Who's Your Daddy? MAGA Wants Trump To Be America's Violent Father

In recent weeks, notable conservatives have revealed their perversions and damaged personalities as they refer to Trump as America's daddy who has returned to punish and correct a disobedient nation.

MAGA seems to have a very weird, twisted, and violent relationship with their dads. This most likely explains why they’ve turned to Donald Trump, a vindictive sexual abuser, as their surrogate father.

On Friday, Mel Gibson, who once referred to a female cop as “sugar tits,” went on Fox and praised Trump’s visit to California by saying, “It’s like daddy arrived and he’s taking his belt off.” Gibson’s own Malibu home was burned down in devastating fires which have left more than 100,000 people displaced. Trump’s response to this immense catastrophe has been to spread misinformation, contempt for Democrats, and an AI-generated image of the Hollywood sign replaced with “Trump was Right” surrounded by fire.

Gibson’s attraction to Trump makes sense considering his own father was an anti-semite, Holocaust denier, anti-Muslim bigot, and conspiracy theorist. Gibson himself has echoed some of these ugly beliefs, been accused of domestic abuse, and as evidenced by his movies, takes self-flagellation both literally and seriously. Like MAGA, he believes people - especially his critics - must truly suffer to be close to God…and Trump.

Tucker Carlson is another glutton for dispensing and receiving punishment. At an October rally for Trump, Carlson told the Georgia crowd that America was behaving like a “hormone-addled 15-year-old girl slamming the door and giving you the finger.” His solution was electing Trump. He imagined a second Trump presidency as the following:

“Dad comes home and he’s pissed. He’s not vengeful, he loves his children. Disobedient as they may be, he loves them, because they’re his children. … And when Dad gets home, you know what he says? You’ve been a bad girl. You’ve been a bad little girl and you’re getting a vigorous spanking right now. And no, it’s not going to hurt me more than it hurts you. No, it’s not. I’m not going to lie. It’s going to hurt you a lot more than it hurts me. And you earned this. You’re getting a vigorous spanking because you’ve been a bad girl, and it has to be this way.”

I don’t know about any of you, but I don’t want to get vigorously spanked by a “loving” Daddy, but again, to each their own. By all accounts, Carlson was raised in luxury after his father re-married an heiress of the Swanson frozen-food empire. His birth mother allegedly left their family to pursue a “bohemian lifestyle” according to Carlson. Maybe this is his way of projecting his unprocessed trauma and rage against his mother onto the rest of us.

Speaking of masochists, Rep. Byron Donalds enjoys both torture and humiliation. Donalds has expressed nostalgia for the Jim Crow era in which a Black man like him could be hung for simply being outside after sundown. Last Sunday on Fox, Donalds said, “Daddy’s back,” referring to Trump’s return to power. At least he isn’t a self-described “Black Nazi” who wants to own slaves like Mark Robinson who thankfully failed in his bid to become Governor of North Carolina after it was revealed he was really into trans porn. (Trump referred to him as “better than MLK.”)

Speaking of loving dads and husbands, Doug Emhoff was recently spotted grocery shopping with his wife Kamala Harris in California. This is what most normal, healthy couples do who enjoy spending time with each other. However, insecure men desperate to hide their weaknesses through a false performance of masculinity would find this normalcy to be a travesty. Fox host Jesse Waters asked, “What kind of husband goes grocery shopping with his wife?” after playing the clip of the couple shopping. His incredulity and disgust aren’t shocking considering he cheated on his wife with his producer and began the affair by letting the air out of her tires as an excuse to ask her for a ride. That’s totally normal, non-psychotic behavior, folks!

Now, I’m never one to kink shame, but as a father of three kids and a man who was lucky enough to have loving and supportive paternal figures in my life, I know the difference between healthy and unhealthy fathers. Why can’t Daddy just come home and hug his kids instead of violently spanking or belting them? Why not go outside to play catch or give them a loving push on the swing set? Why not take them out for ice cream or do some chores? How about sitting with them, asking them about their day, and reviewing their homework?

A Public Religion Research Institute study from the Fall revealed the strong connection between the role of patriarchy, attitudes on child-rearing, and religiosity that directly predict one’s support for both Trump and violent authoritarianism. We are all now hijacked by powerful men like Donald Trump, whose parental figures were mostly vindictive, cruel, or absent. They resent women they can’t control. They see humility and self-reflection as a weakness. Love and kindness have no place for “proud boys” who choose to cosplay as alpha men to hide their fragile egos and pathetic cowardice. Masculinity to them is a fist instead of a welcoming palm. It’s grabbing women by the pussy instead of going to the grocery store with them. It’s violently spanking their children instead of spending time getting to know them.

For the health of the country and the world, it’ll be up to loving dads to show these sad boys how to grow up and become real men.