It was a dangerous summer for President Trump, that’s an understatement.
Surviving two assassination attempts, one by mere centimeters is no joke.
But even that I fear is not going to be as dangerous as the period of time from now until the Inauguration on January 20, 2025. And perhaps even beyond.
I’ve written about this a lot leading up to the Election…
I kept saying even if we win (as we did), yes we can celebrate but that’s not the true celebration and any celebrating needs to be extremely limited.
Because then we enter the most dangerous period of time.
These people cannot allow President Trump and Elon Musk and RFK, Jr. to take office and dismantle everything they’ve built for the last 100 years….
The prosecutions along are going to end many lives and careers, I suspect.
This is literally life and death at this point.
That’s not a threat, it’s a warning that we need to stay extra vigilant.
We need to be on guard.
The violence will never come from MAGA, but I fear we are entering a very violent and dangerous period.
I think Ultra Pepe Lives Matter put it perfectly here, saying does it seem too quiet to you right now? Does this all seem too easy?
Does it seem too quiet to you? There seems to be little resistance to Trump right now. It’s almost eerie how calm it is…
— Green Lives Matter (@Ultrafrog17) November 7, 2024
I could not agree more.
Is this it?
They just let him win so big it was announced on Election Night?
No cheating…
No other big surprise….
All the lawfare cases also suddenly going away….
Just…ok, you beat us! Good job! We’ll go now.
Sorry folks, I don’t buy it.
Just like in 2016 when they had their “Contingency Plan” I am confident they have many Contingency Plans they’re getting ready to throw at President Trump.
And I fear many could jeopardize his life (again).
I also believe that soon, sometime between now and February, they will tank the stock market and the economy as hard as they can…
I believe they will try to give us a crash so big that President Trump won’t be able to focus on anything else other than trying to dig his way out of a 1929-style Great Depression.
My friend “MeetKevin” recently published a video essentially telling you some of the same things….
Watch this warning:
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
Narrator:
How Democrats might end up soiling Donald Trump’s presidency—his entire presidency could end up being labeled a failure by Democrats for something, frankly, out of his control and, in part, out of Democrats’ control as well. But first, let’s understand how Donald Trump could benefit the economy, and then let’s talk about the real risk factor. Right now, the Federal Reserve says there’s a 57% chance of it happening in the next 10 months, which is a big problem, and it would be very bad for Donald Trump.
Narrator:
But before we get to that, let’s talk about how Donald Trump should benefit the economy. First, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 benefited about 60% of Americans by lowering their taxes. Kamala Harris likes us to believe that only those making over $400,000 benefited, but that’s not true; about 60% of Americans benefited, of course, to different degrees. Some wealthy people benefited to the tune of millions of dollars, and others benefited only to the tune of maybe hundreds to thousands of dollars. But Donald Trump has proposed or argued that he is going to expand a lot of the tax cuts that expire in 2025 and start phasing out from this 2017 plan.
So, we expect, in addition to an expansion of tax cuts, potentially for vehicle purchases, plane purchases, boat purchases, equipment purchases for businesses, hiring employee tax cuts, potentially payroll tax cuts, corporate tax cuts potentially even lower than the 21% where we sit now, or maybe even no tax on tips, and possibly no tax on overtime. We might see these tax policies implemented, my guess, as soon as May 2025. Congress won’t really get to work until February, and it’ll take a few months to pass some form of sweeping tax legislation if they make this their top priority. I think they will, and in my opinion, you’re probably going to see sweeping tax changes that benefit the economy. That impact should be felt sometime by the fourth quarter of 2025 or 2026, because, obviously, it takes time for you to start actually recognizing some of those tax benefits.
Narrator:
Regulation cuts should also help businesses over the long term. I personally think if we’re going to have, let’s say, Optimus robots or full self-driving vehicles without steering wheels, we’re probably going to get that sort of innovation faster under Trump, though I don’t think it’s imminent. I don’t think I necessarily agree with Elon that we’re in a 2026 scenario, but I do think that under Trump, you probably shave a few years off the timeframe as you’re able to accelerate that innovation. Companies in the near term might actually avoid bankruptcy, specifically companies like Spirit Airlines, which might merge with JetBlue because you’re likely to get rid of these anti-monopolistic folks like KH over at the FTC trying to break up Google and other companies, and prevent mergers between companies like Spirit and JetBlue.
