Commentary

Trump Right to Threaten Removal of U.S. Troops from Disloyal ‘Allies’

President Trump is reportedly considering pulling American troops out of nations that have not been supportive of the U.S. effort in Iran and placing them in nations that have. I think such a decision is well-advised and long overdue.

European nations are largely weak and gutless. What more dire warning does a nation need than that the murderous Iranian regime is on the cusp of a nuclear bomb— which it would not hesitate to use to annihilate its Middle Eastern neighbors, including Israel—and then the rest of the world?!

So, Trump may move U.S. troops from NATO countries unhelpful to the U.S. and relocate them in nations that are viewed as supportive of our critical effort. It could also involve closing U.S. bases in countries like Spain or Germany who are highly unreliable, if not hostile to, U.S. interests.

Ever since Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, it’s been there. What is it?

“A clear-and-present danger.”

Yes, God told them what would happen if they disobeyed Him: “The day you eat thereof you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:17). And, even though they didn’t drop dead the minute they ate of the “devil’s dainty,” it didn’t take long for them to realize that their sin had “wages:” physical and spiritual death.

Likewise, it didn’t take long to realize how one sin precipitates another: which was evident in Cain’s killing his brother, Abel, and God later destroying the world with a Flood. And, even until today, every sin has a “wage” or consequence and, ultimately, will be judged by God, a Holy God, Who MUST punish sin.

As America approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I think it is timely and important to address this topic.

In a compellingly written declaration for the ages, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas highlighted the dangers of Progressivism to our American constitutional form of government. The premise of his statement is that the values enshrined in the Declaration of Inde-pendence are no longer popular among many Americans who are foolishly open to progressivism taking their place. ‘Progressiv-ism’ is a dishonest term which masks the brutal atheistic socialism of Nazism and Soviet Communism.

The dangers of Progressivism include an unlimited expansion of government power that stifles liberty and creates highly inefficient bureaucracies, coupled with the scornful dismissal of traditional American values.

by Linzy Bruno

The Bible is no ordinary book, and is in actuality, so much more than a book, that it should have a higher form of reference, (if we had such a term, we would use it!) Moreover, the Bible is the only Book that chronicles all three phases of time known to man.

Everyone understands that God’s Word covers all of history, but perhaps not the present or future. But it does, nonetheless. And we can even prove this claim through the study of Bible Prophecy.

From the pen of

President Trump requested this past week that our North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) “allies” assist in keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, safe, and passable for oil tankers. One of the dangers in the Strait is the placement by the Iranian military of mines in the waterway. European countries are said to possess abundant minesweepers, and this assistance would ease the burden on our armed forces which are also engaged in other far-flung parts of the world. But our so-called allies have thus far refused, or, at best, offered only empty lip service in support of the effort to keep the Strait open, from which they benefit far more than does the U.S.

Have you ever been guilty of speaking before you think? If you answer that honestly, I’m certain the answer would be, “Yes.” I know it is for me. We are quick to express our belief, conviction, or opinion. But we aren’t always right, are we? Of course not.

Jesus addressed the words that we speak in Matthew 12:34-37, which says, “Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.” (Ephesians 4:29) Although we Christians are not focused on our own feelings, and getting our own way, we ought to be focused on the feelings of those in which we come into contact. If we’re truly humble, our opinion should come second to another person’s feelings. If I say to myself, “my opinion doesn’t matter here” maybe that will come to mind when someone asks for my opinion, and I don’t have anything nice to reply, if I’m to be brutally honest.

Trump Had Both the Legal Justification and Moral Obligation to Move Against Iran

As I observe the national and world response to the American and Israeli bombing of Iran, I am amazed at both the remarkable pessimism of the media and commentators, as well as the willful ignorance of many regarding the actual history of the murderous Iranian regime.

Conversely, President Trump has stated “Iran can have a much brighter future—but we’ll never allow America and its allies to be threatened with terrorism or a nuclear attack. The choice is theirs to make.”

This week President Trump announced that the EPA would reverse and eliminate an Obama Administration greenhouse gas rule that has been unfairly used to justify broad and sweeping “climate change” regulations. Specifically, the EPA will remove the 2009 “endangerment finding,” which identifies six greenhouse gases— which provide vital food for plants in greenhouses—as “a threat to public health and welfare.” And, because this standard was so broadly used, its roll back is being considered the largest act of environmental deregulation in American history.

This Obama administration regulation has been used as a justification for regulations forcing the increase in arbitrary fuel economy standards and limiting power plant emissions. “More energy drives human flourishing,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stated. “Energy abundance is the thing that we have to focus on, not regulating certain forms of energy out.”

Crucial Trump Tariff Case is Before U.S. Supreme Court

I address the Trump tariffs because he has deployed them as a vital tool of economic and foreign policy.

First, there is no nation, no economy, the rest of the world is more desirous of selling its goods to than the U.S. Our strong free-market system provides millions of Americans with discretionary income to use to purchase foreign goods. Second, the U.S. government, for decades, has allowed America to be taken advantage of, allowing America to be on the short end of multi-billion-dollar trade deficits with many countries. No more, President Trump has said. “America is not going to get ripped off any longer.”

However, pundits have criticized Trump for what they believe is a lack of legal authority for his broad, unilateral imposition of tariffs. I examine that issue here.