The Big Reset - Vacation to Germany and London, culminating with the Global Missions Conference (Part 1: BERLIN & FRANKFURT)

Good evening friends! So glad you've stopped by to catch up with me!  I'll warn you now that this will be a very long post.  Don't feel obliged to read it in it's entirety, however, I also think you will be as encouraged and inspired as I was.  It was a trip years, even decades in the making and it met and exceeded expectations!  It came about after a conversation with my spiritual brother Lukas, who is German, became a disciple and we began discussing such a trip just over a year and a half ago.  

Our thought was to go to our European Missions Conference, which is typically held in October, was changed to our global conference for our family of churches in August this year.  Even though Lukas and I had discussed doing the trip this year, as soon as I found out it would be the biggest conference of the year in our church, it became my literal mission/obsession to be go!

So during the Winter of 2024/25, I was in very poor health. After almost a year of  suffering from "long Covid" (you should search this ailment, it's a brutal condition that came about after the Covid 19 pandemic that afflicted older and generally sicker people who had the displeasure of catching the virus once, or in my case, up to several times), my doctor helped me start to heal from the tremendous physical and mental damage done by this horrific malady.  

I went on medical leave from my job from the beginning of December, 2024 to the end of March, 2025.  Thankfully, I was able to receive disability pay for most of that time.  But by the time I was released to return to work, I was hurting financially! It took almost two months to get back on track with my budget, and by that time, we were deep into saving up for  our church's Special Missions Contribution.  For the first time that I can remember, I fell short of my goal, but I do believe I gave it my best!

So for the few months, from March to August, I worked my day job, and did Door Dash during some evenings and most weekends.  I was really pushing myself to my limits to be able to afford to make this trip back to Europe.  By the way, this was also a resolution I made back in January as one of my official goals of 2025.  Accomplished! 

So on August 7th, Lukas and I flew to Berlin, via London, and we landed at the airport.  We were exhausted!  We had been traveling about 20 hours by that time, and we were just looking forward to crashing at the brother's place, and excited to meet them!  So Lukas got to customs shortly before I did, but when I exited, Lukas was not to be found.  By this time, I was experiencing some significant back pain and needed to sit down, but in that corridor there were no seats.  I looked back through the window and could see he was still talking to the officer.  He saw me and shrugged, so I sent him a message that I was going to head to baggage claim and find a seat.  I might mention that at this point, my phone was at 1% or 2% battery.  

So I waited at the baggage claim and we called each other, while I tried to get some juice into my phone. Verdict: the border police wouldn't allow him to enter the country due to a fine that he had on his record from years ago.  I thought to myself. "Now what do I do?" They would not accept a money transfer and banks were just closing for the week on a Friday night.

The brother that was going to meet us was still on his way to the airport.  I had to make a decision.  By leaving the baggage claim to meet him, I was potentially leaving Lukas behind.  I didn't know what to do....  After several minutes, I made the decision to exit into the main hall and meet our welcome party. I felt dejected, and unsure of where to even start. 

We had been in Berlin for 30 minutes and I was already wondering if our entire trip would be ruined.  I tried to fight the thought, but I was reeling from exhaustion and dealing with physical pain and an almost dead phone, and on top of it all, I just didn't know how to fix this for my friend.  So I came out and met our brother Valentino, who was waiting at the arrivals exit.  We sat down and introduced ourselves, I told him the situation, and I asked if we could pray.  He obviously agreed, and we prayed and got to work on a solution.

So after what seemed like dozens of calls and text messages, several other brothers also came to the airport to help out. I won't get into a lot of detail, but the brothers were able to deliver help to Lukas and after about 4 hours of waiting, they finally allowed Lukas to enter Germany!  Everyone was overjoyed, and Lukas had the weight of the world lifted off his shoulders!

So we started on our journey to the brother's house and after over 24 hours of travel, the brothers gave us accommodation, and we were able to lay down and rest from a long day of traveling.

