There is no joy in political Mudville today. Petulant middle schooler Donald Trump's risk management ploy actually worked after the majority of citizens took his bizarre political ramblings with a quarry full of salt. Come January 2025 he returns to the White House to enact the most anti-conservative policies.
Free trade was the political Red Team's mantra for decades. Balanced budget/deficit reduction stood firmly alongside, even a mere three months ago. Freedom was more than a strong armed invitation to be just like them.
Trump the Usurper convinced "conservative" Christians to abandon the Gospels and endorse Old Testament kings as a model for their children. Isn't that the role for the leader of the free world, to be a model for future generations?
Over half of U.S. voters returned a man to the White House that displays no discernable teachings from Jesus Christ, although Trump has used the name as an expletive.
The Blue Team is despondent, so the lack of joy is understandable on that side. The Red Team is pulling out Project 2025 from under their cloak of invisibility. The Evil Steves, Bannon and Miller, are sharpening their political shanks, trying to see how they can be deployed in a scalable high-tech digital world.
Joy needs to return and not the Tucker Carlson maniacal version. The joy of being outside on a crisp fall day as flocks of geese honk as they fly south for the winter. Other creatures that stay have to endure the bitter cold. That lesson applies to political seasons.
The Red Team gets to enrich Donald Trump by flying to Florida and entering his "court", competing for the political plums to be handed down. The Blue Team is snowed in, angry and depressed, in what appears to be a dysfunctional family.
The Reverend Billy Graham grew to regret his absorption into Republican politics.
He (Graham) also repented of his forays into presidential politics, telling Christianity Today in 2011 that he "would have steered clear of politics." He said he was grateful to have ministered to the needs of "people in high places ... but looking back, I know I sometimes crossed the line, and I wouldn't do that now."The guardrails for an out of control White House are the Supreme Court and Congress. It's a dark day when both say to a man like Trump, thy will be done.
It's never enough for those who take and take and take. There is no joy in the accumulation of earthly things. Christ taught us to love God and love our neighbor. So let's make America Gay Again by following Jesus' teachings. Render unto Trump that which is Trump's.
Make America Gay Again.
