Many believe, President Donald Trump, should be considered, Teflon Don! It seems, no matter, what he says, and/ or, does, whether, it is in the best interests of this nation, in any type, of relevant, sustainable manner, makes very little difference, in terms of his popularity, with his political core supporters/ followers/ base! In the past, candidates had to give up their candidacy, after scandals, which seemed, far less pervasive, than many of the ones, this occupant of the White House, appears entangled – in! During his first term in office, we have witnessed more members of his administration, and/ or, campaign, undergo investigations, and/ or, indicted of crimes, etc. There have been numerous reports of impropriety, and questionable relations/ behaviors, in terms of foreign entanglements, his behavior, regarding the handling of the pandemic, his apparent preference for using rhetoric/ vitriol, rather than trying to bring others together, for the greater good, etc. With that in mind, this article will attempt to, briefly, consider, examine, review, and discuss, whether, his supporters, will ever abandon him, regardless of the circumstances, examining 5 specific things.

1. Disclosing his lies about his taxes/ finances: We shouldn’t be surprised, at any issue, regarding Mr. Trump’s finances, and/ or, tax returns. After all, in New York, he is somewhat, infamous, for his failure to pay his bills, and, many of his companies, have declared bankruptcy. The recent report about his lack of paying his federal income taxes, and how his financial statements, often, differ, from what he reports to the Internal Revenue Service, would have created an uproar, if nearly, anyone else, was involved, yet his core, seems unconcerned!

2. Emails showing coercion to play – down, the pandemic’s dangers: Although, the President, continuously, played – down, the public health dangers/ risks, of this horrific pandemic, for a considerable period, Bob Woodward’s interviews, clearly indicate, in Trump’s own – words, he knew it was dangerous, very early, and claimed, to minimize it, so the American public wouldn’t panic! How many people, took steps, which, unknowingly, were risks, because of this, lack of information?

3. His rhetoric/ vitriol, and blaming/ complaining: How many times has Trump, blamed and complained, about others, and claimed, no personal responsibility? His level of rhetoric, name – calling, and vitriol, has created a level of unprecedented, polarization!

4. The Russian questions: When will his supporters, becomes, sick – and – tired, of the President’s referring to anything, he disagrees with, as, Fake News? Although, nearly every Intelligence Agency, and considerable, somewhat, strong evidence, have stated, there was, definitely, an attempt at influencing the 2016 elections, in favor of Trump, and these same experts, warn us, the risk, towards this election, is concerning, the President continues denying it! Despite, what the Mueller Report, actually, stated, Trump referred to it, as exoneration! It often seems, to everyone, except his core followers, the single – biggest user of alternative facts, is the man, presently holding the office!

5. Destroying/ attacking Constitutional guarantees: For generations, Americans have taken, for – granted, certain Constitutional guarantees, rights, liberties, and freedoms! This doesn’t seem to matter, much, to either, President Trump, or many of his loyalists, as long as their perceived, personal/ political agenda/ preferences/ priorities, and self – interest, are prioritized! If we don’t protect these, what does this nation, actually, stand – for, and represent?

We live in concerning times, because, it seems to make, little difference, to a significant percentage of our citizens, whether, Trump’s behavior, is appropriate, and/ or, Presidential! Wake up, America, before it’s too late!

Remove six-month prohibition on 401k contributions after a hardship withdrawal: IRS will change its regulation to permit employees taking hardship distributions from a retirement plan to continue contributing to the plan. The new regulations will apply to plan years beginning after Dec. 31, 2018.

Include QNECs, QMACs and profit-sharing contributions in a hardship withdrawal: Rules relating to hardship withdrawals from 401k plans are changed to permit employers to extend hardship distributions to amounts not permitted. It also would remove the requirement to take a loan before taking a hardship withdrawal. The regulation applies to plan years beginning after Dec. 31, 2018.

IRS authority to release a levy on property held in retirement plans: The new law allows an individual to return the contribution to an IRA or employer-sponsored plan an amount withdrawn (and any interest thereon) pursuant to a levy and later returned to the individual by the IRS. Contributions are allowed without regard to the normally applicable limits on IRA contributions and rollovers. The regulation is effective for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017.

