\u2015 The Book of Proverbs 25:19<\/strong><\/p>\n After half a century in the public square, after 8 contentious years as the face of the Republican Party, there are few who have not already made up their mind about Donald Trump.\u00a0Oceans of ink have been spilled opining on this man, and yet, for all of it, he largely remains an enigma.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n I have spilled my fair share of ink on him myself. Like many Americans, I found his persona loathsome; yet, still hoped to see him succeed for the sake of the country. However,\u00a0as a first-hand witness to the events of January 6th<\/a>, I watched then President Trump promise to meet his supporters at Capitol Hill before abandoning them to the predations of the Capitol Hill PD. Whatever benefit of the doubt I once had given him went up in the same flames as our franchise that bitter January day\u00a0\u2014 a fact which has only been compounded\u00a0after thieves like Charles Kushner<\/a>\u00a0were pardoned while patriots like Jacob Lang still rot away.<\/strong><\/p>\n At the time I could scarcely comprehend the depths of this betrayal; however, the last several years of my research has certainly demystified that day for me. In the epilogue of my series on false flags,\u00a0The Frankenstein Formula<\/a><\/em>, I documented a small fragment of the many public instances of Trump displaying overt hand-signs and symbols of the Mystery Religion. In my\u00a0expose on Ron DeSantis\u2019 true pandemic record<\/a>, I annotated the numerous occasions where DeSantis & Trump can be seen engaging in those same Masonic grips.<\/p>\n Furthermore, the timeline of events I chronicled leading up to the so-called pandemic of 2020 in\u00a0Warp Speed to Democide<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>leave exceedingly little room for claims of ignorance on Trump\u2019s behalf. This is only accentuated as he continues to take credit for the lockdown and bioweapon campaign that is already responsible for wiping out millions of Americans. At best, he was wholly unequipped for what transpired, and thus, was outplayed and outmaneuvered by the same \u201cdeep state\u201d he had vowed to destroy:\u00a0that failure alone should disqualify him from leadership.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In all honesty, I have subconsciously put off writing this series for some time; for, truly, there is little to gain at this point by doing so. It is surely not written out of any affection for the Biden clan,\u00a0as I have catalogued in excruciating detail the horrific sexual crimes of both Joe and Hunter<\/a>. Despite the attacks I am sure to face, I am convicted that the truth is its own reward, no matter whether it be popular or palatable. Whatever that little\u00a0melodrama on CNN<\/a>\u00a0was last week made one thing clear:\u00a0the proverbial knives have come out for Biden as Trump stands poised to be (s)elected once again.<\/strong><\/p>\n I still sincerely believe that it is not sheer amoral pragmatism or blind idolatry that drives the widespread support we still see for Trump, although certainly there is no small share of both amongst his supporters. As our quadrennial deal with the devils in DC looms closer, this commitment to truth necessitates an unflinching examination of not only Donald Trump\u2019s political record, but the connections and relationships that forged the man we know today.<\/p>\n This dark exodus begins with two of the men most responsible for what he has become:\u00a0Norman Vincent Peale & Roy Marcus Cohn.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014\u00a0Allen E. Roberts<\/a>\u00a0(33\u00b0),\u00a0<\/strong>In Memoriam<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Donald Trump\u2019s pastor Norman Vincent Peale is often hailed as a paragon of positivity: in reality, he is nothing short of an ecclesiastical charlatan. We see this borne out in his pulpit:\u00a0Peale knowingly watered down the Gospel in his preaching<\/strong>\u00a0(emphasis mine<\/em>):<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a conservative,\u201d he told John Sherrill of\u00a0Guideposts<\/em>\u00a0in an interview years later, \u201cand I will tell you exactly what I mean by that. I mean that I have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. I mean that I believe my sins are forgiven by the atoning work of grace on the cross.