Time to Pack Your Bags

 

OK, pre-trib rapture enthusiasts, those who pray for Israel’s destruction via Armageddon, who believe that 1948 can be found in Biblical numerology, who believe the promise of Abraham was aimed at a state who took the name of Israel a few thousand years later.  As Dave Smith said, if I named my son Jesus Christ, that wouldn’t make him savior of the world.

Pack your bags.  Or at least grab your oxygen mask for your high-elevation flotilla.  Jesus is coming to take you away…maybe today, maybe tomorrow…but before all the bad stuff that Trump just unleashed. 

Now, am I suggesting that the nukes are going to start flying before Friday?  No.  But Trump has made clear that there is no off switch, no off ramp, no making America great.  First, he exploded the budget, then he exploded World War Three.  This empire is going to die with the biggest bang ever, this is now perfectly clear.

Yes, WWIII started previously – say 2014, or 2001, or even at the fall of the Soviet Union.  But now it’s official.

Anyone still want to suggest that they hold on to Trumpian hope?  Look, I did, for about as long as anyone, so there is no shame in this.  But what is clear: our enemies were right about Trump, even though they were right for all the wrong reasons.

I mentioned that I asked several friends a few weeks ago if they saw the possibility that they would be sorry that Trump was president.  At least so far tonight, every one of them is silent.

Look, neither Biden nor Harris ever did such a devastating action.  Never.  And now, no one can say, “well, at least Trump never started a new war.”

So, pre-trib rapture buddies.  Pack your bags.  But…what happens if you get Armageddon but none of the good stuff?  Might you decide you have been on the side of Satan all along?  Might you decide that you took the mark of the beast?

As Good a Time as Any

 

I have been thinking about this post for a while.  Given the most recent events, now is as good a time as any.

What to make of Donald Trump?  Well, that isn’t really my question, but something like that.  More like, now that we have had five months’ experience with Trump 2.0, where do we stand?  Are we headed toward an off-ramp, or are we still going full speed toward a head-on collision?

BTW – for purposes of this post, I don’t care if Trump is unwilling or unable or disallowed.  It makes no difference to answer the question: off-ramp or head-on collision?

The Good

Let’s talk about the good – none of which would have happened with anyone else as president.

Stopped the border – he seems to have done this effectively

Stopped DEI – yes…and no (more on the “no” in a minute).

MAHA – perhaps the brightest spot so far.

The Bad…or Ugly

Now for the bad / ugly – which is equal to or worse than what anyone else as president would have done.

I will end that war in one day - The only way to have done this – stop the funding, write an order stopping all aid, stopping all involvement by US personnel.  Anyone with half a brain knew this was the only way to end the war in a day.  So, I guess I assumed Trump had half a brain.

That war would never have started if I were president – you mean like Israel and Iran?  Let’s just say it really turned out to be great news that Trump didn’t bring back Bolton and Pompeo.

Reduce spending – Musk was right to call out Trump on this.

Free speech – a new DEI now aimed at protecting the most privileged group in all of the United States.

Conclusion

When Trump 2.0 began, I wrote that we would know which way we would head within 12-18 months (or I wrote something like this).  I think it is safe to say, there is no off-ramp. 

A couple of months’ ago, I asked some friends: in four years, do you think we will be in worse shape than today because Trump was president?  I think the answer is a clear YES.

Whatever comes after Trump, it will be tyranny.  Trump has further opened that door for the left, if the left wins; and if the right still doesn’t get what it wants from Trump, and the right wins, they will want an absolute tyrant.