Since early 2015 when Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president of the United States of America, he has been mocked and highlighted in the media as a financial mogul who trying to spread propaganda for the Trump named-brand. His name became famous all over the world, and infamously so, after his own idiotic and narrow-minded views on important topics. However, he developed a following, disciples. The title of this article, “CRUZ-IFIED”, published in the New York Post on February 2, 2016 compared Trump’s defeat in Des Moines, Iowa to Jesus’s crucifixion due to the overwhelming, and utterly surprising, defeat in the caucuses. Jesus was once a popular man among the people, had disciples; he restored faith and healed broken-hearted and rallies all over the land of Jerusalem to preach the message of God. He was later challenged by The King of the Roman Empire and sentenced to a public crucifix. Much like Mr. Trump who campaigned and rallies the people who needed change. Trump lost a major caucus to Ted Cruz; henceforth, being “CRUZ-IFIED”.
http://www.businessinsider.com/daily-news-ny-post-donald-trump-iowa-2016-2
I really like the tile of the article you found and the metaphor used is totally relatable to the campaign experience when opponents are judged heavily by the public, as well as each other. It shows the importance of the campaign by comparing to Jesus Christ, a figure many people believe in. Donald Trump being cruz-ified shows a major defeat that he dealt with despite his following for presidency and just as jesus lost people who had no faith, Donald Trump lost followers to his opponent.
I thought your analysis was very interesting. The word “crucified,” because of it’s role in Jesus’ death, has taken on a connotation beyond just the literal meaning of the word. When people think of crucifixion, they think of Jesus’s death. Therefore, the idea of being crucified arouses thoughts not only of death but also of greatness before death. In this analogy, Donald Trump had achieved “greatness” (being the frontrunner) and had then suffered a metaphorical “death” in Iowa. Hence the word crucifixion is used, to bring to mind not only his death but also his former greatness
I am unsure what to make of this article, is it more of a play on words than a metaphor or is it just a bad metaphor. The way you described this article gave more justice to the article than the article itself. The way a race like this works is that if you lose one state or a few, it is more like chopping off fingers and toes. One state, especially the first, should never be compared to a crucifixion where you are, per say, down and out. Even more so we see evidence of this due to last nights New Hampshire primary.
Nevertheless great analysis of the comparison.