Saturday, August 9th

When I woke up on Saturday morning, I was talking with one of the brothers in the hallway in their flat.  About that same time, another brother was coming up the stairs and as he reached the top, he looked over at me and froze.  He just stood there, in shock, not believing his eyes. It was my amazing brother Keonte!!!  We were roommates on the mission team in Berlin three years ago, and got to know each other in Amsterdam before that for almost a month.  We also took the train together to Berlin and were #3 and #4 to arrive in Berlin to plant the church after the Zykovs. So he ran to me and we hugged so tight, and since we're both big teddy bears, the tears flowed.  Due to visa issues, he left shortly before I did in 2022 to return to the US, but now he's back in Berlin, living there as a student!

So one of my biggest tasks while in Berlin was to retrieve two suitcases that had been left in Berlin in December 2022 when I had to leave Germany as my visa was expiring.  I already took two or three suitcases, and I just couldn't grab the other three (the other one was returned October of last year).  So I set out across Berlin, the city I love, and headed toward Tomiwa and Vienne's house to pick up my last suitcase.  He had everything ready for me and we had a great conversation!  

Now I think it's appropriate to say here that one of my main goals of this trip was to make sure I had reconciled with several people from some things that had happened while I was in Amsterdam and Berlin in the Fall of 2022.  That's why I call this my spiritual reset. I won't go into details here because I think that will necessitate it's own post in the near future.  But it would suffice to say that I was really struggling when I left Berlin.  By the time I left the city, I had gotten very sick twice in two months, which I believe to have been the coronavirus.  And it left me weak physically and spiritually.  (More on this to come later).

So I had a great conversation with Tomiwa in his kitchen, where I apologized to him, in tears, and noting that I had a lot of insecurity from the way things ended there three years ago.  This is one thing I absolutely love about the Kindom of God.  Reconciliation, forgiveness, love.  True agape love, not the artificial stuff.  The real thing!  He said "You did the best you could, and I'm glad you're still faithful."  Or something very close to that.  His forgiveness and his loving words softened my heart and the tears began to flow again.  This was the first of several such conversations that I would have over the next 8 eight days...  

So, when I left Berlin three years ago, the suitcase I picked up at his house was broken and in pretty bad shape.  Even though I had just bought it new in London in August that year, mere months before, it began to fall apart.  So Tomiwa grabbed some duct tape and made it so I could schlepp it across town to the brother's house. The suitcase was quite large, and without the duct tape, impossible to roll behind me, but God helped me got it done!

So I jumped on the bus with the old rickety bag and headed toward the S-Bahn (commuter train).  I desperately needed cash so I stopped in a little Döner Kebap store where they had an ATM, and got a Döner since I didn't have time to eat breakfast, and I was starving.  I've eaten at that place before and the food there is not that great for Berlin standards, but oh boy, it was amazing for someone who hadn't had a real döner in three years.  It was beautiful!  Haha!

So one of the things I realized on that gorgeous, hot Saturday in Berlin, was that I think I may have some lingering issues with heat intolerance.  If I'm walking around in the shade, I do okay, but in the direct sun, I struggle mightily!  I've always sweated probably more than the average person, but due to my weight, I'm not that surprised.  But what I realized here was that it had gotten significantly worse. If I'm completely honest with myself, I was actually kind of concerned.  This was essentially day one of a 10-day vacation and I was already drenched in sweat the first morning!  Guess I just need to keep hydrated...

In the afternoon, we went to a brother's birthday party that was held near Potsdamer Platz in an arcade!  I was pretty wiped out already so I hung out but didn't really take part too much, except in general fellowship.  I saw Lisa there for the first time since 2022 and she came up to me and gave me a big hug.  I tell you, family reunions are a powerful thing...  It was so special reconnecting with her, Keonte and the rest of the Berlin family!