So, in the near term, you might actually end up keeping more jobs at companies that don’t go bankrupt because of Trump policies that make the business environment more flexible and, quite frankly, more conducive to growth. I also think that Donald Trump’s tariffs are much more of a negotiation point and that the worst-case scenario for tariffs has already been assumed by the bond market—that there’s going to be all this inflation. I actually think that’s totally wrong, and I actually think bonds might be forming a bit of a bottom in pricing right now on fears over Trump tariffs. But I think a lot of this is Trump negotiating, and if the economy continues to slow, I think the last thing Donald Trump is going to do is implement potentially economically crushing tariffs early in his four-year term. Maybe if we avoid a recession and get through the next two or three years, it’s more of a second-half-of-his-term consideration, but I don’t think tariffs are going to be a big day-one issue.
Narrator:
Nonetheless, American businesses are rallying. Look at stocks like Tesla, up 133% today; John Deere’s up 1.3%; JX is green; Apple’s green; Microsoft’s green. Tesla—obviously, we already mentioned the 133%, which is remarkable. Caterpillar—these are all American manufacturers, and they benefit from U.S.-based production. The exception is Apple, which obviously contracts out to China, but people still see Apple as an American company that should benefit from Donald Trump’s plans, mostly because Donald Trump actually worked with Tim Cook to help exempt a lot of Apple products from tariffs. You can study that history from the 2018 Trump-China trade war.
But anyway, Donald Trump is expected to repeal support for the green industry, which would probably take the form of repealing the Inflation Reduction Act. And while everything so far, with the exception of tariffs—which I don’t think will come anytime soon—is expansionary for the economy, the Inflation Reduction Act will probably actually enhance layoffs starting in 2025, which is not great. See companies like NAS, which is down 19% at the time of this recording, hires contract manufacturers in the United States to build microinverters. Tesla and SolarEdge and First Solar hire companies or manufacture themselves batteries, solar panels, solar inverters, and they do that in America with the benefit of, quite frankly, Biden bucks to help motivate them to produce these batteries and sell them.
The consumer benefits from cheaper batteries, but it’s also the company that benefits with manufacturing tax credits for building out the manufacturing facilities to make this kind of product. The Inflation Reduction Act is credited with creating about 330,000 jobs so far—that’s per Biden—and that’s probably overcounted. But if Donald Trump does end up repealing the Inflation Reduction Act at the same time as he passes job cuts, you’re boosting the economy at the same time as you’re taking from it because you’re going to be losing jobs. And I’m not saying that we need to shift for green energy; I’m just saying you’re going to be adding to job pain while at the same time trying to prop up consumers.
The problem is the potential for a jobs recession, especially at a time when we’re trending toward not the best economic outlook for 2025. You’ve already got homebuilders falling—I mean, look at DR Horton, down about 5%; Home Depot down over 4.5% on the lack of a potential tax credit for home buyers, and a new high on the 30-year mortgage rate thanks in part to markets trying to price in some tariff-induced inflation under a Trump administration.
Narrator:
This risk factor is what’s not Donald Trump’s fault, but unfortunately, for him, it’s probably going to blow up in his face and cause him to take the blame. And we’re going to explain this in just a moment. But I want you to think about some of the ironies here.
Narrator:
Back in 2020, I joked that if Donald Trump lost the election in 2020, he would probably sit out all of the inflation and then potentially, in the craziest irony, come back when the inflation rate is back down. Well, the inflation rate when he left office was around 2.5%. It’s around 2.1% right now, and it went up to 9% under Biden. Now, obviously, prices are significantly higher, but the rate of growth—that continued expansion of inflation—has slowed substantially. So you do have this sort of irony, but another irony is possible as well.
Donald Trump had to sit through the COVID recession, which fortunately was very short and had a V-shaped recovery, but he might have another big problem on his hands. He might open the door to the White House just as the economy walks into the next recession. This actually means that even though Donald Trump had low inflation under his first term, he might be defined as someone who faced recession in 2020 and then recession in 2025. And so people might argue that Trump is “Mr. Recession.”
Narrator:
And I think this is how Democrats might try to soil the Trump administration and then take power from him in midterms two years later, by showing, “Look, Donald Trump’s policies always create recessions.” Now, that’s not fair, because the policies that led to inflation and the Federal Reserve to act this way were due to both Trump and Biden, but also, frankly, probably more the fault of crazy government spending and the Federal Reserve failing to react quickly enough.
