Super Tuesday and Super Saturday came and went. As expected, Donald Trump dominated the competition.
Sort of.
While Trump did exceptionally well in states like New Hampshire, South Carolina and elsewhere in the South, The Donald has stumbled as of late, coming in second to Ted Cruz in a number of recent contests.
Trump will likely expand his delegate lead in the coming weeks. However, he won’t arrive at the Republican convention with enough of them to secure the nomination outright.
If that happens, the oligarchs in the Republican Party will do everything they can at the convention to deny Trump that which would rightfully be his.
It’s been rumored that Mitt Romney will be called upon by the establishment to save the Party of Lincoln from being “torn asunder.” Some Republicans say they simply won’t vote for Mr. Trump. Others suggest running a third party “conservative” candidate.
However it shakes out, if reaction to Romney’s anti-Trump press conference held earlier this month indicates anything, it’s that refusing the billionaire from New York the nomination if he has the majority of delegates would literally break the GOP in two.
Before discussing what a Trump victory would mean for the Republican Party, let’s backtrack a bit and try to put this man’s candidacy into context. If possible, a Catholic context.
American “exceptionalism”
Since the Second World War but most especially since the early 1990s, a cabal of intellectuals desirous of global empire have hubristically argued that it is America’s duty to advance “freedom” and “democracy” to “the people” of the world, all in the name of bringing about a lasting “peace.”
Of course, when these men speak of “freedom” what they really mean is massive economic inequality and social hedonism. And when these men speak of “democracy” what they truly mean is rigged elections with candidates that they and not “the people” get to pick. (See the U.S.-backed coup that took place in Ukraine in February 2014 for evidence of this.)
Despite the lofty language used to trick Americans into supporting this political pyramid scheme, the reality is that bringing about this so-called “peace” is a dirty business.
For one, the U.S. essentially bribes countries into joining NATO. Economically sanctioning those who refuse to do so.
Two, when leaders from sovereign Middle Eastern nations are no longer viewed as politically useful, they’re assassinated. Of course, the more diplomatic way to put it is “so and so has to go!”
And three, sustaining American imperialism oversees requires the funneling of billions of taxpayer dollars to Islamic states like Saudi Arabia and providing firearms to “moderate rebels” in countries most people can’t locate on a map.
As Bishop Athanasius Schneider recently opined in an interview, “the powerful of our world, the Western states” support groups like ISIS “indirectly.”
As a result, civilians get killed, and a prolonged bloodbath between warring religious factions ensues, thus ruining thousands, if not millions, of lives.
The end game, of course, is to pick off Eastern European countries one by one in order to expand NATO (something the U.S. promised decades ago they wouldn’t do) so that “liberal democracy” can be established not only there but also in North Africa and, most importantly, in Russia.
Globalism
Persons who espouse this warped ideology are what political scientists refer to as neoconservatives.
To put it in Catholic terms, neoconservatives seek to once and for all obliterate the Social Kingship of Christ by constructing a world order rooted in the Freemasonic Social Kingship of Man.
For decades neocons have preyed on the patriotism of ordinary Americans to get them to fight unjust wars on behalf of Arab theocrats and Jewish Zionists, the real behind-the-scenes power brokers.
While paying lip service to social conservatism, limited government, constitutionalism and state’s rights these war hawks hijacked the Republican Party and surgically transformed it into a weak-kneed, open borders, bloodthirsty Frankenstein in the service of international elites.
Though insurgent candidates like Pat Buchanan in the 1990s reminded folks about the direction this clandestine group of war criminals was leading the country, the monied class acted quickly and decisively. Buchanan’s warnings about 1) the looming culture wars 2) the harm cheap labor abroad would have on the American middle class 3) the problems associated with not securing the border and 4) the debt and death required with being the policeman of the world were easily tamped down, thanks in no small part to the help of the corporate media.
Since that time Americans have had to choose between presidential candidates who, at the end of the day, were nothing more than cogs in the globalist’s wheel.
Enter Trump
Donald J. Trump has the temperament of an eight year old child. He mocks. He condescends. He can’t give specifics to half the things he talks about. And I don’t trust him on social issues. Put another way, I have the same concerns about Mr. Trump as American Conservative contributor Rod Dreher does.
For good reason, these facts and many others, have a large number of folks, including many Catholics, deeply disturbed.
At the same time, much of his public image is an act, and he has turned out be a shrewder political operator than I expected. No one, and I mean no one, predicted he would have this much success.