Afterward, I just wanted to get a picture with Lukas and the brothers at Brandenburg Gate and then I headed back to the brother's place to relax for the evening.  It was in the mid to upper 80's in Berlin that day, and I was truly spent.  I also needed to go through my suitcase and move everything I wanted to keep over to another suitcase that I brought with me, since I knew the other one was too damaged to take back with me.  (By the way, when I flew over, I put my regular small suitcase inside the bigger one so that I didn't have to pay for extra luggage or purchase another bag in Berlin.)  By the way, even though the bag I brought was a fair bit smaller than the one I left there, God allowed everything to fit perfectly! Thanks, God!

Sunday, August 10th

Both of the mornings in Berlin were just stunningly beautiful!  Cool temperatures, but clear skies and incredible sunrises!  

On Sunday morning, since the brother's house was on the opposite side of town from the train station, I left two hours early to drop off my luggage at the hotel next door to it.  But (as usual), I was running super late and had to take a taxi from there because partially the place I paid to leave my bags didn't acknowledge my reservation so I had to do a plan B for that.  The lady at the hotel was also not particularly helpful...  But I finally got the bags stowed and I had to make a mad dash for service.  I was going to cut it close!  

So I got in a taxi at Berlin's main train station, and the driver was an older German man.  I was speaking German with him, but he could tell I was American. (He did mention that my German was almost accent free, but let's be honest, I definitely look American! LOL!)  But I told him that my friend and I were leaving later in the day and that I would be visiting my old German hometown of Zweibrücken. That's when our whole conversation changed.  He used to work for decades at an American Army post in Miesau, just a 25 minute drive from "ZW"!  What are the odds???  We had a great conversation for the next 15 or 20 minutes, but when we got to the pin on the map, it was behind a wall from the street where we were at, and I wasn't about to climb a wall with my chubby self!!  Service was in the park and there was no obvious entrances that I could see.

Eventually we found what we thought was an entrance to the park, but it wasn't.  Then I got lost for 10+ minutes before finding the actual entrance to the park.  I was almost 30 minutes late to church.  Pretty sure I was the last one to arrive.  I was sweaty, and definitely feeling stressed and overheated.  

Now, this is nobody's fault, so I'm not mad at all, but I have to admit I was having a rough time during the service.  For decades, I've not really been able to just sit on the ground for long periods of time, and my body was in a fair bit of pain.  But God blessed it, I powered through and I survived to tell the story!  (Hahaha!)  

In all seriousness, though, the service was very encouraging.  The disciples were great, and Lukas even led a couple of songs and did the contribution message, sharing his story from two nights before.  It was great to see him up there just being open and giving his heart to the German family of believers! 

The church had a baptism after service and then a picnic with some barbecue provided by an American brother as well as many other dishes brought by the membership!  But unfortunately, we had to tear ourselves away from the disciples and head to the train station. Lots more walking, mostly in the shade, but also in the sun.  I was definitely overheating again and had to take a couple of breaks...  Lukas was really a good sport about it, though I know at times he would have loved to have been able to go a bit faster.

So we took the underground and went a few stops, but I could tell that we might very well be late for our train.  So I decided to get another taxi and it actually turned out to be a great thing!  Due to being in Berlin for less than 48 hours, Lukas really wanted to see other sights: the Siegessaüle and the Kaiser Wilhelm church, and others.  He went on Saturday night with the brothers down Unter den Linden to see several of Berlin's other noteworthy sights. But in the taxi on our way to the train station, we drove by them!  He was very encouraged!

We got to the hotel where I left my bags, grabbed them and rushed to the train station next door.  We grabbed some food and drink and we made the train with 9 minutes to spare!  WHEW!!! Now for the next four hours, we could relax!  We got seats in the first class section (I HIGHLY recommend it, and it was only a few euros more than the standard seating!)  I had bought some snacks the night before and we decided to get a Hefeweizen beer.  It was sooo refreshing!  Man, what a blessed man I am, God really made this trip so special.  And the good news is, that it wasn't anywhere near over, it was just the beginning!

