Is Donald Trump a Christian nationalist preparing to transform America into a biblical theocracy or a twice-divorced,\u2063 perverted heretic as far away from Jesus as Jeffrey Epstein? The press \u200ccan\u2019t decide. <\/p>\n

On\u2064 Tuesday, Politico ran a \u2063 story<\/a> \u2062depicting\u00a0the election of Trump as the election of\u00a0\u201cChristian nationalism.\u201d The Beltway \u2062magazine warned that\u2062 Trump\u2019s return to the White House would trigger a sort of religious revolution at the highest levels of government, ushered in by the\u200c president\u2019s closest advisers. Recall\u200d that eight years ago, as Trump sought to \u200dcourt evangelical voters, Americans were inundated \u200dwith endless<\/a> headlines<\/a> about how Trump was \u200b\u201cnot Christian\u201d and was religiously apathetic<\/a>. Now Politico\u200d says Trump\u2019s triumph would be a \u201cChristian nationalist\u2019s\u201d dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn influential think tank \u2062close to Donald Trump is developing plans to infuse Christian nationalist ideas in his administration should the former president \u2064return to power, according to documents obtained by POLITICO,\u201d the \u2063paper reported. \u200c\u201cSpearheading the effort is Russell\u2062 Vought, who served as Trump\u2019s director of the Office of Management and Budget during his first term\u2062 and has remained close to him.\u201d <\/p>\n

Politico\u2019s evidence for an incoming army of \u201cChristian nationalists\u201d is mainstream conservative public policy proposals \u200bthat reject the\u2062 radical secularization of American politics and culture. <\/p>\n

\u201cChristian nationalists in America believe that the country was founded as a Christian nation and that Christian values should be prioritized throughout\u2063 government and public life,\u201d wrote \u2064Politico. \u201cAs the country has become less religious and more diverse, Vought has embraced the \u2063idea that Christians are under assault and has spoken of policies he might pursue in response.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just \u200can \u201cidea.\u201d The FBI under \u2063President Joe Biden was caught in a \u201cwidespread\u201d effort <\/a>to target traditional Catholics as domestic extremists. In\u2064 Biden\u2019s America,\u2064 Christians dare not pray at abortion mills either. In January, Paul Vaughn was\u2063 one of a handful of pro-life activists convicted<\/a> for the\u200d crime of praying at an abortion facility. If his appeal fails, Vaughn, a father of 11, could face \u206211 years in prison and \u2062fines up to<\/a> $260,000. <\/p>\n

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According to Politico, however, Trump\u2019s commitment \u2064to fighting this religious persecution is simply evidence of an incoming theocracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a\u2063 December campaign speech\u2062 in Iowa, he said \u2018Marxists and fascists\u2019 are \u2018going \u200chard\u2019 against Catholics,\u201d wrote Politico. \u201c\u2018Upon taking office, I\u2063 will create a new federal task force<\/a> on fighting anti-Christian bias\u2062 to \u200dbe led\u200c by a fully reformed Department of Justice that\u2019s fair and\u2063 equitable\u2019 and that will \u2018investigate all forms of illegal discrimination.’\u201d<\/p>\n

What a horror that Trump\u2062 might\u200b reform the Department of Justice that\u2019s been corrupted<\/a> by Washington elites cracking down on political dissidents. <\/p>\n

But the media can\u2019t get their stories straight. While Politico stokes\u2063 hysteria over Trump being a \u201cChristian nationalist\u201d leader, Christians \u2014 particularly the \u2062much-maligned \u201cwhite \u2062evangelicals\u201d \u2014 have long been mocked for supporting Trump as a strong candidate to preserve religious liberty. Tim Alberta, then\u2062 a national political reporter<\/a> at Politico, wrote<\/a> in 2017 that the \u201ccasting of Trump as a great champion of the faithful, \u200dengaging the forces of secularism on behalf of a beleaguered religious right, is essential to understanding \u2064his appeal among evangelicals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cOf course, the\u200c core premise of their alliance \u2014 that America has turned menacingly\u200b against Christianity \u2014 is disputable,\u201d Alberta added.<\/p>\n

