The John-Henry Westen Show - October 20, 2020


Plenty of evidence suggests Trump is fulfilling prophecy, leading America back to God


Episode Stats

Length

17 minutes

Words per Minute

136.76213

Word Count

2,340

Sentence Count

153

Misogynist Sentences

2

Hate Speech Sentences

7


Summary

The Catholic holy man, Tom Zimmer, predicted in the 1980s that God would use Donald Trump to lead America back to God. And yet, look at what Trump has done in office. He has been nothing short of miraculous.


Transcript

00:00:00.060 Did you catch President Trump the other day acknowledging Jesus Christ by name?
00:00:04.260 Did you see him pointing up to heaven and saying we need help from God,
00:00:08.100 not only from science in dealing with coronavirus?
00:00:11.000 Most of the media totally ignored it, but LifeSite covered it.
00:00:14.740 It was only one of the examples where you can see that President Trump is fulfilling
00:00:19.680 that prophecy made about him in the 1980s by that Catholic holy man
00:00:25.260 about being used powerfully by God.
00:00:29.300 He is truly leading America back to God.
00:00:33.400 And this show will show you many, many examples of how he's been doing that.
00:00:38.980 Stay tuned.
00:00:39.380 Let's begin, as we always do, with the sign of the cross.
00:01:00.320 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
00:01:04.040 Just this past Sunday at Mass, we heard the reading from Isaiah about how God chose King Cyrus
00:01:11.880 to free the chosen people from Babylon.
00:01:15.240 Even though Cyrus was not a believer, he was chosen by God to carry out his will.
00:01:21.440 That's the Lord's will.
00:01:22.240 The Lord took the king by the hand, we heard in the reading.
00:01:26.320 How very similar is that to that prophecy of the Catholic holy man Tom Zimmer we heard about
00:01:32.240 from the 1980s, who was told that God had his hand on Donald Trump and would use him as his instrument.
00:01:39.920 And we've truly seen miraculous things happen with Trump.
00:01:45.280 A man who literally no one could have believed would do anything remotely close to leading America back to God.
00:01:52.480 And yet, look at what he's done.
00:01:55.340 Just last week, Trump pointed to heaven, acknowledging God as the boss from where comes our help.
00:02:01.400 He acknowledged Christ by name and his greatness.
00:02:04.740 You still need help from the boss.
00:02:08.960 You need help from the boss.
00:02:11.040 Somebody said to me the other day, you're the most famous person in the world by far.
00:02:14.920 I said, no, I'm not.
00:02:16.140 No, I'm not.
00:02:17.040 They said, yes, you are.
00:02:18.040 I said, no.
00:02:19.020 They said, who's more famous?
00:02:20.220 I said, Jesus Christ.
00:02:24.060 And boy, what an effect it had.
00:02:26.540 Just watch this reaction.
00:02:27.620 Boy, he blew my mind last night, and I was weeping like a baby when he said, Jesus Christ is the boss.
00:02:35.840 He's the boss.
00:02:36.960 And just before that, he lambasted those who were bashing the Catholic faith of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett,
00:02:45.340 saying that he would stand with her and defend her faith.
00:02:49.260 Watch.
00:02:50.300 But seriously, they're going after her Catholicism.
00:02:53.640 I will stand with her, fight with her, and we will make sure that these attacks stop because they're really, it's unprecedented.
00:03:02.660 They're basically fighting a major religion in our country.
00:03:05.500 This is incredible.
00:03:07.280 Fighting any religion, fighting Catholicism, is just incredible that they can be doing it.
00:03:14.080 Earlier this month, he spoke of protecting the Catholic Church specifically, praising the Catholic faith.
00:03:20.320 Now more than ever, our nation needs a renewal of the values this organization promotes,
00:03:27.400 and that the Catholic faithful live out each and every day in peace.
00:03:32.160 We love the Catholic people.
00:03:35.000 We love the Catholic religion.
00:03:37.560 And above all, we respect it greatly.
00:03:40.500 As president, I will always support you in your effort to serve our fellow citizens and to lift up all humanity.
00:03:46.920 I will protect the Catholic Church, and I will defend the rights of religious believers of every race, religion, color, and creed.
00:03:54.560 But remember how recently he was kneeling in front of the altar at the National Shrine of Pope St. John Paul II in Washington?
