Donald Trump by the Numbers - An Appeal to Christians
If the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! (Matthew 6:23, Jesus quoted from his sermon on the mount).
Back in 2008, my wife of 22 years filed for divorce and left me. The experience was so profound and jolting that it forced me to humble and examine myself far more deeply than ever before. What I discovered was sobering, i.e., I came to realize I was a self-righteous, judgmental, and often mean-spirited prick. The light I thought I had was actually very deep darkness, and I have spent the past 17 years rectifying that.
What does this have to do with Donald Trump, you might ask? A lot. Sadly, I’m seeing the same spiritual blindness in far too many Christians that I eventually saw in me. The unwavering support that Donald Trump receives from these Christians is mind numbing in light of his utterly ungodly character/behavior. As evidence, consider the following snapshot of Donald Trump “by the numbers.”
$3,400,000,000,000 added to the national debt over the next 10 years due to tax cuts for wealthy Americans in the big beautiful bill.
$1,500,000,000,000 Trump’s proposed 2027 US military budget, a dramatic increase over the already massive 2026 budget by the president of peace.
$40,000,000,000 Trump planned to give Argentina while the US government was shut down and SNAP benefits were being cut off to 42 million Americans.
$3,400,000,000 Estimated amount of money Donald Trump and his family made off his presidency in the first eight months of 2025.
$1,600,000,000 in outside revenue and income made by Donald Trump during his first term in office.
$1,340,000,000 Estimated fines and victim restitution wiped out by pardons of 24 people convicted of federal crimes.
$354,800,000 fraud judgement.
$83,300,000 defamation judgement.
$30,000,000 spent on an unnecessary military parade.
$25,000,000 Trump University fraud settlement.
$5,000,000 sexual abuse liability judgement.
$2,000,000 damages paid for misuse of charity funds.
$1,600,000 fine levied against Trump Organization for 17 felony convictions.
14,000,000 people projected to die due to the dismantling of USAID.
665,169 people estimated to have already died as of 12/6/25 due to Trump’s halting USAID funding.
30,573 false or misleading claims during his first presidential term.
13,000 Approximate number of government documents found in Donald Trump’s possession in 2022 – when he was no longer president – including over 300 documents marked either as Confidential, Secret, Top Secret or TS/SCI. One observer noted that, if it were anyone else who mishandled such sensitive documents, they would be prosecuted.
4,095 lawsuits over three decades.
1,200-to-1,500% reduction in drug prices claimed by Trump. (Anything below 100% is mathematically impossible.)
1,600 (nearly) convicted January 6 rioters granted clemency.
400+ times pleading the 5th in a New York civil fraud deposition.
96% of the cost of Trump’s tariffs in 2025 were paid by US citizens.
87 criminal charges.
80 (and counting) people killed in extrajudicial boat bombings in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific waters to stop drug trafficking while simultaneously pardoning the ex-Honduran President who had been convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.
61 out of 62 Trump and Trump supporter lawsuits lost in an effort to overturn the 2020 election.
51 out of his first 209 days in office golfing in his second term.
30 people (at least) died in ICE custody in 2025, a dramatic increase over the past 20 years.
25 impeachable offenses Trump has committed in his second term in office as of October 22, 2025.
20 Inspectors General (i.e., oversight people) fired in his first 6 months of his second term.
7 pardons and sentence commutations for people convicted of murder or manslaughter.
7 The number of countries our self-proclaimed “president of peace” bombed during 2025. Trump bombed Nigeria on Christmas day, supposedly to protect Christians, while he has done nothing to stop Vladimir Putin from killing Ukrainians, 85% of which are Christian.
6 bankruptcies.
5 Vietnam draft deferments. He later boasted that avoiding STDs was his “personal Vietnam.”
4 criminal indictments by four different grand juries with a total of 85-to-92 grand jurors.
3 marriages, 2 divorces, and numerous reports of infidelity and abuse.
2 impeachments.
1 attempt to incite the violent overthrow of the US government.
1 affair with a Playboy Playmate while married with a newborn child.
1 claim that E. Jean Carroll loved being sexually assaulted by him.