But I want you to think about this with me. Imagine this for a moment, because this is a crazy scenario: Imagine Trump takes office on January 20, 2025. By February, job stats show negative government and payroll data. On February 7, just 18 days later, markets freak out that we might be either in a recession, starting a recession, or about to go into a recession. As fears of a recession begin to skyrocket, Donald Trump does not implement any tariffs, as he would just add fuel to the recessionary fire. Bond yields then plummet, the cost to borrow drops, leading bonds to skyrocket, and stocks to sell off.
Unfortunately, as stocks sell off, more joblessness occurs. Now, why would you get a bad jobs report in February? Because you’re going to get seasonal layoffs, which might be resolved by the seasonal adjustments in the labor report. On February 7, we’re going to get the January jobs report, which will show how many people lost their jobs in January after the holiday season. On top of that, election workers are now all unemployed, and they don’t get captured in seasonal adjustments. This leads to a big negative report on top of private payrolls, which are already negative today. Now, you start to wonder, “Wait a minute. Is the Federal Reserve and the market considering the potential for a recession?” That’s exactly what the Federal Reserve is warning.
Narrator:
In fact, if you look at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, they posted the probability of a U.S. recession, but they haven’t updated this since September. Let’s take a look: the probability of a U.S. recession predicted by treasury spreads, looking forward to 2025. September 2025 shows a 57% chance of recession, higher than where we were in 2007 when it was 40%, or in 2001 when it was 45%. Each of those times, we went into a recession when the chance was over 30%. Every single time. In the ’90s, it was only at 20-30%, and we didn’t go into a recession. But now, we’re at a 57% chance, which is not particularly good.
So what does that mean? If we end up going into a recession, Donald Trump’s tax cut and tariff plan that markets think he will implement will actually turn into something else. It’ll turn into what I’m going to call the “Trump Rescue Package.” Let’s call it the Trump Rescue Package. This might include tax cuts, hiring incentives for businesses, cheap loans for businesses, personal loan support for financial companies struggling, like SoFi or Affirm, that are facing defaults. There might even be new real estate investment tax credits to build homes as the housing market slows down, where people can’t afford housing. It’s essentially stimulus 2.0—maybe even stimulus checks.
Narrator:
Now, I don’t think this would be enough to be inflationary, because Congress would be cautious about providing too much stimulus, as they’d be worried about inflation. But, because we’d be in a real recession that’s compounded by artificial intelligence, which makes it harder for businesses to want to hire more people, as they can make current workers more productive with AI, the Trump Rescue Package might not be enough. It could keep us out of deflation but wouldn’t necessarily cause inflation. What would happen is the Federal Reserve would then have to cut rates rapidly, down to 2-3%. That won’t be enough either. As stocks fall and the pain accelerates, Democrats would blame Trump for causing another recession.
Then, what might happen is Donald Trump would replace Jerome Powell in May when his term is up. The Federal Reserve would get a new chair, pressured by Trump to drop rates to zero, and they do. The Fed basically capitulates under Trump pressure to get us out of a recession. This might be the most significant buying opportunity, but not right now, when markets are pricing in perfection. Right now, markets are pricing in perfection, the bond market is freaking out over inflation—which I don’t think will happen—and the stock market is pricing in that growth will continue perfectly with no recession. But when we look at the latest data, Q4 GDP estimates have just been revised down to 2.4%.
Narrator:
The average 3-month employment growth is just 103,000. Once we start getting to 50-80k, we start worrying about recession and potentially going negative, with the only positive jobs right now coming from government employment. Over the last three months, the average of the first six months of 2024 was 228,000 jobs. We already know the Sahm rule has triggered, untriggered, and is likely to trigger again. If you don’t know what that is, don’t worry—it’s just a recession indicator. But what’s really important here is that it suggests the trend of deterioration in the labor market is getting worse. Quit rates are low, which is a recessionary signal. Job openings are also low, another recessionary signal. Hiring is struggling.
Narrator:
At present, the yield curve is about 18 basis points uninverted, which suggests it’s ready to blow. Unfortunately, if it blows up in Donald Trump’s face, he’s going to get blamed, even though it’s not his fault. The job reports coming up in February and over the next few months will be closely watched, but the Federal Reserve is likely to move too slowly to make any big difference until Trump is actually in office.
