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| The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. |
A total Trump hater recently forwarded me another NYT Trump "hit piece." I recieve them frequently. This person consumes anything that feeds his hatred of Trump and Bibi.
The most recent hit piece was about Trump's spending. You know Trump’s to blame for our national debt, right?
As for budgets deficits and debt, here is an interesting trivia Fact: In percentage terms, the national debt increased the most under Abraham Lincoln.
The broader point I want to make is that Lincoln and Trump have some big things in common. The Democrats hated Lincoln too. It is difficult to say which man they hated more. Lincoln's own party had fractures too with Radical Republicans.
The Left Loves to Mock Trump’s Faith.
As a young man, Lincoln was sometimes described as a village atheist by acquaintances. Abraham Lincoln faced significant criticism and political attacks for his lack of traditional religious affiliation. Notably, Lincoln never formally joined any church. By the same token, Trump is a non-denominational Christian.
As Lincoln dealt with the immense burdens of the Civil War, his personal writings and speeches demonstrated a profound, if unconventional, reliance on divine providence. It is fair to say that the same can be said of Trump.
Have you noticed that the ones scoffing at Trump’s faith, don't have faith themselves?
The Left questions Trump’s "Faith" and everything else!
Large segments of the press—particularly Democratic-leaning newspapers—were intensely hostile toward Abraham Lincoln. Most leading newspapers were anti-Lincoln in 1860. Democratic papers attacked him relentlessly.
The Media Research Center has reported that from last June 1 to Sept. 30 it monitored the TV network evening news programs on ABC, CBS and NBC and found that 92 percent of news coverage of President Trump during this period was negative. The center called this “the most hostile coverage of a President in TV history.”
This quote sums up well:
"Donald Trump and Abraham Lincoln share traits as outsider leaders who confronted intense institutional resistance, communicated directly with the public to bypass traditional media, governed deeply divided nations, and embraced economic nationalism to protect domestic industries."
There is no doubt that Trump will be speaking about Lincoln at the dedication of the reopening of the The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. before the 250th July 4th
In approximately 6 months we will be half way through Trump's term. Is that any concilation? Depends how you see it.
The last time Trump was leaving office I took these photos of the Lincoln Memorial. I went to Washington D.C. for the January 6, 2021 Trump Rally.
I love this photograph. I took it from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the early evening. There was a light drizzle that night; the granite and marble on the many monuments was glistening.
The country was so divided and there were so much hostility against Trump supporters. I was seeking to be in a place where I could feel some peace. I wanted to sit at Lincoln's feet for inspiration and look out over Lincoln's reflecting pond at the Washington Monument.
Below are Abraham Lincoln's words inscribed on the wall to the right of Lincoln's statue.
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."
The photo below I took of my Shabbat window on Friday January 1, 2021, a few days before taking the train to D.C. I remember feeling so hated because I was going to the rally. My family, including my mother, was furious at me for being a Trump supporter. Only my father accepted my choice. Little did I know at the time.
Epilogue:
I blogged about my trip to Washington at that time. I saw something very different than you saw in the news those days.
A Sight to be seen - January 4, 2021
Being Part of History - January 5, 2021
