TRUMP WATCH: 1.14.17 - Trump and the Russians

Trump and the Russians - By Hal Lindsey - http://www.hallindsey.com/ww-1-12-2017/

 

On Tuesday, CNN lit the fuse, and Buzzfeed dropped the bomb.

 

CNN reported, "Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple US officials with direct knowledge of the briefings tell CNN."

 

A two-page summary of allegations was supposedly presented to the President and incoming President in their respective daily intelligence briefings. CNN left the allegations vague, focusing instead on unnamed sources saying that several government agencies are now investigating.

 

Later in the day, Buzzfeed published the entire 35-page classified dossier on which the allegations are based. The salacious reading included stories of spies, hackers, and bizarre sex. It became an instant sensation.

 

Here's the problem. The dossier barely rises to the level of gossip. The Wall Street Journalsays that the reports are the work of a former British intelligence operative named Christopher Steele and his firm, "Orbis Intelligence Ltd." The dossier itself is a compilation of unsigned memos.

 

This is all still breaking news, and can change quickly. But I think it's important to see a summary of what we know as of now.

 

Media reports say that during the Republican presidential primaries, one or more of the candidates hired a firm led by the former British intelligence officer to do opposition research on Donald Trump. Later, the Clinton campaign apparently hired the same firm. However, according to the Wall Street Journal, "No presidential campaigns or super PACs reported payments to Orbis in their required Federal Election Commission filings."

 

In the second half of 2016, the dossier on Donald Trump began spreading among Washington elites. We don't know exactly what it consisted of at that time because most of the reports released by Buzzfeed were written between August and October.

 

The reports, unsigned and without a business name, allege that the Russians have audio and visual evidence of Trump taking part of what the dossier calls "sexual perversions." It gives some repulsive details, and says the Russians hope to use their evidence in a blackmail scheme to force Trump into doing their bidding.

 

Both Trump and the Russians have denied the whole thing. The sexual accusations in particular, would be almost impossible to prove. But the President-elect's innocence can't be proven either. Of course, legally, you're innocent until proven guilty. But in the court of public opinion, unproven allegations still tend to taint the accused.

 

While that part of the story adds sensationalism, it's not the main thing. The heart of the story is that Russia has been cultivating Trump for at least five years (one of the reports claims eight years) and that his team worked hand in hand with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton.

 

Those allegations are so serious that the FBI must investigate. But that's something they initiated before August. Why did it come out a little more than a week before Trump's inauguration? Is it another preemptive strike against the Trump Administration before it even enters office?

 

This story raises a host of disturbing questions. Might the Russians really have information that could compromise Donald Trump? Are they blackmailing other leaders around the world?

 

And then there's a question that doesn't require you to believe unsubstantiated rumors. Can Donald Trump ever come to trust the US intelligence community after what looks like their open warfare against him? Imagine a president who must get his inside information about Russia by reading Kremlin press releases! If Trump can't trust the CIA and others, that's about what he's stuck with. It leaves the US Commander in Chief blind and deaf regarding the actions and intentions of other world governments.

 

Why would the leakers in the intelligence community be willing to destroy vital trust between their agencies and the incoming President? The answer seems to be either extreme partisanship or petty revenge because Trump dismissed some of their past conclusions.

 

For many years, I have pointed out that the United States is not mentioned in Bible prophecy. That means it will not be a world superpower by the time the events of the Tribulation take place. We can hope that this weakening comes because so many Americans will go up in the rapture. But so far it doesn't look that way. It looks like a nation disintegrating before our eyes.

 

This bizarre story and the mainstream media's new obsession with it, serves as further evidence of the dangerous levels of division, rancor, and partisanship now permeating Washington. The US military remains strong, and the county is still the driving force of the world's economy. But the United States is vulnerable.

 

Our growing moral decay represents our true weakness as a nation. Washington's dysfunction is a by-product of the nation's moral collapse. We need to pray as never before that we can start a Spiritual renewal while there is still a chance of success. May the LORD give us a miracle that only He can do!

 

They Just Don't Get It - By Grant Phillips - http://raptureready.com/featured/phillips/phillips357.html

 

The election process has ended (Thank you Lord), but there are still plenty of those folks around blaming FBI Director James Comey, fake news, the deplorability of the average American, Russian President Vladimir Putin, the bunny rabbit and who knows what else. They just don't get it.

