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Getting anywhere near Damascus these days is probably very dangerous. However, if miracles can still happen there, or on the road to there, I recommend that Damascus be the first foreign trip that Donald Trump takes after being sworn in and in the hope that after a short period of blindness he'd become a new man.
If it would work out like it did for the violent, murderous Saul of Taurus, there could be hope for a new and better version of Trump. It is beyond my comprehension as to how Christians could have voted for someone who is a liar, a racist and a hatemonger, and who has been accused of sexual assault. I assume that these Christians know something the rest of us don't understand. I think a second miracle on the way to Damascus might be what they're praying for.
Ted Ottinger
Taylorsville