FRANKFURT

We took the train to Frankfurt, just a couple of hours from my German hometown.  Since I couldn't pick up the rental car on a Sunday in Frankfurt (most businesses are closed Sundays in Germany), we stayed the night there in Frankfurt.  By the time we got to the hotel, WE. WERE. EXHAUSTED!  Even Lukas crashed out by like 8:30pm!  He got up later and went to get a döner, but I stayed at the hotel.  I couldn't move, I was so tired and sore!  Ugh!  

So the place we stayed there was only a few blocks from the train station, right in the middle of an old neighborhood, but also near the city center, which is full of modern high-rise office buildings.  We wouldn't fully appreciate this until the morning.

Now I had never spent much time in Frankfurt when I lived in Germany as a teenager/young adult.  The one thing I did do there was see my first concert at the Festhalle on October 29, 1987: The Cure, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Tour!  Great first concert, by the way.  But the rest of the city was a mystery to me.  We didn't have much time for sightseeing there, but there was one thing I did want to see.  

Monday, August 11th

When we woke up on Monday morning, the sun was coming up down the end of the street.  With the skyscrapers in the background, wonderful old ornate rowhouses in the foreground, and the brilliant orange glow of the sun poking up over the horizon, bringing a warm glow to everything it greeted. It was absolutely stunning, what an incredible gift from God!

Before we headed out to pick up the rental, we stopped at the little "To Go" store right across from the hotel.  We grabbed some Brötchen with cheese and meat, some fruit and coffee, a cappuccino for me, and grabbed some snacks for the road.  By the way, if you've never had a traditional German breakfast as described here, you. are. missing. out. on one of the true joys of life. It's indescribable in it's simplicity and stunning in it's freshness and delectability.  Truly one of life's culinary treats!

Now this trip was mostly going to places I've been many times, and generally seeing people that I knew and love (but also meeting many other amazing people, too) but I wanted to do or see at least one thing that I hadn't before, so on the way to pick up the rental on Monday morning, we went to see the Römer, an incredibly beautiful square flanked by centuries-old churches and wood-framed houses.  It was absolutely stunning! We also got to visit the Frankfurt cathedral as well!  Well worth the time to see all of that!

Then we marched on to pick up our car, a new VW Golf station wagon, "GOAL" version and we made our way toward the Autobahn! My first time driving on the Autobahn since 1992! I was SO excited!  I learned to drive in Germany on the Autobahn, so it should be like riding a bike, right?  :D

END PART 1

A Very Unimportant Completion of a Project 25 Years in the Making

 Tonight's blog post is quite a bit different than my usual post.  It's more fun and not of any real importance, but it marks the end of a project I started more than a quarter century ago! 

There are WAAAAY more important things in life to focus on, especially as a disciple, but this was an accomplishment of sorts either way, and finishing up an abandoned project.

When I returned from Europe in 2023, I drove to Yakima and brought back some boxes stored at my stepmom's house and after several months, I went through everything I had, and realized I still had an unfinished plastic model that I bought 1998 or 1999.  It was a model of a real car that I had just recently purchased, a 1972 Honda N600.  The model kit was of a 1967 Honda N360, which was, from it's looks, pretty much identical to the '72 N600.

My actual 1972 Honda N600 on the date I sold it in 2013.

The model I just completed!

I still have all my model paints, brushes, thinner, sandpaper, glue, etc. (even with the price tags on them!)  Man, those things sure have gone up in price in 25 years.  Insane! 

So why am I even sharing this?  I'm not sure other than it felt really good to finish a project that I started nearly half my life ago! It gave me a tremendous sense of accomplishment!  By the way, I hadn't built a model since probably the early 1980's, so I watched some YouTube videos on how to do some things.  I'm glad I did.  

Now, one thing about this car.  The real car is tiny.  But this thing, WOW, it's SOOO tiny. It's a 1/32 scale model!  Now as a chunky man with chubby fingers, this was a REAL challenge to build!  One of the pieces was so small that you couldn't even tell it was a part.  It was a marker light (the tiny blinker light on the front fender).  Here are a couple pictures of HOW utterly small this thing is.  