1 sexual assault lawsuit – eventually dropped – alleging the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
1 notorious/prolific pedophile and sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, considered Donald Trump his “closest friend” for 10 years and Donald Trump called him a “terrific guy”.
1 failure to release all the Epstein files, minimize redactions on the limited info that was released, and properly explain redactions as required by the Epstein Transparency Act which he signed into law. This is illegal non-compliance. Just 1% of files have been released and, one month past the release deadline, Trump’s DOJ is arguing in federal courts that they lack the authority to enforce the Epstein Files Transparency Act that Trump signed.
1 highly unusual move of a child sex offender/trafficker to a minimum-security prison.
1 boast about walking unannounced into beauty contest dressing rooms.
1 killing of a US citizen and mother of three (Renee Good) who was shot in the face three times by an ICE agent. Donald Trump was quick to post on Truth Social that Good “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer,” which is clearly not the case.
1 killing of a Department of Veteran’s Affairs ICU nurse who was attacked by a gang of Border Patrol agents, pepper sprayed, knocked to the ground, pistol whipped, and shot at least 9 times. The Trump administration immediately began defending the shooting. Watch this video of the shooting compared to Kristi Noem’s description of the event.
1 declaration that he would be a dictator on day one of his second presidential term.
1 claim that he doesn’t need to ask God for forgiveness or repent.
1 deployment of national guard troops to DC to fight violent crime despite it being at 30-year lows.
1 time he said he didn’t know if he would uphold the Constitution after swearing an oath to uphold it.
1 claim that Joe Biden was in charge of the FBI during the J6 riot. (Trump was President.)
1 broken promise not to touch one part of the East Wing, which has been completely demolished without soliciting permission from the American people or Congress. (Trump does not own the White House. He is simply a guest there.)
1 suggestion to investigate injecting disinfectant in the body to combat COVID.
1 longest US government shutdown while President and with Republicans controlling both the Senate and House of Representatives, and despite him previously saying shutdowns are the fault of the President.
1 crypto billionaire pardoned who previously pled guilty to his charges. Trump claimed he doesn’t know who he is despite the billionaire giving millions of dollars to Trump’s campaign and Trump previously saying that a President must know who he’s pardoning.
1 claim that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue in New York City and not lose any voters. What normal/decent person says something like that and what type of person supports/celebrates someone who does?
1 admission that “I don’t care about you (his voters), I just want your vote. I don’t care.”
1 promise to give $2K to Americans which he promptly forgot.
1 disabled reporter publicly mocked. Also, countless use of words like “retarded” as insults.
0 times he attended his church in New York City during one pastor’s five-year tenure.
0 big, beautiful walls along the entire Mexican border, paid for by Mexico.
0 tax returns released by Trump over the past 10 years despite countless promises to do so. Among other things, he falsely claimed that he could not release the returns while they were under audit by the IRS.
Numerous claims that windmill noise causes cancer.
Uncountable insults, many collected and tallied.
Hundreds (if not thousands) of immigrants have disappeared in ICE detention.
Hundreds of false claims that the 2020 was rigged, stolen, fraudulent, etc.
Dozens of disparaging comments about service members and the US military.
Numerous broken laws and/or violations of the Constitution in his second term.
Several different attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including inciting the J6 riot.
In the Book of Ezekiel, the prophet writes, “Again and again you remind me of your sin and your guilt. You don’t even try to hide it. In everything you do your sins are obvious for all to see.” Could there be any better description of our president? Unfortunately, when asked by a reporter if he sees any checks on his power on the world stage, Trump said, “Yeah, there’s one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop [me].” In light of everything cited above, that’s an enormous concern.
Addressing the church in Rome, the apostle Paul wrote, “You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it. No wonder the scriptures say, ‘The Gentiles blaspheme the name of God because of you’” (Romans 2:23-24). Christian support for Donald Trump has caused countless non-Christians to scoff at/mock God and the Christian faith. Why would anyone be open to the Good News after seeing so many Christians idolize such a horrible man?
I pray that any Christians who bristle at this post would pause and deeply/humbly examine themselves and their motivations – and do so over many days and weeks. I also invite you to read my previous blogpost on our responsibility to stand up to leaders/politicians who abuse their office and use their power for their own aggrandizement.
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