So, after this side trip into defining Christianity and interpreting the Book of Revelation (good luck on both of those, by the way) - back to Donald Trump and the presidential campaign.
I note today that after he was tamed a little bit by the teleprompter at the Republican convention he's now been set free and he's frothing at the mouth, threatening to put as much of his own money as necessary into efforts to destroy the political careers of Ted Cruz and John Kasich - both former rivals for the Republican nomination who refused to endorse him.
I've never really been convinced that Donald Trump actually wanted to be the President of the United States. I think he's surprised even himself by getting this far. I think he likes putting on the show, and I think he likes the attention he gets - because he is clearly a narcissist with an ego at least as big as any of the "Trump towers" that he's built. But whether he originally was serious or not, now I think he wants to prove all his critics and all his opponents wrong and show people just how big and tough and powerful he really is. If by chance he gets elected I don't think he'll even like the job - long hours, lots of work, lots of criticism, and he really can't do all that much unless Congress agrees, and there's enough people in his own party that don't like him that even if the Republicans maintain control of both the House and the Senate, he'll find himself blocked on a lot of things. He's not used to that. I assume that he has few checks and balances in the Trump organization. He runs the show, does what he wants and tells other people to do what he wants, and they do it. Being president will be very different. I could see him getting elected, getting frustrated with the job, and throwing his hands up and resigning after a couple of years - "let Pence do it."
Meanwhile, there's now pretty solid evidence that the Democratic National Committee (with support from some of Hillary Clinton's people) was indeed actively involved in efforts to undermine the Bernie Sanders campaign, and the chair of the DNC has resigned, although supposedly she's going to chair the convention and her resignation will take effect afterward - which could make for some interesting floor scenes with Sanders' delegates. Some of Sanders' supporters rallied at the convention site and took a page from the Republican playbook, chanting "lock her up!" in reference to Hillary Clinton.
This is getting ugly just within the respective parties. Once the Democratic convention is over, it will be interesting to see Clinton and Trump swinging at each other while still dealing with turmoil within their own parties. This presidential election is a true farce.
