I am LCMS too. Point I was trying to make is socialism/communism believe the true God is the state, and all should worship the state. The state must control all including property, the economy, and thoughts of society. The Church or any religion is counter to socialism especially with thought control. Putin and Trump are not choir boys and not the best examples of Christians, but they oppose the state becoming a replacement for God and worship. The Russian Orthodox church has grown undr Putin. Trump is talking us away from the path of becoming a socialist state and the religion of statism. I think this is why the far godless left has such a virulent hatred for Trump and Putin.