"Major Prophecies in Daniel 2 and 7 indicate that the Holy Roman Empire will be the dominant force in the world when our Lord returns.
No they don't.
When an author begins by assuming facts manifestly not in evidence, nothing he subsequently asserts can be taken seriously."
Yes, they do.
Daniel 2:39-44
After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things; and like iron which crushes, it shall break and crush all these. And as you saw the feet and toes partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. As you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for them to an end, and it shall stand forever;
The identification of the kingdom with the HRE is purely an assumption on Franklin's part and your part - neither of you have substantiated anything, you've just said "Oh yeah, Daniel really means the HRE."
Why should I take your interpretation at face value?