Trump is a conundrum.

His past womanizing and his bullying are unattractive personal qualities, that make it difficult for people to be “all in on Trump”. His boasting (a quality he shares with Obama) and hyperbole (another quality he shares with Obama) are also qualities people take objection to. But his policies are well thought out and have brought economic relief to millions of American poor both those that were unemployed and those that were already working but are now realizing real wage gains for the first time in 10 years.

So is it “immoral” for a leader to push policies that raise the standard of living of the poor and give greater self respect through a job that allows them to provide for their family better than they could under Obama (not a critique of Obama, just a fact).

When people attempt to call Trump “anti-Christian” I find it totally dumb. First, they should re-read the Bible, Jesus did not judge anyone other than “religious leaders”. He went out of his way not to judge political leaders as shown in the story about the Roman coin. The most hypocritical statement in this whole article is the one where the writer admonishes Trump for his “judging behavior” as her whole article is based on “judging Trump”.

Those that would call Trump “anti-Christian” are oozing with self righteousness, that Jesus would likely have found amusing or distressing given He could easily see the “sin” in their own lives. So to say Trump is a “sinner” is to put him in the company of humanity. So why do sinners feel “empowered” by scripture to judge even as they quote the scripture “Judge not, that you be not judged”?

As a national leader, Trump has been elected to uphold the Constitution. Here is what he promised, when he took office…

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

He is the “chief executive” of this country. But to globalists, who believe the US President is elected to look out equally for all citizens of the world, they view the Oath of office as some archaic ritual.

Why do almost all orthodox faiths including Christians, Jews, and even non political devout Muslims support Trump? His unwavering support of religious freedom is protecting them from candidates that want to subordinate their religious beliefs to values that are inconsistent with those beliefs. The current law calls for government and businesses whenever possible to accommodate an individual’s faith. Where conflicts between religious beliefs and Constitutional values arise, the job of the courts are not to uphold Constitutional values by repressing religious ones, but rather to search for ways to do both. Instead over and over again, liberals have passed laws that take direct aim at these religious values and that is wrong.

In a bizarre change of positions, Trump and the Republican party have become the protector of civil liberties including the right to free speech even if that speech is “hate” speech. This is what our Constitution and laws allow. This was the “creed” of the Democratic party until Obama took office. Once he introduced “identity politics”, individual rights became subordinated to negotiated “group rights”.

Other examples, of civil rights under attack include the attempt to punish politically incorrect speech to the extent that even Obama cautioned Democrats on their “woke” behavior in a recent “chat”. Trump’s supporters cheer every time he nominates someone to a Federal court seat, who has a record of defending the Constitution. This has become even more critical as local Federal judges and Circuit Courts of Appeal judges have attempted to extend their rulings beyond their jurisdictions.

While I found Obama’s fiscal policies poorly thought out and his use of identity politics repulsive, I admired his family values. Trump’s family values are a bit more complex. His lack of fidelity is disturbing, yet his love for his children and the reciprocated support of not only his children but his ex-wives suggest he is a far more complex person than the media paints him as.

Trump is a New Yorker. The writer of this article is clearly not. I grew up twenty miles from New York and my father was born and raised initially in Brooklyn. New Yorkers are fighters. The simply do not walk away from fights. When Trump “counter punches”, the writer demands that Trump turn the “other cheek”. But frankly has any President made a habit of “turning the other cheek”, do most Americans “turn the other cheek”.

The writer does not understand Christianity. Jesus did not come down to establish a “new” law, but rather to show that all people sin and that God provided Him as a sacrifice and a Savior. Christ’s interpretation of the Jewish law was meant to show it extended beyond the narrow interpretations that Jewish scholars had arrived at after years of theological debate. So if the writer wants to declare Trump a sinner, of course that is true, but that makes him no less a Christian, then anyone else.

The writer speaks of “mob violence”. But anyone witnessing the Trump rallies has noticed that when the rally ends, the people attempt to go home peacefully but are met by a “real” mob hurling objects at them as they attempt to leave. If Trump supporters were truly violent people, they outnumber those violent protesters by many multiples and could easily turn on them and hurt them. But they don’t.

Instead, they attempt to peacefully go home even as they are physically attacked by liberals. But these violent liberals (to be clear, I am not saying all liberals are violent, but many at these demonstrations are) do not restrict their violence to Trump supporters, they attack law enforcement officers who are there to protect everyone by hurling bottles of urine and other things at the officers and their mounts. Is this what progressive liberals have in mind, when they come to power? Is it their plan to use physical coercion to suppress their opposition? I grew up when protesting was about “peaceful demonstrations”, when great leaders like Martin Luther King demonstrated that peaceful protest was the best means to effect change. But more and more people have embraced Malcolm X’s philosophy of “by whatever means is necessary”, this portends violence in the future.

So let’s get real for just one minute. Trump supporters support Trump because he is promising and delivering on three core sets of promises:

1. Economic Prosperity for Americans: His policies have allowed the economy to grow to such an extent that virtually everyone who wants a job has one and the working poor are seeing their after tax wages rise faster than they have in more than ten years.
2. Individual Civil Rights: His policies are protecting civil rights primarily through his judicial appointments. Progressive liberals are attacking civil rights. Civil rights are incompatible with socialism which subordinates the rights of the individual to the “group”. While the obvious examples of this include taking away gun rights and freedom of speech on college campuses and other public forums through harassment and acts of violence. It also extends to issues like abortion, where progressive liberals deny the unborn baby any civil rights even after Roe vs Wade established that unborn babies have them. Recently, several Democratic Presidential candidates have proposed establishing criteria for a religion to enjoy “tax benefits” in other words government sanctioned religion. A obvious violation of the Constitution.
3. America First Foreign Policy: Trump’s foreign policy including trade negotiations are based on an “America first” approach. He stands for American sovereignty. Democratic policies used to be based on this also, but Obama transitioned the Democratic policies towards globalism. In Obama’s view America was subordinate to the consensus of these global members. Obama did not subject either the Paris Accords or the Iran Nuclear Agreement to Congressional approval. For him, their approval was unnecessary, they had been approved by “the World”. So if you are globalist, you dislike Trump but if you support American policies that protect American self interest, you support Trump.

So isn’t it time to stop painting Trump as “good” or “evil” and keep it simple.

The 2016 Election was one in which voters were given a chance to vote for a globalist or an American first President. The election was largely decided by the Midwest, who suffered the most under globalism and wanted a “change they could believe in”… Trump.

The 2020 Election seems to be shaping up to a similar contrast. Do voters want four more years of a President focused on the policies outlined above or a more globalist and socialistic President. The introduction of greater socialism in our society in this election cycle will determine to what extent Americans are prepared to sacrifice civil liberties for “the greater good”. The last election was very close and I suspect the popular vote will remain very close.

Those who try to argue that their candidate is somehow the “righteous” choice are simply deluding themselves or trying to delude others. By and large Americans vote in their own self interest. The winner inevitably reflects the candidate who the American people through their chosen election process (which is designed to reflect both “popular” and “regional” preferences) have determined is the best person to lead them for the next four years, he or she is not a Messiah or even a religious leader, but a secular one. Let’s all keep that in mind and most importantly, let’s vote a President that means it when he or she says:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.