Tucker Carlson Questions Christian Support for Trump After Venezuela Oil Seizure and Inauguration Day Bible Rejection

[00:00] Millions of American Christians voted

[00:02] for Donald Trump when he ran for

[00:03] president in the last election and

[00:05] millions more Christians around the

[00:07] world rooted for him to win. Many still

[00:10] do root for Donald Trump. Now, why is

[00:13] that? Because of his personal piety?

[00:15] Well, of course not. Trump, to his

[00:17] credit, has never claimed to be

[00:18] personally pious, especially religious

[00:20] in any sense. They voted for him and

[00:23] they still support him because

[00:26] he seemed like a protector. He seemed

[00:28] like someone who might save them from

[00:30] the growing and highly aggressive

[00:33] agnosticism, if not atheism, of say the

[00:36] technology class or the bureaucratic

[00:38] class,

[00:40] godless nations, nations of other

[00:42] religions that oppose us. Donald Trump

[00:44] seemed like someone who would protect

[00:45] Christians from that, who was committed

[00:47] to the free exercise of religion in this

[00:49] country, and who was also committed to

[00:52] ending abortion. Whether or not he

[00:54] himself opposed abortion, whether he was

[00:56] pro-life in any meaningful sense, didn't

[00:57] seem to matter. He would appoint

[01:00] justices that opposed abortion, that

[01:02] thought Roie Wade was unconstitutional.

[01:04] He did that

[01:06] and that he would basically carry the

[01:09] flag for their issues and that he was

[01:11] sympathetic to them

[01:14] and they support him on that basis. Can

[01:16] they still support him? That's the

[01:18] question. And that's a question

[01:20] Christians should have begun to ask

[01:23] themselves on January 4th of this year.

[01:26] And that was the day that the president

[01:27] announced the capture, the arrest of the

[01:29] president of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro,

[01:32] who was no question an anti-American

[01:34] leader and a socialist, not someone most

[01:38] Americans liked or really had cause to

[01:40] like. So the problem is not necessarily

[01:42] that Trump was against an anti-American

[01:45] leader. In fact, that was a benefit in

[01:47] the eyes of most of his voters. The

[01:49] problem was why we did it and why the

[01:52] president told us he did it and that was

[01:55] for the oil.

[01:57] So in the days before that operation in

[02:00] early January, the president tweeted

[02:01] out, sent out on his truth social

[02:03] account and also said in public, "We're

[02:06] doing this because we want the oil

[02:09] because that oil belongs to the United

[02:11] States." He never explained how exactly

[02:13] the United States would own the natural

[02:15] resources of a foreign country.

[02:18] Apparently, American oil companies

[02:20] helped develop the oil fields in

[02:22] Venezuela. Therefore, we own the oil.

[02:24] That was the idea. And they stole it

[02:26] from us.

[02:27] But there was no real effort to explain

[02:30] how that works, how that makes any sense

[02:32] at all. Instead, you had the president

[02:34] of the United States say, "We need the

[02:36] oil. Oil is really important." True and

[02:38] true. Therefore, we're going to take it.

[02:42] And therefore, apparently, we did. In

[02:44] the days after that operation, the

[02:46] successful removal of the president of

[02:48] the country and the installation of his

[02:50] vice president Deli Rodriguez as

[02:51] president,

[02:53] the our president, Donald Trump, held a

[02:57] widely publicized on camera meeting with

[02:59] the heads of American oil companies and

[03:01] talked through how we're going to split

[03:02] up the natural resources of Venezuela

[03:05] and why this is great for America.

[03:08] So why should Christians have paused at

[03:11] exactly that moment and asked, "Can I

[03:13] still support this? Is this what I voted

[03:14] for? Is this what I want? Is this

[03:16] acceptable?"

[03:18] And the reason is really simple because

[03:20] Trump at that moment revealed that the

[03:23] motive was taking something that we

[03:25] wanted.

[03:27] And that's not acceptable for

[03:30] Christians. In fact, that's not

[03:31] acceptable for Americans or any

[03:32] civilized people because taking other

[03:34] people's stuff by force cannot be

[03:37] allowed. In fact, preventing that is the

[03:39] basis of our legal code.

[03:42] If there's one thing that every person

[03:44] knows that is in a civilized country,

[03:47] you can't steal without penalty. It's

[03:49] not allowed. That doesn't belong to you.

[03:51] You can't shoplift. You can't rob banks.

[03:54] You can't embezzle.

[03:56] You can't invade countries to steal

[03:58] their stuff because they're all

[03:59] varieties of the same theme, which is

[04:01] theft. And theft is wrong. is wrong

[04:04] under the American Legal Code, but it's

[04:05] also wrong under the Christian legal

[04:07] code.

[04:09] Theft is wrong. Spelled out really

[04:12] clearly. It's also intuitive. And here

[04:14] was the president saying, "We're just

[04:16] stealing this because we can."

[04:20] Well, as a practical matter,

[04:23] that's quite a thing to say out loud

[04:26] given that we know from history that the

[04:29] things you do will be done unto you.

[04:31] Once you set a standard, you will have

[04:32] to live by that standard. Write a law.

[04:34] You'll be judged by that law. So if the

[04:37] new law is I can take it because I want

[04:40] it and I have more power than you, at

[04:43] some point we can rest assured the

[04:45] tables will be turned and the things

[04:47] that we want and cherish and have earned

[04:49] and that we own will be taken from us by

[04:51] force

[04:53] at the moment when some other power has

[04:56] more force than we do. It's really

[04:58] simple. sometimes called the law of the

[05:00] jungle and it may be the law of nature

[05:02] but people don't want to live under that

[05:05] law because it is a brutal and

[05:06] unforgiving law. So they create higher

[05:09] laws or they appeal to the highest law

[05:11] of all which is God's law which

[05:13] prohibits that.