People support Trump not necessarily because of his policies but because of what he represents. And what he represents is the frustration ordinary, mostly white, Americans have towards politics in general. More specifically, the antipathy they have towards the feckless politicians the Republican Party has nominated over the past thirty years who have largely failed to halt the social and economic decay of the United States.
Against the neocons
Despite his inconsistency, immaturity and, at times, imbecility, Trump has been clear on several important policies. Policies that can be appreciated from a Catholic viewpoint.
In an article for the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Daniel Mcadams outlines where Trump differentiates himself from the war hawks in his party.
First, according to Mcadams Trump states “the obvious” when he says “the Iraq war was brought to us by the liars of the neoconservative movement” and that it was a “total disaster” for the rest of us who “are forced to pay for their fantasies of world domination.”
Second, Trump wants to “actually speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin to see if US/Russia differences can be worked out without a potentially world-ending nuclear war.”
Third, although Trump is “arguing that he is hugely pro-Israel” he is “nevertheless suggesting that if the US is to play a role in the Israel/Palestine issue…the US side should…take a neutral role in the process.”
Fourth, Trump is also calling out the “idiotic neocon advice” that resulted in the overthrowing of Gaddafi in Libya that has led to “the red carpet” being “laid down for ISIS” in that failed state.
And lastly, Trump is “suggesting that it may be a good thing that Russia be bombing ISIS into oblivion and that we might want to just sit back and let that happen for once.”
Push back
The ruling class disdains each and every one of these positions. And for good reason.
By talking about the Iraq War and claiming Bush lied about it, Trump reminds us about the back room dealings and costs, both human and monetary, spreading “freedom” and “democracy” necessarily entails. And by drawing attention to the disastrous situation in Libya, Trump shines light on the foolishness of nation building abroad and the need to nation build at home. Obviously, all of this causes voters to have a less favorable view of foreign intervention in the future.
By painting Putin as a potential ally instead of a “thug,” Trump de-programs Americans from thinking of the Russian President as Josef Stalin re-incarnated. It also disabuses ordinary citizens from seeing everything through an us-versus-them prism. Having a villain to point at evokes patriotism at home and affirms Americans in the moral right-ness of the pursuit of spreading “liberty.” Neocons have long understood this. And Trump could potentially reverse that paradigm.
Furthermore, by taking a “neutral” stance towards Israel, Trump is indicating that he may put American interests ahead of Zionist interests. In other words, Trump would likely approach the Middle East in a way that holds Israel to the same moral standards as others. Realizing that this may result in an American president who refuses to be silent about the terrorist attacks Israelis commit against Palestinians on an almost daily basis, the globalists and their cronies in the media have been quick to compare Trump with, you guessed it, Adolf Hitler.
Going forward
Neoconservatives, in short, are apoplectic over a possible Trump presidency. His success could mean their demise, if only for a short while.
To be sure, it is difficult to know who Trump would surround himself with if he were to win the presidency. Would he call up Henry Kissinger? Would he seek the advice of the Council on Foreign Relations? I don’t know.
But what I do know is that as of right now Trump appears to have all the right enemies. Enemies that include the neo-Catholic neocon community. Read here.
Now, don’t expect the elites to go silently into the night. The attacks in the coming days and weeks will only get more vicious. We’ve already seen how quickly they brought up “the 1930s.” Additionally, more than 100 self-identified “members of the Republican national security community” have signed an open letter excoriating Trump for his foreign policy views, adding that they are “united in our opposition to a Donald Trump presidency.”
Unsurprisingly, some of them have said they would support Hillary Clinton, a Democratic neocon, instead of Trump in the general election.
So much for party loyalty.
In brief, a Trump nomination means the internationalists would no longer dictate the terms of America’s economic and foreign policy. Moreover, if Trump arrives at the Republican convention with the majority of delegates and is denied the nomination, it will be clear to all that we live in country that is anything but a democracy.
Indeed, far from being a “breaking” of the GOP in two, wouldn’t a Trump victory be nothing more than a re-calibration of the party to what it stood for historically? A party that serves the will of the American people instead of global elites?
Stephen Kokx is the host of “Church & State with Stephen Kokx” on Magnificat Media.com, which airs Fridays at 11am, 2pm, 6pm and 9pm and Saturdays at 10am EST. Follow him on twitter @StephenKokx and like him on Facebook
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Trump has proven that he can absolutely dominate his competition. If he’s really serious about being President, we will see him stop getting sucked into the adolescent Rubio shtick. I’m hoping Donald Trump is serious about saving what’s left of this country.
