Whether you love or loathe Donald Trump, I want to make sure that you have good ammunition for your feelings. So here is a quiz of 20+ questions to see if you’ve been paying attention.
Some are questions of fact: did such a thing happen or not? Others will be questions of inference: if such a thing happened, what does it mean? So after each question, I will specify whether it is a question of “Fact” or “Inference.” Ready?
Did Trump, on the campaign trail in 2016, say he would bring back “a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding?” Fact. (Waterboarding is a form of torture where they bring someone to the verge of drowning, repeatedly.)
Does the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution prohibit “cruel and unusual punishment”? Fact.
Is waterboarding cruel? Inference.
Is Trump familiar with the Constitution? Inference. Has he read the Constitution or the Bill of Rights? Inference.
Did Trump say in a Nov. 13, 2020 speech that he was “very proud” of Operation Warp Speed and that he “had tremendous help from the military” in bringing it about? Fact. Has he publicly recanted since? Fact.
Did Trump unilaterally withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty with Russia? Fact
Did this put the world in greater danger of nuclear annihilation? Inference.
Did Trump pardon mercenaries who slaughtered civilians in Nisour Square, Iraq? Fact.
Did Trump fail to pardon Edward Snowden? Fact.
Did Trump continue the persecution of Julian Assange? Fact.
Does the First Amendment to the Constitution enshrine Freedom of the Press? Fact.
A repeat of Question 4. Is Trump familiar with the Constitution? Inference. Has he read the Constitution or the Bill of Rights? Inference.
Did Trump announce, on the campaign trail in 2016, implementation of a “biometric entry-exit visa tracking system”? Fact.
Does the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution enshrine our Right to be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects from unreasonable searches and seizures? Fact.
A repeat of questions 4 and 13. Is Trump familiar with the Constitution? Inference. Has he read the Constitution or the Bill of Rights? Inference.
Did Trump, on June 1, 2020, brandish a Bible in front of St. John’s Church in D.C.? Fact.
Was this an act of blasphemy? Inference.
On Feb. 26, 2024, did the Israel Heritage Foundation hail Trump ‘the Prince of Peace’ as it gifted him a menorah representing “the eternal light of the world”? Fact. Did Trump refuse the gift or the title? Fact.
Was this an act of blasphemy? Inference.
Does the Bible warn in Daniel 8:23-25 of a man of fierce countenance who will consider himself superior? Fact.
Does Trump consider himself superior? Inference.
Does the same passage in Daniel warn that the man “by peace will destroy many.”? Fact.
Does Revelation alert us to a head who seemed to have a fatal wound but recovers from it (13:3)? Fact.
Is the “fatal wound” an assassination attempt? Is it a restoration to power after a stolen election? Inference.
Finally, I want to share my experience when browsing on Rumble. I saw an advertisement for a “Trump gold coin,” featuring Trump’s stern-faced mugshot. And that’s not me calling it a mugshot, it’s the advertisement. I thought, “Oh, maybe this is a collector’s piece, a gold ounce with Trump’s face on it. What would that sell for? More than 2000 U.S. dollars, right?” I click on the link; it’s selling for 19 dollars and 95 cents, yet they call it a ‘gold coin’. It’s not a gold coin; it’s a gold-colored coin. Big difference.
Like these coins, is Trump gold-plated, gold-colored, counterfeit, fool’s gold, a gold shade of orange, or some bright shiny thing? Or is he real gold? Inference.
Abdiel LeRoy
I am the author of some 30 books, including THE COVID PROTOCOLS: Upholding Your Rights in Authoritarian Times. To support my work (impossible on Substack where I have been demonetized), purchase goldbacks at Geni.us/Goldbacks at no extra cost to you. My brief video about this financial safe space is here.