[05:16] So this was a profound moment in

[05:18] American history probably in the history

[05:20] of the modern world where the most

[05:24] powerful nation said if we want it we'll

[05:25] take it. No one's ever said that before.

[05:27] Now, they've done it under the guise of

[05:30] ideology.

[05:32] They've made up stories to hide the fact

[05:34] they're doing it. But to say you're

[05:36] doing it implicates everybody else in

[05:38] the crime. You can't say you didn't

[05:40] know. Your president just told you on

[05:42] television, "We took out their president

[05:45] cuz we want his oil." And at that point,

[05:48] you're an accessory to the crime,

[05:50] whether you want to be or not. And it's

[05:53] at that point that a lot of people

[05:54] should have spoken up and said, "I'm

[05:56] out. Not that I hate Trump or don't like

[05:59] his entire program. Lots of things about

[06:00] it I love. I'm grateful. I maybe vote

[06:02] for him again. But I can't support theft

[06:06] because it's immoral.

[06:09] But they didn't. Maybe some did, but

[06:12] certainly the leaders of the American

[06:14] Christian churches by and large said

[06:16] absolutely nothing.

[06:18] And maybe because they said nothing,

[06:22] this accelerated.

[06:24] These are the same people who sort of

[06:26] didn't notice somehow that on

[06:28] inauguration day the president did not

[06:30] take his his oath of office with his

[06:32] hand on the Bible. His wife stood next

[06:34] to him holding it. I was about 15 ft

[06:36] away and saw it, but he did not put his

[06:39] hand on the Bible.

[06:41] And that should have been maybe a clue

[06:46] that we need to pause and think about

[06:47] what is this? Why wouldn't you put your

[06:49] hand on the Bible? If you don't believe

[06:51] in the Bible, you think it's just a

[06:54] book, there's no cost to you to putting

[06:56] your hand on it. Just kind of following

[06:57] the protocol, going along with the

[06:59] tradition. All presidents do it. Why

[07:00] aren't you doing it?

[07:03] And you're not doing it intentionally.

[07:05] You're choosing not to put your hand on

[07:07] the Bible when you take that oath. That

[07:09] suggests not that you don't believe it's

[07:12] real. Because if you didn't believe it

[07:14] was real, why would you care? You'd put

[07:16] on the costume and take it off. Doesn't

[07:18] matter. That suggests you know it is

[07:20] real and you're rejecting it

[07:24] intentionally. You know what you're

[07:26] doing and you're doing it anyway. But

[07:29] nobody asked questions about that

[07:30] either.

[07:32] Seemed kind of inappropriate given the

[07:34] celebration then in progress to ask why

[07:36] wouldn't you put your hand on the Bible

[07:38] when you take the oath of office to lead

[07:39] our nation? But pretty much nobody did.

[07:42] I didn't. I'll admit that. I saw it and

[07:45] didn't say one word.

[07:47] bothered me ever since.

[07:50] But right around January 4th, it became

[07:53] clear

[07:54] that maybe he didn't put his hand on the

[07:56] Bible because he affirmatively rejects

[07:58] what's inside that book. And what's

[08:01] inside that book are limits on human

[08:03] behavior.

[08:05] Because if there's one theme that spans

[08:06] all 66 books in the Christian Bible,

[08:09] it's that you are not God. And you

[08:12] cannot assume his powers

[08:14] because you don't have them. You may

[08:16] convince yourself you have them. You may

[08:18] want them. You may have been promised

[08:19] them. But in the end, they're not yours

[08:23] and you'll never have them. And you can

[08:25] only destroy yourself and the people

[08:26] around you by pretending that you do.

[08:28] That is the consistent message that

[08:31] spans from Genesis to Revelation. And

[08:33] people who ignore that law are punished

[08:35] just like people who ignore gravity or

[08:37] freezing temperatures are punished

[08:39] because these are laws that were not

[08:41] created by people. They supersede

[08:43] people.

[08:45] So, there is the coolest movie we can

[08:49] imagine. It's a new film adaptation of

[08:51] George Orwell's amazing novel, Animal

[08:53] Farm.

[08:56] 1984 gets all the attention, but Animal

[08:59] Farm is better. It's coming to theaters

[09:02] May 1st. You probably remember that

[09:03] Animal Farm is not actually about

[09:05] animals. It's about human nature, the

[09:07] desire for authority, and how quickly

[09:09] people tend to fall in line and give up

[09:12] all of their god-given rights. The movie

[09:15] follows Lucky, a young pig whose

[09:17] curiosity and courage guide viewers

[09:19] through the farm's rise and fall. We see

[09:21] hope, betrayal, and above all, the

[09:23] danger of totalitarian power. This is a

[09:26] movie to watch with your kids,

[09:28] especially if they're old enough to ask

[09:29] real questions and to notice when the

[09:31] answers don't add up. The book affected

[09:34] generations of American school kids, no

[09:37] longer taught, of course, because it's

[09:38] too true.

[09:40] What do you do when the rules start

[09:42] changing? You're told you're not allowed

[09:43] to notice. Do you speak up or you just

[09:45] go along with it because, hey, that's

[09:47] easier. That's the conversation you

[09:50] should have with your kids about power,

[09:52] corruption, and freedom. This movie is

[09:54] entertaining. It's sharp. Not many

[09:56] studios would do it at this point, but

[09:58] Angel did because their guild members

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[10:02] see it, talk about it, decide for

[10:04] yourself what it means. Animal Farm

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