Finding A Way

PRESIDENT TRUMP speaks before the Conservative PAC convention today, and will be well received, it is assumed, like he was last year, when he was newly president. he will name his conservative accomplishments, and will receive approval. For most of his well publicized and documented life, Donald Trump has not seemed like or been widely seen as a 'conservative"; he espoused pro choice, socialized health care values, and so forth. Somehow, his recent and current political orientation seems businesslike, as if he has adopted the proper position to gain the support of conservative America, including conservative Christian America. Conservatives, after all, are mostly Christians, and Christians are mostly conservative. The evangelical Christian community has cast its lot with Trump, and the longer he remains president, four years, eight years, or a few more days, the more entangled evangelicism will remain tied to Trumpism. Whether this is the best strategy will, in the fullness of time, be revealed. Much might depend on how the remainder of the Trump administration plays out. Suppose, for instance, that the Donald convinces North Korea to disarm, that the economy booms and the corporate tax cut stimulates a huge expansion of production and job creation, that Trump reaches stable arrangements in Iraq and Afghanistan and removes all American troops at long last from those perpetual war zones, and that all the various investigations into Trump's alleged misbehavior come to nothing. Then, likely, our conservative Christian brothers and sisters will be proud of their support of Trump. If, on the other hand, Trump's approval ratings remain in the dumpster, and or he is indicted, tried, and convicted of treason and obstruction of justice among other crimes, then..what? How will our conservative Christians, known for their shrewd calculating strategizing, cope with Trump, and separate from him without damage to their reputation? One thing we know for sure; they'll find a way.