Pat Robertson: Trump Will Lose His 'Mandate of Heaven' if He Pulls Out of Syria

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Source: DAILY BEAST



The ultra-conservative televangelist on Monday joined a growing chorus of Republican critics of Trump’s decision on Syria.

Justin Baragona Published 10.07.19 4:58PM ET

When you’ve lost Pat Robertson…

Reacting to President Donald Trump’s announcement that American forces will pull out of Syria and pave the way for Turkey to invade the country and attack Kurdish allies, the ultra-conservative televangelist on Monday joined the growing chorus of Republican critics of the president’s decision.


“I am absolutely appalled that the United States is going to betray those democratic forces in northern Syria,” he said during Monday’s broadcast of The 700 Club, first spotted by Right Wing Watch. “That we are possibly going to allow the Turkish to come in against the Kurds.”

Calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a “thug” and “dictator,” Robertson said it was “nonsense” to call the Turkish leader an ally of America, claiming Erdogan is just “in for himself.”

Robertson, who has been a loyal Trump supporter, then took full aim at the president.

“The president, who allowed [Washington Post journalist Jamal] Khashoggi to be cut in pieces without any repercussions whatsoever, is now allowing the Christians and the Kurds to be massacred by the Turks,” he exclaimed. “The President of the United States is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven if he permits this to happen.”.......................................

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[Srkdqltr]

1. Hell has frozen over

[H2O Man]

4. +1

[cstanleytech]

7. Don't start looking to sell any ice skates because I am sure Pat will be back to kissing Trumps ass

soon enough.

[me_not_you]

10. weird

weird seeing the likes of ole pat, Linds-Gram, McConnell,etc rush to call foul on this move by Mr. Trump. One wonders if they stop to think what else this fool is wrong on and they stay silent.... This just happens to be something the GOP's low-informed base happens to care about for some weird Jesus reason.

But it's only the chicken-hawk Neo-fascist Christians that care about it. The run-of-the-mill tea-party Neo-fascist rejoice in pulling out. So then one wonders what do ole pat, Linds-Gram, McConnell, etc stand to gain from shit being blown up and Americans getting killed in the mid-east.

"War is a Racket" Smedley Butler.

[MiniprotesterTodd]

16. Will this be the right's #Trexit strategy?

Too many fingers in the pie to make Ukraine the reason for the right to go against Trump and his #CORPservative GOP enablers. So the Turkey issue is better as the last straw in the #Trexit gambit. The goal is to piss off the least number of Trump voters when #HumptyTrumpty has his great fall.

[me_not_you]

17. wow

That's a good insight.

EDIT:Ok just saw some other folks one the same freq.

[lagomorph777]

25. Coincidentally, that's where Trump's mandate is from.

[BlueMTexpat]

32. ...

[Maraya1969]

42. Shit that made me laugh!

[Iliyah]

2. t-rump never had it.

[htuttle]

3. Just like the Shang Dynasty

[mountain grammy]

5. OMG, he's losing Jeeeesus!

[Backseat Driver]

34. Even Robertson knows that Humperdoo is NOT Jesus

[emmaverybo]

6. No joy that it is taking this latest and perhaps most gross betrayal to get some RW push back.

But hoping against hope Trump pressured enough to reverse.

[roamer65]

8. Welcome to life under Sino-Russian dominance, Pattie.

...and go fuck yourself.

[Harker]

9. It's pedal to the metal as Trumpsky faces impeachment.

So much to ruin, so little time.

[UpInArms]

29. +1

Well said

[Harker]

35. He could cut straight to the bunker scene

and do the world a big favor.

[Me.]

11. Put A Fork In Him

the Robertson has spoken

[rpannier]

13. il douche still has Graham, Falwell and Jeffries (or whatever that clown's name is)

[rpannier]

12. Robertson is now peddling in Imperial Chinese concepts

Emperors who lost the Mandate from Heaven were deposed

[Enoki33]

14. Suspect Robertson meant it in the biblical concept. Guess he either

thinks, or wants wants his followers to believe he has a heavenly hotline. All part of his level of exploitation.

[RockRaven]

15. Robertson is not bailing on Trump by any means, not yet, but he is creating an escape hatch

for himself. When Trump goes down, he will point to this statement and claim it was a prophecy, which proves his own authority as a mouthpiece of the almighty... and never mind all fawning things he said about Trump before, that was before Trump lost God's favor by this one action.

[quakerboy]

18. huh

Maybe this is their way to try and jump ship?

They couldn't just walk away from his illegal actions, because they are all on board, and his base doesn't care about misusing the office or power of the presidency, or anything of the sort.

