Part of the elaborate con that Donald Trump has pulled over the last 8 years (and maybe longer) is snow-jobbing Christians into thinking he's one of them. He hardly is.
Consider the E. Jean Carroll case, for example, barreling toward its conclusion, likely next week. Trump refused to show up to face his accuser in person. Christians don't do that. They played the infamous Access Hollywood tape from 2005, where he bragged that he could get away with sexually assaulting women because of his celebrity status. Yeah, sure, and pigs will fly. Once he realized that his lead attorney, Joe Tacopina, practically destroyed his own reputation by rumblin', bumblin', and stumblin' (apologies to Chris Berman) through his cross-examination of Carroll, Trump decided to cut short his golf vacation in Ireland, having already been to Scotland, and return to New York, where closing arguments begin on Monday. In other words, he didn't want to be there in the first place, and Judge Lewis Kaplan is calling his bluff!!
Trump had his chance, and he passed. Chances are, that selfish decision alone will cost him dearly.
Trust me. A local TV or radio personality would lose his career within days if it got out that he did the things Trump allegedly did.
And, then, in a pre-recorded interview with the Victory Channel, Trump tried to again work his shell game with the Christians, as if they don't know about the various legal issues he has in Washington, New York, and Atlanta. Jesse Dollemore talks about this.
A local pastor talks about Christians leaving "baggage" at the cross when they accept Christ as their savior. I think we can safely conclude Trump hasn't, and is trying to have his cake and eat it, too. To paraphrase an old cliche, a fool and his brains are soon parted. Trump is that fool in this case.
It's sad. That's what irritates me about the Christian church (as a Christian myself). They need to stop putting faith in politicians.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. Trump is keying on the perception of a persecution complex, but when you have people in Congress who don't know what they're doing, and are only there for personal fame (i.e. Boebert, Greene), it doesn't really help.
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