Referring to Trump as “Daddy” has become quite the thing among conservatives. Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) have both done so. Right-wing internet personality Charlie Kirk called him “dad.”

Former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson has likened Trump to an angry dad going to give “a bad girl” a “vigorous spanking” and actor Mel Gibson said Trump’s return to office is “like daddy arrived and he’s taking his belt off.”

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      23 hours ago

      Well Oedipus pokes his eyes out with needles, his mom hangs herself, and his father is famously murdered by his son. I don’t know who is supposed to be who in this analogy but it seems promising.

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        19 hours ago

        Trump as Oedipus, immigrants as his father, and the abstract concept of freedom as his mother.

        Immigrants and freedom made Trump possible, and managed to avoid him for a bit. Then he comes back, kills immigrants and fucks freedom, at which point, lady liberty kills herself.

        Where is Ben Garrison when you need him.