<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">Fortunately for Donald Trump, God was paying him special attention in Butler, PA, when he managed the miracle of guiding that bullet around Trump's head so that it just grazed his ear, while killing the heroic MAGA firefighter who made the tragic mistake of sitting behind The Donald.</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">Apparently God had to make that bullet land somewhere. </div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">It's called collateral damage. And obeying the laws of physics.</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">And we can forget about saving the shooter Mr. Crooks to be tried by a jury of <span class="ydpae89655fhtml-span ydpae89655fxdj266r ydpae89655fx11i5rnm ydpae89655fxat24cr ydpae89655fx1mh8g0r ydpae89655fxexx8yu ydpae89655fx4uap5 ydpae89655fx18d9i69 ydpae89655fxkhd6sd ydpae89655fx1hl2dhg ydpae89655fx16tdsg8 ydpae89655fx1vvkbs" style="margin: 0px; text-align: inherit; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit;"></span>his peers. The Secret Service sharpshooter dispatched him with one federal bullet that was way cheaper than the cost of granting his right to a trial by jury and incarceration.</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">So just what was God doing on that bright afternoon in Butler?</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">A few people need to believe that God saved Donald Trump as part of his divine plan to usher him back into the White House.</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">But if God needs to do that now, why did he let Trump lose the 2020 election?</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">I prefer to believe in human freedom and divine detachment from fiddling around with creation.</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">Since Trump's life was saved from the assassin's wayward bullet, perhaps it was so he could have the experience of American criminal justice imposed in an orange jumpsuit.</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">You could call that divine retribution for his sins. </div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;">But that would ignore the reality that his ultimate reward will be spending Eternity in Hell.</div></div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">However you choose to imagine it.</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Marshall Jones</div><div style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; 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