First, I didn't vote for Trump. I voted for the third party Mormon that no one remembers now. But, I understand why people voted for him, even though they had reservations. I never understood how he became the candidate. I would have preferred almost any of the other Republicans, Carson being my first choice.
I didn't vote for him myself, but I was glad he won over Hillary. It was a lot more than just honesty. I have agreed with a lot of his moves and I'm quite sure I would have agreed with hardly any of hers. I remember the first Clinton presidency and it was one corruption after another. Trump has a big mouth and I can't listen to they guy without flinching, but he at least acts like a conservative, even if it's only because that's what got him elected. I said from the beginning, that the best we can hope for with him is that he does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
It takes all of the gifts to make a church, not just one of them.
They have been wanting a business man rather then a politician for a long time. Starting with Ross Perot back in the 90's but they could not handle the heat of the political arena. Trump was the first that could handle all of the attacks. I think that people think he is good for the economy and that is all they really care about. The voters want people working and being productive.
Interesting point about the Iraq War, that went very badly. When I learned how the church in Iraq had suffered as a consequence (and this was before ISIS came about, which made it much worse), I repented of supporting it. Fast-forward to 2016. There's Hillary Clinton, who supported that war, and who supported the intervention in Libya, and who supported tough talk on Syria which served as a factor in setting off the civil war there, who is an unapologetic proponent of a "stir the pot" foreign policy that disrupts peace rather than makes it, is the Democratic nominee. I cannot in good conscience support her. Donald Trump is an unknown quantity on foreign policy. Am I going to vote for the devil I know, when I know I can't stop her? No, I won't.
It is well established that Trump isn’t a typical business guy. He has always run his organization like an organized crime syndicate. That’s not what most Americans want. IMHO
I remember people of faith from the US believed that the Christians in Iraq will be saved with the US lead military invasion and saw him as a tyrant and persecutor of Christians. I also remember visiting webpages of people of faith who claimed the war in Iraq was against evil, and the US were the good ones and it will be a crusade. I didn't support the war from the beginning and even before the war I that the war will not end well, just like Israel invasion of Lebanon in the 1980s. Israel then strived to get rid of the PLO out of Lebanon and that worked but their invasion brought forward the terrorist group Hezbollah, which has caused major problems for Israel, even to this day and to the US.
Some evangelicals believe that the state of israel, and especially the building of the third temple is neccessary to usher in the end of the world and are trying to help move along the timetable.
If that is not what they want then why did they elect him? The Bush family campaigned against him, Obama and his wife campaigned against him, the Clinton's campaigned against him and he defeated all three of the former presidents that had been elected to office.
They do not actually have to build the temple. They just need to be in control of the temple mount. They can set up a tent and begin the sacrifices within 24 hours, they are all geared up and ready to go. The priests are trained, they have all the vessels and they have the sacrifices. They are ready to begin to build the temple. They have tried but they were chased off.
