Jimdamick
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed with a suggestion posed in an interview Thursday that it's possible God raised Donald Trump to be President in order to protect Israel from Iran.
In an interview in Jerusalem, the Christian Broadcast Network's Chris Mitchell asked Pompeo, "could it be that President Trump right now has been sort of raised for such a time as this, just like Queen Esther, to help save the Jewish people from the Iranian menace?" Esther is the main heroine of the Jewish holiday of Purim, which was celebrated this week.
"As a Christian, I certainly believe that's possible," Pompeo said (oh boy)
Pompeo added that he is "confident that the Lord is at work here" (holy shit, this from the SoS of the USA?) when he sees the "remarkable history of the faith (death and destruction in the name of God/Allah?) in this place and the work that our administration's done to make sure that this democracy in the Middle East, that this Jewish state, remains."
The remarks came shortly after Trump announced in a Tweet, again ignoring international opinion and law, that the US will recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, overturning longstanding US policy toward the area, which was seized from Syria during the Six-Day War in 1967.
Retired Rear Adm. John Kirby, a former State Department spokesman who is now a CNN military and diplomatic analyst, blasted Pompeo over the remarks.
"Secretary Pompeo's assertion that President Trump may have been sent by God to save Israel would be laughable on its face if it weren't yet another indication that our Secretary of State recklessly crosses the line that should exist between church and state," Kirby said. "The very idea that there is something biblical to the conduct of diplomacy -- that foreign policy is some sort of evangelical endeavor and that the American president is the champion of Judeo-Christian values alone -- gives comfort to extremists who see the West as crusaders and unease to those who look to the United States as the protector of both religious and civic freedom. What he said is not only embarrassing; it's dangerous and irresponsible."
Here is the interview. (I recommend having a barf bag handy)
In an interview in Jerusalem, the Christian Broadcast Network's Chris Mitchell asked Pompeo, "could it be that President Trump right now has been sort of raised for such a time as this, just like Queen Esther, to help save the Jewish people from the Iranian menace?" Esther is the main heroine of the Jewish holiday of Purim, which was celebrated this week.
"As a Christian, I certainly believe that's possible," Pompeo said (oh boy)
Pompeo added that he is "confident that the Lord is at work here" (holy shit, this from the SoS of the USA?) when he sees the "remarkable history of the faith (death and destruction in the name of God/Allah?) in this place and the work that our administration's done to make sure that this democracy in the Middle East, that this Jewish state, remains."
The remarks came shortly after Trump announced in a Tweet, again ignoring international opinion and law, that the US will recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, overturning longstanding US policy toward the area, which was seized from Syria during the Six-Day War in 1967.
Retired Rear Adm. John Kirby, a former State Department spokesman who is now a CNN military and diplomatic analyst, blasted Pompeo over the remarks.
"Secretary Pompeo's assertion that President Trump may have been sent by God to save Israel would be laughable on its face if it weren't yet another indication that our Secretary of State recklessly crosses the line that should exist between church and state," Kirby said. "The very idea that there is something biblical to the conduct of diplomacy -- that foreign policy is some sort of evangelical endeavor and that the American president is the champion of Judeo-Christian values alone -- gives comfort to extremists who see the West as crusaders and unease to those who look to the United States as the protector of both religious and civic freedom. What he said is not only embarrassing; it's dangerous and irresponsible."
Here is the interview. (I recommend having a barf bag handy)
