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While the Trump movement becomes more religious, the media seems determined to rub people’s noses in perverse weirdness. A Puerto Rican “musician” called Bad Bunny will perform the show. His real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio. He protests President Trump’s migration policies, and has performed in a dress, in full “drag” and alongside dancers dressed as demons. This is what will be broadcast to America on what is typically the most-watched annual television event in the U.S. “They display their sin like the people of Sodom and don’t even try to hide it,” says God in Isaiah 3:9 (New Living Translation). “They are doomed! They have brought destruction upon themselves.”
The UN resumed sanctions on Iran on Saturday in response to its advancements in nuclear technology. These sanctions include an arms embargo, restrictions on uranium enrichment, and a ban on activities involving ballistic missiles. Iran said this decision would be met with a “harsh response.” The United Nations has been notoriously soft on Iran in recent decades. Considering that Iran has continued to pursue its nuclear ambitions even after direct military attacks on its nuclear sites by Israel and the U.S. this past summer, we can be certain that this measure won’t deter a nuclear Iran.
Germany deployed the frigate Hamburg to Copenhagen at Denmark’s request. The vessel will support enhanced air space surveillance during the EU summit on October 1-2. Denmark’s minister for transport said that in the last week, the country’s air space has faced violations on a scale not seen since World War ii. Russia’s aggression is driving more European nations to turn to Germany for security.
In a video posted Thursday, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (elca) concluded “a Lutheran reading [of the Bible] frees us from taking all the scriptures only literally.” The elca, one of the largest Christian denominations in the nation, thus rejects Paul’s teaching that all Scripture is inspired (2 Timothy 3:16) and Jesus Christ’s command to live “by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). To navigate such religious confusion, read Can You Prove Which Church Is God’s?
Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular prime minister since recordkeeping began: His minus-66 percent satisfaction rating is the lowest since Ipsos began the poll in 1977. He beats the previous record of minus-59 percent set by John Major in 1994. He’s wildly unpopular because Britain faces radical problems, and none of his ideas solve them. Read “The Rise and Fall of an Empire” for the deeper roots of these problems.
The Houthis are working with the Islamic State and al Qaeda, recent reports from the Crisis Observatory of the Platform Tracking Organized Crime Yemen Center show. Though the Houthis are ideologically at odds with these groups, it is putting those differences aside to pursue collective goals. Notably, a September 22 report shows that the Houthis are bringing captured Islamic State and al Qaeda terrorists into their own ranks. The Houthis are a proxy of Iran, the nation prophesied to lead radical Islam and create a powerful axis of Middle Eastern and African nations. A union with the Islamic State and al Qaeda could forward Iran’s aims, especially its goal of gaining further control of African nations.
China is testing two xxl underwater drones in the South China Sea off the coast of Hainan. Each drone is over 40 meters long, the size of many regular submarines. China has been militarizing this area for over a decade. If it succeeds in dominating the South China Sea, it can control one third of global sea trade. Bible prophecy warns of an economic siege by Asian and European nations that will cripple the United States. Gerald Flurry wrote, “If Europe finds a way to take advantage of key resources and strategic holdings of China, Russia and Japan—even for a short period—then it would have more than enough power to besiege the Anglo-Saxon nations. This is why China’s moves to militarize the South China Sea should be so concerning.” To learn more about this economic siege, read “China Is Steering the World Toward War.”
Germany to allow army to shoot down drones: On Saturday, the country’s interior minister announced plans to grant the armed forces legal authorization to shoot down hostile aircraft, a power previously reserved for domestic security agencies. This decision is in response to recent drone incursions. Since World War ii, the German military has largely been barred from domestic security operations. However, legislation has gradually loosened those restrictions. While this step may sound reasonable, it’s another step toward German militarization and normalizing the use of the military at home.
Young Americans are falling in love with socialism, according to a survey conducted for Yale University’s William F. Buckley Institute. Some 46 percent of 820 undergraduates surveyed at four-year colleges from September 5 to 14 agreed with the statement, “While socialist countries like Cuba and the Soviet Union have not been perfect, they offer a better economic model than capitalist countries like the United States.” Even more disturbingly, roughly 40 percent of those surveyed said physical violence can be justified to prevent a person from spreading hate. As our article “American Bolsheviks” shows, such dangerous thinking is pushing America toward civil war.
Trump saved TikTok, arranging yesterday for a consortium of American investors to buy 80 percent of the Chinese-owned and Chinese Communist Party-controlled social media platform. A 2024 law banned TikTok, starting this past January 17, and President Trump extended the deadline to December to finalize a deal, which would license the TikTok algorithm and data security for U.S. users to U.S. firms like Oracle. But the detrimental effect of TikTok content on its users will continue.
Finland’s president called for United Nations reforms on Wednesday in a speech to the General Assembly, requesting that veto power be stripped from Russia and China. Such a change is unlikely, but the speech highlighted the fundamental disharmony within this rowdy international body. It came the same week that President Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei called out the UN’s many failings from that same stage, and shortly before today’s mass walkout during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech—all evidence of this institution’s, and of mankind’s, inability to attain world peace.
America could sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets, President Trump indicated yesterday as he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “He needs certain things, and we need certain things, and we’re going to come to a conclusion,” Trump said. During the same discussion, he encouraged Erdoğan to stop buying oil from Russia. In the newest issue of the Trumpet, Mr. Flurry asks, “Is Turkey a good ally for America? Bible prophecy says Turkey is going to betray America.” Turkey already hosts U.S. nuclear bombs on its soil: Now it could get stealth jets capable of carrying them.
A man in South Africa claimed God told him in a dream that “I will come to take my church” on September 23 and 24 this year. Clearly it was, as the Daily Mail headlined yesterday, a “doomsday false alarm.” But this wasn’t merely a miscounted date or a divinely missed deadline. The idea of a rapture is an unbiblical teaching. Learn what the Bible says—and doesn’t say—about it in “The Truth About the Secret Rapture.”
Today, a Paris court sentenced Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison for illegal campaign financing by Libya for his 2007 presidential campaign. The court found that he had close associates and political supporters approach the Libyan authorities. Sarkozy, who remains an influential conservative figure, dismissed the allegations as politically motivated, but the situation is one more reason why the leading nation of Europe, as the Trumpet has written for decades, will not be France.
Denmark closed two airports overnight following repeated drone incursions. Authorities noted that military installations were also affected. Denmark’s defense minister said, “There can be no doubt that everything points to this being the work of a professional actor when we are talking about such a systematic operation in so many locations at virtually the same time. This is what I would define as a hybrid attack using different types of drones.” Denmark reported a similar incident on Monday. Uncertainty and fear are causing Europe to unite.
