persecutor

Trump consistently frames his own murderous aggression as simple retaliation against being victimized by liberal persecutors.

Like any mob boss or cult leader, Trump plays the role of both protector and threatening persecutor.

He mistakenly feels that's what his voters see, as well, and so is perplexed when they don't flock to defend their orange-hued god from his supposed persecutors.

By stark contrast, his persecutors, led by King Herod and Pontius Pilate, wear severe white, floor-length robes and black coats.

Amalekites were persecutors of the biblical Israelites, and a biblical commandment says they must be destroyed.