VOTED FOR HIM.....CELEBRATED.....NEVER AGAIN
President Trump denounced Edward Snowden 45 times through his tweets....even calling for his execution as a spy....calling for his execution! Today Donald Trump is playing his game again....saying that he's "heard people saying" that maybe Snowden should be allowed to return to the US without prosecution....and he might be open to it. Folks....you have to know Trump to see what's happening. There is something in this for him! This is not about Snowden....it is about the potential of total power mixed with absolute deceit. I've spent almost three and a half years reading about Donald Trump....every decade of his life....and every pursuit he's been involved in....over seventy books....and the saddest part of all is that evangelicals have been totally taken in by him. He is the consummate professional con man....a virtuoso liar....and a prolific destroyer.
It's reported that the President...."rushed to the bedside"....of his brother who is seriously ill. Read Mary Trump's book Too Much....And Never Enough.....or read any of the other hundred plus books out there describing Donald Trump....and see if this sounds like the same Donald Trump. Oh I forgot again....we choose blissful ignorance on him over Biblical vigilance. My wife today received a thank-you note from a dear Christian woman. This dear woman doesn't know that I write these posts....and towards the end of the note she wrote...."Let's hope that Donald Trump wins reelection in the fall. Let's not stop praying for him." I have written whole posts of prayers for him in the past but my prayers today are primarily that God might open our eyes to him....and give wisdom to those in the administration who will have to deal with his impetuous sadistic revenge....this man "Who love[s] gain from wrongdoing." (Revelation 2:14 and 2 Peter 2:15)
Senators McSally and Blackburn are demanding China pay back over a trillion dollars owed the United states before China became Red China...."We are holding China accountable for their debt and for unleashing the coronavirus on the world. We demand China pay back the $1.6 trillion it owes to American families." Both of these senators were given this assignment from some Trump official or other....for these words are typical Trump bravado. US and Chinese negotiators are set shortly to talk....this is Trump's way of threatening to intimidate....but he's not dealing with a rattled defendant here....or a timid congressman....or a beleaguered cabinet member...or a confused ally. Trump's war with China is coming....we'll see what these two senators say then....not that he is actually planning a war.....but that his mind cannot go even one move ahead on a chess board.
The goal before Donald Trump was to first and foremost avoid world war....but that has changed....well before the coronavirus hit. The President bragged that we were the richest that we ever have been. It was wonderful as we were the envy of the whole world. It wasn't the theft of intellectual property....or human rights....(as Trump made a lot of money in the past dealing with Russian new money by selling them his properties....no questions asked....giving them a way to stow their cash)....that made Trump mad at China....it was the trade imbalance....for there was even more riches to add to the richest we have ever been. The result of the tariff war had at first been the resumption of the cold war. War hawks are everywhere now....pounding their chests....sucked in by Trump's risky attempt to take his glory to even new heights....as we are pushing the communists backs against the wall....seemingly now ignorant that there is such a thing as world war. This is just one reason of many that evangelicals should reassess why they haven't long ago demanded a different Republican nominee....but Franklin Graham and others continue to believe that Donald Trump is a good man....just trying to protect our religious liberties....when they are not only ignorant of who he is....but would rather chew glass before read anything even remotely not worshipful of him.
Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton are all smiles as they talk about turning the screws on China. With what is at stake here....millions of lives in war....you would at least think that they would maintain a more serious demeanor.
Jalapenoburger.....So Israel had for quite some time been threatening to annex parts of the West Bank. Then yesterday it was announced that they made a deal with the United Arab Emirates. Israel would...."suspend"....its decision of annexation....and in return the UAE would establish diplomatic relations. Israel doesn't say that they will never annex....but just not now? Netanyahu is politically in trouble....so this helps him....supposedly....and Trump....well we know what Trump is in....and this is supposed to help him. Peace....don't you know....someone is even talking Nobel once again. It will fire up Israel's enemies....which is never good. Everyone seems to feel that they have to celebrate this....and if the real goal here....and who crafted this goal.....weren't so obvious.....it might have been something to consider progress. It's not a Nothingburger....it's a Jalapenoburger....where you don't know that the jalapenos are there. I don't know if it applies here but I have warned....in these posts....Israel never to put any of their national security decision-making in the hands of Donald Trump....for he can claim to be a best friend one day....and stab you in the back the next.....if a better deal comes along.