Relief from 10% early withdrawal penalty for participant use of retirement funds for California wildfire disaster: In general, the new law provides relief from the 10% early withdrawal penalty for qualified distributions up to $100,000 made on or between Oct. 8, 2017 and Jan. 1, 2019. A participant whose principal place of residence was in a California wildfire disaster area and who sustained an economic loss due to the wildfires can make a withdrawal.

Distributions can be included in income proportionally over a three-year period beginning with the year of distribution, unless the individual elects not to have the proportional inclusion apply. Instead, amounts that are returned to the plan within the three-year period would be treated as a rollover and not includible in income. The new law also:

• permits individuals to return funds to retirement plans if the funds were distributed anticipating a home purchase in a wildfire disaster area that was cancelled on account of the wildfires; and
• Increases the limit and extends the repayment deadline for loans from retirement plans.

Relief for loan default repayment upon participant or plan termination

For a participant loan offset that otherwise would be taxed as a distribution, a participant whose employment ends (or plan terminates) with a loan outstanding will have until the due date, including extensions, for filing his or her tax return for the year to contribute the offset amount to an Individual Retirement Account or other eligible retirement plan to avoid the loan offset being taxed as a distribution.

Such tax-free rollover treatment does NOT apply to any offset amount under a loan that has already been deemed to be taxed as a distribution under the Code (and reported on Form 1099-R) either because its terms did not comply with the Code or because it remained in default past the plan’s default cure period. This opportunity is available for offsets after 2017.

Historically, we have seen many instances of individuals, focusing their campaigns, on stoking the fears, anxieties, prejudices, etc, of some part of society. This has, often, been, unfortunately, an effective campaign, often, however, bringing – about, undesirable results, and ramifications! However, in most cases, these candidates used blaming, and complaining, to state, the nation, would do far better, if they were elected! Since the election of Donald Trump, as President of the United States, in 2016, and during his campaign, leading – up, to his election, we have witnessed him, using the so – called, politics – of – fear, to rally his core supporters, to elect him, by effectively taking advantage of the Electoral College. Although, he lost the popular vote, by several million votes, his narrow victories, in swing – states, got him elected. However, while, in 2016, he ran, as an outsider, who he claimed, he would, Drain the Swamp, for the past 4 years, he has been the ultimate – insider. Will his supporters continue to believe him, when he claims his campaign opponent’s election, would make things, such as the violence, and crime (which is occurring, under – his – watch), remain? Many are concerned with the direction, this nation, has been going, and, whether, reelecting this President, will create a loss of the identity, and ideology, this nation has represented, for a couple of hundred years! With that in mind, this article will attempt to, briefly, consider, examine, review, and discuss, 6 examples of this approach, and whether, they will work, again.

1. Blame and complain: Trump’s blame – and – complain, approach, helps his articulate, a message, which seems to appeal, to those supporters, who feel, they have been unfairly treated, by the system, and unifies some, against those, who seek equal rights, justice, and freedoms. Will the recent disclosures, protests, police misbehavior, and uptick, in crime, in many places, help, or harm his campaign? Will he be able to continue, blaming, and complaining, others, even though, he’s held the highest office, in the land, since January, 2017? How will Biden’s campaign, strike the best balance, to positively, cast his candidacy, in a light, which resonates, with the voters?

2. Scapegoat: Trump has seemed, to always, scapegoat, others, and has never assumed any degree of personal responsibility! How can he do so, when he, was the man, who was supposed to oversee, everything, which occurred? Thus far, his core supporters, seem to, either, believe him, like his agenda, or not care, about, what seemed to be, irregularities!

3. Law and Order: It seems to be, standard – operating – procedure, for candidates, to wrap themselves, in a Law and Order, cape, if they believed it would help them, politically. Most of us remember, Nixon doing so, when he was initially elected, in 1968, and Reagan, also, did so, in 1980. When Bush, originally ran, he used the same approach. However, in the past, these efforts, were somewhat more subtle, than today’s appeals. Will appealing, with the slogan, Law and Order, be effective, in – light – of, the extreme publicity, about the horrific, apparent incidents of police brutality?

4. Invading your suburbs: When one appeals, to suburban Americans, especially, during this period of unrest, and anxiety, by declaring his political opponent will invade their suburbs, and they will lose control, isn’t that a despicable example, of the politics of fear, and racism?

