By blocking Trump's executive orders and mocking him, they are enraging Trump who is getting ready for a big showdown. Trump is a narcissit and one thing he would love to do, is go down in history as the man who took on the greatest evil in the world. If there was one man who would expose this horror it would be Trump. I feel that the day of reconing is near.
He is quite a complex guy. Not what he's portrayed. But I understand your point. Having somewhat studied him for a while now though I think that there is something keeping him in check, and I think he is not the same man as a few years before.
Possibly he's the "Grey Champion." I am very familiar w/ his 'puritan' roots, and attend the same small branch church his mum came from, very strict people. In an old interview w/ him he says some amazing things about his mortality, and coming to grips with it. We should remember about Trump, that "It is hard to carry a full cup." The fact that he hasn't made shipwreck (arguably to a degree) of himself w/ the level of temptation he's had is remarkable. Would I have fared better?
“Who was this Gray Champion?” Nathaniel Hawthorne asked near the end of this story in his Twice-Told Tales. No one knew, except that he had once been among the fire-hearted young Puritans who had first settled New England more than a half century earlier. Later that evening, just before the old priest-warrior disappeared, the townspeople saw him embracing the 85-year-old Simon Bradstreet, a kindred spirit and one of the few original Puritans still alive. Would the Gray Champion ever return? “I have heard,” added Hawthorne, “that whenever the descendants of the Puritans are to show the spirit of their sires, the old man appears again.” – The Fourth Turning – Strauss & Howe
Trump knows, better than some religious leaders, that he is a sinner. "Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you."
From the same book (above) the rise of Trump is predicted: Reminds me of "The change it had to come, we knew it all along."
“Soon after the catalyst, a national election will produce a sweeping political realignment, as one faction or coalition capitalizes on a new public demand for decisive action. Republicans, Democrats, or perhaps a new party will decisively win the long partisan tug of war. This new regime will enthrone itself for the duration of the Crisis. Regardless of its ideology, that new leadership will assert public authority and demand private sacrifice. Where leaders had once been inclined to alleviate societal pressures, they will now aggravate them to command the nation’s attention. The regeneracy will be solidly under way.” – Strauss & Howe, The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny, Paperback – December 29, 1997
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GeorgeT ago
By blocking Trump's executive orders and mocking him, they are enraging Trump who is getting ready for a big showdown. Trump is a narcissit and one thing he would love to do, is go down in history as the man who took on the greatest evil in the world. If there was one man who would expose this horror it would be Trump. I feel that the day of reconing is near.
bopper ago
That is the real Trump.
GeorgeT ago
I cannot imagine the ego of Trump if he pulls this off.,
bopper ago
He is quite a complex guy. Not what he's portrayed. But I understand your point. Having somewhat studied him for a while now though I think that there is something keeping him in check, and I think he is not the same man as a few years before.
Possibly he's the "Grey Champion." I am very familiar w/ his 'puritan' roots, and attend the same small branch church his mum came from, very strict people. In an old interview w/ him he says some amazing things about his mortality, and coming to grips with it. We should remember about Trump, that "It is hard to carry a full cup." The fact that he hasn't made shipwreck (arguably to a degree) of himself w/ the level of temptation he's had is remarkable. Would I have fared better?
“Who was this Gray Champion?” Nathaniel Hawthorne asked near the end of this story in his Twice-Told Tales. No one knew, except that he had once been among the fire-hearted young Puritans who had first settled New England more than a half century earlier. Later that evening, just before the old priest-warrior disappeared, the townspeople saw him embracing the 85-year-old Simon Bradstreet, a kindred spirit and one of the few original Puritans still alive. Would the Gray Champion ever return? “I have heard,” added Hawthorne, “that whenever the descendants of the Puritans are to show the spirit of their sires, the old man appears again.” – The Fourth Turning – Strauss & Howe
Trump knows, better than some religious leaders, that he is a sinner. "Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you."
Sorry for talking so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezkWiRk3LNA
From the same book (above) the rise of Trump is predicted: Reminds me of "The change it had to come, we knew it all along."
“Soon after the catalyst, a national election will produce a sweeping political realignment, as one faction or coalition capitalizes on a new public demand for decisive action. Republicans, Democrats, or perhaps a new party will decisively win the long partisan tug of war. This new regime will enthrone itself for the duration of the Crisis. Regardless of its ideology, that new leadership will assert public authority and demand private sacrifice. Where leaders had once been inclined to alleviate societal pressures, they will now aggravate them to command the nation’s attention. The regeneracy will be solidly under way.” – Strauss & Howe, The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny, Paperback – December 29, 1997