The Donald did it.
Donald J Trump will be the 45th President of the
United States.
Most of us are speechless. Half are angry. Half are excited.
Either way, the 8 year run of destruction by the Obama and Hillary express has
come to a standstill. Yea, President Obama certainly made history just as I
said he would back in 2007. But not quite
the one everyone else seemed to envision. Progressive, socialistic philosophies
never do and his was no different.
The change we could believe in turned us into a country with
20T in debt, millions more on food stamps, more abortions, more terrorist attacks,
more illegals, over the top regulations, less people working, weaker military,
a laughing stock worldwide, terrible relations with Israel, incredible
increases in health insurance premiums, government corruption (yea he appointed
Hillary and the others), moral decay and racial division we haven’t seen since
the 60s. That will be Obama’s true legacy and as Trump tears up most of his
illegal executive orders that legacy won’t be anything like the one he so
desperately hoped for just a week ago.
So much for hope and change. Thank God it’s over…for now.
But how did this derailment of the progressive agenda
happen? How did this billionaire…a TV star with questionable character traits,
a vulgar defensive tongue really pull this off anyway? He only had one path. An
electoral royal flush, and sure enough he pulled it off.
Let’s
break it down because it is worth repeating and I want my kids one day to look
back on this crazy year and know just what all happened.
First of all, for me, as a Christian, the most important
victory in all of this – the ones that have eternal and spiritual meaning – are
the fact that conservatives can now restore our bond and partnership with
Israel (God’s chosen people that the Bible makes clear we shouldn’t be messing
with) and we have a real chance at slowing down abortions. In the end,
everything else is small by comparison and worldly in terms of life. The
appointment of Constitutional judges instead of philosophical judges in both
the lower courts and Supreme Court are going to have an impact for decades and
decades. We were one step away if Hillary had one from likely never turning
back..
This is where Trumps win is truly a miracle of God.
No doubt about it…Hillary would have lost to just about
anyone. She was unlikeable, connected to potential fraud and corruption, had
apparent issues of ignorance regarding national security and just seemed to be
running for office to complete a personal bucket list item of “first woman
President”. Her campaign was marred by her own background (her husband and Bengahzi
as two examples), FBI investigations (twice), Wikileaks showing corruption of
the highest order, DNC scandals, Clinton Foundation scandals, and overall arrogance.
She was setting on a T what should have been an easy homerun win for any GOP
candidate.
But then the GOP dropped the ball by trying to push the Establishment
likes of Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio down conservatives throats and that opened
the door to Donald Trump.
And in he walked.
Trump brought his own baggage too. He was almost as bad.
Arrogant, mean, rude, and a past marred by divorce and sexist, sexual comments
galore. Soon he had woman claiming he sexually abused them in some form or
fashion after a video was leaked with him verbally claiming he could do what he
wants with almost any woman he desired. He was a successful billionaire, now married
to a model who has posed nude, and had a track record of being a tough as nails
negotiator – something many Americans thought it was time to try in the
Whitehouse. He was truly anon-political outsider. Yet, he once was a supporter
of policies proposed by the left and even seen as being close and friendly with
the Clintons at one time. His present and his past seemed to provide his
biggest obstacles all throughout the campaign and certainly after he was
nominated in easy fashion during the Republican Convention. His mess wasn’t as
bad as Hillary’s but it certainly wasn’t good either.
People sighed as they appeared to have to choose between the
lessor of two evils. Polls all along the way kept telling the story of a decent
Hillary win. I followed two measurements to gage what I hoped might happen. One
was the USC LA Times poll that had Trump leading by 2 the Friday before he
election. The other was following Professor Allan Litchman who’s 12 measurements also had indicated a
Trump win. I had been following them for months and their outcomes hadn’t
waivered. However, I remained convinced the system was in fact rigged and that
Hillary would literally do anything to win it all. Nothing would stop her.
On election night, only a miracle of God could push Trump
ahead. Hillary had multiple avenues in which to get to the magic number of 270
EVs. Trump had one. He had to lay down a royal flush and win Ohio, Florida, all
of the normal red states and at least one or two blue states. The first few
hours exit polls indicated Trump was losing big. My heart sank as I started to
process a Hillary administration and her picking supreme court judges that would
forever change America. I continued to pray and realized many of our friends
were too. The one thing none of the polls or pundits could seem to account for
was the “closet” trumpers. How many evangelicals, independents, and
conservatives would end up holding their noses and voting for Trump just to
spite Hillary and because of the SC judge issues?
Apparently, more than enough.
In what many are calling the greatest voting night in evangelical
history, Christians got out the vote and Trump surged past Hillary. By midnight
he was only 16 EVs away from winning it all and it was apparent the royal flush
he needed was about to happen putting Hillary in the tank for good. About 3am
ET it was called. Donald Trump had clearly won the 2016 Presidential Election.
He was now President Elect.
Shock waves rumbled around the globe. It was truly a miracle
and one I believe God clearly had his hand in making happen. After all, man’s
steps are guided by Him are they not?
What Trump did that Tuesday night was historic in all
measures and you have to give him the credit he has due. He overcame himself,
his mouth and his past. He didn’t have the political experience or know how and
he was naïve. He spent his own millions, getting no financial support from the
GOP. Hillary outspent him by hundreds of millions. Hillary had the big ground
game and political machine. Trump had some volunteers and his family around
him. He fought his own fight without a single real celebrity and very few GOP
supporters. The entire world was against him including the main stream media
that was purely for Hillary and the likes of every celebrity known to man. Yet,
all year long his campaign had the momentum, the passion and the crowds. He was
truly the underdog and the vain of every single #nevertrump establishment cry
baby in the world. And in the end, he crushed them all.
Now here we are. We have all just experienced an election cycle
that most are calling the craziest in history and now after eight long years
(10 if you really look at it correctly) of the progressive agenda pushing our
nation to the brink, we can at least have a chance to slow their agenda down. Trump
isn’t going to be the perfect conservative candidate. He isn’t going to
suddenly become a polished politician either. He will open his mouth. He will
likely make numerous mistakes. But we have to trust in the leadership abilities
of the people he looks to surround himself with and hope we can survive the
next four years and make some headway in the courts. If that is all he does, it
will have all been worth it. But either way, we have to give him the same
chance we gave Obama and he got either full years. He’s already said he won’t
take a salary and he’s already getting more work done than most Presidential
Elects before him. He’s getting after it quickly because much is to be done. I’m
not saying his going to be the next Reagan and frankly I don’t care as long as
he appoints those Constitutional judges we need that’s good for me.
I preached from the get-go that the Trump movement could be
used as a means to an end by the GOP but they failed to recognize it for what
it was and foolishly held fast to the belief that the GOP had to be inclusive
of more people in order to win. They were wrong in 2010, 2014 and now again.
The GOP will be changed forever and for now is dead. Now Trump and his team
have to prove all of us right and follow through with the things important to
saving the direction of our country. They’ve got a few years to do it. One
thing is certain, the liberal agenda pushers aren’t going away any time soon.
But for now, this is one miracle we can all relish and
enjoy.