“Everoyne is born at a time that is best suited for their salvation.”

- Saint Ambrose of Optina

to the people asking how anyone could be surprised by biden… since his mental state has been apparent for years…that’s not really the issue. the question leading up to the debate was whether his brain was permanently broken or whether he could pull it together when needed like he did for the state of the union in march. or as nancy pelosi put it: is it an episode or a condition? it’s clear if he couldn’t pull it together for the most important night of the election thus far, it’s the latter. and it’s a big deal that it was revealed to the general public in a very spectacular and uncontrollable fashion, which no behind-the-scenes democrat operative could ever attempt to fix. that’s the major development that’s being discussed, and while it may seem a minor nuance to anyone on a steady diet of durrr biden retarded gop memes, it has major electoral implications going forward.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Emily’s grandfather!

“We gon' to mass today, we have to pray
Besides what the pastor say, I have to say….
You see, if you ever wanted to ever be anything
There'd always be somebody that shoot down any dream
There'll always be haters, that's the way it is
…. But they gon' have to take my life 'fore they take my drive
'Cause when I was barely livin', that's what kept me alive
Just the thought that maybe it could be better than what we at at this time
Make it out of this grind, 'fore I'm out of my mind.”

- Ye, Bring Me Down (2005)

THE BEST MASTERPLAN IS TO TRUST IN GOD & HIS MERCY! SO TRUE!

Se7en is one of the best movies!

A priest named Father Leonard is having a surgery on Monday for his thyroid: please pray that it goes well, he recovers smoothly, and he is spiritually strengthened throughout!

But I think this raises an important concern about Trump's seemingly inevitable march back into the White House. The two developments that radically changed his fortunes in 2023 are each a double edged sword.

The series of indictments against Trump transformed him into a powerful martyr figure, but they have also left him politically and financially vulnerable. Without the presidency and without an unlimited glut of cash, Trump faces bankruptcy and possibly house arrest for the rest of his life. This is an all or nothing scenario where he must win by any means necessary, and that makes him politically dependent on Republicans and financially dependent on donors.

The cardinal rule in Art of the Deal is that you must be willing to walk away from the table and in this case that is not an option. Did the indictments substantially harden the resolve of the base? Or did they make Trump more pliable to powerful interests? I think this is a fair question, and it always is when serious indictments are brought.

On the second point, Jewish donors have flocked to Trump owing largely to the impact of the October 7th attack on the Jewish consciousness. Not only Israel but all of World Jewry was pushed far to the right seeing Israel imperiled on October 7th. This was the first time Israel has faced such an existential threat since the Yom Kippur War 50 years ago which produced generations of neocon Jews.

So yes Trump gained very powerful allies like the reliably Republican Miriam Adelson and also from lifelong Democrat Jews like Jacob Helberg from Silicon Valley and like Bill Ackman from Wall Street. But their resources are not unconditional. And suddenly the Trump campaign becomes the one that is backed by billionaires, foreign governments, security contractors, and big business.

It certainly doesn't alleviate these concerns to see Trump roll out a new agenda based on drilling oil, deepening the Paul Ryan tax cuts, and stapling greencards to diplomas.

So the question becomes— what is this all for? When Trump wins in 2024 will his MAGA revolution have conquered the system, or will the system have conquered the MAGA revolution?

If Trump wins and serves his full term, the MAGA Revolution will have spanned 14 years from his announcement in June 2015 to the inauguration of a new president in January 2029. Will the Trump movement have been transformational and changed the trajectory of America on the three foundational issues that he ran on in 2016, which are trade, immigration, and foreign wars? Or— did the Trump movement merely re-legitimize the same uniparty consensus by leading the disaffected on a dramatic adventure right back to where we started?

I do believe the Trump movement has led to a course correction maybe most notably on trade and political correctness, but it seems that the foreign wars and immigration are worse than ever. Those will be what define the second term and to what extent Trumpism was a success. And if Yoram Hazony and Bill Ackamn have any sway over the hiring... it isn't looking good.

Regardless, we must begin to think ahead to the battle within the Trump administration to restrict immigration, protect free speech online, and fight for independence from Israel. And then beyond to the post-Trump period when Christian and White identity may be at the forefront of the political struggle.

What is more notable however is the way in which powerful forces have coalesced around Trump in the last year. It should be noted that his comeback was never a guarantee or even a likely scenario after January 6th when he was nearly convicted by his own party in the Senate, banned from social media, and considered a pariah by the entire conservative movement.

Trump left office in 2021 a greatly diminished figure with most of his legacy undone by the lockdown-induced recession and aggressive executive action from the Biden administration. His ostensible defeat shattered his aura of invulnerability. By becoming the first one-term president since George Bush, it seemed that the political establishment had fully prevailed and proved that his initial victory was the fluke that they sought to portray it as.

And for two years the situation didn't improve. Truth Social was (and is) a flop. After McCarthy came crawling back for support in the midterms, Trump was still blamed for the Republicans' lackluster performance in 2022. Simultaneously, Ron DeSantis' blowout reelection victory made him a legitimate challenger for the nomination in 2024.

Things continued to get worse. In his early campaign announcement after the midterms, Trump appeared tired and dull. He was embarrassed by Kanye West's YE24 stunt. And by early 2023 his campaign was seriously struggling to raise money. But with the announcement of the first indictment in New York City in the Spring of 2023, Trump got a major boost as Republicans were forced to circle the wagons and defend him from the overreach of the Democrats.

The successive waves of indictments from the Department of Justice and Fulton County transformed Trump into a martyr-like figure and a symbol. This was beneficial since the "real" Trump had become so much less inspiring and energetic than he was in 2016. This coupled with DeSantis' failure to launch upon his announcement that came far too late in May 2023 propelled Trump through the GOP primary.

With all of his momentum headed into the primary season, Trump got another major boost when Hamas invaded Israel in October 2023. Although it might not have been apparent then, it is undeniable now, that this attack pushed the American Jewish elite further to the Right and forced them to coalesce around Trump.

Seeing the initial response from radical young Leftists on college campuses and the Biden administration's efforts to restrain Israel's campaign in Gaza, major Republican Jewish donors and even lifelong Democrat Jewish donors from Wall Street and Silicon Valley embraced Trump and his unconditional support of Israel.

Since then, time has been an ally with everything working in Trump's favor: The unraveling of the politicized indictments, disintegration of his primary challengers, worsening situation in Ukraine, gridlock in Congress, escalating tension between Biden and Netanyahu... and now, Joe Biden's worsening dementia.