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"It was a ritual initiation. A crossing of the threshold from private citizen to chosen instrument. A modern-day David stepping into the arena."

This line speaks volumes to me and I'll tell you why:

I was talking with one of my sons today. He was and is skeptical about President Trump and his motives and has more than once stated his concern that Mr Trump is basically doing this for ego, money and to make other billionaires richer, too. He's a Gen X and very cynical about the future; I can understand why but I'm not sure he can.

Here's the thing, he has never seen anything except grift, immorality, narcissism at (especially) the federal government level for his entire life. The first four-years of Trump's initial term was marred and distorted by lawfare, the MSM, the Blob and finally the plan-demic. Prior to that there was 8 years of Obama, 8 years of Cheney/Bush, and before that was Clinton.

Everything you talk about in your article is dead-on. However, it goes against everything he was taught (brainwashed) from Jr High through college, and everything he has been exposed to through the media, advertising, etc. his entire adult life. He and his generation have been conditioned to believe, almost without questioning, that what the "experts" say and what "The Science" says is fact. The other day you stated something to the effect "instead of experts we need elders."

I pray that he and others like him will find some source of hope in the coming days, weeks and months; There's a lot of people, not just my son and many in his generation, who need something amazing (IMO) to renew their hope and their belief that our nation is moving in the right direction. I wish I knew the answer, but I don't. I just pray and keep faith. JC

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Debbie's avatar

What a beautiful well written article!! God bless America! 💪🇺🇲🙏

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