I agree. Political incorrectness is good. The childish nonsense we saw at the last debate is a joke and will destroy him.
I utterly despise Neocons, whether in Politics & Government or as Catholic Church Commentators.
This is why I come to akacatholic.com, The Remnant Newspaper & Catholic Family News.
In Politics, Conservatives would use The Bomb, while Neocons would engage in “Protective Reaction”, whatever that means.
In The Case of Louie, Mike Matt, Chris Ferrara, John Vennari, Dr John Rao & Ann Barnhardt, one is told the truth as it occurred. There are no “Sweeps Week Specials” by People who are financed by Fat Cats & sound like Shills for said Fat Cats, while broadcasting from a Miniaturized Version of The CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street, from a Suburb of The Motor City, who tells everyone that what The Pope Said was a Mistranslation, while making Hay of Cardinal Dolan, passing wind on the Uptown Platform of the IND 6th Avenue Subway, all while the Polemicist is telling the World that The SSPX is in Schism. No, THAT Guy, despite the Bells & Whistles, is a Neo Catholic, who in many cases, cannot get his facts straight.
The NeoCatholics are the ones telling people that Girl Altar Servers are OK necause the Pope says so. Ditto, Sancte Communion A Mano & Altar Tables facing the Congregation.You know WHO They Are.
But something I have noticed is that when it comes to Intelligent Conversation on the message boards, the Neo Catholics will not tolerate dissent vis a vis their position. The one with his broadcast centre is a classic example, with commenters practically forced to pay homage to The Fearless Leader’s Position, even when not well researched.
Those who hold the Traditional Catholic Position, allow True Discussion on matters Catholic.
Traditional Catholic is true Freedom, without being patronizing. I cannot say that for a certain site, which charges $10 per month for Premium Membership.
You’ve reminded me of how the totally neocon and cuckservative National Review now rigorously–with all the fanaticism of the Stasi–polices its comments section. It’s unreal.
This is unjust. Church Militant broadcasts their “don’t specifically criticize the Pope” policy loud and clear. You may disagree but you certainly can’t find fault with a position taken, and upheld.
Don’t read the posts, don’t listen to the comments. Don’t subscribe. The good that CM does is vast. They point out dangers, they teach truth, and it is well-researched. They bring out Catholic teaching in uncompromising, courageous ways.
There is a way to point out error without personal criticism. In fact, I fault them for their way too personal ridicule of everyone else except the Pope. But there is always good to be found.
Who is pure, who is always right, who never has a mixture of pride within good efforts?
Bottom line, what does your personal opinion on CM have to do with anything? Don’t google their site. Poof done.
By the way, Dilbert’s Scott Adams actually did predict Trump’s success early. See:
The Trump Master Persuader Index and Reading List
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/139541975641/the-trump-master-persuader-index-and-reading-list
A stinking cartoonist has made just about all of the professional pundits–including neocon Krauthammer and cuckservative George Will–look like complete fools. Delicious.
Now that I’ve finished the essay, please forgive one more related suggestion:
If You Think Donald Trump Is Adolf Hitler, You’re Nuts
http://www.vdare.com/articles/john-derbyshire-says-if-you-think-donald-trump-is-adolf-hitler-youre-nuts
I am voting for TRUMP! I am too busy to get into all this political stuff. I walked by a TV once and saw Obama telling the American people directly-not to vote for TRUMP. That split second I made my decision. Also, Louie is right. The guy is pretty smart and hey, funny.
I found this qoute from TRUMP. I will attach the link from where I saw it:
December 25, 2013:
“The new pope is a humble man, very much like me, which probably explains why I like him so much.”
Besides making me laugh REALLY hard. It says so much. He saw through the “humble” scam right away. His use of words was quick witted, savy and said so much in one short sentence. That was the clincher for me. I need not look any further or waste any time:
TRUMP for president!
Trump is a Big business man who has funded both sides of issues all the way up until 2013. He has given money to both pro life and pro gay organizations at the same time so it is clear he has no principles. It is people like him who add to corruption of Washington d.c by buying off politicians. And yes he can be bought off; that is why he has given money to both sides of many issues. To be honest Trump is a neofascist and demagogue. He descends into the lowest kinds of mud slinging and even advocates for the murder/torture of families who have a terrorist in them. And by galli those soldiers are going to obey one way or another……. The video from life site news is only 5 minutes and the article from the blaze is somewhat long and harsh, but very true.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/pulse/ben-shapiro-trump-is-a-liar-and-here-is-the-evidence
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/dear-trump-fan-so-you-want-someone-to-tell-it-like-it-is-ok-here-you-go/
Trump might be as corrupt as the rest of them. Thing is, we KNOW the others are bought and paid for (including Cruz – see http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/26/who-is-the-real-ted-cruz/ ).
