Holy Shit! Ralph Peters on the Theological Implications of The Trump Presidency

"...to just wrap up Trump, Trump's genius, and it's been done before by many a dictator, many a charlatan, his genius with his core supporters is that he has offered them absolution. Nothing is their fault. It's the fault of The Deep State, it's the fault of minorities, it's the fault of The Left, it's the fault of traditional Republicans, it's the fault of immigrants...and his message to them is, "You're not responsible. Whatever failures you've had in your life, whatever bad choices you were, it's somebody else's fault. He gives them somebody to blame. And at heart, his core supporters aren't builders, they're couch potato anarchists who are just thrilled to tear things down. ...His supporters come in a lot of different flavors, but the core supporters I see as people who've been told so many times that they're entitled to more, that despite their red hats saying Making America Great Again, they're not really wild about America. In fact, that's a charge that I'd lay at the feet of the Left and the Right. We're an ungrateful nation. We're spoiled, and we're crying out that we deserve more. No, we don't! We've lost that fundamental American value, the sense of responsibility. Trump is ultimately the theological anti-Christ of our political scene, arguing that nothing is your fault, I can save you."

Ret. Lt. Col. Ralph Peters 
former FOX News contributor
on The Beat With Ari Melber
MSNBC, August 17th, 2018...around 6:30-ish

Sometime...a lot of the time...I'm disappointed in MSNBC. And I have to confess that I am no fan of Ari (How Many Rappers Can I Allude to Today?) Melber. But I caught a bit of his show today, and I am glad that I did. Lt. Col. Ralph Peters is a-fucking-mazing! Got to get me some more of this pie.