00:04:02.760 And back in September, LifeSite's Washington, D.C. correspondent Doug Mainwaring reported, and I quote,
00:04:08.400 Trump's official announcement accepting the Republican Party's nomination to run for re-election
00:04:13.740 was immediately followed by a beautiful rendition of Ave Maria, the Hail Mary, sung in Latin, honoring the Blessed Virgin Mother.
00:04:22.660 And while churches were being attacked and burned during the riots,
00:04:36.640 he stood in front of the closest Christian church to the White House, holding up the Holy Bible.
00:04:42.160 But it was actually right out of the gate that we could see a massive sea change with President Trump.
00:04:49.580 In stark contrast to President Obama, who intentionally omitted references to God contained in the United States' founding documents
00:04:57.200 and official declarations in his speeches, both at home and abroad,
00:05:01.700 Trump mentioned God several times in his inaugural address and surrounded himself with faithful Catholics and other Christians.
00:05:09.000 That contrast was most striking in President Trump's first Thanksgiving proclamation.
00:05:16.780 Because in 2009, President Obama made history in his first year in the White House
00:05:23.180 in that he was the first president to omit directly thanking God in his Thanksgiving proclamation,
00:05:31.240 a trend that Obama largely continued during his remaining years in office.
00:05:35.740 But President Trump mentioned God eight times in his first Thanksgiving address.
00:05:42.080 On their first Thanksgiving, they came together to rejoice after their harvest and praise God for his provision.
00:05:48.940 Since then, Americans have always remembered the blessings of freedom and the glory of God.
00:05:55.140 I'm going to tell you my favorite example of Trump bringing America back to God in just a little bit.
00:06:01.120 But remember first, when in February 2017, the First Lady, Melania Trump,
00:06:07.460 prayed the Lord's Prayer at a Trump rally, and the president complimented her for it?
00:06:12.640 It was incredible.
00:06:13.540 Watch this.
00:06:14.960 Let us pray.
00:06:17.360 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name,
00:06:23.060 thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
00:06:28.400 Give us these days our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses,
00:06:35.360 as we forgive those who trespass against us.
00:06:39.900 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
00:06:45.460 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
00:06:52.560 And just before that, President Trump spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast.
00:06:58.020 He said the world has a duty to stop the genocide of Christians in the Middle East,
00:07:03.460 that we must never, ever stop asking God for wisdom.
00:07:07.520 For us here in Washington, we must never, ever stop asking God for the wisdom to serve the public
00:07:15.760 according to his will.
00:07:17.680 Remember the president's first Christmas address?
00:07:21.520 He spoke of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
00:07:25.580 in an address washed by millions and millions around the world,
00:07:29.580 and that was, he was unashamed of America's Christian heritage.
00:07:34.460 For Christians, this is a holy season,
00:07:37.700 the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
00:07:42.620 In May of 2018, Mike Pence revealed that President Trump regularly asks himself,
00:07:49.960 the president asks, to open White House meetings in prayer.
00:07:54.220 The president also is leading America back to God,
00:07:59.680 not only in a way that some people might dismiss as sort of pious platitudes,
00:08:04.620 he has taken action with real results for Christians.
00:08:08.220 And, you know, there are so many items that I could list,
00:08:12.620 but I can only have time for a few.
00:08:14.720 So, you might want to go check out this list from the Family Research Council,
00:08:19.480 but here are only a few highlights.
00:08:22.940 Already, by July 13th, 2017, under President Donald Trump,
00:08:27.560 more Christian refugees were admitted to the United States,
00:08:30.920 and that's only the first six months of 2017.
00:08:33.520 So, more Christians were admitted to the United States than Muslim refugees,
00:08:38.600 which is a great departure from the Obama era.
00:08:41.380 In January 2016, President Trump proclaimed January 16th to be Religious Freedom Day.
