As a result of the big Republican win, most evangelicals and conservatives are predictably acting like the Millennium has arrived. Despite everything that has transpired since the dawn of this century, despite the Tea Party movement during the Ron Paul years, despite the ubiquitous bumper stickers pasted to the vehicles of conservatives that said, "I don't believe the mainstream media," today's evangelicals and conservatives are still trapped in the artificial left-right paradigm.

Republicans: Good. Democrats: Bad. That's everything you need to know.

But think about this: During the first 24 years of this 21st century, we've had 12 years of Democrat presidents in the White House and 12 years of Republican presidents in the White House. Tell me, what difference has it made? No matter who was president, America continued to fight Israel's wars, play the role of the world's policeman, bully foreign governments (including political assassinations), build its global empire and steal minerals and oil from foreign countries. America's national debt continued to rise exponentially, deficit spending continued to rise exponentially, the surveillance/police state continued to expand and the economic wellbeing of average working families continued to deteriorate.

And regardless of Trump's anti-climate change rhetoric, there is no doubt in my mind that he will accelerate the Green New Deal.

In response to my pre-election column two weeks back, I received several emails from angry Christians who said: "Chuck, if you turn your back on Donald Trump, you are turning your back on God." These are the same folks, of course, that have repeatedly told me, "Chuck, if you turn your back on Israel, you are turning your back on God."

Folks, if that is not idolatry, I don't know what is.