5. Beware of the mobs: Although, the Right to Assemble/ protest, is a protected, Constitutional guarantee, instead of addressing the real issues, driving this unrest, President Trump, equated peaceful protests, with the vast minority, who seemed to take advantage, for some reason, and resorting to looting, arson, and other criminal activities! When the message is, Beware of the mobs, it polarizes, rather than bringing people together, for the greater good!

6. Democrats will destroy his wonderful economy: Making baseless accusations, declaring, Democrats will destroy his wonderful economy, is an attempt to create a political advantage, regardless of facts!

When, American voters, pay insufficient attention, and permit their public officials, to appeal to fears, and say anything, to get elected, this isn’t normal! Wake up, America, before it’s too late!

Whether one, is a core supporter, of President Donald Trump, or an opponent of what he feels, the man, serves and represents, most agree, he is unique! However, where there is disagreement, is, whether, these things, are, for – the – better, or in a potentially, dangerous, harmful manner! Few remember, any four – year period, with so many actions, and behaviors, which seem, at – odds, with the way, any of his predecessors, behaved, and/ or, proceeded. When he campaigned, originally, for President, 4 years ago, he used the slogan, Make America Great Again, while campaigning, as a Washington – outsider, who would, drain – the – swamp! However, we have witnessed, more indictments, convictions, and accusations, by people, associated with his campaign, and/ or, administration, as well as more media reports of irregularities, etc. With that in mind, this article will attempt to, briefly, consider, examine, review, and discuss, using the mnemonic approach, 5 ways, Trump is, indeed, unique, but, not, necessarily, in a good – way.

1. Trump’s alternate reality: Doesn’t it seem, at times, this President’s version of facts, and reality, are, at – odds, with true facts, etc? Political fact – checkers, state, he has told more lies, etc, than any predecessor, and, his continuing to adhere – to, a specific narrative, regardless, it tends to make most people, other than his political core supporters, perceive him, as lacking integrity, etc. Simply, repeating some alternative theories, and statements, doesn’t make them true, and/ or, believable!

2. Fact – checking: We have never witnessed, any previous occupant of the White House, who articulated, as many unproven theories, and/ or, made as many untrue statements, as the current one! While, many politicians, resort to some degree of political spin, it seems, we have never witnessed, so much, of a total lack of caring, about telling the truth, or sticking to the facts!

3. Polarization: Instead of bringing – us, together, for the common good, we have experienced a dangerous level of polarization, never witnessed before, in recent memory! This has created an atmosphere of pitting one segment of society, against another, with little, to no attempt, at any bipartisan behaviors!

4. Enabling haters: Unfortunately, whether, intentionally, or not, when the leader of the free world, articulates a biased, hate – filled, message, it tends to enable the haters! Does anyone believe, it is, a coincidence, we have witnessed, so many hate – crimes, etc? This type of rhetoric, and attitude, seems to have the effect, of enabling the hater!

5. Erratic planning: There have been many reports, this President does not pay as much attention, to daily briefings, etc, as his predecessors, and seems to feel, he doesn’t need to prepare, because he trusts his instincts, etc! At best, this has created, erratic planning, which, has adversely affected our response, to a crisis, such as the pandemic, etc.

We need to Make America Sane Again, by stressing a leader’s quality of character, empathy, and priorities. Wake up, America, before we lose the soul of this nation!

We should be used – to, politicians, using political spin, in order to portray, events, in a light, most favorable, to their perspective, etc! It is, certainly, nothing, too unusual, to observe, any politician, shade – the – truth, in order to promote, his political agenda, etc. These past four years, we have, perhaps, heard, the expression, Fake Facts, as well as Alternative Facts, articulated, at an unprecedented rate! We must agree, while each of us (whether we support the position, or not), has the right to their personal position, and we should defend, every citizen’s right, to express these, there is a big difference, between, an opinion, and a fact! Everyone has the right to their own opinion, but not, to their own, set of facts! With that in mind, this article will attempt to, briefly, consider, examine, review, and discuss, Trump’s power of revisionist history, and center, this discussion, around, six key issues.

1. Russia/ Mueller Report: There have been, very, few times, since he was elected President, in 2016, when there wasn’t some scandal, or potential one! Trump’s response, from the onset, of suspected, Russian involvement, in our 2016 elections, was to deny it, and call it, Fake News, created by the fake media, and his political opponents, etc! He declared the Mueller Report, to exonerate him, of any wrong – doing, but, when, the redacted document, was released, it specifically, stated the contrary!

