Of course. Trump and his Hydrocarbon Hellspawn Wrecking Crew have ALWAYS lived by 'might equals right'.

Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle. -- Aleksandr Sholzhenitsyn

Sholzhenitsyn described this Deceit modus operandi in the USSR.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

Sholzhenitsyn described the unavoidable effect of this embrace of evil on the USSR in a book he wrote titled, "The Gulag Archipelago".

In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.

embrace of evil has been part of the USA's MO for at least half a century or more. It will destroy us as effectvely as it destroyed the USSR. The fact that most humans throughout the world embrace evil does not excuse the world leader of said embrace, the USA, from bearing the primary responsibility for fostering it everywhere.

My job as a Christian is to warn people of their destructive embrace of evil, urge them to repent of this and direct them to look to God for answers.

I realize, as this forum evidences, that 99.9999% of what I post falls on deaf ears.

I realize that the working definition of a "Christian" in the USA is now right there with that of most of the "Christians" in Germany under the National Socialist (NAZI) Party.

A large segment of the Protestant churches in Germany, known as Deutsche Christen (German Christians), became more than bystanders. Their explicit support of Hitler and National Socialist ideology, and its influence on their theology, made them perpetrators.

Thousands of years ago, the Holy Scriptures predicted that, during the Last Days, good would be labelled as evil and evil as good. Hitler, an expert in Orwellian discourse, was right there with Stalin in this heinous duplicity. The same upside down thinking has now become the Orwellian 'reality' in the USA. The moment one says, "I am a Christian", most people, particularly those on the left, think one is a Deutsche Christen, like the "Evangelical Christians" who voted for Trump.

So, most refuse to hear and respond to the truth.
 
The Bible is clear that it does not matter. That is God's problem, not mine. My job is to warn about this evil because I will be held responsible by God if I do not warn those embracing evil that they are rushing to the destruction of their souls.

But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself. -- Ezekiel 3:19

The Bonhoffer moment in NAZI Germany provides pertinent modern day context to Ezekiel 3:19. I believe it was Ronald Reagan that triggered the Bonhoffer moment here in the USA. Too few realized it. Every POTUS thereafter built on this cruel edifice of Deceit. Trump is the most obvious beacon of evil incorporated, but I find little difference, beyond the identity politics food fight, between his morally depraved policies and those of Reagan and every subsequent POTUS.

Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and pastor who resisted his government when he recognized, very early and very clearly, the dangers of Hitler’s regime. His first warning about the dangers of a leader who makes an idol of himself came in a radio address delivered in February 1933, just two days after Hitler took office.

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For those who just read the above, who are more concerned with the devastation our biosphere is experiencing at the hands of Capitalist profit over people and planet than with the spiritual depravity of world leaders like Trump, Putin, Xi, et al, you need to try to grasp what Sholzhenitsyn meant by the phrase, "..., we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.".

The inescapable EFFECT of moral depravity on a nationwide scale is environmental DESTRUCTION. Evil is progressive. It begins by framing all material riches and physical well being as the goal of all rational beings. BUT, it never stops there. It continues to corrupt the mind and the soul to the point of rationalizing any action whatsover as "justified" in the pursuit of physical comfort and prosperity. Obedience to God's commands are gradually branded as "attacks" on our freedom or, as with the pseudo-Christians, demoniically inverted.

Evil is not static; it is dynamic. No one just stops at some point in their slide towards demonically aided and abetted soul dooming worship of the self. All of us in the thrall of self worship grow progressively more addicted to various forms of depravity until our consciense is so seared by sin that we are slaves to a plethora of morally reprehensible behaviors. We then become sworn enemies of God, some denying God's existence, while others often pretend to be His "instrument".

There is NO middle ground. Just because you don't enjoy snuff films and/or engage in serial adultery and just because you correctly and righteously parade against biosphere degradation and the evils of war does NOT mean you are any better than the pseudo-Christians who sin covertly, rationalize "just wars" and hypocritically ignore Capitalist profit over people and planet murder and mayhem.     

Our problems are ALL based on our spiritual condition, from the moment we reach the age of reason until we draw our last breath. Get right with God now. If you do, you are, in these times of the Great American Embrace of Evil, probably guaranteed to have, like Bonhoeffer, a shorter life span, but you will have victory for your soul. If you don't, you are your own worst enemy.

I realize, as this forum evidences, that 99.9999% of what I post falls on deaf ears.

Maybe. " But to him who has ears, let him hear."

I realize that the working definition of a "Christian" in the USA is now right there with that of most of the "Christians" in Germany under the National Socialist (NAZI) Party.

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A large segment of the Protestant churches in Germany, known as Deutsche Christen (German Christians), became more than bystanders. Their explicit support of Hitler and National Socialist ideology, and its influence on their theology, made them perpetrators.

Thousands of years ago, the Holy Scriptures predicted that, during the Last Days, good would be labelled as evil and evil as good. Hitler, an expert in Orwellian discourse, was right there with Stalin in this heinous duplicity. The same upside down thinking has now become the Orwellian 'reality' in the USA. The moment one says, "I am a Christian", most people, particularly those on the left, think one is a Deutsche Christen, like the "Evangelical Christians" who voted for Trump.

Is This a Bonhoeffer Moment? Lessons for American Christians from the Confessing Church in Germany.

For those who just read the above, who are more concerned with the devastation our biosphere is experiencing at the hands of Capitalist profit over people and planet than with the spiritual depravity of world leaders like Trump, Putin, Xi, et al, you need to try to grasp what Sholzhenitsyn meant by the phrase, "..., we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.".

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Capitalist profit over people and planet murder and mayhem.     

Our problems are ALL based on our spiritual condition, from the moment we reach the age of reason until we draw our last breath. Get right with God now. If you do, you are, in these times of the Great American Embrace of Evil, probably guaranteed to have, like Bonhoeffer, a shorter life span, but you will have victory for your soul. If you don't, you are your own worst enemy.

I read this comment and the associated article at Sojourners. One of the great benefits of visiting and posting here. I tend to share with you the belief that we are in a. iced battle between good and evil, and that we will be judged according to how we showed up when all is said and done. that evil is in such ascendance these4 days is demoralizing. But one must have faith, even when it's all we have.

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Editor's note

SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019

SNIPPET:

Donald Trump’s Europe trip has come and gone. While we can all be grateful he did not announce the creation of a new Fourth Reich right there on Normandy Beach – admit it, you thought it was possible, didn’t you – he reminded us that even in this rapidly declining age, the president of the United States can always be counted on to go lower.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019

SNIPPET:

Donald Trump’s Europe trip has come and gone. While we can all be grateful he did not announce the creation of a new Fourth Reich right there on Normandy Beach – admit it, you thought it was possible, didn’t you – he reminded us that even in this rapidly declining age, the president of the United States can always be counted on to go lower.

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Trump’s Meetup With the Royals Reminds Us He Wants to Be a King

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