Like most Americans, I was deeply disturbed by President Trump’s recent social media post depicting him as a Jesus figure. The AI image, although quickly taken down, was beyond sacrilege, offensive to Christians, and inexcusable. This is not the first time I have had no words of defense for the president. But I also urge every American to maintain a balanced perspective on this lapse of common decency relative to our global situation and potential future. Please consider my following thoughts.
I have often expressed that I struggle with the frustration of my president’s narcissistic personal character being at odds with my strongly held opinion of him as the best president of my lifetime. It is a constant paradox for me. But, at the end of the day, I tolerate and forgive his many shortcomings, in favor of his governing our great nation in a way that corrects many wrongs and best benefits our society. I believe he truly loves America and tirelessly serves its citizens. Some of what I wish to convey here comes from a recent social media post, Kate’s Unsafe Space, which articulates my opinion and concerns.
I think a lot of us need to take a deep breath and do a reality check right now. So many are mad at Trump for so many things. We must zoom out of our narrow focus and realize what is at stake. Criticism is fair when it is earned. And Trump has earned plenty of criticism. But mean tweets, poor taste statements, and offensive image posts must not distract us from the bigger picture. There is a massive differrence between holding the president accountable and completely abandoning him and the mission. The alternative to Trump that was available in 2024 would have transformed America into much worse than where we are now. And the loss of a Republican majority this November in the House or Senate, or both, would reverse the gains of the last 15 months and greatly diminish Trump’s initiatives, if not get him impeached.
Think of what Democratic controlling victories this November and in 2028 would bring us: mass amnesty, open borders, violence in our cities, kowtowing to other countries, a revived Iran and other terrorist nations, opened door to Socialism, federalized abortion on demand, gun control, loss of patriotism, degraded religious freedom, deemphasis of the nuclear family, more gender confusion and mutiliation of children, transgender and LGBTQ ideology in schools, and many more devastating loses just as horrific.
If the other side regains full control, it won’t just be a rough few years. The damage will be so catastrophic, we won’t recognize the America we now know. It won’t be like times past when the parties changed presidents and congressional majorities. We didn’t have the political craziness on the left then that we have today. We must maintain what little conservative edge we have now.
So, yes, feel frustrated and disappointed when the president commits those social blunders. Call him out when he deserves it. But let’s not lose our balance of perspective. The party that hates Trump and all the good that America stands for should offend us much more than anything President Trump has said or done. The party that despises Capitalism, law and order, and the sacredness of life itself should worry us more than our president’s posts and profanity.
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Fear of others isn’t a Christian principle. . .
Terry, the question this post begs is this: Where is your line? At what point would you disavow Trump? What breaking of a specific ethical, moral, or scriptural value would cause you to feel remorse for voting for Trump? Is there one?
Absolutely. If he stopped putting America first and allowed us to go back to billions in trade deficits and back to letting NATO skate on its share of the costs of defense. If he quit letting terrorist nations go unchallenged. If he allowed drug and child trafficking to go unchecked again. If he re-opened the southern border without constraint. If he stopped deporting the 20,000 or more criminals Biden welcomed to our country. If he started refusing to protect religious liberty. If he, like his predecessors, turned a blind eye to law and order. If he ignored the needs of our military, fiscally and socially, as we experienced during the previous administration. If he slowed down to working four hours a day instead of his normal 16-hour day. If I thought he would appoint a radical liberal judge to the next Supreme Court vacancy. If he appointed leftist radicals, transgenders, and cross-dressers to his cabinet and highest offices. I could go on forever, but you get the idea. If you actually read my blog post, you would know that I am not pleased with a lot of Trump’s behavior and rhetoric. But, my point was that we have to balance his administration with what we might have had or what we may yet have. My heart breaks just thinking about it. Let’s stop the epidemic of TDS and concentrate on what our president is doing for our country.
“Absolutely. If he stopped putting America first and allowed us to go back to billions in trade deficits”
– His tariffs have been ruled unconstitutional and we now owe $166 billion in tariff reimbursements
“and back to letting NATO skate on its share of the costs of defense.”
– This is abject nonsense
“If he quit letting terrorist nations go unchallenged.”
– He literally supports and has deals with multiple countries that support terrorism, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, etc.
“If he allowed drug and child trafficking to go unchecked again.”
– He was friends with the most prolific child abuser in known history and continues to protect and obfuscate the investigation into others involved in that.
“If he re-opened the southern border without constraint. If he stopped deporting the 20,000 or more criminals Biden welcomed to our country.”
– This is not reflected in his deportation policies, he’s literally targeting families and individuals with zero criminal record or history. The vast majority of people he’s deported/detained have nothing more than what amounts to speeding ticket as a violation.
“If he started refusing to protect religious liberty.”
– Religious liberty is currently being threatened in Texas by the privileging of Christianity over other religions, as seen in the requirement of the 10 Commandments being posted in classrooms. I think what you mean here is ‘Christian liberty’ not religious liberty.
“If he, like his predecessors, turned a blind eye to law and order.”
– He’s literally the most corrupt president we’ve ever had. His personal wealth has increased by $4 billion since he took office the second time. Largely in untraceable cryptocurrency.
“If he ignored the needs of our military, fiscally and socially, as we experienced during the previous administration.”
– What the military needs is to not be used as pawns in his corruption schemes while being mired in another war in the Middle East.
“If he slowed down to working four hours a day instead of his normal 16-hour day.”
– He’s literally sleeping through meetings. Does it count if you’re present but asleep?
“If I thought he would appoint a radical liberal judge to the next Supreme Court vacancy. If he appointed leftist radicals, transgenders, and cross-dressers to his cabinet and highest offices.”
– But you’re okay with deeply unqualified and corrupt people being appointed to the SC/cabinet, as long as they say they’re Republican? How is that any different?
“I could go on forever, but you get the idea. If you actually read my blog post, you would know that I am not pleased with a lot of Trump’s behavior and rhetoric. But, my point was that we have to balance his administration with what we might have had or what we may yet have. My heart breaks just thinking about it. Let’s stop the epidemic of TDS and concentrate on what our president is doing for our country.”
– I could also go on and on, but here’s the reality, you ‘balancing’ this administration because you think it benefits you politically is going to end up pushing the country even further in the direction you don’t want it to go. The backlash is coming in November and beyond.