2. Election interference: While, denying, any Russian interference, despite, so many reports, including, from the Republican – controlled, Senate committee, of many attempts, and actions, by that government, etc, he has proclaimed, voting – by – mail, is dangerous, because, there is evidence of wide – spread, fraud (although, there is no evidence, to that effect)!

3. Drain the Swamp: In his campaign against Hillary Clinton, in 2016, the Trump campaign, often, tried to tie, her, to questionable activities (without any evidence), deftly, using the chant, Drain the Swamp! However, there has never been a previous administration, and/ or, campaign, where so many were indicted, convicted, and, or charged, with crimes!

4. Handling pandemic: Trump refers to his handling of this horrific pandemic, in terms, referring to it, as extraordinary, and saving lives! However, the statistics, and data, seem to disagree, because, although, the United States’ population represents about 4.5% of the total (in the world), we have had, about 25% of the cases, and over 20% of the deaths. Isn’t that a perfect example of revisionist history?

5. Racial/ ethnic actions: Despite, what most of us, have observed, he continues, claiming, no one has been better for African – Americans, etc, than he has! He used a tape of an immigration swearing – in, ceremony, at his party’s political convention, despite the polarizing rhetoric, we have often heard, and witnessed, these past few years!

6. Enabling haters: While, there are probably, many reasons, for the increase in crime, and, especially, hate – crimes, in this country, there is little doubt, his rhetoric and vitriol, seem to have enabled the haters!

Trump is, certainly, a master, in the art and science, of revisionist history! While, effective, politically, it is not, something, we want, or need, in a public leader!

It is indeed cheering news that President Donald Trump of America declared a National Day of Prayer to fight Coronavirus outbreak. He asked the American citizens to pray wherever they are and to turn towards prayer in an act of faith. Listen to him, “We are a country that, throughout our history, has looked to God for protection and strength in times like these. Together, we will easily PREVAIL!” Yes, this guy will always say that he wants America to be great again and I am happy that he is taking the right step to achieve this. When last did an American president talk or behave like this? Talking about national prayer? Reminding citizens of America’s history of divine protection and strength? Definitely, not recently. Look at his policies on Israel; a sharp deviation from the hostile posture of the past regime. Obama was doing everything to humiliate Israel, while economically and militarily empowering their enemies. I added militarily because those countries were using the huge money they were getting to secretly, deceptively further their military, terrorism and nuclear ambition. He was virtually pushing the Jews to the wall. And you know what that can result to.

But this is a country that was founded on biblical principles. It has God enshrined on its currency, motto, anthem and the president and officials take oath of office with the bible. In fact, almost all the founding fathers of America were spirit filled and even tongue-speaking Christians. But things later changed. The same God’s America became a leader in everything anti God, from the worship of Satan and immorality to total rebellion against God’s existence and authority. You already know that it hosts the headquarters of most occult groups, including Church of Satan. It is the biggest propagator of immoral activities like same-sex relationships, single motherhood, abortion, etc. They believe in total ‘freedom’, even when the issue is against the word of God. In fact, it is not a secret that the government before Trump invested everything to lure and coerce other governments and institutions to legalize same-sex marriages. Thank God that some sane people, like African leaders rejected and rebuffed him. I remember the Nigerians, Ghanaians and Kenyans told Obama to perish, go to hell with his promised aids and the immoral, demonic suggestion. It was indeed a big shame for the so-called God’s Own Country!

It is restoring and heart-warming that a president of America is today calling for a national prayer. It is a good restart and I believe that God is about to take that country to even greater heights. True, enduring prosperity, victory and security can only come from God; the creator of all things. For the epidemic Coronavirus and other issues, solutions are already coming. The prayer is a good start. I remember when the Israelites were dying from snake bites in the wilderness, Moses prayed and God healed and stopped the problem. When the angel of death was killing the people because of the disobedience of taking Census against God’s instructions, Great King David prayed and God recalled the angel. When three nations came against Judah, Jehoshaphat declared national praying and fasting and God went to war himself and their enemies killed themselves. When all the Jews were decreed to be killed, Esther asked Mordecai and all the Jews to fast and pray, and God miraculously turned the tables against their enemies. Haman, his sons and all their enemies were killed. And you remember the plagues in Egypt? Pharaoh would always ask Moses and Aaron to please go and pray to their God to remove the plagues. Yes, like in Egypt, all these diseases, viruses, natural disasters, attacks and wars are coming today because of our disobedience to God’s word. If we return to him as America is doing now, then he will remove them and restore us. But if not more serious problems, diseases and disasters are sure coming!

