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The rise of the kings from the East

President Trump’s foreign policies may be backfiring on him. His “art of the deal” strategy seems to start with an outrageous statement and then negotiate it down while the opponent negotiates up. This may work in the business world, but does it work in international relations?

Contrast Trump’s style with that of China. China negotiates business deals with other countries that both sides find mutually beneficial. They do not set forth a “China first” policy that would imply getting a deal that benefits only China. They use diplomacy; Trump uses fear of American power— “Do it our way or we will destroy you!” That does not present a friendly face.

In past decades, America has negotiated from a position of power or from a desire to gain hegemony over other nations. America relied largely on foreign aid, which was little more than bribery, especially when it was understood that national leaders would take their “cut” to enrich themselves. We made many billionaires over the years, even while their common people largely remained in poverty. We sold this policy to the American public on humanitarian grounds, giving the impression that we were “doing good” in the world, when, in fact, our motives were not so pure. We did a little good, of course, but this was used as a cover for a lot of corruption.

More recently, USAID became the primary agency used to do a little good and promote a lot of corruption. When Elon Musk discovered this, it greatly alarmed the Deep State, which cried crocodile tears over the end of the few projects that were being harmed by the pause in funding.

The American Empire reached its apex with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. We “won the cold war” and immediately set out to split up the former USSR. Once that was accomplished, we drew up plans to further divide Russia into five independent countries. Independence sounds great on the surface, but the desired result was to replace a strong Russia with five weak countries that could be exploited. By destroying their economies, their resources could be purchased by rich western corporations for pennies on the dollar.

But after a decade, Russia found its footing under President Putin, and he put the brakes on the western plan. This is what made Russia an “enemy.” A much better strategy would have been to treat Russia as a friend and help build “democratic” institutions that had been lacking in the former Soviet Union. If we had done this, Russia would now be our greatest European friend. But instead, we threatened Russia and refused to bring them into Europe. So Russia is now best friends with China.

The BRICS countries were formed to counter America’s desire for empire, especially when it became clear that the US dollar was being weaponized through sanctions. It seems that the Deep State thought its goal of world domination was to its advantage, but this has turned out to be short-sighted. Whereas China thinks in terms of centuries, America tries to gain a short-term advantage. It was inevitable, then, that 20 years later we see America declining and Asia rising.

Russia has finally come to the conclusion that friendship with America is hopeless. Trump’s policy overall differs little from that of past presidents. His “America First” slogan has merit on some level, but it is being perceived by other nations as a determination to gain an advantage over others instead of having mutual benefit.

Here is a good analysis of Russia’s realistic view of America and the West as a whole. This is why the BRICS will continue to expand while the West destroys itself.

From a prophetic view, I see this as God’s way of overthrowing Mystery Babylon as described toward the end of Revelation 16. It is clear from Revelation 16:12 that God is raising up the kings from the East to put an end to the empire of Mystery Babylon that is centered in the West. The BRICS will not be the ultimate winners, of course, because God has ordained that His Kingdom will prevail and that it will be ruled by overcomers. Nonetheless, it is important that we understand the role of the kings from the East, so that we will not be taken by surprise.

From this perspective, we can see how prophecy is being fulfilled, not all at once, but in a steady stream of world events.

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