So claims President Trump when asked about his plans to jail criminal Democrats.
Suggestion: When this administration addresses the gross criminal injustices of the last four years, it should orient its policies around the true definitions of justice, vengeance, and retribution. God says in Deuteronomy 32:35 'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution..."
We don't make our own retribution, God does, and certainly not with "success," which means nothing at all.
The duty of the earthly, civil Chief Executive is to enforce God's laws and make certain that impartial justice is carried out swiftly. This too has Biblical origins. Ecclesiastes 8:11 states, "Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."
The lawless need to be justly punished, swiftly, and publicly so, or we will have no end of weaponized political lawfare, the dismantling of the Constitution, and the explosion of evil in the hearts of Americans.
Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum, Thanos Plevris, has announced a new legislative framework targeting the operation of illegal places of worship, emphasizing that non-compliance will lead to the immediate revocation of residency permits. In Agios Nikolaos, a Mosque was sealed and the alleged imam had his residency permit revoked and faces deportation.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
—Matthew 11:28-30
That's China's vision, objective and immediate goal. They have the leverage to make it happen.
Summary of Xi's January 2026 announcement:
"It's a sweeping vision for building a global financial power organized around socialist principles, without the greed and without a financialization of the economy (what Xi calls 脱实向虚, “drifting from the real economy into the virtual”).
-- Arnaud Bertrand