This past week, Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus. My initial reaction was WTFingF? My second thought was a deep disgust for those who voted for him (not that the other candidates are any better). My third thought was a memory – a memory of when he won the presidential vote in 2016. My first response then was complete and total shock. For a day I processed the sense of being betrayed by the American people. Then, I went into deep prayer and pleaded with the Universe to help me understand the meaning of Trump’s victory. The answer from the Universe was immediate – a visceral replaying of the scene from the Ten Commandment’s movie when the angel of death passes through Egypt. I was then told directly, “Donald Trump is playing the role of the Angel of Death – that which passes through, ushering in the death of all that no longer serves.”  

Understanding all the lies, corruption, and evil that lay hidden in our nation, I could accept that perspective. Trump’s presidency proved this out – pulling away the veil of all that lay hidden behind the façade of American culture and governance – corporate greed, racism, xenophobia, sexism, misogyny, bigotry, government corruption, etc. etc. etc. The effects of those four years have been far-reaching, traumatic, disgusting, and repulsive.  That was just the beginning.

Behind and beneath the surface, the Trump machine continues. The evils that he espouses and embodies churns beneath the surface, while he seemingly avoids any consequence for his criminal actions, likewise those who claim him to be their messiah.

There can be no doubt that Donald Trump is either evil or stupid – the willing pawn of powerbrokers manipulating him from behind the scenes, deeply entrenched with all those who believe as he believes. Fearful, hateful, willfully ignorant people who see themselves in Donald Trump and visa versa. To think of another four years of Donald Trump as president, supporting and advocating for evil, admittedly fills me with terror and dread.

In this, I am reminded that angels can also be demons:

Demons Walking Among Us

There are indeed demons among us –

Broken, wounded humans stubbornly rooted in fear –

Ignorant of, yet defined by their wounds –

The effect coming out sideways.

Tentacles of manipulation attempting to control

through guilt and shame-based insults and projections of blame.

“You’re the cause of my discontent.”

When called out for their behaviors

or boundaries set,

lashing out with escalating shrieks.

Becoming slithering shadows or terror and intensifying attacks.

Giving away their power while simultaneously fighting to get it back.

Feeling powerless.

Feigning Power.

A counterfeit.

Bullying.

Fawning.

Flattering.

Demeaning.

Condemning with their own condemnation.

Never once accepting responsibility

or holding themselves accountable to their own wounds.

These are the demons who walk among us.

It’s impossible to help or heal them

for it is in an eternal state of victimhood that they are fed.

Whether he proves victorious or not, I am aware of the deep corruption and evil in our culture that needs to be exposed so that it can be healed, and that perhaps until the sources of racism and bigotry and fully exposed they cannot be transformed. I just hope it’s not through Trump that this healing needs to come about. As it relates to the (very real) possibility of another Trump presidency, I am hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst.

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