I’ll take the chance on the flawed politically incorrect guy who MIGHT actually try to do something positive, rather than play along with the other jokers who are gonna do exactly as they’re told.
I think with Trump, we kind of know what we’re getting. I don’t trust any of the others as far as I could throw em. We’ve been burned too many times.
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/18/11051122/donald-trump-pope-tweet/in/10814827
We cant get sucked into the false idea that there’s a chance of a good pesident that may have some views we agree with. The talmudic zionists will have there man or woman they want no matter what in order to further there NWO agenda (prepare the world for the antichrist) http://youtu.be/G59mNNfLZx8
http://youtu.be/cVNR9LOEGbk
http://youtu.be/TgmAHyYSg68
It”s surprising how many people who call Obama or Bergoglio demagogues cannot recognise what Trump is. This isn’t a matter of just politics. It’s a matter of knowing the classical definition and description of a demagogue. He just tells people what they want to hear and they confuse his narcissism for courage and strength.
Don’t be political. Look at the reality right in front of you. Look up the definition of the term. Read descriptions of famous demagogues from the past. Just because he tells you what you want to hear don’t fawn over him.
That is all I’ll say on this.
Trump is a super salesman, and that’s why he’s where he is today. Truth Seeker is very insightful. Our country will never be truly great until we restore All Things in Christ?… We must remember that Heaven gave us a plan through Our Lady and until that plan is realized according to Her humble directives we will continue on this path of utter Chaos. Our Divine Savior will use obedient , humble souls to accomplish His plans….and in so doing there will be no confusion that the outcome is from Him not man.
You are correct to say that Our Lady’s plan is the only remedy, Theresa
If it comes down to Hillary vs. TRUMP, then I’m with TRUMP. If it comes down to Hillary vs. GODZILLA, I’m with GODZILLA. It’s called simplified politics!
If it comes down to Trump vs. Clinton, I will find a third party candidate to vote for or write-in Donald Duck. The lesser of two evils is still evil. And Trump isn’t all that much less evil.
That’s a good summary of the Trump phenomena.
I believe this nation crossed the Rubicon long ago and is coming under judgement. That said, I’ll likely pull the lever for Trump as a vote against political correctness, and in the off chance he really does go after the globalists. Heck, maybe he’ll go all in and blow the lid off the 9-11 fiasco. I’m not holding my breath though.
At the end of the day, it may all be moot anyway. 2017 marks the 100 year anniversary of Fatima after all.
It’s in Trump’s approach to foreign relations that he shows himself to be more mature and less shackled than his Republican competitors. It’s always shocking to hear Ted Cruz bluster from out of the blue for the “‘unapologetical’ (sic) defence of Israel” in his stump speeches, and to imagine the likes of an apostate like Glenn Beck nodding his head at that. There is really something deviant and diabolical about Protestants’ understanding of the ‘end times’. There is a real need for theological correction on what the New Testament books, and St. Paul’s letters in particular, really meant by Jerusalem, actually, figuratively and in the anagogical sense. If only Catholics had not become so disoriented by the heresies of Vatican II.
I’m not looking for a Savior…We’ve already got one. But I delight in the hatred that Trump inspires among thoes whose foreign policy positions have landed us in this mess, both the Pantsuited Neocon and the Israel-First Neocons.
Brilliant, brilliant post, Mr. Kokx. Our breakfast conversation was just this topic — that Trump may be going against the New World Order, but he is NOT Catholic. So, what to do about that? What to think? You have added to our conversation which is continuing during lunch. (Home schooled and home from college for spring break children) Thank you so very much for the Catholic clarity and for putting all this into a Catholic perspective.
Until I read that end where your name was written, I thought that Louie was writing this.
We already had a Catholic president and the Kennedys did nothing for Catholic causes. Quite the opposite, to be sure.
Spot-on analysis.
Trump uses a variety of rhetorical devices to mask the fact that he seldom says anything specific. He employs the same language that salesmen are taught in their training: flattering, inclusive, yet implying that those who don’t “buy” are somehow deficient, evasive as to details. He is the perfect Rorschach candidate, revealing more about his supporters than about his true nature: the picture means whatever *you* say it means.
