Prediction # 1 – “Trump
will lose the 2020 election.” Well I had a 50-50 chance on that one, and
got it right. Although I never would have guessed how long the vote count would
go on.
Prediction # 2 – “Trump
will not concede defeat on election night, November 3, 2020. He will not phone
his Democratic opponent and congratulate him.” Trump has still not conceded defeat or
congratulated the President Elect. Instead he has claimed that he has won … by
a lot!
Prediction # 3 – “There
will be demonstrations and rallies across the country by Trump’s supporters who
believe everything he says about the election.” That has happened, but they
have been few in number. Perhaps more will follow. I think that the five day delay
in knowing the results of the election has dampened the furor of the moment.
For that I am thankful. The delay has given the country time to settle down and
approach things more calmly.
Prediction # 4. “It
will be the beginning of the end for the Religious Right.” The accuracy of
that prediction cannot be known for years, but I stand by my prediction. The
Religious Right, which has promoted a return to a view of America from the
mid-twentieth century when there was a Christian hegemony in this country, has been
discredited by its support for this president. Especially in the eyes of the young,
who are the future voters of our nation. White Evangelicals are the only ones
unaware that their “glory days” will never return. America is not the White, Male, Christian,
Straight, Anti-Choice nation they thought it was.
There were two more predictions that I wrote down that day in
March but did not include them in the blog post. I had a hard time believing
them myself, and so I did not share them. I will share them now. They both
concern the inauguration of President Biden.
Prediction # 5 – I predicted that Trump will not leave the
traditional letter from the outgoing president to the incoming president on the
desk in the Oval Office, wishing him well and promising him his support. That
seems like a pretty safe bet now.
Prediction # 6 – Trump will not attend the inauguration of
the new presdient. He will say that he is an illegitimate president, and for
that reason will not attend – just like Representative John Lewis did to him. Other
presidents have done that before in American history, so it is not
unprecedented.
Prediction # 7 – I have one more prediction to round the set
off to the holy number seven. It is customary that former presidents keep a low
profile for years after leaving office out of the respect for the new
president. I predict that Trump will not follow that precedent. I think that once out of office the
ex-president will use this twitter account and public statements to undermine
the work of the new administration. I would not be surprised if he begins his
twitter tirade on Inauguration day.
I think that in time it will get worse. I am concerned that
by his anti-government rhetoric, Trump will embolden a domestic terrorist
network that will increase violent attacks against our country. White
Supremacist and Christian Nationalist organizations are the most dangerous
threats to our country, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Far
worse than Islamist extremists. During his presidency Trump has pandered to
them and sought their support. He will continue to do that after leaving the
White House. Trump’s anti-democracy rhetoric will embolden domestic terrorism
in the coming years, causing great harm to our country.
Those are my predictions. Like I said in the previous blog, I am not a prophet so they will not necessarily come true. I hope they do not come true. They don’t have to. Jesus said that some evil can only be driven out by prayer and fasting. So let us pray that Jesus binds this strongman.
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