We have the same level of debt relative to our GDP today that we had at the end of World War II.

In World War II, we of course defeated Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan and saved the world literally.

And then we paid off that debt in six or seven years, by the way.

Here we have it with nothing to show for it. What

if we've accomplished with accumulating this level of debt? And we're just got two trillion

dollar deficits into perpetuity. Outstanding is a production of The Washington Stand, where you can

find news and commentary from a biblical worldview. Welcome to Outstanding, where we have critical conversations

about the news of the day and the ideas that shape us. Once again, I'm your host, Joseph Backholm.

And our goal here on Outstanding is to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

because when we think correctly, we're much more likely to behave correctly.

But one of the challenges in thinking rightly about the world is that the world is always changing.

And of course, truth doesn't change, but the context in which we live and apply it does.

When is adapting a sign of compromise compromise and when is it simply wisdom?

That's one of the questions that Christians are asking themselves in an ever-changing political

landscape. Now, we as a country are about to experience Trump 2.0. And while there are certainly

reasons to be grateful, we are dodging Kamala Harris

1.0, this new Trump team is different than the old one. Trump himself and many of the people

who are now closest to him are all former Democrats, which gives us reasons to, you know, question how convictionally conservative

are they? And in some cases, they are not. President Trump significantly distanced himself

from the pro-life cause during the 2024 election. And many see that as a way to win the White

House, which, of course, he did. Now, what's the right way for

committed social conservatives to respond to this shifting political landscape? Or there are

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