Saturday, July 2, 2022

Trump, Pence and the Evangelicals

The "Jan. 6" hearings have shown the worst aspects of Pres. Donald Trump, especially his treatment of  VP Mike Pence.
Trump pressured Pence to betray his (Pence’s) values and his sworn oath to the Constitution in Trump’s attempt to subvert our electoral system.
Trump allowed, if not encouraged, the mob to threaten Pence’s life (“Hang Mike Pence”).
The question is, can Evangelical and other conservative Christians continue to support Trump knowing that Trump acted in such a harmful way to the living symbol of their faith in public service?

Turkiye Humanitarian Agricultural Shipping

Sent to Turkish Embassy, Washington DC                                                        July 1, 2022

Turkiye should consider 'flagging' a fleet of agricultural commodity ships. These ships could go to Odessa and other Ukrainian ports and load large amounts of wheat, sunflower, and rapeseed. Such ships would not be harmed because they would be flying the Turkish flag.
The ships would then sail to those countries most in need of those foodstuffs. Turkiye would earn great worldwide favor for its humanitarianism. It might even gain some profitable foreign currency along the way.