 

The election of 2016 was so lopsided against the Democratic Party; the wizards of the media are still trying to determine where they went wrong. Hillary is still trying to squeak out another vote; even though she made it clear she would be a gracious loser. Of course, she never dreamed it would come to that. This person is so far out in left field, she'll never get it.

 

Harry Reid is retiring (Thank you again Lord) but still defending the Democratic Party and delivering his own set of excuses. The Minority Party of the House of Representatives has again elected the California wingnut to lead them. They still don't get it.

 

Donald Trump, and all those who rode into office on his coattail, won the election for one reason, and one reason only. The one and only God of Heaven said this is the way it's going to be. You thought I was going to say it's because the American people were fed up didn't you? That's okay. That is part of the reason. The other reason is because we were so fed up; we called out to Almighty God for deliverance and He chose to give us another chance. It's called "grace." We don't deserve another chance, but nevertheless, we got it. I just pray we don't blow it.

 

What I have stated thus far, and will throughout the remainder of this article, is my opinion, so don't get your drawers in a wad, if I see things differently.

 

From what I have heard and read from the American people who actually live in the real world, there are several issues going on in this country that need to be changed, and we are fed up with having perversion and garbage shoved down our throat.

 

Many of our governmental leaders, both then and now, have been lousy, while others have excelled in their respective office. None have been perfect, probably because of a thing called "being human." However, the leaders, primarily Democratic, we have had for the last fifty years have done more damage, most of it intentional, than all those before them. They have raped our Constitution, taken us back to the 60s in race relations, put us at great risk with our enemies by crippling our military, made us an enemy of God by our treatment of Israel, doubled the national debt, attacked Christianity, befriend terrorists and welcomed them to our homeland for an easy kill, endorsed and pushed down our throats sexual perversion, assisted in the removal of God from every venue of American life, supported and encouraged the murder of thousands upon thousands of our citizenry in the wombs of their mothers, and the list could go on and on. Obama can be credited for much of the inept and tyrannical governmental 'leadership' we have endured.

 

This is what we, the average deplorable ignorant Americans, are fed up with. Our homeland is turning into a battlefield and a whorehouse both at the same time. Many of those who have led us, and those who influence them, have no character. They are indulged in sin of every type, and their only desire is to continue in their sin and remove any reminder of their responsibility to a holy God.

 

We may have the best leader in the White House since Ronald Reagan, and we may not. That isn't the issue. The real issue is "me." What am I doing about "me" in respect to God's clear provision of a 'second chance?' Am I as a Christian in 'true' repentance toward my Savior and Lord? Am I spending time praying for the new leaders of our country? They're going to need it. Am I praying for my fellow Americans who are not Christian, but want to see this mess cleaned up? Am I praying that perhaps God will send a revival upon our land before He closes out the Church age?

 

Our greatest weapon against Satan and those who follow him in the debauchery that has befallen us is prayer. Don't think for a minute that we can now sit back and relax while Donald Trump, et al will clean up this mess we have found ourselves in. He needs our prayers, as do the Vice-President elect, Congress, the Supreme Court, the Governors, etc. We need to become prayer warriors.

 

I've been as guilty as the next person in sometimes saying, "What can I do? I'm just one person." Again, pray. Set aside a time every day for prayer. The most powerful weapon is a child of God on their knees in prayer. As we do that, the Spirit of God opens up our hearts in how to pray and what to pray. He takes our prayers to the throne of God and they are heard, every one of them.

 

When was the last time you tried to get some personal time with a high-ranking politician, or any politician for that matter, just to talk? We all know what a hopeless cause that would be. The door is always open however to God. Even though God is King of kings and Lord of lords He is always ... ALWAYS ... available for us ... one on one.

 

The political and media pundits just don't get it, but God does. He has heard our prayers, but let us not stop praying now at this critical junction of our country's life. I can assure you the battle is not over.  Those who hate the name "Jesus" will not let up, and neither should we. Let us pray for our leaders daily and for the souls of those who do not know Jesus Christ, as Savior and Lord.

 

This respite God has given us may be the last call before He comes for His bride, the Church, and all hell breaks out from God's judgment upon this earth in the Tribulation.

