The stage is set for a battle of political willpower that could potentially be unlike anything that we have ever seen before in American history.  Last Tuesday, there was a shouting match in the Oval Office that changed everything. 

During a very heated exchange with Nancy Peℓσѕι and Chuck Schumer, President Trump boldly declared that the border wall will get built and that he would be “proud to shut down the government for border security”.  The Democrats are going to take control of the House of Representatives in January, and so Trump realizes that it is now or never for his top campaign promise.  If he doesn’t get funding for the wall now, he will never get it, and he will go into the 2020 election without anything to show the voters on his signature issue.

Trump has essentially painted himself into a corner, and maybe that is what he intended to do.  Perhaps he understands that this is the time to take a stand, and perhaps he is ready to do whatever it takes to achieve his goal.

But if he is not willing to do whatever it takes, then he should never have made such bold statements.  Because if he backs down now, he will lose all credibility with millions upon millions of American voters.

And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has put himself in the exact same position.  In the aftermath of Tuesday’s shouting match, Schumer appeared on the Senate floor and unequivocally declared that there will be no money for a border wall…

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.-N.Y.) said on the Senate floor on Thursday that there will be no funding for President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border because the Democrats in Congress will never allow it.
“I want to be crystal clear. There will be no additional appropriations to pay for the border wall. It is done,”Schumer said.

There is no possibility of a compromise with Trump in that statement.

This is the moment when Trump will really show us how committed he is to a border wall, because if he doesn’t get funding now he will never, ever get it once the Democrats control the House.

And in order to get that funding, Donald Trump is going to have to force a government shutdown, and at this point it looks like that is precisely what is going to happen.  The following comes from the Hill…

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It’s a perilous moment for the Grand Old Party. Either Trump folds and backs off his demand for the wall — the signature promise of his 2016 campaign — or the government will shut down over the holidays.
“The odds are 65/35 we’re shutting down. I’m not optimistic we’re going to see some kind of compromise on appropriations on Homeland Security,” said Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.), the freshman representative to the GOP leadership team. “I don’t see that they’re going to get done bickering.”

Like previous government shutdowns, not that much will actually change for the first few days.
But the longer a government shutdown lasts, the more painful it will become.

Things will really start getting hairy once some people eventually stop receiving government checks, and it will take a tremendous amount of resolve to keep going at that point.

This could be a defining point in Donald Trump’s presidency.  If he is a man of his word, he will force a government shutdown and fight for what he believes.

But if he caves and gives the Democrats everything that they want once again, the entire nation will know that he is just another typical Republican.

Could this be the actual beginning of the end? Where Trump and Nancy and Schumer ride the fiat economy straight down into hell?
Time will tell.

Does this mean that military pay, and government benefits will be shut down too?

Do not worry. Trust in God. And most importantly, pray, pray, and pray again.  Spend your days praying unceasingly. If you wake up in the middle of the night, pray some more. Let the Holy Name of Jesus be on your lips constantly. He will save us if we pray.

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me a sinner.

By the way, Trump already has the funds (from the Pentagon budget) to build his wall.

Then Trump said that the new Mexican trade agreement will end up funding the wall and reimbursing the Pentagon budget since the new trade agreement will benefit both Mexico and the USA, so that both nations will prosper.  If Mexico prospers, then less people will seek to cross the border. Why migrate north to a new country if things are working out South of the Border?

I’m not worried for me because I don’t use those. I have family in the military, and on those. It’s just unfortunate to happens around Christmas time. I worry mostly for any children who will be hurt by it. The government has to much power over everyone. But yes, as always pray! My insomnia has been bothering me, and I assume it’s God asking me for more prayers!

Indeed, if you pray before and during your sleep, you will sleep like an innocent baby.

Since Trump values the military, I do not think that he will close down the government entirely.

I think this is a ploy to get the Democrats to negotiate. If they fail to negotiate, then Trump could close down the government (read Congress) for perhaps a couple of days, then get his wall funded through the Pentagon budget.

I wasn’t to sure he was going past one term anyway... but this would seal the deal for most even hard core trumpers.

I’m not sure if anyone saw this, but there is a crowd fund for the building of the wall. I think something like $4.6 million? The people who voted for him didnso because of this promise, and the promise that he’d make Mexico pay. Now they are cheering for giving their money for it.... I wonder what tax repercussions will happen? 

It now appears that a deal won't get done after all because as Bloomberg reports, the House has just left for the night and a GOP aide says that the House won't return before midnight.

• U.S. SHUTDOWN APPEARS INEVITABLE AS HOUSE LEAVES FOR THE NIGHT
• HOUSE GOP AIDE SAYS HOUSE WON'T RETURN BEFORE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE

There is still some hope because as Bloomberg adds, negotiations are still ongoing between the White House and congressional leaders on the government funding bill, though the key issue still remains how much funding for border security, and whether it would be allowed to be used to construct President Trump’s border wall.
That said, the floated $1.6BN proposal appears to have been turned down by Mark Meadows:

• CORNYN SAYS DEAL BEING LOOKED AT WITH $1.6B FOR BORDER SECURITY
• MEADOWS SAYS HE CAN'T DO $1.6B FOR WALL; `THERE IS NO DEAL'
• GOP EXPLORING POSSIBILITY OF $1.6B FOR BORDER TO AVERT SHUTDOWN

We'll keep you updated as things change. Meanwhile at the White House:

Some of the many Bills that I am signing in the Oval Office right now. Cancelled my trip on Air Force One to Florida while we wait to see if the Democrats will help us to protect America’s Southern Border! pic.twitter.com/ws6LYhKcKl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2018

This is caused directly by the Rhine group (The Rhine flows into the Tiber) and their little tar baby Vatican II. Without it this country would likely have a REAL Catholic majority.


The end is not as far as you can see already there is apostasy.


A very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. May the Christ child pour abundant graces upon you all and all traditionalists wherever they may be. God Bless.