The sermon from the Helsinki Mountain Top

What Trump said at the Helsinki news conference with Putin, on 16th July 2018, was bad. Very bad. It was unPresidetial. It sent the press ballistic and liberals hyper ventilating. But it was not a Security Crisis, that the press called it. It was a crisis of Pride. A criticism of his own country on the World Stage. 

Whether intentional or not, whether he said "would" instead of "wouldn't", it was Trump's BIG EFFU, to people and the press that criticize and berate him constantly. He couldn't have chosen a more watched venue than this well publicized meeting. Time and again he has said something that the media and Pundits thought would crater him......he emerges stronger. We have seen this before. It could well be he knew exactly what he was doing. What a difference ONE word makes.

Ever since Trump threw in his hat to make a bid for the Presidency, the media, Democrats, and his own establishment have been hammering away at him. Actually, it started before that at the infamous correspondence dinner that is credited for raising his hackles and striking back. And he has struck back with a vengeance. Corker and Flake, both lame ducks, have criticized him. Tapper, Todd, Zakaria, and Maddow have said insulting things about him. His base doesn’t care. They call themselves deplorables. They have co-opted the term and own it proudly. His supporters are average Americans, some of whom were Democrats. The Tea Party, the Freedom Caucus, are with him. The Republican establishment and Rhinos, are a minority and they have lost their standing. They follow him, some begrudgingly.

Trump represents the average American who is tired of the US being the leader of the Free World, tired of the US getting involved in wars overseas, while it’s own border to the south is porous. They don’t think about what he said at Helsinki as a Security crisis or crisis of Pride. In fact they probably feel he spoke from the mountain top for the world to hear what they have been hearing. He spoke their truth.

For those who watched and criticize, they don't matter. Those who matter either don't care or stand with him. Ultimately November 2018 will be a decisive event.