The Trump Effect

I’ve been contemplating this divide we have witnessed since the emergence of Donald J. Trump. There is the obvious division between Progressive Leftists and Conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, Socialists and Constitutional Libertarians. There is a natural, symbiotic relationship. Part and parcel of a two-party system that, quite frankly, I don’t think our Forefathers envisioned.
The more disturbing division, for me, as a Christian, a Believer and follower of Jesus Christ, is that within the ranks of Conservative professing to be Believers. What is difficult for me to accept is that there is a group of Christians condemning “Evangelicals” who voted for Trump. “How could you!” they exclaim. To them I say, “How dare you condemn me for following through with what I was convicted to do?” I can understand a non-Believer doing such a thing. But a fellow Believer? Not hardly what I would expect. They almost act as if they had some special gift of understanding and that any other action was sheer demonic folly.
But, with the news from Robert Mueller’s 2 year investigation this weekend, I feel somewhat vindicated for my vote. I’ve explained the reasoning behind my vote before. Given that the vote is mine and I am afforded the authority by the U.S. Constitution to cast my vote as I wish, I don’t feel obligated to do so again. Nor should anyone. I won’t condemn anyone for not casting their vote. After all, look what we had to choose from. It was a difficult process for me to conclude an action for which I felt I could stand before God and give an accounting that would not draw shame. Even amidst all the attempted shaming by my Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I still stand by my decision.
As has been astutely observed by some, at least one thing we should learn from Donald J. Trump becoming President: that anyone can become POTUS. Uniquely, this was exactly what the Forefathers intended. At least that is this writer’s opinion. What has messed it up is the two-party system. One base keeps lurching leftward while, in order to expand its base, the Right must continue sliding a little more to the left to absorb those abandoned by the other.
I also blame the two-party system for the debacle that was the Mueller investigation. Both Parties have unique establishments that serve only to garner power. Each establishment is actually a wing of the same mechanism, a global mechanism. Donald J. Trump was the unexpected dark horse contender that forced the Republican Party to acknowledge his ascension. The Democrats could not accept such a move. The Republicans accepted him because they had to. The Democrats would not and could not lower themselves to believe an outsider could succeed.
This is where Believers should come together and understand something. The ones who voted for Trump did so because they believed it was necessary to prevent Clinton, a globalist, from taking office. The truth is, if every Evangelical had stayed home, Trump would have still been elected. But some of us decided to use the authority we were given to prevent what we believed to be the worst case scenario. At the time a vote is cast, we cannot know what God intends. Our actions have consequences in the moment. If anyone claiming to be a Christian understands anything God says about governments and nations, he/she would know that He raises up whom He will. The nations bend to His will without our permission, without our intervention. The person we have as President is exactly who God knew would be in that position. That person is there to serve God’s plan, in His timing and for His glory. Whether I voted for Trump or not is not what is important; rather, whether or not I executed the authority given to me by the Constitution. My advice to those Christians condemning others for voting for Trump is to stop. I understand if you don’t like Trump. I don’t like his actions. I don’t condone his life decisions. But I’m also not going to be the first to start casting stones.
When you get right down to it, casting stones is exactly what the opposition did. The Democrats started as soon as they realized then-candidate Trump was a real threat. They’ve pushed lies onto the American public from the beginning. CNN and MSNBC have been complicit. Washington Post, NY Times, Huffington Post …all complicit. Their hack journalists, guests, hosts and op-eds have all pushed a continuous, vitriolic flow of propaganda. Not simply suggesting that Trump and his campaign were likely colluding with Russian agents, but presenting a foregone conclusion that the Special Counsel was a mere formality. The result of Mueller’s investigation this last weekend not only exonerated Trump of collusion with Russians, but, however regrettably, determined he will not be charged with obstruction of justice.
Democratic overlords in D.C. (District of Corruption) moved the goalposts early, when it seemed evident that collusion might not be Mueller’s finding. Thus, obstruction of justice was the additional call and Mueller obliged. The real question is, “How can one obstruct justice when the investigation is relevant only to a hoax?” Yep. The FBI contracted Christopher Steel (via Glenn Simpson at Fusion GPS) to produce a dossier on Trump. The dossier, by way of the late Sen. McCain made its way to the media. The media then began to propagate the information without verifying anything of its source. Then, the FBI began investigations based on hearsay from the media citing the dossier the FBI had supplied. The first warrants were issued based on this circular reference. This is where the lies began.
Not only is the MSM guilty of propagating the lies, amplifying the deception to persuade a multitude of Americans that their President had colluded with Russians to steal the election, but our very own law enforcement agencies, at the direction of some very high brass, initiated the entire scandal. So who directed all of this? Who was at the top calling the shots?
I call for another investigation. One in which the origin of the Steel Dossier is discovered; who initiated it; who paid for it; how it managed to get into the late McCain’s hands. How did the FBI manage to finagle the initial warrants without evidence other than hearsay from the media?
As for the divisions among us, we are Americans first. We either defend the U.S. Constitution as it is or we don’t. We either understand that all citizens are afforded equal opportunity (not outcome) or we insist that some ethnicities are inherently subservient to others. We either condemn ethnic supremacy or we condone it. We either defend our Nation as a sovereign entity or we don’t. We resolve to maintain secure borders, north and south, or we are overrun by illegal migrants bent on the destruction of America. If you opt for the latter, then you are not with us in defending the Constitution, ensuring equal opportunity for all, National sovereignty, and you are not for America. We are going to have our differences, but never will it be because of ethnic supremacy, sexism or any other –ism. America has always defied globalism. If that is what the dear reader wants, frankly, there are plenty of options out there and the reader is welcome to move.
Likely, I will vote for Trump in 2020 unless I can somehow convince Nikki Haley to run against her old boss. Our problem with the debt continues. Until we get someone in there with the guts to show what real fiscal conservatism is – slashing programs and gutting administrative and bureaucratic overhead – it isn’t going to be reduced. The camel’s head, neck and shoulders are already in the tent. The only solution is to move the tent. That, my friend, is a wholly different discussion. But it cannot happen with traditional thinking. In the meantime, I suggest that if the readers are tired of being saddled with the best a Party has to offer, the good People should find candidates they believe will meet expectations. Trump has shown us that a Party can be forced to accept a candidate. We only need to be better electorates, responsible electorates, and find those individuals best suited to the task.
Two questions continue to linger in this writer’s mind: if the MSM, Democrats and anti-Trump pundits have deliberately deceived us, tearing us apart, over a Russian collusion hoax and a faked obstruction accusation, is there any truth to Trump being an ethno-supremacist (racist)? A sexist? The other question is I wonder just how much I’m really supposed to believe the media regarding climate change. All the same people are pushing this catastrophic change and we’re told that humanity ends in 12 years. The reader does realize that the “scientists” reporting this data report what those funding them want to hear, right? I’m sure you can understand my skepticism.

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