But even though I’m talking like this, God knows how to unwind conundrums like this. If Federal government had become the nationally watched bully pulpit (and Barack Obama used it that way) then all God had to do to get the idea before many, many eyes was raise up Donald Trump and (perhaps) Mike Pence. We will notice that Donald Trump frankly doesn’t give a hoot what nasty things are said about him, he just does what he thinks best. A gospel witness with the hide of a rhinoceros is needed, and this is what America may have gotten in Donald Trump.
Alas, if we’re lucky, we’ll only have that until January 2025. The left is scrambling to prevent that from happening, of course. But finding a worthy successor to Trump will be exceptionally difficult. I don’t think Pence is that person. We probably need another outsider with that “tough hide” you cited.