That very small clear/orange plastic piece to the right of the quarter is the marker light.  By far the smallest model piece I've ever handled! It's so small that I actually lost one in my carpet.  There's no possible way I would ever find it again. It's the size of the "A" on the quarter!

SO . VERY . SMALL!

Here are a few more pictures of my model.  It seems so silly to post these, but honestly, it was an accomplishment!  

By the way, just in case anyone was curious, I actually finished the model between calls when I was working from home. Even with that, it took *months* to finish because you can only do one small thing at a time. 5 minutes of work, then wait for paint or glue to dry. 

Doing this project kind of made me remember my childhood when I loved to build models. I probably won't do any more, but it sure was fun to finish this one up finally!

Anyway, thanks for stopping by for a little more light-hearted blog post and have a great week and a safe 4th of July!

Humility is a gift from God: A clear view of my bitter heart

 I had a crazy day today.  Usually once a month or so I work on a Saturday and today was the day...  It's usually pretty quiet, and today was especially so for most of the day.  But people were high touch, cranky and battled everything I told them.  I was pretty exhausted at the end of the day.

But a part of my morning was also not so encouraging.  After putting over $4200 into my car since February, I had a warning on my dash about low tire pressure on my BRAND NEW tires.  I had had it! Enough was finally enough and I yelled at God saying that I can't afford to put any more money into the car! (A little foreshadowing maybe?...)

So I'm looking at buying a used car up on Camano Island, a little over an hour from my work.  I was supposed to go up today to do a quick repair, check a few things out and hopefully finish the deal.  But I couldn't risk damaging my new, and very expensive, tires. 

Since I get off early on Saturdays, I thought the tire shop had already closed.  I stopped after work to get air, but then realized that the shop didn't close until 5!  There's a chance I could actually make it before they closed and not have to wait until Monday.

My last call of the day was at 3:59:50, 10 seconds before the end of my shift, and boy was I salty about that in my heart.  The caller was also pretty salty, like many of my customers today....  I legitimately couldn't help him with everything today, but I was able to get off the call at a reasonable time.  

But I was still faithless about getting my flattening tire fixed today....

But I prayed anyway.  Still faithless.  I forced myself to repeat, "they'll get it done today", "they'll get it done today."  I arrived 15 minutes before closing time, much like the gentleman I just spoke with 40 minutes prior.  And I thought wow, now I'm on the receiving end of being that guy who comes in at the very end of someone's shift asking for help.  I was super convicted!

As I'm sure you can guess, they fixed my tire for me, even after I gave them my big sob story.  How pathetic I must have sounded.  Faithless, whiny, and frustrated by the day....  Kind of sick really.  Not my proudest moment for sure. 

But as is his custom, God came through.  He always seems to, but not with a person with a bitter, unrepentant heart.  Instead of going to Camano Island tonight, I decided that I needed to do some Doordashing to save up for Special Missions Contribution as well as my trip to Germany and England in August.  

I got one very low-paying offer which I was grateful for, then no more orders for what seemed like an eternity.  I almost gave up and went home, but I didn't.  I was only a few blocks from home and decided to see if I could just get one more.  

In the silence of the car, I said a quick prayer.  I apologized to God for yelling at him earlier.  Not only did it not cost me anything (Les Schwab offers free flat repairs! Hallelujah!), it was done before closing time (they didn't have to do that for me!) AND I made a little bit of money Doordashing tonight. A triple win!  

I'm so grateful that God was quick to forgive and love me after my prayer, because only SECONDS after I apologized to Him (and two full hours after my last delivery!), I got a good-paying delivery, more than double my first one, a fourth win!

9 For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 1 Cor. 7:9-10

Thank you God for humbling me tonight.  You know exactly how to get my attention.  Please help me in the future to be more pro-active in my humility, but thank you for believing in me, even when my heart is bitter.  I love you and am so grateful for your incredible love and your incredible kingdom.  Sorry for my complaining and lack of gratitude. You deserve much better than that from me!

