These are interesting times we live in, especially here in the good old U.S.A.
When I say I’m “America First,” I mean that in a political sense—it’s a patriotic statement, not a faith creed. My ultimate allegiance is to Almighty God, and my only hope and confidence is in the return of my Lord and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, and the promise of everlasting life in God’s universal kingdom.
The reason I can express my support for ideas like “Make America Great Again” and “America First,” and why I can wholeheartedly pray for and advocate for President Trump’s success in his pro-America agenda, is because I know without a doubt that worldly politics and governance are temporary, transient, and fraught with human frailty. The City and Country I look forward to is eternal and perfect—my citizenship is in heaven.
But I scratch my head sometimes lately, wondering at the claims by some that supporting President Trump is akin to being in a “cult” and following an evil despot. We’ve all heard it: “Trump is a Hitlerian dictator, and those who voted for or supported him in any way are brainwashed Gestapo or Brown Shirts.”
If there was ever a God-inspired form of governance, it’s our American Constitutional Republic with its brilliant system of checks and balances. It’s troubling that so many have abandoned belief in that system and in their fellow Americans—all because of “Orange Man Bad.” How shallow and dishonest.
It seems to me that if Trump is a tyrant, then the people who are actually subject to his “tyranny” are those who allow their hatred of him to rule over their hearts and minds.
If Trump is a dictator, then those whose every thought is dictated in a negative way by whatever Trump does or says on a particular day are his subjects.
If Trump is a despot, then it’s the folks who are bent on smearing him, opposing his every action, and trying to destroy him and his family 24/7/365 who are the willing slaves of their obsession with him.
There is no cult more insidious and dangerous than the cult of hatred for one man: Donald J. Trump.
Freedom from this self-imposed Trump Derangement Syndrome slavery can only be found in trusting God, reclaiming common sense, and using the appropriate tools for change—rather than encouraging hate and violence and bending the knee to fear and disinformation.
Child of God, husband, father, grandfather, rabblerouser, songwriter, pot stirrer, waiting for the King.