Bonus Episode: What Happens If Trump Wins Again‪?‬ Shake the Dust

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This month, our bonus episode features a discussion about our big-picture thoughts on the 2024 presidential election and the possibility of a second Trump term. Jonathan and Sy get into:
-        How a Trump Reelection would harm marginalized people, democracy, and creation
-        How God’s sovereignty and familiarity with suffering would get us through another Trump administration
-        How both the oppression Biden’s administration causes and US history give us helpful context for thinking about Trump
-        How we can minimize the suffering of others by overreacting to Trump
-        And a discussion about a recent highlight from our newsletter on prison slave labor in America’s food industry
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
-        Our YouTube video of Dr. Mika Edmondson on MLK’s theology of suffering and sovereignty
-        The essay from our anthology, “Bad Theology Kills” by Jesse Wheeler
-        The AP’s investigation into prison labor and the Food Industry
Credits
-        Follow KTF Press on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Subscribe to get our newsletter and bonus episodes at KTFPress.com
-        Follow host Jonathan Walton on Facebook Instagram, and Threads
-        Follow host Sy Hoekstra on Mastodon
-        Our theme song is “Citizens” by Jon Guerra – listen to the whole song on Spotify
-        Our podcast art is by Robyn Burgess – follow her and see her other work on Instagram
-        Production and editing by Sy Hoekstra
-        Transcript by Joyce Ambale and Sy Hoekstra
Introduction
[An acoustic guitar softly plays six notes, the first three ascending and the last three descending – F#, B#, E, D#, B – with a keyboard pad playing the note B in the background. Both fade out as Jonathan Walton says “This is a KTF Press podcast.”]
Jonathan Walton: I think there's a, there’s just healthy, healthy gifts in Scripture when we remember that Jesus lived in an occupied territory by an empire that was ruthless, just like the United States. It’s not a new thing to Jesus, it’s not a new thing to God, which I'm really, really grateful for. Like our Savior understands. That's the reason he can say in scripture, “There will be wars and rumors of wars, let not your heart be troubled.”
[The song “Citizens” by Jon Guerra fades in. Lyrics: “I need to know there is justice/ That it will roll in abundance/ And that you’re building a city/ Where we arrive as immigrants/ And you call us citizens/ And you welcome us as children home.” The song fades out.]
Jonathan Walton: Welcome to Shake the Dust, leaving colonized faith for the kingdom of God. I am Jonathan Walton.
Sy Hoekstra: And I am Sy Hoekstra. We today, are going to be talking about the election coming at the end of 2024.
Jonathan Walton: Lord Jesus…
Sy Hoekstra: Of course, I'm talking about the election for New York City comptroller. No, I'm talking about the presidential election [laughter] in the United States of America. When it comes to season four of this show when we get started in a couple of months, we are going to be talking mostly, if not all, about the election. Kind of bringing on some guests that we think have a really good perspective, just really diving deep into this crucial subject for this time. And we thought it would be a good idea to give you, our lovely paid subscribers some perspective before we dive into that. Some of like where we are coming from when we think about the election.
How important is it? What are the truly bad things that will happen if Trump gets r