00:08:48.480 He said,
00:08:49.720 No American, whether a nun, nurse, baker, or business owner,
00:08:54.300 should be forced to choose between the tenets of faith or adherence to the law.
00:08:59.200 And, of course, that referred to all of the anti-Christian religious persecution
00:09:04.920 happening in America because of the forcing of decisions around same-sex marriage.
00:09:12.800 On May 3rd, 2018, Trump signed the executive order creating a faith-based office in the White House.
00:09:20.680 On October 12th, 2018, there was a U.S. Christian pastor freed from Turkey
00:09:27.520 after the Trump administration made a deal.
00:09:30.500 On December 26th, 2018, the Department of Justice under Trump
00:09:34.800 filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court
00:09:37.560 defending a publicly displayed cross in a Veterans Memorial.
00:09:43.240 Trump got rid of the contraceptive mandate which harmed faith-based organizations
00:09:49.100 such as the Little Sisters of the Poor.
00:09:51.900 In May of last year, Trump signed an executive order
00:09:55.300 allowing churches to speak from the pulpit on political issues, i.e. abortion,
00:09:59.980 and not risk their tax-exempt status,
00:10:02.920 while also protecting religious freedom in speech for individuals.
00:10:06.500 The HHS, under Trump, has investigated conscience complaints
00:10:12.000 related to abortion at least three times.
00:10:14.560 And, in fact, on August 28th, the HHS issued a notice of violation
00:10:18.880 to the University of Vermont Medical Center
00:10:21.300 for forcing a student nurse to participate in an abortion
00:10:24.800 despite a conscientious objection.
00:10:27.560 On September 23rd, President Trump hosted a meeting
00:10:31.740 during the U.N. General Assembly
00:10:34.260 and gave a speech solely on the topic of religious freedom.
00:10:38.160 During the speech, he announced a U.S. policy initiative
00:10:41.120 to protect places of worship,
00:10:43.580 pledging an additional $25 million in funding
00:10:46.180 to protect religious sites and relics.
00:10:49.020 President Trump also announced the U.S. would form a coalition
00:10:52.100 within the business community to protect religious freedom.
00:10:55.760 And it marked the first time a U.S. president
00:10:58.960 has hosted a meeting focused solely on religious freedom at the U.N.
00:11:03.080 And that's according to the Family Research Council.
00:11:06.960 On January 16, 2020, the Departments of Education and Justice
00:11:11.160 issued guidance on constitutionally protected prayer
00:11:14.720 and religious expression in public, elementary, and secondary schools.
00:11:20.180 This guidance ensures that prayer in schools
00:11:22.960 are properly protected
00:11:24.700 and not unconstitutionally prohibited or curtailed.
00:11:30.360 And remember when President Trump declared churches essential services
00:11:35.720 because anti-religion mayors and governors
00:11:39.060 were allowing liquor stores and abortion mills to open,
00:11:42.060 but not churches?
00:11:42.680 Today I'm identifying houses of worship,
00:11:50.120 churches, synagogues,
00:11:51.860 and mosques
00:11:54.040 as essential places that provide essential services.
00:12:00.060 Some governors have deemed liquor stores
00:12:02.760 and abortion clinics as essential,
00:12:05.060 but have left out churches and other houses of worship.
00:12:08.800 It's not right.
00:12:09.660 So I'm correcting this injustice
00:12:12.300 and calling houses of worship essential.
00:12:17.200 I call upon governors to allow our churches
00:12:19.860 and places of worship to open right now.
00:12:24.620 If there's any question,
00:12:27.700 they're going to have to call me,
00:12:28.860 but they're not going to be successful in that call.
00:12:31.840 These are places that hold our society together
00:12:34.840 and keep our people united.
00:12:36.400 The people are demanding to go to church and synagogue,
00:12:41.480 go to their mosque.
00:12:43.520 Many millions of Americans embrace worship
00:12:46.420 as an essential part of life.
00:12:49.600 The ministers, pastors, rabbis, imams,
00:12:53.280 and other faith leaders
00:12:55.160 will make sure that their congregations are safe
00:12:58.500 as they gather and pray.
00:13:01.980 I know them well.
00:13:03.320 They love their congregations.
00:13:06.680 They love their people.
00:13:08.580 They don't want anything bad to happen to them
