Trump — Part 2
that sacred cow, you become the enemy of the state. Some have argued that it’s in appearance only and not from a heart conviction, but again, whether or not he’s being deliberate is not the point. At least he has leaned to the position that the lifestyle ought not to be forced and propagated on the world as normative to be legally taught and enforced. Appropriate legislation is in place that protects the rights of all our citizens.
Trump’s presidential sin #3: Anti-abortion!
Trump has also stood against another sacred cow of the USA — being the murder of helpless babies in their mother’s womb or on exit.
People have said that all the Christians are concerned about is abortion and LGBTQ, which is not true, yet it is extremely significant to understand why. If we kill our children, and gay couples cannot have children, then we are on the way to annihilating society. These are most critical national issues and become more so for a society to legislate it (or to keep legislation in place) by those elected to serve and shape society. Our Bill of Rights protects all our citizens and need no further adjustments.
The perception of some Christian leaders is that Trump is standing on the side of traditional Judeo Christian biblical values, which are the proven time-tested principles that have worked in the world for healthy societies.
Nations like Jamaica need the Trumps of this world who, in positions of authority, will stand against the systems, UN, and other nations who constantly want to foist cultural and economic ideas not particularly suited for cultures like Jamaica.
Trump’s presidential sin #4: USA first!
American dominance or Trump’s nationalist mentality has been seen as one of his sins. This, some believe, is too reminiscent of what was observed by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s and 1940s.
Writing in the Economic Times on November 6, 2020 Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar observed: “[Trump’s] greatest achievement was his blunt recognition of China as the new geopolitical threat of the 21st century. This unceremoniously overturned earlier fond notions that bringing China into the global economic fold would gradually push it towards democratic liberalism.”
In addition, Trump has boldly stood against the rising influence of China as a new economic and cultural power that’s stretching and flexing even in the Western world, and particularly in the Caribbean. The strong utterances of ambassadors like Donald Tapia in Jamaica reflect Trump’s thinking.
It is dangerous for island nations like Jamaica to even consider switching allegiance from the USA to China because of perceived economic potential. There are too many cultural differences for it to be a win-win situation for an island like Jamaica. I would advise our new-era prime minister to maintain allegiance with the ‘evil’ that we know — yet make alliances where it is beneficial.
Trump’s presidential sin #5: Standing with Israel, recognising Jerusalem!
Many evangelicals favour Trump’s love for Israel and subsequent relocating of the USA embassy to Jerusalem; recognising it as Israel’s ‘Eternal Capitol’. In effect, Trump has set the stage for the completion of Israel’s restoration and unification.
These are important achievements to those who are in the right line. So important it is that they are willing to dismiss or overlook Trump’s negative and childish statements and actions in the public domain.
Trump’s presidential sin #6: Resisting leftist thinking and agendas
The real sin of Trump to left-leaning people is that he has resisted some of the far-left socialist thinking and communist philosophies that have driven the world, and which have increased upon the world, even though they have stayed in the shadows or rebranded as globalists. Trump has dared to say no to them and their agenda.
That’s why there is an orchestrated global attempt to unseat him. Trump believes in freedom as we have known it in the Western world and Western democracies. And so he has dared to say that’s what he will stand with and restore the balance of power from, from regimes and systems that are not of the same mindset and wanting to control the world.
The big question, however, is: Are the stated perceived sins or evil of President Donald Trump sins before God, or differences of world views, philosophical outlook, or political ideology of the so-called ‘left’ or ‘right’?
What’s your answer?
In Part 3 we will explore Trump’s achievements and determine whether he’s truly fulfilled his assignment.
Al Miller is senior pastor of Fellowship Tabernacle.
But following the 2019 presidential elections, Peter Phillips was criticised for removing “Risers” from his shadow Cabinet. Choosing a Cabinet amounts to having picks, though in respect of a Cabinet the discretion of the leader is paramount. While some issues will remain grey and discretionary, two measures that could fix would be (a) a rule of collective decision-making on most matters, and (b) the strict application of the principle of collective responsibility.
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
1995: The World Health Organization announces that a new case of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in the Ivory Coast. Ebola killed 250 in Zaire earlier in 1995.
OTHER EVENTS
1776: George Washington’s retreating army crosses the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
1794: Girondists who survived the guillotine in French Revolution are admitted to the French National Convention.
1863: US President Abraham Lincoln announces his plan for the Reconstruction of the South.
1914: British destroy German naval squadron off Falkland Islands.
1925: Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf is published.
1941: The United States and Britain declare war on Japan; Japan invades Thailand.
1949: UN General Assembly asks world powers to recognize political independence of China, as the Nationalist government moves from the mainland to Formosa and the Communists continue to press their attacks.
1953: United States proposes in UN General Assembly to have international control of atomic energy.
1956: Call for general strike in Hungary leads to martial law and mass arrests.
1962: Brunei rebellion collapses after British intervention.
1964: holds urgent session at request of 21 nations that criticised United States and Belgian operations to rescue hostages in the Congo.
1966: Greek ferry sinks near Island of Melos, killing 234.
1970: UN Security Council votes
UN Security Council
to condemn Portugal for military moves in Guinea.
1974: Greece votes decisively to become a republic and eliminate monarchy, dating to 1832.
1980: Rock musician John Lennon is shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by a fan.
1987: The first Palestinian “Intifada,” or uprising against the Israeli occupation, begins in the Israeli-occupied territories.
1989: Israeli army confines more than one million Arabs to their homes and deploys extra troops as Palestinians mark second anniversary of uprising in Israeli-occupied territories.
1991: Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine declare the Soviet national government dead, forging a new alliance to be known as the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1992: An avalanche of mud buries a gold mining camp in the remote foothills of the Andes in Bolivia, killing at least 50 miners; Americans watch live television coverage of US troops landing on the beaches of Somalia as
Operation Restore Hope begins.
2003: In an avalanche of verdicts against terrorists who once taunted Greek authorities, a special tribunal convicts the mastermind, chief gunman, and 13 other members of the European militant group November 17 for killings and attacks spanning a generation.
2004: Congress replaces a US intelligence network geared to the Cold War fight against communism with a new structure requiring military and civilian spy agencies to join forces against the newest US enemy — networks of terrorists intent on waging a holy war against America.
2005: UK prosecutors drop all charges against three men who were accused of spying on behalf of the Irish Republican Army, a 2002 scandal that destroyed power-sharing, the central accomplishment of Northern Ireland’s peace accord.
2007: Gunmen kill three people in an attack on a party office of Pakistan’s opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
2010: Hackers rush to the defence of Wikileaks, launching attacks on Mastercard, Visa, Swedish prosecutors, a Swiss bank and others who have acted against the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange.
2012: Premier Mario Monti, an unelected economist who pulled Italy back from the brink of financial disaster, tells the country’s president he is resigning soon, saying he can no longer govern after Silvio Berlusconi withdrew crucial support.
2013: North Korea acknowledges the purge of leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful uncle on allegations of corruption, drug use and a long list of other “antistate” acts.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Horace, Roman poet (65 BC - 8
Christina, queen of Sweden and patroness of European art (1626-1689); Eli Whitney, US inventor of cotton gin (17651825);
Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (1865-1957); James Galway, Irish flutist and conductor (1939- ); Kim Basinger, US actress (1953- )
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