\u2026 Now I\u2019ll tell you something else.\u2026 I personally love and understand this way of stating the Christian gospel.\u00a0But I am absolutely and thoroughly convinced that it is my mission never to use this language in trying to communicate with the audience that God has given me<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014\u00a0Peale’s Half-Full Christianity<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Conservative indeed<\/em>. His avowed mission to eschew Biblical terminology in favor of a more palatable modern lexicon is a clear indication of his intent to dilute and distort The Gospel. The Apostle Paul makes it clear who men such as these truly serve (emphasis mine<\/em>):<\/p>\n For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men?\u00a0for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 Epistle to the Hebrews 1:10 KJV<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This strategic obfuscation is emblematic of his broader modus operandi:\u00a0to ensnare the unsuspecting faithful within the beguiling yet spiritually bankrupt ideology of positive thinking<\/strong>. His sermons, though ostensibly brimming with Christian virtues, are but a veneer for a more nefarious agenda.<\/p>\n Peale\u2019s 1952 magnum opus,\u00a0The Power of Positive Thinking<\/em>, subtly peddles an insidious doctrine that\u00a0veers perilously close to occultism<\/a>, all whilst cloaked in the veneer of wholesome Christian teachings. It was this radical form of self-confidence and self-actualization that first drew the Trump clan to Peale (emphasis mine<\/em>):<\/p>\n His parents, Fred and Mary, felt an immediate affinity for Peale\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0On Sundays, they drove into Manhattan to worship at Marble Collegiate Church, where Peale was the head pastor. Donald and both his sisters were married there, and funeral services for both Fred and Mary took place in the main sanctuary.<\/p>\n \u201cI still remember [Peale\u2019s] sermons,\u201d Trump told the Iowa Family Leadership Summit in July. \u201cYou could listen to him all day long. And when you left the church, you were disappointed it was over. He was the greatest guy.\u201d A month later, in the same news conference at which Trump tossed out Univision anchor Jorge Ramos,\u00a0he again referred to Peale as his pastor and said he was \u201cone of the greatest speakers\u201d he\u2019d ever seen.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 Gwenda Blair,\u00a0<\/strong>How Norman Vincent Peale Taught Donald Trump to Worship Himself<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Trumps\u2019 allegiance to Peale, seen in the numerous weddings and funerals conducted under his pastoral auspices, underscores the enormous influence he wielded in Donald\u2019s life.\u00a0That influence must be scrutinized against the backdrop of Peale’s occult affiliations and doctrinal deviations.<\/strong><\/p>\n Norman Vincent Peale’s deep entanglement with Freemasonry is a glaring testament to his occult proclivities (emphasis mine<\/em>):<\/p>\n Brother Norman Vincent Peale became a Master Mason in Minwood Lodge No. 1062 at Brooklyn, New York in 1926 and was active in a number of Masonic bodies throughout the rest of his life. He served as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of New York from 1949-1951. He was also a member of the York and Scottish Rite bodies and the Shrine. He served as Grand Prelate for the Grand Encampment and was Imperial Grand Chaplain of the Shrine.\u00a0In the Scottish Rite, he was honored by receiving his 33rd Degree<\/strong>\u00a0in 1959 and was a recipient of the Gourgas medal for his distinguished service. He received honors from many Grand Lodges including the George Washington Distinguished Service Medal from Virginia.<\/p>\n \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>The Power of Positive Thinking: Brother Norman Vincent Peale<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Peale’s role as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of New York, as well as his receipt of the prestigious 33rd Degree, underscores his involvement in an organization that is categorically at odds with Christ and His Church. The accolades he garnered from various Grand Lodges are not mere honors, but indicators of his profound integration into Masonic circles.