I certainly don’t think he is Hitler. I do think that conditions here are comparable to those in Germany before Hitler’s rise to power. After almost eight years of a weak and waffling president, people long for a forceful leader. In such a time, extreme caution and careful discernment are only prudent.
Interesting –Fox News interview. Trump not a part of secret societies according to Newt Gingrich. Sounds like a good thing, no??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ndVffmYHI&ebc=ANyPxKrir-RxX0N3NutOgcuFAeH01eyPvi9AaLWBQy_Eq0y3bqqGsNm_T1KyRk0AIPkxod2-QG737avMxnSQ4pS2vkvNTDqcoA
Newt Gingrich is part of the secretive NWO club. He is an insider.
I’m for Trump because the next president will decide the Supreme Court. Pres. Trump can nominate Cruz. Those in the Senate who hate Cruz will say: Yes. We hate him and good riddance. Those of us who have learned the hard way not to trust lawyers, will breathe a sigh of relief. Whatever else happens to the muscular march of globalism, the Supreme Court will not be the last straw.
“…the terrorist attacks Israelis commit against Palestinians on an almost daily basis…” Huh? Pardon me, but when was the last time an Israeli blew himself up in a West bank marketplace? How can a thinking individual look at the genocide being committed against Christians in the Middle East and not understand that the so-called “Palestinians” are simply the ideological kin of ISIS? Only their immediate targets differ.
The Israeli’s may not be blowing themselves up, but they sure will blow up marketplaces and the entire city block and rain white phosphorus down on an entire crowd of people amongst other atrocities. That’s when they’re not enforcing curfews that no Palestinian could leave their home thanks to snipers on the rooftops, as they broadcast hardcore pornography on their TV channels to insult & psychologically torture them.
In fact more and more one comes to believe that the ‘terrorists’ are very useful to Israel and provides them with convenient excuses to continue to grab land illegally and ethnically cleanse the Palestinians out of existence. After all HAMAS itself owes it origin to Israeli help as has been documented.
The enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend. And given documentation that certain Zionists have long planned to create a ‘Greater Israel’ one which involves breaking up the entire Middle East into separate warring states too busy killing each other to be a threat to Israel, one recalls that ‘I.S.I.S.’ also used to be the apt acronym of the ‘Israeli Secret Intelligence Services.’ Curious given it’s an established fact that America has been training, funding and arming ISIS forces and allegedly also even being so kind as to have fighter jets escort their oil to their friends in Turkey.
Well said, sir. Another point I would like to bring up is that many in Middle East do not hate the west for it’s freedoms but because for the past 100 years Western powers have been bombing them, creating refugees and helping tyrants and dictators to come to power. While Islam is a religion of war, the resentment has another component to it that the Western media shamelessly ignores.
Pat Buchanan for President!
I know Catholics obviously like the pro-life Ted Cruise, but he committed to being part of the establishment that is inevitably leading us to hell, and therefore voting for him will not fix the problems.
Trump on the other hand, whatever his suspicious and unsavory past behavior, does however have the right enemies – virtually all of the establishment democrats, republicans and the mainstream media and liberals from tech giants to celebrities.
Either he is truly someone who will bring them down or we’re witnessing the most impressive display of reverse psychology marketing.
What he ‘promises’ are a few things that might really change things:
– Auditing the Federal Reserve
– Publishing the censored documents from the 9/11 commission
– Investigating Hillary Clinton
This very likely has all sides of the aisle shaking in their shoes. And wonders whether or not he’ll even be successful, but let’s consider this.
Exposing the truth behind 9/11, the Federal Reserve and more could very well ‘destroy’ the American government, which may mean a lot of heads rolling if hypothetically Trump can deliver.
I’m betting a lot of those heads are the same ones forming part of the hydra comprising the LGBT and Abortion Stasi. Which means taking out the head honchos and the money interests is also strategically to the Pro-Life/Traditional Marriage Choir’s advantage. Just in a more round-about way.
NWO just 1 of its many tentacles is the banking system
http://youtu.be/UrJGlXEs8nI
I have not been following the presidential debates, but I have always been uneasy about Trump simply because I had assumed because of his mass wealth that he was a member of the illuminati global elites. After hearing recently that Anti-Pope, Biblical False Prophet Francis has publicly spoken out against Trump, I am now open to considering voting for him at election time. The global elites, through their now Freemason controlled Vatican were able to steal the Chair of Peter from our True Pope Benedict XVI, and put their man Francis in place are preparing the world for the Anti-Christ to soon step out onto the world stage. May God have Mercy on us all !!!