Trump-Ducey Maskless Reckless Senseless

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Ivan G Thompson

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The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP

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This book is the third volume in “The Making of a Great America” series. The first book in the series, “The Making of a Great America Where the Founding Fathers and the Church Fell Short,” is more of a historical account of the handling of racism by political and religious leaders from the Founding Fathers to the present. The second book, “The Making of a Great America Uprooting the Spirit of Racism,” explores more of racism's spiritual aspects and ties racism in America to specific manifestations and faces. It has a heavy emphasis on the roots of racism within America’s system of policing. This book primarily targets the evangelical community and its direct and indirect support of racism. In it, I share what it’s like as a born-again Christian and life-long black Republican voter to be forced to reconcile support of my party, my faith, and their tolerance of racism directed at people of color. This book will also help the reader understand that the divide that exists between black and white evangelicals is historical, persistent, and very much centered on issues of race. This book, as did the books before it, asserts that unless the leaders of the evangelical body of Christ, currently white evangelicals, do not shift their attitudes and stance on matters of race that they will lose their mantle of leadership in America. As the mantle shifts to other leaders in the body of Christ, a spiritual vacuum will be created that will harm the Christian witness in America and around the world.

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Ivan is a seasoned author with over 35 published titles. His books are available on Amazon.com, and many are available as audiobooks on Audible.com. Ivan’s Christian books give Scriptural advice on such topics as being a Christian in the workplace, being a better father, discovering your purpose, finding the “Next” step in your purpose, God’s healing power, growing in confidence, recovering from brokenness and increasing your skills and abilities in any area. Several of these books and audiobooks are also available in Spanish.
Ivan’s three exceptional books about diversity in the Air Force books have garnered rave reviews and are available on Amazon (one also on Audible). Ivan has over 25 years of experience consulting, conducting senior leadership off-sites, and strategic planning sessions. He served as Deputy Director of the Defense Business Practice Implementation Board. As the Deputy, he helped facilitate Task Groups for the Secretary of Defense comprised of senior DoD civilians and retired and active Fortune 500 CEOs.
Ivan is also a singer/songwriter, actor, business consultant, and inventor. He is a retired Air Force officer with five adult children and resides in New York City. He graduated with military distinction and as the Outstanding Cadet in Organizational Behavior from the United States Air Force Academy in 1986 and earned his Master’s in Management from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1995.

Follow Ivan on Instagram/Tik Tok at ivanlive360 or on Twitter at Ivan Thompson.

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Trump-Ducey Maskless Reckless Senseless

This is an April 1, 2021, Tucson Weekly headline, "Gov. Ducey is lifting restrictions just as Arizona was getting a handle on COVID and his decision will prolong this misery. This is a July 8, 2020, Arizona Republic headline, "Arizona is now No. 1 in the world for coronavirus but some Arizonans say it's no big deal." This is a December 30, 2020 Arizona Republic headline, "Slow rollout of vaccine in Arizona leads frustrated governor to intervene." This is a March 5, 2021 headline from the Phoenix Business Journal, "Arizona businesses, restaurants can reopen at 100% occupancy, Ducey orders." It is incomprehensible that if you were once the "world leader" in COVID cases and had a slow vaccine rollout that you'd be one of the first states to lift mask restrictions and fling the doors 100% open for all businesses. I voted for Governor Ducey. I applauded him for standing up against President Trump's push to alter Arizona's election results. But his clinging to the Trump model on mask wear has been and continues to be deadly and irresponsible. As a former Republican, I am appalled that this last vestige of Trump machismo is still putting the lives of Arizonans at risk. Remember Trump's admiration of Putin riding shirtless on a horse? That's what going maskless is. Reckless bravado. #Duceyreckless

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The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP

This is an excerpt from the chapter "Trump's Vision of America":

"A short time later, my church resumed service without masks and limited social distancing. I couldn’t believe it. I decided not to go back. I shared my concerns with one of the leaders when asked why I wasn’t coming back to services in person. You can only imagine my reaction when that leader said I could just sit in the back. I had just told this leader about my dear friend’s death when we met the week before.

Why weren’t my church leaders more concerned about the virus? Because their leader, President Trump, wasn’t concerned. They were reflecting his values. I have come to call it drinking the “Trump Kool-Aid.” I wish I could say that the decision to go maskless and not be as concerned about social distancing was done under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I can’t say that it was. The influence of the Republican Party and its leader had permeated the sermons and now even the conduct of the service. I couldn’t take it."
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Ivan G Thompson

The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP

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The Making of A Great America Made in the Image of TRUMP

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