We do have a Fed meeting tomorrow, which I’ll be covering. Make sure if you haven’t yet signed up for the Alpha Report, go to meetkevin.com/alpha for a free report on my thoughts, daily trades, trend lines, resistance lines, volatility estimates, and other insights. It’s not personalized advice, but I encourage you to check it out.
Narrator:
Tomorrow, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by 75 basis points, yet markets have tightened yields by 80. So the Fed is saying, “Hey, things are softening, let’s make things cheaper,” and markets are saying, “Let’s make things more expensive.” That’s really bad, because you just restricted the economy even more, and when those high rates actually hit the economy—probably in three to six months—surprise, surprise, it brings us back to Q1, the first half of 2025, right when Trump walks into office. We might end up in a recession. The Federal Reserve says it’s more likely than a coin toss at this point—it’s more likely than not.
So what do you do in a scenario like this? Well, in my opinion, there are a few things to consider. If you need personalized financial advice, we can’t provide that here. However, you can go to stockhack.com for a personalized consultation. They can look at your situation and help you determine what’s best to do for your financial goals.
Narrator:
But here are some general ideas: In the event that we’re going into a recession, consider building a larger emergency fund, something to enable you to buy stocks on a dip when the Fed capitulates, and also to float you through potential job loss over the next two years. I’m not saying your income will go to zero, but it might fall. Say you’re currently making $125,000 a year, either by yourself or with a spouse—what if that drops by 30%? What if your monthly budget becomes 30% tighter? If you’re living paycheck to paycheck, imagine being down another 30%.
So start thinking about building insulation. Maybe take on more side hustles, add extra shifts, build savings now while the economy is still stable. We’re not in a recession yet. You might want to set trailing limits on your stocks—maybe sell Tesla if it falls by $40, so if Tesla goes up, it doesn’t sell, but if it drops from $320 to $280, it triggers a sale. It’s an idea, and it might work for trimming exposure while the economy remains flexible.
Narrator:
Consider minimizing your debt, avoiding taking on new debt in this environment, and paying down existing debt so you have available borrowing capacity if you need it during a recession. If you have equity in your real estate, consider a home equity line of credit while valuations are higher. If valuations trend down, you might lose that option. This gives you a financial cushion without any immediate interest expense.
So, these are just some things to consider. This is exactly the playbook for how Democrats could potentially undermine a Trump presidency, with a recession that wouldn’t even be his fault. I look forward to covering the Trump rescue plan as it unfolds. Subscribe if you’re interested in this insight, and I’ll see you in the next one. Thanks so much, folks. Goodbye, and good luck.
And before the Election, I have Jovan Pulitzer on my show and we talked about EXACTLY this….
Jovan told me we’re going to go through an ugly period after the election, the only question is whether it’s a LONG Ugly or a SHORTER Ugly.
Luckily we got the Shorter version, but get ready for this to strike soon:
Jovan Pulitzer: The ONLY Thing Still Holding Up America….Once This Falls, It’s Over!
Jovan Pulitzer: The ONLY Thing Still Holding Up America....Once This Falls, It's Over!
I had the pleasure of having Jovan Pulitzer back on my show recently and midway through the interview I stopped and said: "What you JUST said might be the most important thing I have ever heard -- we have to get this out to everyone."
I wasn't exaggerating.
Allow me to explain....
We were talking about the ONE THING that is still holding up America.
Jovan asked me if I knew what it was, and I stumbled for a moment (embarrassed to say), although immediately after he said it I thought: "of course!"
I bet most of you know it already....
The Second Amendment.
It's obviously correct and I should have had that answer in a split second.
But then he went on to talk about how things are about to get really bad (regardless of who wins, Trump or Kamala)...the only difference will be how long they stay bad.
A Kamala win literally could be the end of this country as we know it, and that's not hyperbole.
But a Trump win will bring out riots and chaos so bad it will make the BLM "summer of love" riots from 2020 look like a nice friendly walk in the park!
Obviously, we all want a Trump win, but there will be a period of time where this country is going to go through a VERY rough and ugly period and some will not survive.
So then he tied it back into the Second Amendment and this was the part I thought was so good -- he said arm yourself, yes, because you might need it -- but don't you dare go running out into the streets thinking you're going to do some vigilante type justice or go out there and "fix things" Rambo style.
I agree with him 100% and I've published similar articles probably 10 times saying almost the exact same thing.