For Trump to recognize that America’s strength, prosperity, protection and healing come from God is indeed refreshing and should cause every citizen to celebrate. With his creation of jobs, foreign policies, pay rise for the military and security budgets, trade defence and actions against the enemies, Donald Trump is already writing his name in gold and may come out as one of the best presidents in the history of America. God bless you!

Gabriel is the author of the audiobook Power of Midnight Prayer https://www.amazon.com/Power-of-Midnight-Prayer/dp/B08BBNG3L8/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=dan%20Caringer&qid=1593877396&sr=8-2&fbclid=IwAR23_kYSBsAWr30_728PC-4HTZwPGflrZjuzSMlVxlhdo7lBJMiTODzBJHM

The Trump Administration was just re-elected on November 3rd, 2020 in what was yet another unexpected win, this time the word landslide hardly seemed appropriate, Trump nailed it, only lost one state and two territories. Trump even won CA mostly because the Chinese had bought most all of the main Hollywood Studios and the once famous politically correct actors and actresses were has-beens, and couldn’t find work, no one listened to them anymore. The Chinese didn’t believe in political correctness only reality, their reality. China had renegotiated their trade deal with the US and with triangle trade with what was left of the EU nations’ economies our trade deficits were well under $80 Billion a year.

The leftover elitists and global socialists at the UN’s IPCC were about all that remained of the socialist movement that had swept most of the world, a once powerful group that thought they had the world nearly under their control. Still, they attempted to blind the world’s population with science. Well, actually they’d hijacked science, sent humankind on wild goose chases using a gentleman who’d long gone brain dead, but was kept alive in his wheel chair. They hooked up a voice synthesizer to interpret his slobbering sounds – only the machine wasn’t interpreting, it was hooked to an Artificial Intelligent computer to answer questions and give talks, interviews and lectures that fit the elitists’ agenda.

The only reason that people even believed this half-dead scientist was due to his famous, yet completely unprovable theory of black holes and the big bang (whose faulty math was explained on a secret force, dark energy). It was brilliant because no one could prove it right or wrong, and every time any scientist tried he/she/it was ridiculed – in fact this technique was working so well, they used it to silence critics of their atmospheric theory scam and their AI fear mongering.

No one outside the global elitists’ circle knew, not even half their friends at the Davos World Economic Forum, therefore no one could spill the beans on their sinister plan, and they thought they could run the table with a cataclysmic story of changing atmospheric air melting glaciers and possible AI control of humans. Their lead scientist was brain-dead, and they often cleaned up after themselves with covert executions, but his voice synthesizer spilled out new theories on everything, even aliens coming to Earth to satisfy the conspiracy theorists and throw them off track.

Their aim was to get humans to fear the weather, flooding, Mother Nature, Pollution, aliens, and feat the future of AI. Their plan was to get people so afraid of Artificial Intelligence that no one would build or allow anyone else to build an AI system as robust as theirs until they had controlled the world. Their plan with the atmospheric bogus theory was to halt capitalism, and industrial which might allow extra money to funnel into any science they couldn’t control. With the help of the media, academia, and the political apparatus in most countries, the plan appeared flawless.

The elitists — most of whom had IQs upwards of 180 due to selective breeding, cognitive enhancements and brain chips — used their evil genius and devised a scheme to tax the most industrialized nations for their pollution carbon credits, in some cases $100s of Billions, all of which to use bogus geo-engineering services to the non-existent problem – allowing them to claim success for doing nothing, so they could pocket the money. The elitists also got rich and poor nations to spend on alternative energy technologies, a market they controlled through years of mergers, and acquisitions and playing currency markets for extra cash. If a nation couldn’t afford to pay, they lent them the money with interest to control those nations and their leaders with debt.

Every time there was a major Typhoon or weather anomaly, the elitists propaganda team went to work scaring nations to pony up more money for geo-engineering, flood insurance, and on-going funding they used to grow their organization, lobby governments and pay their bureaucratic mechanism.

