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Europe Could Dump Trump/USA and Form a More Perfect Union

Last updated on: April 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm   by Kermit Zarley

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Europe Could Dump Trump/USA and Form a More Perfect Union 2026-04-01T23:25:25-07:00 Kermit Zarley

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U.S. President Donald Trump has been speaking against NATO a lot during this second presidency, and he did it tonight in his nearly 20-minute speech to the nation at prime time, mostly about his war of choice in Iran that is now about to complete its 5th week. He chastises European countries for rejecting his request to used their military bases in advancing toward U.S. objectives in this war which Trump started with Israel against Iran without alerting Congress or NATO. See my post about this yesterday: Trump Deceives.

Trump Causing a Rift Between USA and Europe

Donald Trump is causing a rift between the U.S. and NATO that may be irreparable when Trump is gone from office. He has caused European nations to begin distrusting the U.S. Europeans are astonished at this since NATO has been the greatest military alliance ever in world history, and the U.S. has bee somewhat like President Ronald Reagan described it—a shining city on a hill. But Trump is ruining whatever good reputation the U.S. has had in the world. European leaders mock him behind closed doors and are perplexed by his many crazy statements. The result may be that Europe will look for another partner to align with and thus Dump Trump, meaning disengage with the U.S. I think in the future that would be more to loss of the U.S. than Europe.

Here’s why. As a serious student of biblical eschatology all of my adult life, I wrote a book about the end times and second coming of Christ entitled Warrior from Heaven. In it, I interpret various biblical prophecies, especially in the book of Daniel, to show that during the latter days before the end of this age and the second coming, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa will be joined together in more than an alliance, but as a “more perfect union” that mirrors the former Roman Empire in its heyday.

The Revived Roman Empire in the Latter Days

Thus, what we are witnessing—with President Trump alienating the U.S. from Europe—may become a catalyst toward this future creation of what the Bible characterizes as the strongest empire in world history. It will be a two-part federation of five kingdoms in Europe and five kingdoms in the Middle East and North Africa that will represent sort of a revived Roman Empire. From here the final Antichrist will arise to rule the world. He will claim to be a god (Daniel 11.37; 2 Thessalonians 2.4). And he will declare war against the Christians and overcome them (Daniel 7.21). And in the very end of the age he will seek to annihilate Jews and the nation of Israel (Zechariah 14.1-2; Revelation 12.13-17). Then Jesus will return to deliver his people and destroy this Antichrist with “the breathe of his lips,” the prophet Isaiah predicts (Isaiah 11.4), “annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming,” says the apostle Paul (2 Thessalonians 2.8).

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