Because if they can arrest you for simply SETTING FOOT inside the Capitol Building (the PEOPLE'S House) on January 6th, then you damn sure better believe they'll lock you up for life if you run out and do something stupid.
So for your sake, don't do something stupid.
But also for everyone else's sake....because that's exactly what the Far Left and the Deep State want.
They want that one reason to finally swoop in and kill the Second Amendment.
All their mass shootings haven't worked, so now they need a J6 moment on steroids where (they will say) Far-Right MAGA people got violent and tried to start an uprising.
At that moment I asked Jovan a question as Devil's Advocate, because I can here one of you thinking this question right now: "But Noah! But Jovan! There has to be a moment where that is necessary, right? After all, we'd all still be speaking the Queen's English if we didn't have our Founding Fathers and the Revolutionary War. So when does that moment come?"
And this was actually the second moment that I thought Jovan's answer was simply brilliant.
He didn't even pause or hesitate....he said remember what they said back in that time.
Our Founding Fathers had a phrase: you do not shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!
Translation: you arm yourself (yes!) under the power of the Second Amendment, but then you take a defensive posture. You guard your castle. You stay on your property. You stay in your home. And if they come after you there, then that's when you take your stand. You DO NOT go running out into the street to do some vigilante justice.
SO.
WISE.
So I'm calling this perhaps the most important interview I've ever done and I hope you will help me get this message out to as many people as we can.
Because they want another J6 moment so badly, but they want it 10x worse so it can be their final excuse to torch the Second Amendment. And then America falls.
Have you ever asked yourself why they're doing all the things they're doing?
Why are they stoking up so much hatred and chaos everywhere?
Because they're trying to jam as much powder keg into this fire as possible to watch it go BOOM.
Do.
Not.
Let.
Them.
You stay calm, cool and collected.
You keep your head.
You stay armed.
You stay on and defense your homestead.
Load MoreOk, that was just a small portion of the interview, as usual we bounced around to so many different topics....including when Jovan went on tour with Paula Abdul!
And the TRUE story behind the Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral that I bet you didn't know!
Plus a ton more....it's always such a blast getting to chat with this guy, one of the favorite parts of my job!
This is really a fun (and super important one), please enjoy:
Backup here if needed:
And then here are all the links you need that we mentioned in the interview:
📺 LIVE with Jovan Pulitzer -- Forensic Breakdown of Trump Shooting: https://rumble.com/v577ipp--live-with-jovan-pulitzer-forensic-breakdown-of-trump-shooting.html
📺 Jovan Pulitzer Explains How He Caught Them All In Arizona! (Watermarked Ballots?): https://rumble.com/v54f1zb--jovan-pulitzer-explains-how-he-caught-them-all-in-arizona-watermarked-ball.html
📺 Jovan w/ Roseanne Barr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83krSAxLWuU
⭐ Food Forest Bible (Paperback): https://amzn.to/4coEaPU
⭐ Food Forest Bible (Hardcover): https://amzn.to/4eJXqbZ
🔥 Follow Jovan Pulitzer on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/JovanHuttonPulitzer
I want to end this article be republishing one of my warnings which I have probably posted 10 times at this point.
It's very similar to Jovan's although I love all the things he added to it. He is a brilliant man.
But folks, this is extremely important....we cannot afford to lose the Second Amendment because some people run out and do something stupid.
So please get this warning out to everyone:
REMINDER: Stay Calm, We Do NOT Support Calls For Violence!
As we head into the 2024 election cycle, one thing seems certain: tensions are rising, the potential for J6-style FalseFlags are increasing, and the "Elites" would love nothing more than to lure a bunch of patriots into doing something stupid. So I'm issuing this friendly reminder and echoing our wonderful President....remember these words: PEACEFULLY and PATRIOTICALLY! Remain peaceful. No violence. Respect the Law. Respect the Constitution!
I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
Keep your calm.
Keep your cool.
And keep your head on a swivel, because I'm starting to think they might try to stage another J6 soon.
You know, Team Khaki Pants.
So I want to be as clear as I can: we do not support violence.
We do support your Constitutionally-protected right to protest and assemble (seems like I've read something about that somewhere, maybe in the First Amendment?) but we must do so peacefully and lawfully.
So please allow me to reiterate this FULL Public Service Announcement...
I think you're going to like this one and I'd sure love to hear from you in the comments after you read it.