 

Grant Phillips

 

 

US Jerusalem embassy - only foundations - http://www.debka.com/article/25881/Exclusive-US-Jerusalem-embassy---only-foundations

 

The appointment of Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, 35, as senior adviser in the future White House on Middle East affairs is part of a broader plan taking shape in the president-elect's transition team for bringing forward a resolution of the Israel-Palestinian dispute. This plan has not yet jelled into concrete policy, but is still a set of ideas under consideration by the team's insiders, in the light of Trump's comments past and present.

 

On Nov 22, the president elect said that Kushner "could be very helpful" in reconciling the longstanding dispute between the Israelis and Palestinians. "He would be very good at it" and "He knows the region."

 

He also said: Many people said "you can't do it. I disagree. I think I have reason to believe I can do it."

 

The incoming US president's appointment of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel also mentioned the drive for peace and reiterated his campaign pledge to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

 

This week, Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned that transferring the embassy would be tantamount to a US declaration of war on the Palestinians. King Abdullah of Jordan said it would be "a red line" for his government and "inflame the Islamic and Arab streets," while Secretary of State John Kerry said, days before he leaves the post, "You'd have an explosion, an absolute explosion in the region - not just in the West Bank - and perhaps, even in Israel itself - but throughout the region."

 

Those dire warnings went without response from the president elect and his designated secretary of state. However, they appear to have had some effect. debkafile's exclusive sources report that the transition team is examining a number of proposals, one of which is to make a start on clearing the ground at the future site of the US embassy in Jerusalem and then wait. 

 

The US government purchased the site some years ago for this purpose. The plot, known as the Allenby Camp, which served as a British military compound after 1917, is large and stands empty in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Talpiot, adjacent to the Palestinian district of Jabal Muqabar and the mixed neighborhood of Abu Tor.

 

Another idea is to conduct a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the site - and then suspend construction. The Palestinians would have to reciprocate by calling off their international campaign for vilifying and delegitimizing the State of Israel at the UN as well as in world capitals. Construction of the US embassy would then remain on hold.

But if the Palestinians continued their anti-Israel campaign, construction of the Jerusalem embassy would go forward.

 

Our sources report that the embassy transfer is just one item on a broad program President-elect Trump is putting together on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, including its territorial aspects.

 

The playbook against Trump - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com

 

While the anarchists and communists are lining up to protest the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, their counterparts in the US Senate are gearing up to undermine Trump's first cabinet nominee. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions is nominated for Attorney General and the communists in the Senate don't like him because he has been a big proponent of border security and tight enforcement of immigration laws. They are going to throw everything, even the kitchen sink, at this man, calling him a racist, a bigot, a xenophobe and implying that he is akin to some of the worst men in history. Let's set the record straight: Jeff Sessions is a Christian, a man of great integrity, a compassionate countryman.

 

All that is not going to matter to the Democratic Party wolves who will come after one of the most honorable men in the Senate. Sessions, as they see it, is a threat to the globalist Marxist agenda because they believe he will shut down the US borders to illegal entry, enforce immigration laws, and generally reverse the anarchist and racially-charged policies of the past eight years. The progressives (translated communists) believe they were well on the way to remaking America into a Marxist Islamic state. The Trump victory got in the way of that, and Sessions becoming a pivotal hub in the control of law will put the US on the sidelines for years to come in the global struggle for Marxist hegemony.

 

The soft spoken, studious, honorable, congenial Jeff Sessions is exactly what America needs to counter the globalist evils knocking at our door-or quite frankly, waiting with a battering ram to put the finishing touches on destroying our rule of law. Sessions is well aware of the Islamic threat to this country. He acknowledges the laws already on the books that should be enforced, not only in this time of roughshod illegal immigration and placement of refugees in name only from terrorist sponsoring states in our most conservative communities, but the laws that were selectively not enforced by the lame duck "president" and his puppet Attorney General.

 

The true haters in the Senate and the full complement of special interest groups who accuse others of being exactly what the special interests themselves are will be coming after Sessions. The news media will accuse Sessions of racism and bigotry. It will look bad for Sessions. This is a forerunner to the rest of the nomination fights, including those for the Supreme Court. This is a time when we as Christians need to pray and act. We can start by praying for Trump and Jeff Sessions, and when the debate starts, by flooding Senators' offices with phone calls day and night. We must stand. As the Apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 6:18, "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplications for all saints." Sessions is one of us, let's speak boldly on his behalf.