It's important to write stuff down. Especially stuff like this.  Occasionally I do re-read some of my posts, I hope God will allow me to read this one again some day.  I'm sure on a day when I need a little reminder.  Now off to bed, it's nearly 2 a.m. and I need to pray for some seriously deep sleep to make up for my late night.  

Good night all, until next time! Vaya con dios!

The Dangers of the Next Four Years

 So in my last blog post from two months ago, I promised an update on what I see happening in the upcoming presidency. These things are VERY easy to predict if you understand how money in politics (ie: legal bribery) works.  

I will repeat again, I am NOT A DEMOCRAT! Please see my last post why I believe why my political leanings are based on Biblical principles and why the Bible is clear that most progressive ideologies (most, but not all) are backed up by the very words of Jesus.  There are many subjects in this realm that we could discuss, but this post is meant mostly for the most damaging things I see upcoming, but not all that could be possible.  They are terrible, undemocratic, but more importantly, unbiblical and averse to spiritual teaching. And worst of all, they will harm this country, devastate the average person, but absolutely decimate the poor.

45 is a very deeply unhappy and bitter man. He does not have friends as most of us understand this word "friend", he only has business associates that can provide him more power and/or money.  He's angry that he was voted out in 2020 and he is ready to take revenge on those he sees as enemies.  He is going to pursue legally (hopefully not more), people that don't agree with him.  Vivek has a list of dozens, possibly hundreds, of people that have tried to actuate real consequences for 45's crimes. People like Pelosi, Schiff, Liz Cheney, reporters, mainstream media networks (ABC, CNN, possibly others), Jack Smith, and Fani Willis to name a few. He will do everything in his power to take control of media narratives to try to persuade people to accept his perspective, whether or not those things are true. You think Biden's administration is trying to "weaponize the DOJ"?  Well you ain't seen nothin' yet! 47 is out for blood, figuratively speaking (hopefully).

He is a pathological liar, with over 30,000 provable lies in his last term in office. He'll say anything to push his agenda, cause division (already a MASSIVE thing he's done), and inspire fear.  Remember, the Bible states that "there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." 1 John 4:18  Fear only gives those in charge more power, especially when they try to convince you they are they only one that can fix it.  By the way, that is a classic trait of fascists. Read up on it, even on books from many decades ago.

I grew up in Europe in the 1980's, where even as a teenager, I visited multiple eastern bloc countries that were communist/socialist dictatorships (Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Russia (before the revolution.)) so trust me when I tell you that I know what propaganda looks like.  Most right wing media are propagandists for 45, right wing fear, and misinformation. They thrive on instilling fear in people because it causes their audience to hate, which causes division.

One of the areas where they cause division is in fearmongering about non-white people: middle eastern people, latinos, people from "Chy-na", and every other group that they do not consider to be like them (gays, trans people, etc. etc. etc.). They have already planned to have "camps" where they will house immigrants in the deserts near the southern border and deport potentially millions of such people mentioned above, if possible without due process. We've seen these type of camps before, they're used by governments to remove certain types of people away from the rest of the population. 45 did this in his first term where conditions were terrible, unsanitary, crowded, etc. They will also be trying to strip the US citizenship of some of those people, even those protected by the Constitution that were born in the US, with automatic rights of citizenship, and that have literally never lived anywhere else than the US in their entire lives.  

I recently had a sister in another church call me stupid (Raca?) because I believe the research I've done on this.  I have forgiven her, but she is 100% in the wrong on this one.  It's not even close.... I pray that God will show her the truth before it's too late.  But the things upcoming in this new era of our country are gong to hit EVERYONE hard, not just "lefties".   When ICE was formed, many were stunned when "Friend X" was hauled off and deported.  "But they were so nice!" they would say, "I can't believe they're being deported!" There is going to be a lot of pain on this point.  Many people of color will be deported or possibly even put into these camps that are here legally.  This sister was also a sister of color.  I sincerely hope this does not affect anyone in her circle.  