Our mission here at WLTReport is to research and print the truth, wherever we may find it.
The truth the MSM likes to ignore...
The truth the MSM likes to cover up...
The truth the MSM likes to twist.
We correct the record and just like a lion, we set truth free because it can defend itself.
So that's our mission.
NOTE: our mission does not and never has been to call for violence or to support violence.
You may think it is absurd I even have to print that, and I would agree...
Of course, we are the people who constantly decried and called out all the violence, looting and burning down of cities during the summer of 2020.
That kind of behavior has NO PLACE in America.
So we want to be absolutely clear where we stand.
We also stand for the Constitution.
We stand for free and fair elections.
We stand for truth and justice.
Oh, and let me also clear this up...
While we stand for peace, justice and truth, here's what the Democrats stand for -- in their own words:
"Fight Like Hell" -- Democrats EXPOSED In Their Own Words
If President Trump can be impeached and indicted and persecuted and prosecuted over something as innocuous as saying "Fight like Hell", then perhaps it's time we look at the Dems?
Take a look at their own words?
Big thanks to my man Kyle Becker for posting this.
Exactly right sir!
If your argument is that Trump incited the Capitol riots because he said "fight like hell," you might want to watch this.
Be sure to be sitting down, because it will blow your mind.
Watch:
https://twitter.com/theresa53134281/status/1697723684394267071?s=46&t=fQPc05aE4Kkb738_xetJBg
That all sounds WILDLY violent to me, but that's not how we roll here.
Ok, so I hope we cleared that up, now you know where both camps stand.
One wildly violent, one peaceful.
One wants destruction, one wants peace, justice, truth and law & order.
You know which is which.
So in case there was any confusion or question out there, I hope this clears it up!
Your humble correspondent at your service!
BUT....A DISCLAIMER: I cannot be responsible for what God's Angel Army may choose to do.
Speaking of the Bible, there is a verse that says "As for me and my house..."
So that's what I can speak for -- Me (Noah) and my house (WLTReport).
I can't speak for God's Angel Army or what they may choose to do.
They kind of have a mind of their own and they don't tend listen much to what man wants to do.
What am I talking about?
Just this...
Just a little story taken right out of 2 Kings Chapter 6 from the Bible.
Do you know that story?
Perhaps you need to hear it right now.
I'll summarize...
Elisha is trapped in Dothan.
The King of Aram surrounded the city and Elisha's assistant panics thinking all is lost. He thinks they have no way out.
And then Elisha says those famous words: "Those who are with us are more than those who are with them."
To the person who is only looking in the physical, that looked to be 100% wrong.
To the people who are looking right now and thinking "nothing has ever happened", they think the all prayer and prophecies have been completely wrong.
But Elisha was looking in the spiritual world and he could see that although King Aram's armies were surrounding the city, there were actually Hosts Upon Hosts of Heavenly Angels surrounding the King. Completely outmatched. Horses and chariots of fire ridden by Angels filled the hills around the King's army!
And that, my friends, is where I believe we stand at this very moment.
I can see it, can you?
Read it here, I've bolded my favorite part:
8 Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.”
9 The man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Beware of passing that place, because the Arameans are going down there.” 10 So the king of Israel checked on the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
11 This enraged the king of Aram. He summoned his officers and demanded of them, “Tell me! Which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
12 “None of us, my lord the king,” said one of his officers, “but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
13 “Go, find out where he is,” the king ordered, “so I can send men and capture him.” The report came back: “He is in Dothan.” 14 Then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.
15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.
16 “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
17 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike this army with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.
19 Elisha told them, “This is not the road and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for.” And he led them to Samaria.
20 After they entered the city, Elisha said, “Lord, open the eyes of these men so they can see.” Then the Lord opened their eyes and they looked, and there they were, inside Samaria.
21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Shall I kill them, my father? Shall I kill them?”
22 “Do not kill them,” he answered. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink and then go back to their master.” 23 So he prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. So the bands from Aram stopped raiding Israel’s territory.
So there you go.
As for me and my house, we stand for truth, justice, the Constitution, freedom, liberty, free and fair elections, the American dream, life, liberty and the pursuit of justice...
...and we do not stand for, or call for, violence. Period.
But as for the angels I see surrounding this country on its metaphorical hillsides -- I do not speak for them. 
If you want a little more on the angels, I give you this recent message from Tim Sheets:
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