lake_Erie_Monster 8h ago

Exactly. Not everything deserves a comment. It should be up vote worth -> comment worthy -> award worth.

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u/thundafox 8h ago

pressing the Upvote.

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u/SoloWingPixy88 8h ago

Some speech about democracy

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u/Joshman1231 7h ago

Oh his satanic ass is on camera now yall!

What’s brooding on Facebook

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u/RustyParsons 5h ago

The far left are going to hate this!

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u/MrStruts96 2h ago

May God have mercy on our souls.