<\/p>\n Peale\u2019s own words in the\u00a0Masonic Scottish Rite Journal<\/em>\u00a0expose the depth of his familial ties to Freemasonry:<\/p>\n My grandfather was a Mason for 50 years, my father for 50 years, and I have been a Mason for over 60 years. This means my tie with Freemasonry extends back to 1869 when my grandfather joined the Masons.<\/p>\n \u2014 Norman Vincent Peale,\u00a0<\/strong>Masonic Scottish Rite Journal, February 1993<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This generational allegiance to the Mystery Religion only further cements his identity as an avowed occultist masquerading as a Christian leader. His candid admissions reveal a life steeped in Masonic ritual and philosophy \u2014 a philosophy which starkly contrasts with the purportedly Christian message he propagated.<\/p>\n Peale\u2019s Masonic affiliations and his deliberate theological compromises reveal a theology that is more aligned with the teachings of the Mystery Religion than the teachings of Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 Victor A. Kovner, N.Y. Lawyer & Associate of Roy Cohn<\/strong><\/p>\n Trump\u2019s other mentor, Roy Cohn, remains a looming figure within American politics.<\/strong><\/p>\n Cohn\u2019s introduction to the underworld was via\u00a0Lewis Rosenstiel<\/a>, although the details of their initial meeting remains clouded. It is most probable that Albert Cohn, Roy\u2019s father and a prominent judge in New York Democrat circles, facilitated the connection. Cohn\u2019s connection to the Mystery Religion began through his induction into the exclusively Jewish branch of Freemasonry \u2014\u00a0B\u2019nai B\u2019rith<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Cohn\u2019s influential father, Albert Cohn, was\u00a0the long-time president<\/a>\u00a0of B\u2019nai B\u2019rith\u2019s powerful New England-New York chapter and Roy Cohn himself was a member of B\u2019nai B\u2019rith\u2019s Banking and Finance Lodge.<\/p>\n \u2014 Whitney Webb,\u00a0<\/strong>Mega Group, Maxwells and Mossad: The Spy Story at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This political network had known ties to organized criminal outfits, including associates of Meyer Lansky. (I have briefly detailed Lansky\u2019s role in the cryptocracy in\u00a0Crafting A Cartel, Part II<\/a>.<\/em>)<\/p>\n These connections undoubtedly played a crucial role in Cohn\u2019s selection for the high-profile trial of Soviet spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Cohn\u2019s fervent anti-communism endeared him to J. Edgar Hoover, the powerful FBI Director and closeted transvestite whom Cohn met at a \u201cparty\u201d in 1952. This relationship blossomed into a close alliance, with Hoover and Cohn exchanging favors, gifts, and elaborate dinners with each other. Hoover would soon become Cohn\u2019s mentor and closest confidant.<\/p>\n J. Edgar Hoover\u2019s recommendation was pivotal in Cohn\u2019s appointment as chief counsel to Senator McCarthy (R-WI).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Roy Cohn would rise to infamy in the cauldron of Cold War paranoia, aiding the controversial Senator Joe McCarthy during the anti-communist trials of the 1950\u2019s. Later as a private lawyer, Cohn served the whims of New York’s elite with a ferocity that bordered on the pathological. His client list was a rogues’ gallery of American high society, from George Steinbrenner, the owner of the New York Yankees, to the notorious mob boss Carlo Gambino, and more:<\/p>\n \u201cRoy was a powerful force, recognized as a person with deep and varied contacts, politically as well as legally,\u201d Michael Rosen, who worked as an attorney in Cohn\u2019s firm for 17 years, told me. \u201cThe movers and shakers of New York, he was very tight with these people\u2014they admired him, they sought his advice. His persona, going back to McCarthy \u2026 and his battles with the government certainly attracted clients.\u201d<\/p>\n It was a long, formidable list that included the executives of media empires, the Archbishop of New York and mafia kingpin Fat Tony Salerno, and there, too, near the top, was budding, grasping Donald John Trump.<\/p>\n \u2014 Michael Kruse,\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018He Brutalized For You\u2019: How Joseph McCarthy henchman Roy Cohn became Donald Trump\u2019s mentor.