I don't think it was His plan that the magistrates be lost, heathen anti christs and we poor minions merely Christians
I think God's plan was for His people to be in the seat of the magistrate .... just like our founders believed
Politics and a personal relationship with Jesus is the norm, not the freak show.
At some time, whoever this guy may be, he will be allowed to destroy and prosper for a short period of time - prior to being tossed into the Lake of Fire for all eternity.
Daniel 7:25 KJV
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.