But this.. this is the sort of thing where they could make him look weak, convince the base he has lost his edge. Then they could walk away and hope to avoid going down with him when he fully blows out.

[YOHABLO]

19. "Mandate of Heaven''? I didn't know he had a mandate.

[JHB]

21. Republicans always have a mandate, Democrats never have one

All the conservatives tell me so.

[lagomorph777]

26. Trump has a mandate from Hell.

And mandates can't have dual citizenship, so there is no mandate from Heaven.

[rsdsharp]

36. "Mandate of Heaven"

means Marion's personal endorsement.

[Hal Zerozerozeronine]

20. Spread the Word, Marion George!

Yea verily, go forth and tell the other "Christians" that Savior Donald is a False Profiteer, and Jeeeezus is royally pissed!

[Javaman]

22. so they call money "mandate of heaven" now? LOL nt

[pressbox69]

23. Trump

doesn't care about serving in Heaven. All Trump wants is to rule in Hell.

[keithbvadu2]

24. Mandate of Heaven - Divine right of kings

di·vine right of kings
noun
noun: divine right of kings

the doctrine that kings derive their authority from God, not from their subjects, from which it follows that rebellion is the worst of political crimes. It was claimed in Britain by the earlier Stuarts and is also associated with the absolutism of Louis XIV of France.

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The Mandate of Heaven does not require a legitimate ruler to be of noble birth, depending instead on the just and able performance of the rulers and their heirs. Dynasties such as the Han and Ming dynasties were founded by men of common origins. The concept is in some ways similar to the European concept of the divine right of kings; however, unlike the European concept, it does not in theory confer an unconditional right to rule, despite this being exactly the case in practice. The Mandate would in theory be a preoccupation in a ruler's lifetime, when he would hold onto the Mandate and live according to Heavens. Intrinsic to the concept of the Mandate of Heaven was the right of rebellion against an unjust ruler. Chinese historians interpreted a successful revolt as evidence that Heaven had withdrawn its mandate from the ruler. Throughout Chinese history, times of poverty and natural disasters were often taken as signs that heaven considered the incumbent ruler unjust and thus in need of replacement. The Mandate of Heaven was often invoked by philosophers and scholars in China as a way to curtail the abuse of power by the ruler.

[Thomas Hurt]

27. We have two old fools...

One thinks he knows the will of God

the other one thinks he is a god king and is President.


that is how deep of sh*t we are in.

[Baked Potato]

28. They're all setting up to unload Trump

Now, all that’s left is the Money Boys to turn on him.

When the financial sector turns, it’s all over.

[jcgoldie]

30. I guess at some point it becomes redundant to preface these articles with *not the onion*

“The president, who allowed [Washington Post journalist Jamal] Khashoggi to be cut in pieces without any repercussions whatsoever, is now allowing the Christians and the Kurds to be massacred by the Turks,” he exclaimed. “The President of the United States is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven if he permits this to happen.”

Insane.

[Mike 03]

31. Wondering if "Mandate of Heaven" is code for Evangelical support?

Not that I could give a crap what Pat Robertson says, a lot of Trumpsters do.

[yellowcanine]

33. It is telling that Robertson cites the Kashoggi murder without any sense of irony.

I guess Robertson's God is okay with murdering and dismembering one person but not okay with genocide?

[blugbox]

37. Right?

Those actions have only made him "in danger" of losing it...

[Blue Owl]

38. Oh Lord thou art not made up

n/t

[xxqqqzme]

39. I do not speak RWNJ

evangelical so does "losing the mandate of heaven" mean king con is going to hell? If so, I'm all for it.

[Xolodno]

41. I speak jive...I mean religious nut job....

No, it doesn't mean he's going to hell. It means he's fallen out of favor with God and will not protect him anymore. If your inclined, read the Bible story about Saul who was anointed King, but fell out of favor. During a battle, rather than be taken by his enemies or fight to the death, he fell on his sword.

But I also think this is "code", Robertson is considered the evangelical grifter in chief (he took the 700 club away from Swaggart who built it from nothing, and had some of the other tele-evangelist pull a Romney/Bain Capital maneuver on the rest of his empire). I think he's telling the rest of his capo's its time to start abandoning Trump.

[xxqqqzme]

45. Thank you

I was raised in the Episcopal Church. They're not heavily into bible, or at least they weren't 35 years ago.

[marble falls]

40. The devil made him do it.

[Politicub]

43. "The mandate of Heaven"

Give me a freaking break.

[Nitram]

44. Oh, damn! That will get Trump's attention!