A Trump Victory Analysis

A Trump Victory

There's another concern for a Trump presidency besides the likelihood of war, the appointment of ultra-conservative judges, the deepening of racial divides, mass deportation, the cooling of climate change initiatives and the loosening of regulations that restrain corporations from plundering and poisoning us.

That concern is that a Trump victory defeats the ideal of the virtuous leader, the idea that success and greatness is built on the traditional values we've all been told to aspire to, the values that allow us to walk closer to divinity, the values that make us better persons and the world a better place. A Trump victory—and you can argue that he's already been victorious—spits in the face of those values. Here are the ones he routinely ignores: humility Every great religion talks about the value of humility. Here's how the Donald stacks up against some biblical quotes referencing humility:

“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3-11 ESV

“If I were running ‘The View’, I’d fire Rosie O’Donnell. I mean, I’d look at her right in that fat, ugly face of hers, I’d say ‘Rosie, you’re fired.” Donald Trump.

“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the

No other candidates probably in history has ever repeated such blatant lines and not suffered any consequence. Yes Hillary Clinton lies but so has every other politician in history. I myself have told a few, and my guess is that so have you. As Nicholas Kristoff wrote in his New York Times article Clintons Fibs versus Trumps huge lies, “ if deception were a sport, Trump would be the Olympic gold medalist; Clinton would be an honorable mention at her local Y.” Kristoff supports his assertion by quoting the Washington post fact checker and the website Politifact to make his case. The former awarded its worst ranking, four Pinocchios, to 16% of Clinton's statements that it checked and to 64% of