In addition, they got nations to fund research to prove their nonsensical theory correct and then brain-wash all the up-and-coming scientists in academia, anyone going against them was immediately marginalized, smeared, discredited, and outcast from the scientific community. Anyone not quite up to par to fully understand the science, they made them social justice warriors and environmentalists for the planet – telling them they were doing important work – bigger than themselves. They then had everything they needed, leaders, followers and the conspiracy crowd. Everything was working perfectly for the elitists.

Well, it was working until the Trump Administration found out the US intelligence agencies had all been compromised. And a shadow government had been installed and was running the bureaucracy giving their boss, our president lip service. He began firing those who didn’t follow his instructions, and he did it on national TV, using a tactic made famous by the reality TV show “Undercover Boss” and then Trump would walk in and say; You’re Fired!

Trump was definitely draining all sides of the swamp now even though the Washington Times accused him of “only draining the left side of the swamp,” and he told the Times where to go, and that he was “only draining the left side of the swamp first” – apparently the American People were okay with that, and re-elected him with record numbers.

When the NSA found their moles they learned of the entire plan and the trickery of the famous brain-dead scientist scheme. Trump wasn’t the least bit surprised of the intelligence report, in fact, he already knew. It all unraveled after that, the global elitists were rounded up and sent to participate in the first Mars Colony since they loved technocratic communist czar style control. Space X got the contract for the one-way tickets, and the World was saved.

“You’re fired!” America cried well before Donald Trump became president, when he was a mere candidate running for the job. The cry grew louder as Trump trampled the Constitution, defied the rule of law and broke norms sacred to America during its 250-odd year history. It took a global pandemic to prove just how disastrous was the administration Trump had installed over three years.

The brazen renegade Trump drew adherents as any flamboyant daredevil does. Once in office on a technicality assisted by foreign powers as yet unknown, Trump used the vast powers of his office to lasso conservatives into his orbit and keep them spinning with skills perfected over a lifetime. Those skills came to a crashing halt when the Coronavirus pandemic hit and the slow Trump response set the pace for the dissolution of the Trump facade..

The primary Trump skills of bluster and fabrication failed to spin the reality that people were dying and that the economy was paralyzed. So was Trump himself as evidence proved that his methods were counterproductive to managing a crisis.

The Trump toolbox of survival mechanisms has no Swiss army knife for unlocking empathy. As a lifelong real estate con artist, Trump may be adept at reading potential gullible targets, but he proved sorely lacking when the stakes were in the serious form of American life and livelihood. If Trump were a reasonably rational human being, the pandemic, the ensuing economic crisis and the George Floyd racial murder would have been pivot points for coalescing human sentiment to jointly address the crisis. Trump chose his own ancient path of divide and conquer to win support. The tactic seriously backfired and the Trump response was to double down on the message..

By the Fourth of July 2020, Trump had survived an embarrassing defeat in #Tulsa Oklahoma when supporters declined to attend his rally due to the reality of Covid threats. In South Dakota, Trump muscled his wan onto sacred native American lands to host fans at a rally without Covid safeguards, with results still to be determined. On the Fourth itself, Trump renewed his loyalty to the memories of dead Confederate losers while skating past the issue of a raging pandemic. The base may cheer at the Trump delivery, particularly if witnessed in the midst of a rally however risky to attend and the riskier the better to some. But beyond the noise and hype, most Americans are ready to tell Trump “You’re fired.”

Donald Trump is a product of a youn g America in transition to a global world. Trump won the support of his base by promising to return America to some past glory. That nonexistent past glory is as dead as the Trump facade after Covid wreaked havoc across America with the help of Donald Trump. In the age of the social media, the country is seen as split into two, the conservatives who support Trump and the liberals split into camps of their own. In truth, however, those two groups seem misidentified.

The two groups that have formed since the election of Donald Trump can be reduced to their most basic components. Trump is loud, blustering and full of boastful claims with no evidence in reality. Those are the jingle-jangle gew-gaws that attract adolescents eschewing the military. The other group is the adult segment of the American population, the one able to see the discord between word and deed. It is their vote that will count when America finally tells Trump with a pull of the media plug that “You’re fired.”

US President Donald Trump hogs the airways at home with braggery, lies and vitriolic theatrics. in the global soup of near-200 country leaders meeting this week at the 2019 annual General Assembly session of the UN, his address fell dismally flat.

