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There's been entire books on the subject! I can get back to this later, but here's a really short answer. There's a variety of opinions on the subject. Most germane to what you're asking are Pre-Tribbers, Mid-Tribbers, and Post-Tribbers. Pre-Tribbers say the Christians leave before The Tribulation begins. (Some say that's what starts the clock for The Trib.) They say the vanishings of people all over the world is major news, for a few days, maybe a week or so. Then a political leader steps up and grabs all the headlines. ("The Antichrist", "the man of sins", "The Beast".) He works out some political stuff with Israel (the politics never interested me), then seems to keep his deal-for a time. People hail the arrival of peace, at last. People put their trust in him, and a one-world religion and a one-world government begin being set up. Then comes The Tribulation. All sorts of "natural disasters" happen, and "the day of wrath". (Revelation 6.) Then comes the mandatory registrations: People are required to have the ID implant of "the antichrist" in/on their skin. It's required for any commerce, and it is illegal to refuse it. The 2nd half of "the Tribulation" is "the Great Tribulation." Dissenters who refuse will be slaughtered. Strange things will happen that strain credulity that there are natural explanations to it all. Many deaths will happen. Mid-Tribbers believe Christians will vanish at the beginning of "the Great Tribulation". At the end of Revelation 19, Jesus returns to Earth leading an immense strike force. Who's in it? Angels, and any Christians who vanished previously. (Post-Tribbers believe that there won't be any vanishing- the surviving Christians will all be on the ground when Jesus arrives.) There is a tremendous fight. A few heavies are imprisoned for 1000 years. Revelation 20 opens. There is a great judgement on the Earth- Jesus' faithful who were not judged before are judged now, and they all get a passing grade or better. 1000 years of paradise pass. Then the last push of demonic/devilish forces happens. Naturally, it's foredoomed to failure. Obliteration or eternal imprisonment for the top bad guy of the universe, and for his top agents ("the beast", "the false prophet".) Then the end of Revelation 20 happens. The rest of humanity is judged- by their works, and Jesus is the Chief Justice, with his people handling judgement under him. Some people make it, some do not. Those who do not either die or are imprisoned forever, depending on who you ask. Then it's a whole new ballgame. For this subject, that's a really short answer.

For all his crap and arrogance, I just dont see Dubya being the Anti-Christ. He's w-a-y too dumb.