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There was yet another Republican debate last night:

March 4, 2016

WASHINGTON—

Dismissing his rivals as “lying Ted” and “little Marco,” Donald Trump fended off intense attacks from his fellow presidential hopefuls at a debate Thursday that comes amid deeps signs of divisions within the Republican Party.

During the debate, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich took turns taking swipes at the New York businessman, who appears to be marching toward the party’s nomination.

The debate, being held in the northern city of Detroit, was filled with the same yelling, personal insults and off-color remarks that have featured prominently in the 2016 Republican race for president. …

The debate began with a question about someone not on stage: Mitt Romney. The party’s most recent nominee strongly criticized Trump in a speech Thursday, calling him a “con man” and a “phony” who is “playing the members of the American public for suckers.”

Asked to respond to the criticism, Trump dismissed Romney as a “failed candidate” who was “an embarrassment to everybody” when he lost to President Obama in 2012.

“Obviously he wants to be relevant; he wants to be back in the game,” Trump said.

At an earlier news conference, Trump used even more direct language, saying Romney once “begged” for his endorsement during his 2012 presidential run. http://www.voanews.com/content/republicans-get-dirty-insult-ridden-debate/3219287.html

This has been the strangest US presidential primary I have ever seen.

Donald Trump’s bombastic style has led to him attacking many and many attacking him. And on the Democrat side, Hillary Clinton’s scandals keep making the news, which makes one wonder if she will get formally indicted for her handling of her emails (for some details, see Hillary Clinton in Prophecy).

Donald Trump’s direct, but often bombastic style, appeals to many who are concerned about their safety. He keeps saying he is a man of action as he has repeatedly blasted current US President Barack Obama and others for not taking what he feels are appropriate actions against Islamic terrorism.

Despite what many think, people often will go for a ‘strongman’ in times of crisis. Donald Trump has portrayed that better to the Republican primary voters, thus far, than any other candidate.

But how does his style play out in Europe? A reader tipped me off to the following that BBC reported today:

Europe hates Trump. Does it matter?

March 4, 2016

Back in 2004 Europeans assumed that their own well publicised opposition to President Bush’s Iraq war would make it harder for him to get re-elected. In fact, anti Americanism had the opposite effect. It drove people to the president. “If those squishy Europeans hate him so much,” the thinking seemed to go, “then he must be doing something right.”

That same year, Britain’s left-leaning Guardian newspaper ran a public campaign targeting a critical county in Ohio with a letter-writing blitz, urging people there to vote for John Kerry.

It was a bid to give foreigners a say in the US presidential election. Clark County was a swing district in a swing state, in 2000 Al Gore won the area by a narrow margin. But the Guardian’s Operation Clark County backfired. It did indeed galvanise local voters, but it did so for Bush not Kerry. On election night, George Bush carried the county with 51% of the vote.

At the time, a local newspaper editor told the BBC that it was the well-publicised letter campaign which lost it for the Democrats. It will go down in history as one of the biggest fiascos in foreign meddling. …

Germany’s Der Spiegel has called Trump the most dangerous man in the world. Britain’s David Cameron says his plan to ban Muslims is divisive and unhelpful.

The French liberal newspaper Liberation has described him as a nightmare turned reality. JK Rowling tweeted that he’s worse than Voldemort. A recent Economist cover has a picture of Trump dressed as Uncle Sam with just one word, “Really?” That pretty much sums up the mood of global elites.

Will the international reaction make a shred of difference to Trump’s chances of getting nominated and then elected? 2004 would suggest not. Indeed you can easily imagine a scenario in which Trump’s American supporters rally round their candidate even more closely because the world is against him, just as they did with President Bush.

If you like Trump, you’re likely to shrug off French disdain – who cares what a bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys think? And if you don’t like Trump, you’re likely to see the criticism as a source of embarrassment – God, what does the world think of us? http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35702584

BBC’s article also showed a photograph of an anti-Donald Trump carnival float in Germany that said “MAKE FASCISM GREAT AGAIN!”

Clearly, many in Europe have issues with Donald Trump.

Now, I want to answer the question that BBC’s headline asked: Europe hates Trump. Does it matter?

Yes, it matters, but not the way that Europeans are publicly hoping it will.

Last year, I posted the following:

Should he actually become President of the United States, his flamboyance and brashness are bound to offend the Europeans, and ultimately that will not turn out well for the USA (cf. Daniel 11:39).

As far as making America great again, the USA truly needs national repentance, which is something that “the Donald” has not called for.

While he may be better to handle certain aspects of leadership of the USA than other candidates, he also has his own weaknesses.

Consider the following:

14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

National repentance and prayer is what the USA needs or it is biblically-doomed (cf. Habakkuk 2:6-8; Daniel 11:39). The same holds true for its Anglo-Saxon descended allies such as the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

The USA needs prayers and repentance to be great again.  Otherwise, it is doomed (Habakkuk 2:6-8; Daniel 11:39).

While Donald Trump has his ideas, Donald Trump will not make America great again. (Thiel B. Can Donald Trump make America great again? December 20, 2015)

The Bible tells of a warring power that will arise in Europe and surprise the world:

3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” (Revelation 13:3-4)

If Donald Trump does become President of the United States, look for him to offend the Europeans and encourage them to arm. This will not end well for the USA:

Consider that the USA is the power in the 21st century that has the “strongest fortresses.”

Donald Trump has already offended many Europeans.  Should he become President of the United States, the Europeans will be offended by this and will take more steps to separate themselves from the USA. This does not mean that NATO must be abandoned, but I have felt for decades that the Europeans would attack the USA under the guise of a NATO exercise, and probably will have ground assistance from Mexico, a nation that Donald Trump has repeatedly offended during his campaign.

It does matter that Europe hates Donald Trump.  If he becomes president, Europeans will intensify their desire to arm themselves. The time will come when Europe will turn to a ‘strongman’ of its own (cf. Revelation 17:12-13; see also Must the Ten Kings of Revelation 17:12 Rule over Ten Currently Existing Nations?) I have also long written that I believe that trade conflict could be the trigger for the start of WWIII. Donald Trump repeatedly (including in last night’s debate) said he would negotiate better trade deals for the USA.  Expect him, should he win, to offend the Europeans.

On Sunday, we put together a new video Could Donald Trump be Apocalyptic? (We previously put one together on Hillary Clinton: Hillary Clinton and Bible Prophecy.)

As the Bible says, pray (Matthew 6:10; 1 Timothy 2:1-3). The USA needs the Kingdom of God.

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This entry was posted on Friday, March 4th, 2016 at 7:30 am and is filed under Prophecy.

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