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Amidst this shadowy pantheon of the criminal and corrupt, Donald J. Trump would become Cohn\u2019s favored disciple. He continued to sing Roy\u2019s praises long after his death: “Roy was brutal, but he was a very loyal guy<\/a>.” Trump, ever the pragmatist, absorbed Cohn’s ruthless ethos like a sponge.<\/p>\n After their first meeting in 1973, Trump and Cohn would have near daily conversations until the latter’s demise from AIDS-related complications in 1986.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ronald Reagan and Cohn were long time allies and friends:\u00a0Robert Parry detailed numerous accounts of Cohn bestowing personal favors upon Reagan<\/a>, (and vice versa<\/em>), including handwritten notes of gratitude & warm birthday greetings. Prior to Roy Cohn’s death, Nancy and Ronald Reagan ensured Cohn’s inclusion in an exclusive experimental AIDS treatment program. This act of course stood in stark contrast to the Reagan administration’s notorious indifference to the burgeoning \u201cAIDS crisis\u201d. (Lest I veer off into the hedges, I will just say that\u00a0the \u201cisolation\u201d of AIDS is as dubious as COVID\u2019s<\/a><\/em>). This intimate association between Reagan and Cohn, while seemingly at odds with the former’s \u201cconservative\u201d values, can only be illuminated by examining the shadowy nexus of organized crime that entangled them.<\/p>\n Both men of course were initiates into the Mystery Religion, but that is not the only social circle they shared. Reagan’s mentor,\u00a0Lew Wasserman<\/a>, was the president of Music Corporation America (MCA); sculpting not only Reagan’s career in film and television but also facilitating his ascendancy to the presidency of the Screen Actors Guild. Like Cohn, Reagan had long-standing ties to these very same criminal networks.<\/p>\n Wasserman, like Cohn’s mentor Rosenstiel, was enmeshed with the Mafia.\u00a0As investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea has noted<\/a>, the MCA’s financial backing of Reagan’s gubernatorial bid in 1966 was crucial in helping ensure his victory in the once red state of California. That favor was repayed in spades after Reagan assumed the presidency: the Reagan DOJ quickly quashed an investigation into MCA’s mob ties.<\/p>\n Delving into Cohn’s activities, particularly his infamous “blackmail parties,” is necessary to shed light on the depth of his influence and the unspeakably evil undercurrents that have shaped political power structures over the last three centuries. Just as much as Lord Dashwood and his\u00a0Hellfire Club<\/a>, Roy Cohn\u2019s power ultimately flowed from his use of sexual blackmail and coercion (emphasis mine<\/em>):<\/p>\n One of the \u201cblackmail parties\u201d Susan Kaufman attended with her then-husband Lewis Rosenstiel was hosted by Cohn in 1958 at Manhattan\u2019s Plaza Hotel, suite 233. Kaufman\u00a0described Cohn\u2019s suite as<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cbeautiful suite\u2026all done in light blue.\u201d She described being introduced to Hoover, who was in drag, by Cohn, who told her that Hoover\u2019s name was \u201cMary\u201d in a fit of barely concealed laughter.\u00a0Kaufman\u00a0testified that<\/a>\u00a0young boys were present and Kaufman claimed that Cohn, Hoover and her ex-husband engaged in sexual activity with these minors.<\/strong><\/p>\n New York attorney John Klotz, tasked with investigating Cohn for a case well after Kaufman\u2019s testimony, also found evidence of the \u201cblue suite\u201d at the Plaza Hotel and its role in a sex extortion ring after combing through local government documents and information gathered by private detectives. Klotz\u00a0later told<\/a>\u00a0journalist and author Burton Hersh what he had learned:<\/p>\n
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\n<\/div>\n\u201c[Norman Vincent Peale] LOVED Freemasonry, its principles and everything for which it stands.\u201d<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/div>\n\u201cYou knew when you were in Cohn\u2019s presence you were in the presence of pure EVIL.\u201d<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\u2014 Ronald Reagan (33\u00b0) and Roy Cohn throughout the years.<\/h5>\n
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