HEADS-UP FOR EVANGELICALS....here's another book to avoid as 'fake news'....Bob Woodward's RAGE is due to be released on September 15th.
Donald Trump's foreign policy has no ideological ties....and involves no relying upon policy or even developing one. Therefore there is no real difference in dealings between say....South Korea and Turkey. So under these....transactional arrangements....there is no foundation....and all the work...and all the brain power....over decades....is thrown away....because one man....(who essentially reads nothing but recommends many "great" books)....thinks he is smarter than everyone else. Allies have no idea what the American president might do in any situation....and thus the whole alliance is weakened. Cabinet members have no idea what a day might bring....neither does the military. We are tearing down a foundation that has avoided world war.
I don't know a whole lot about Dr. Anthony Fauci....other than he seems to be an honest man with one goal....to lessen the suffering and death from the pandemic as much as possible....but President Trump has fought him the whole way....for one reason....to keep the economy up....and this for one reason....so that it wouldn't hurt his chances for reelection. Yes....the President did this or he did that.....eventually.....because he had to....but he became impatient and started sniping away...until now Fauci is outright being attacked by President Trump's commissioned attackers. It did not have to be this way. The chaos did not have to reach the level that it did. The acrimony in the general public certainly did not have grow to the proportions that it has....and the mortality figures would have been much higher if the President had his way from the beginning.....but all of this has not stopped the President from bragging....incredibly as it even sounds....about what a great job he had done.
We....what's left of us conservatives....have two weeks to pressure Senators....to pressure Pressure Trump to drop out of the 2020 race. Impossible you say? Laughable? Maybe...but four more years of Donald Trump in the Oval Office is enough for us to try right up to the last minute. If he would leave on good terms....(good terms meaning the promise of pardons and a huge going away party)....and give his blessing to whoever the nominee might be....that nominee would defeat Biden....but if the President is forced to resign during the campaign....(and with Donald Trump that possibility always exists because of who he is)....then Biden's....and the Democrat's victory in the Congress....would be a sure thing.
BEWARE....of sudden teachings that come up....of any great awakening....for the only great awakening in this respect is that concerning the Second Coming of Jesus Christ....as the whole world will then see what has been truth the whole time....and there is enough on this in the Bible to keep any Christian in constant vigilance....and part of that vigilance concerns being aware of great delusion as that time of Christ's return nears....such delusion that if it were possible.....even the elect would be led astray....for false conspiracies....and false prophets....and false miracles will abound. Jesus told us...."See, I have told you beforehand." Matthew 24:25
President Trump has picked another doctor to be involved in the pandemic response....one whose views are similar to his. Here's the problem with this. Dr. Scott Atlas is an expert in diagnostic radiology....with additional expertise in how the government and private sectors effect each other in areas such as healthcare....but not in infectious diseases. The President said that he is...."a very famous man." This is typical in how Donald Trump chooses people....this and glamorous women. Consider this....in the past it was conservatives who criticized liberals in education for emphasizing the self-esteem and socialization of students over their education....but here we are the ones saying that the children must not have this socialization taken away from them....no matter what the coronavirus statistics are? What about the children in America during World War II....or those in London during the Blitz....or children in war torn countries all over world? We know...and we cry...and we bleed for children anywhere under such circumstances....but our concern was always first for their physical health which was an imminent concern....over their psychological health. We have flip-flopped on this....and don't even realize it. How can we at one moment be so critical of our classroom educational system....which we have been for decades....and the very next minute demand that it is absolutely necessary? Donald Trump's first concern on everything in life right now is his reelection. He wants football....because he wants people to go to the voting both feeling somewhat normal. The President says of Dr. Atlas...."He has great ideas!" How does he know that they are great ideas? To Trump supporters....I know you like this man....but is there no line you will draw?
