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Instead, the feeble man behind the curtain is really just a sad, bent, braggart who spends most of his time redecorating the White House and fantasizing that he’s been anointed king of the world.

He anointed Freddie Freeman as his favorite player even though “he’s ruined Brewers history many times.”

Johnson had presumably been anointed by the man upstairs to be an American Moses — and to lead us to the Promised Land.

That image has endured through the TikTok era, as young fans anointed her as the ultimate “Coastal Grandmother.”

Also helpful would have been more context to explain “It,” as the word has been used since the Jazz Age to anoint certain young women who have mysterious but undeniable charisma.