I can’t remember any politician that has been as polarizing as President Trump. I’ve voted for Trump every time he’s ran for office, my support has strained family relationships and friendships. Part of Trump’s appeal to many people is his bluntness, he speaks his mind with confidence and complete disregard for the consequences, well, stupidity has consequences.
Trump has completely opened himself up to be roasted and ridiculed, yet only foolish people hope for their pilots to fail in the cockpit. Yet, we should celebrate Trump’s blunders, both supporters & haters alike. Trump‘s critics are relishing in his immature antics, while his supporters are struggling to defend him. Here’s a thought, perhaps we do not need to demonize him or seek to save him.
Trump has a few failed promises, for example he has not turned the economy around during this presidency, he drew us into a war with Iran after running for office claiming he wouldn’t start any new wars, and perhaps worst of all are his idiotic social media posts. Trump has made it hard to support him and he’s freely given his adversaries all the ammunition they need to lambaste him. So why should we celebrate his bumbling childish behavior & blunders?
I voted for Trump based on many principles, and on the basis of an often rejected maxim, he was the lesser of two evils. Unfortunately, like it or not, we have to pick between the evil, passive disengagement isn’t an option, inaction isn’t a solution. You may think you are talking the higher ground when you avoid the voting booth because of the poor quality of the candidates to choose from, but that is merely self-righteousness deceiving us.
This is not an endorsement of Trump’s ridiculous antics, nor am I interested in rescuing him. This is about us. We need to stop pretending we know what it’s like to be a billionaire and what it’s like to hold the most powerful position on the planet. We don’t know, but we do know that absolute power absolutely messes with a person’s mind. We have plenty of hypocrisy going on on both sides of the aisle
When we hang our hopes on a person in a broken system, we set ourselves up for failure and disappointment. Trump‘s recent activities and behaviors remind us all of that. It’s easy to jump on any bandwagon, both the one that endorses and the one that rejects. It’s deceptively easy to be judgmental, and to be deceived into thinking that any individual has what it takes to fix the problems that we have gotten ourselves into.
Trump’s fans need to remember a rush to excuse him is entering in a race to the bottom, and there are no winners at the bottom. Just losers really big losers everyone said so.
And for those who despise Trump, remember the Bible obligates us to pray for all king’s & rulers and at the time when that was written, the emperors were barbarian pagans. 1 Timothy 2:1-4, [1] First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, [2] for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. [3] This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, [4] who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
I don’t agree with Trump on every issue, neither do I agree with everything everyone in my family thinks, and sometimes I disagree with myself.
I want Trump to succeed as much as the next person, I want what’s best for our country, I would like to see peace and prosperity and freedom reign in our country, I would like for us to enjoy our liberty, but I also recognize that all of this is temporary.
Philippians 3:20-21, [20] But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [21] who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
A powerful song that questions Follow your leader…?