There is a new sense of tranquility this Advent that may resemble that of the very first one two millennia ago. Shortly before the birth of Our Lord, the Roman republic was rocked by civil wars, assassinations, and much insecurity. Its greatest champion, Julius Caesar, lay dead, mortally stabbed by politicians desperate to preserve a tottering government, and Roman rule was up for grabs. Despite the myriad forces against him, Trump succeeded in improving the country on every front. From the chaos and carnage emerged a good leader, Octavius — Caesar’s great nephew and heir — intent on realizing his uncle’s expansive vision. He defeated all opponents to take the throne of Rome. As Augustus Caesar, he began the Pax Romana, two hundred years of peace and might. All the world then needed was spiritual salvation, and on Christmas Day in a distant Roman territory, He came. (READ MORE from Lou Aguilar: MAGA Animal House) The last six years have been a dark time for America. The decade started out with the right man in limited charge, yet under relentless attack from the inside, including his own people. Unfamiliar with the many tentacles in the Swamp, Donald Trump got constantly strangled by them, while their media parasites increased the pressure on him. His very election was Russian interference, they chimed, which was expensively investigated and publicly sensationalized for two years before proven false. His phone call to Ukraine president Zelenskyy concerning previous Vice-President Joe Biden’s corruption via crackhead son Hunter became grounds for his impeachment. The laptop later confirming this corruption was branded “Russian disinformation” by 51 former intelligence officials. And, in an unprecedented display of censorship power, the iconic newspaper validating the laptop story, the New York Post, was blocked by every social media site, most notably Twitter. Despite the myriad forces against him, Trump succeeded in improving the country on every front — economy, foreign policy, military, immigration — until the perfect storm. A mysterious Chinese virus caused a media-inflamed pandemic that crippled his presidency, allowed his degenerating opponent to hide his decline from the public, and enabled votes of suspicious origin with arbitrary rules. When Trump challenged his election loss, and his supporters broke into the Capitol to question it, the Deep State trap sprang shut on both parties. Mainstream media called Trump an election denier, and social media banned the President of the United States. While the entire Democrat machine condemned the January 6th protest as an insurrection and Trump for instigating it. But Trump’s four years out of office made his last two in the White House seem like a picnic. He endured a second impeachment for inciting an insurrection, countless criminal yet all political (“Find me the votes!”)  charges, international press ridicule, and his political epitaph. And these were before he became a candidate for President, opposed by stars in his own party. One thought helped keep him keep going — that the American people were worse off. And indeed, we were — under the pathetic Biden regime. Every move they made was destructive. Domestically, they removed Trump’s border policies, allowing millions of unvetted illegal aliens into the country, while legally opposing Texas’ efforts to stop them. And they wasted close to $400 billion on the useless Inflation Reduction Act, causing an economic downturn. Foreign policy-wise, they waved Trump’s Iran sanctions, restoring the huge money flow that would lead directly to the demonic October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. They disastrously pulled out of Afghanistan, killing 13 U.S. servicemembers and seriously wounding many more, while leaving modern American weaponry in Taliban possession. Culturally, they did untold damage in promoting infanticide — AKA abortion — and transgender lunacy. The ridiculous Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral Rachel (formerly “Richard” but still a man) Levine, will forever be the ugly face of this dead hysteria. But perhaps most implosive of all, they exposed the leadership on their side as emotionally unbalanced feminist fanatics, led by the losing candidate and, for one more month, Vice President. (READ MORE: A Happier Thanksgiving) But as in the Pax Romana, God had more uplifting plans for this Advent and consequently this country. It was His hand that turned Trump’s head aside at precisely the right instant in Butler, Pennsylvania last July. As the once and future President acknowledged on Truth Social, “it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.” And no recent event more gloriously represented the current nearness of God and Man than the wonderful reopening ceremony at Notre Dame Cathedral last Saturday (after the devastating fire of 2019). Christianity may be dying in Europe, but you’d never know it from the glorious spectacle that took place in Paris, graced with clergymen, choirboys, and cantors. A South African soprano singing Amazing Grace with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is as close to heavenly as art can get. Some fifty past and present heads of state attended, including Emmanuel Macron of France, Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Giorgia Meloni of Italy, and Prince William of Britain (okay, a symbolic leader, religious deference doubtless too stressful for communist Labour PM Keir Starmer). But the center of attention was Donald Trump. Every other leader deferentially greeted — if not all welcomed — him as the man who will change the world. Let’s pray it’s the Advent of the Pax Americana, along with the Birth of Our Lord. Want to enjoy this merry post-election Christmas even more? Read my new political thriller, The Washington Trail, which predicted the electoral outcome. Of course, my two private-eye heroes, Mark Slade and Neil Cork, had to risk their lives to attain it. The fun part is finding out how they did it, and if they survived. Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever fine mysteries are sold.   The post Trump and the Advent of the Pax Americana appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.