Look: Donald Trump boasts that the only person more famous than him is Jesus Christ

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has boasted that the only person more famous than him is Jesus Christ.

At his rally in North Carolina on Thursday afternoon, Trump opened up with fans about a conversation he had previously had.

Pointing to the sky, he said “sometimes we need help from the boss” before discussing who was more famous.

“Someone told me the other day ‘You are the most famous person in the world by far.’

“I said ‘No, I’m not.’ He said ‘Yes, you are’, I said ‘No, I’m not’. He said ‘Who is more famous?’ I said ‘Jesus Christ.’

The crowd then erupted into a chorus of cheers and applause for Trump’s comments, adding, “I won’t take a chance. I have no argument. Let me look up and I’ll say it’s not even close.”

At Thursday’s rally, Trump also repeatedly called his rival Joe Biden “corrupt” and claimed that the Democratic presidential candidate was in the pocket of the Chinese government.

The president spent much of the rally downplaying the severity of the virus that has killed more than 217,000 Americans, after largely recovering.

“It’s going to go away. It’s going to end,” he said of the pandemic, just as it did last winter, even as cases have continued to rise across the country in recent weeks.

And he mentioned that his own son, Barron, “recovered so quickly” from the virus to bolster his argument for why schools can and should reopen completely.

“We have learned about this disease. You have to open your businesses, open your schools, get it going,” he said.

Trump also took his most outspoken blow yet against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, with whom Trump has publicly disagreed on the coronavirus. He said Fauci is a good guy, “so I keep him close.” But he also described Fauci, who has served in administrations of both parties, as a Democrat.

“Everybody knows it. He’s a friend of Cuomo,” Trump said, referring to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The president’s appearance in North Carolina underscores the challenge he faces in the final weeks of the election, as multiple polls have shown Trump following Biden nationally and in many swing states. Trump has spent much of the week on defense, campaigning in states he won in 2016, such as North Carolina and Iowa, where he campaigned on Wednesday.

But despite the polls, Trump predicted a “big, beautiful red wave” on election night, before referring to another of his main challenges: a cash disadvantage for Biden’s campaign, which just announced the grossing a record $ 383 million in September.

“I don’t want to say it too loud, because they have all this money, they will spend the money like crazy,” Trump said, after predicting a Republican wave.