For all its flaws, the United States has commanded the greatest respect from world leaders whose countries are less fortunate than the great US. As Head of the Host Country, the US President has always addressed the world body of peers with s message of bettering the future for all. This year, President Trump aired personal grievances and in essence said “adios” to others.

“You’re on your own. Stay out of my country, take care of your own problems,” the leader of the world’s richest country told the others at a time when gross climatic changes impact all with forced migrations and when diseases cross borders with no visa or passport and certainly no respect for walls of any sort. It is also a time when the information highway spreads a message far and wide to cause disappointment, resentment and anger in those outside the US.

Donald Trump represents the worst aspects of prosperity and wealth. Those are selfishness and greed. Neither has ever benefited anybody in any but the most shallow and ostentatious ways. That outward show may matter but it’s not enough as demonstrated by other priorities.

Money doesn’t satisfy Trump, who lied when he claimed in his presidential campaign that he was so rich he didn’t need wealthy donors. Those donors showed up in abundance and no telling what happened to the money. What is obvious to all, however, is the fact that those donors landed prestigious government jobs with lavish perks that went with their positions, free to them courtesy of American taxpayers.

In 2019, America is not unique in being headed by a greedy, selfish egotist swindling a host of followers by tooting his own horn on a false note. This General Assembly reflects this state of affairs.

The leaders of China, Russia and Israel are missing, embroiled in national situations revolving around the use and misuse of power. Bors Johnson of the UK will leave early after unlawfully engineering a reckless “Brexit” break of Britain from the European Union. No telling what will happen with Trump and impeachment efforts to stop his gaming of the American Constitutional system. In the meantime, the little people of the world rely on each other for whatever generous support can be given.

In his speech to the 2019 UN General Assembly, Trump admonished the near-200 non-American countries to cherish their history and culture. He seemed unaware that the United States was made up of people whose culture was rooted in some foreign country. The land of plenty is a land of immigrants. Those are the people that Trump now warns to “stay away.”

The illogic tells the story that other heads of states hear. Despite its gold standard of intelligence and expertise, the great United States has lost its moral compass. By extension and as measured by discord, many in the industrialized western world have followed the American lead. into disarray.

In a world where challenges are increasingly global in scope, the United Nations is the best reflection of where humanity stands as a whole. It has regional groups that address issues such as small island nations facing climatic ammojo;atopm and legal bodies that help clarify the rights and obligations of countries sharing joint resources, such as trans-border rivers. Water and land are major sources of conflict in regions not gifted with Trump golf courses and squabbles over fees.

In the serious UN environment, the simplistic rhetoric of a leader like Trump rings even more hollow than the toot of his horn over privileges. If that is the best that the grent America has to offer, the world’s little people may think, then we had better keep grouping together to come up with solutions in line with the old saying that two heads are better than one.

The wealthy United States has been a mainstay of the United Nations influential in spreading security across the world. UN resources will be sorely depleted without a generous US contribution that helps develop new markets for US corporations. But the Trump doctrine of selfish greed benefits no one. Banded together, the world’s little people will figure it out.

Maybe they’ll find a way to tap US corporations or political donors, perhaps by showing them that a leader like Trump makes America a lonely place indeed. As the song says, one is the loneliest number..

“He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again” – President Donald Trump

The above words were used by President Donald Trump to eulogize his brother Robert who just passed on in a New York hospital. He called Robert his brother and his best friend. He said that he will greatly miss him, though he believes they will meet again. At another time Donald said that Robert was a quieter and the easygoing one than himself and the only guy he ever called honey. Wow! The president visited him in the hospital the day before he died. Robert who passed on at the age of 71 was the last of the Trump siblings. Yes, true friendship and brotherhood are scarce in our world today so whenever and wherever you find it, please recognize and celebrate it. Many brothers are not friends and many friends do not keep the brotherhood when they are expected to do so. Though Donald and Robert had different personalities, they were able to manage their differences and had a good relationship. Donald is maverick, boisterous, flamboyant and loves limelight, but Robert was exactly the opposite: quiet, humble, loyal, soft spoken and did not court publicity. Robert worked, campaigned, supported, respected, tolerated and loved his brother not minding their differences and weaknesses. Today, you can hardly find this chemistry in our families and relationships – people recognizing their differences, yet manage them and respectfully, happily and lovingly work together to achieve mutual interests and goals.

