FBI, 2018
Hate crimes in the United States are 30 percent higher
than before Trump’s Presidency.
“Why do you despise your brother?
For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.”
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Biblical Reflections for U.S. Leaders
"As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless." Psalm 18:30
Pope Francis, June 3, 2020
“We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism
and exclusion in any form and yet claim
to defend the sacredness of every human life.”
“Anyone who claims to be in the light but
hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.”
General James Mattis, June 3, 2020
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime
who does not try to unite the American people—
does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us.”
“I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those
who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are
contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,
but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery
they deceive the minds of naive people.”
President Donald Trump, White House, May 6, 2020
“We want to terminate health care under Obamacare.”
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
President Donald Trump, White House, April 28, 2020
“Trump says he has spoken to three or four families
who have had a family member die of Covid-19.”
“Have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love,
a tender heart, and a humble mind.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, April 22, 2020
“A press release issued by McConnell on Wednesday …
quoted his remarks under the heading
‘Stopping Blue State Bailouts.’ ”
“It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor,
but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.”
Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll, April 18, 2020
“Only 36 percent of respondents in the poll say they
generally trust what Trump has said when it comes
to the coronavirus, while 52 percent say they don’t trust him.”
“But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God,
trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them
as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.”
President Donald Trump, White House Covid-19
Task Force Briefing, April 1, 2020“I have hundreds of millions of people, #1 on Facebook,
did you know that I’m #1 on Facebook?”
“Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,
but rather think of yourself with sober judgment,
in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.”
NBC/Wall St. Journal Poll, February 2, 2020
“A majority of voters — 52 percent — say they believe Trump
abused the power of his office by asking a foreign government
to investigate a political opponent to influence the
upcoming election, compared with 41 percent who disagree.”
“Everyone who makes a practice of sinning
also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.”
President Donald Trump, January 22, 2020
“I watched the lies from Adam Schiff.
He’s a liar and he’s a fraud. These are major sleazebags.”
“Remind them … to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling,
to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.”
Christianity Today, December 19, 2019
“The president of the United States attempted to use his
political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and
discredit one of the president’s political opponents.
That is not only a violation of the Constitution;
more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.”
‘But you are not to be like that.
Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest,
and the one who rules like the one who serves.’
Rex Tillerson, May 16, 2018
“If our leaders seek to conceal the truth,
or we as people become accepting of alternative realities
that are no longer grounded in facts, then we as American citizens
are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom.”
“A false witness will not go unpunished,
and whoever pours out lies will perish.”
New York Times, January 13, 2020
“The federal budget deficit surpassed $1 trillion in 2019,
the Treasury Department reported on Monday, as tax cuts and spending increases continued to force heavy government borrowing.”
“Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling,
but a foolish man devours it.”
Time, December 9, 2019
“The Trump Administration tightened its rules for obtaining
food stamp benefits this week, in a move many experts
fear could have a detrimental effect on the nearly
700,000 vulnerable Americans it’s expected to impact.”
“This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice;
show mercy and compassion to one another.
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor.
Do not plot evil against each other.’ ”
Christianity Today, December 19, 2019
President Trump’s “Twitter feed alone—with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders—is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused.”
“What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?
Can such faith save them?”
Washington Post Fact Checker, December 16, 2019
All told, as of mid-December, Donald Trump had
lied 15,413 times since becoming president.
“Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self
with its practices and have put on the new self”
FBI, November 12, 2019
Personal attacks motivated by bias or prejudice reached a 16-year high
in 2018 with a significant upswing in violence against Latinos.
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
President Donald Trump, Twitter, November 21, 2019
“…Republicans, you are dealing with human scum …”
“Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.
The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother,
speaks evil against the law and judges the law.”
The Hill, December 3, 2019
“The Trump administration is set to cut food stamp benefits
for approximately 750,000 people”
“But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need,
yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”
The Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2019
“The U.S. spent nearly $1 trillion more in fiscal 2019 than it took in.”
“A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children”