This roundup of immigrants and brown people is going to do immense damage to the US economy. We rely on immigrants (many of them here legally on visas that allow them to stay to work in agriculture.) because in most cases they work under the table for extremely low wages, and most Americans won't want to do that kind of work.  This will cause produce prices to go up sharply, if indeed there is anyone at all to harvest the food that we eat. This will devastate farmers and will raise the price of food, especially fruits and vegetables. 

Similarly, there are many people that work in construction that are also here on visas.  Our housing shortage will get worse, prices will increase because no new dwellings are being built (law of supply and demand), and now there are 10's of thousands of homes in the LA area that were destroyed.  There will be no one to build new ones, much less bridge the gap in the housing shortage we already had before the LA fires of the past week. 

The potential pain felt by all Americans in the next four years is not to be underestimated.  All these things will take more of the dollars we already have and many companies that provide things of comfort and not necessity will no longer be able to survive. There will be a downstream effect that will cause heavy damage to our way of life in the US.

Like it or hate it, Biden has had some pretty noteworthy accomplishments in his four years in office: the best economy and job growth in over 50 years!  He has added more jobs in one term than all the rest of the last four presidents before him COMBINED.  He brought some manufacturing back to the US (45 had negative growth in this area in his four years in office, despite his promises of growth).  And income was up on average $4000 including inflation.

The stock market hit all time highs in 2024, Dow Jones was 31,186 on first day of Biden's term and now is at 41,938 (a growth of 34.47%) All time high under Biden was 45,014 in Nov. 2024.  Because of 45's promise to raise tariffs with Mexico, Canada, China and many of our other ally trading partners, the Dow Jones fell over 3,000 pints since Nov. 2024, just two months.

Economists state that if 47 follows through on those tariff plans, it will put the economy into a deep depression, much worse than the 2008-2009 economic crisis, and will add $10 Trillion to the US debt, which is already out of control at $36.166 Trillion!  Biden's administration added $6.17 Trillion to the deficit (about 20%) and 45 added 8.18 Trillion, over 40%, TWICE the amount of Biden. 45's biggest bill passed essentially gave his millionaire and billionaire friends, and their corporations, a massive tax cut.  Their tax bracket went from 35% to 21%.  Gee, I wonder why we struggle with debt? That's a toughie!!  (not).  Ugh.

It almost feels like he couldn't do more harm to the US by trying to implement these terrible plans.  Like I said before in this post, EVERYONE will feel this pain.  The poor will get poorer, the rich will continue to fill their pockets with more of the poor man's dollars. 

Don't believe me?  That's fine, but just watch what happens in the next 4 years.  It will be bad.  The rest of the world is very concerned.  We currently have the strongest economy in the entire world.  If that changes, it could cause a worldwide recession or even depression.  It's going to be bad.  Very, very bad!

Now I acknowledge that I could be wrong, in all honesty, I hope before God that I AM wrong.  But I believe that all of 45's bluster about buying Greenland, invading Canada and making it the 51st state is all just to deflect all of the insane things about Project 2025 and Agenda 47. Project 2025 | Presidential Transition Project and Agenda 47 - Wikipedia

The thing I think every American should be concerned about is the Republicans trying to privatize or get rid of Social Security.  This will be devastating to millions upon millions of elderly Americans that rely on the small amount they receive from this.  It's money we all have paid into through our paychecks for our entire work history. It's OUR money, it's what's called an entitlement.  We are entitled to those monies because we put that money aside.  They are also considering cutting Medicare and Medicaid, which would have two effects: It would stop billions of dollars going to the healthcare companies, and it would cause widespread undiagnosed disease and death for Americans.  These monsters are the literal worst people imaginable, they're cruel and greedy, and don't care about anyone but themselves.  

I have so much more I could say, I could make this a 1,000 page treatise on the absolute viciousness of theses plans.  But for time's sake, and for my sanity, I will leave it here for now. If I think of other things that belong here, I will update later.