Trump has just unconsciously revealed another interesting side of humanity in him. Though before now, he has been able to warm himself into the hearts of his admirers because of his love for his country, his dedication to the causes he believes in, respect for life and humanity and his extreme realism. He has been firm but considerate in pursuing American interests since assuming power. When the Iranians shot down that very expensive surveillance drone in the Persian Gulf, he said that he was not ready to kill hundreds of people or go to war because of an unmanned drone. So far he has resisted the temptation of deploying American military might to settle disputes; instead he prefers economic and diplomatic pressure. You also know that no other American president would have tolerated the current wasting of hundreds of thousands of American lives, social and economic loss in the name of a carelessly handled virus from another country. But Trump has so far kept his cool. When other countries were shying away, he ordered the US embassy to immediately relocate to Jerusalem insisting that it was overdue. And recently at the signing of restoration of relations between Israel and United Arab Emirate (UAE) he sued for peace and love, reminding the Arabs, Israelis and the three religions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism that they are related since they all came from one man- Abraham. The treaty was then rightly called Abraham Accord. Trump is doing everything he can to bring an enduring peace to the Middle East. Now back to relationships.

The problem with our relationships as brothers or friends is envy, intolerance, lack of love and respect for one another. Look at the story of Cain and Abel. They were brothers but Cain killed Abel just because of Envy. That was the first murder recorded after creation. What happened? Abel’s sacrifice was accepted and Cain’s rejected. And he lured Abel out and killed him. Jacob betrayed and tricked his brother Esau into selling his birthright to him. He refused to freely feed his hungry brother unless he agrees to relinquish his position and blessing in the family. Wickedness! Then, also look at Joseph and his step brothers. They envied and loathed him so much just because of his vision. Even when Joseph was bringing food for them, they said, “Let’s kill him and see what will come out all these his dreams.” But they forgot that you cannot kill a man of dreams. The unseen hand that gave him the dreams manipulated the situation and he was instead sold out – eventually into his destiny. These envy, betrayals, jealousy, strive, struggles between brothers, sisters, friends, neighbors are unfortunately still with us today. We have seen brothers, friends taking themselves to courts, fighting dirty, betraying, witch-hunting, backbiting, backstabbing and even poisoning themselves. Are you not seeing those who for decades have been fighting and killing themselves because of family inheritance? Come and I will show you many. There are relations who even carry their differences and fighting to the grave. It is wrong. We must learn from Donald Trump and his brother Robert. They were two strikingly different people, they had their misunderstandings and shortcomings, and yet they allowed brotherliness, friendship and mutual interests to prevail. They respected and loved themselves till death parted them.

Our relationship with one other should be like that of David and Jonathan, like Ruth and Naomi. Do you remember them? Jonathan loved and was so loyal to David that he was ready to stake his life and forgo his own right to the throne. Jonathan protected and helped David against his own family and personal interests. Imagine relinquishing his right to the throne just because he saw that the divine had chosen David? Can we find that kind of loyalty and friendship today? No way! Look at Naomi and Ruth. When everything looked so gloomy, helpless and hopeless, Ruth bluntly refused to abandon Naomi. She told the woman, “I will go where you go, your people shall be my people, your God my God and where you die I will also die.” Wow! Loyalty in the highest order! Today, people don’t even wait for that long to abandon you. Just a little trial or setback, all your relations and friends have evaporated. You will be left alone to lick your wounds and nurse your pains. They will wait to see if you will survive or not and if you eventually bounce back, they will shamelessly again want to creep in. So sad! We must learn to be loyal, true, forgiving, loving, dedicated and truthful to others, especially to our friends and relations even when they are not perfect. After all we all have our individual weaknesses. Nations and groups must understand that we all came from one source and so should see and deal with others as brothers and friends. We are one! We must all live in peace. Also like President Trump rightly said, there is a meeting again after this life. I love that. It is true. And if you have this hope you will be very careful of how you live on this side of eternity.

Gabriel is the author of the audiobooks: Never Again! Power of Midnight Prayer, Uncommon Success https://www.amazon.com/Power-Midnight-Prayer-Gabriel-Agbo/dp/1475273738/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1593877396&sr=8-2