00:13:10.660 or to anybody else.
00:13:12.400 The governors need to do the right thing
00:13:14.700 and allow these very important,
00:13:16.320 essential places of faith to open right now
00:13:21.100 for this weekend.
00:13:23.680 If they don't do it,
00:13:24.960 I will override the governors.
00:13:27.680 In America, we need more prayer, not less.
00:13:31.420 Thank you very much.
00:13:33.080 Thank you.
00:13:33.840 Well, it wasn't all just talk.
00:13:36.320 On April 14th,
00:13:37.400 the Department of Justice filed a statement of interest
00:13:40.180 protecting the religious liberty of church goers
00:13:43.100 in Greenville, Mississippi
00:13:44.240 during the coronavirus pandemic.
00:13:46.920 It was the city of Greenville
00:13:48.120 banned all religious services,
00:13:49.940 even those that were able to abide
00:13:51.480 by social distancing standards,
00:13:53.200 with drive-in church services.
00:13:55.280 On April 17th,
00:13:56.500 the Department of Homeland Security
00:13:57.960 included clergy for essential support
00:14:01.040 in its list of personnel and entities
00:14:03.660 deemed essential for the purposes
00:14:05.660 of responding to the coronavirus.
00:14:07.360 And this designation
00:14:08.400 allowed clergy and pastors
00:14:10.480 more freedom to continue
00:14:11.780 to operate and serve
00:14:13.500 in this time of need.
00:14:17.000 On April 27th,
00:14:18.740 Attorney General William Barr
00:14:20.920 directed federal prosecutors
00:14:22.560 to monitor and, if necessary,
00:14:24.320 take action to correct
00:14:26.300 state and local policies
00:14:28.120 that discriminate against
00:14:30.300 religious institutions and believers
00:14:31.960 while battling the coronavirus epidemic.
00:14:35.580 Now, we've got to end this list here
00:14:37.920 because it's getting too long,
00:14:39.220 but I wanted to conclude
00:14:40.320 with my all-time favorite memory
00:14:42.100 of President Trump
00:14:42.940 promoting faith in God.
00:14:44.680 It was during his trip to Poland
00:14:46.700 where, in response
00:14:48.080 to his faith-filled speech,
00:14:50.020 the Poles could not help
00:14:51.460 but chant,
00:14:52.280 Donald Trump,
00:14:53.200 Donald Trump.
00:14:54.780 And what was his own chant,
00:14:57.180 if you will?
00:14:58.260 He said,
00:14:58.780 America says with you,
00:15:00.840 we want God.
00:15:02.700 Watch this.
00:15:04.200 Through four decades
00:15:05.560 of communist rule,
00:15:07.280 Poland and the other
00:15:08.980 captive nations of Europe
00:15:10.520 endured a brutal campaign
00:15:13.140 to demolish freedom
00:15:14.420 your faith,
00:15:15.820 your laws,
00:15:16.600 your history,
00:15:17.560 your identity,
00:15:18.860 indeed,
00:15:19.500 the very essence
00:15:20.640 of your culture
00:15:21.920 and your humanity.
00:15:23.960 And when the day came
00:15:25.180 on June 2nd, 1979,
00:15:28.380 and one million Poles
00:15:30.120 gathered around Victory Square
00:15:31.980 for their very first mass
00:15:34.520 with their Polish Pope,
00:15:37.040 that day,
00:15:37.900 every communist in Warsaw
00:15:39.360 must have known
00:15:40.400 that their oppressive system
00:15:42.680 would soon come crashing down.
00:15:46.180 They must have known it
00:15:47.560 at the exact moment
00:15:48.900 during Pope John Paul II's sermon
00:15:51.580 when a million Polish men,
00:15:53.880 women, and children
00:15:54.760 suddenly raised their voices
00:15:57.000 in a single prayer.
00:15:59.680 We want God.
00:16:01.780 Together with Pope John Paul II,
00:16:04.260 the Poles reasserted their identity
00:16:07.400 as a nation devoted to God.
00:16:09.720 You stood in solidarity
00:16:11.640 against oppression,
00:16:13.380 against a cruel and wicked system
00:16:15.480 that impoverished your cities
00:16:17.460 and your souls.
00:16:19.080 And you won.
00:16:20.500 We can still hear those voices
00:16:23.020 that echo through history.
00:16:24.860 Their message is as true today
00:16:27.520 as ever.
00:16:28.860 For the people of Poland,
00:16:31.500 the people of America,
00:16:33.260 and the people of Europe
00:16:34.580 still cry out,
00:16:37.160 we want God.
00:16:40.860 For LifeSite News,
00:16:42.280 this is John Henry Weston.
00:16:43.580 May God bless you.
00:16:44.900 May God bless Donald Trump.
00:16:46.820 And may God bless
00:16:48.040 the United States of America.
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