In 2018, the late Washington\u2063 Post columnist Michael Gerson published an article in The Atlantic \u200d(Alberta\u2019s current paper) calling \u200d\u201cthe loyal adherence of religious conservatives to Donald Trump\u201d one of the \u201cmost extraordinary things about our current\u2062 politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReally, one of the most\u200c extraordinary developments of political history,\u201d Gerson wrote in the piece<\/a> titled, \u201cThe\u2062 Last Temptation\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Trump supporters tend to dismiss moral scruples about his behavior as squeamishness over the president\u2019s \u2018style.\u2019 But\u200c the problem\u2062 is the distinctly non-Christian substance of his values. Trump\u2019s unapologetic materialism \u2014 his equation of financial and social success \u200bwith human achievement and worth \u2014 is a negation of Christian teaching. His tribalism and hatred for \u2018the other\u2019 stand in\u200d direct opposition to Jesus\u2019s \u200bradical ethic of neighbor love. Trump\u2019s strength-worship and contempt for\u200b \u2018losers\u2019 smack more of Nietzsche than of Christ.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
So, what\u2064 is Trump? A faithless religious imposter or a Christian nationalist savior?<\/p>\n
Eight years ago, the press displayed some of the same fearmongering as now when Trump recruited Indiana Gov. Mike Pence \u200bto join him on the Republican ticket. According to The Intercept<\/a>, Pence would \u201cBe The Most Powerful Christian Supremacist In U.S. History\u201d because he was \u201ca reliable stalwart in the cause of Christian jihad \u2014 never wavering in \u200dhis commitment to America-First militarism, the criminalizing of abortion, and utter hatred for gay people.\u201d<\/p>\n
None of the media\u2019s \u201cChristian\u2064 jihad\u201d hand-wringing came to pass in 2016, and none of it will materialize if Trump wins again in 2024. It\u2019s all hyperbole, and if the lying media claim both of two extremes\u2063 \u2014 that Trump is a disgusting anti-Christian and that he\u2019s a Trojan horse for Christian nationalism \u2014 the truth is somewhere in the middle. Trump is a defender of Christians, if not a Christian himself, which is exactly where conservative Trump voters have staked their electoral claim for the past eight years.<\/p>\n
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What evidence\u2062 does \u200dPolitico present to support the claim that Donald\u2064 Trump\u200b is a Christian nationalist preparing to transform America \u200binto \u200ba biblical theocracy?<\/h2>\n
Is Donald Trump a Christian nationalist preparing to \u2062transform America \u2062into a biblical theocracy or a \u2064twice-divorced,\u2063 perverted heretic as \u200dfar away from Jesus as Jeffrey Epstein? The \u200dpress \u200ccan\u2019t decide.<\/p>\n
On\u2064 Tuesday, Politico\u2062 ran a \u2063story\u2062\u2062 depicting the election of Trump\u2063 as the election of \u201cChristian nationalism.\u201d\u2062 The Beltway \u2062magazine warned\u200d that\u2062 Trump\u2019s return to the White House would trigger a sort of religious \u2064revolution at the highest levels of government, \u2064ushered in by the\u200c president\u2019s\u200c closest advisers. Recall\u200d that eight years \u200dago, as Trump sought to \u200dcourt\u2064 evangelical voters, Americans were inundated \u200dwith endless headlines about how Trump was\u2063 \u200b\u201cnot Christian\u201d and was religiously\u2062 apathetic. Now Politico\u200d \u2062says \u200dTrump\u2019s triumph would\u2063 be a \u201cChristian nationalist\u2019s\u201d dream.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn influential think \u2062tank \u2062close to Donald Trump\u2063 is developing \u200bplans to infuse Christian nationalist ideas in his administration should the former president \u2064return to power, according to documents obtained by\u200b POLITICO,\u201d the \u2063paper reported.\u2064 \u200c\u201cSpearheading\u200d the effort is Russell\u2062 Vought, who \u2063served as \u2064Trump\u2019s director\u2062 of the Office of Management and Budget during his first term\u2062 and has remained close to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Politico\u2019s evidence for an incoming \u200barmy of \u201cChristian nationalists\u201d is mainstream conservative public policy proposals \u200bthat reject the\u2062 radical secularization of American politics and culture.<\/p>\n
\u201cChristian \u2063nationalists in America believe that the country was founded \u200das a Christian nation and\u2062 that Christian \u2064values should be prioritized \u200dthroughout\u2063 government \u2063and public life,\u201d wrote \u2064Politico. \u201cAs the country has become less religious \u2063and more diverse,\u2062 Vought has embraced \u2063the \u2063idea\u2064 that \u200dChristians are under assault and\u200d has spoken of \u200dpolicies he might pursue\u200d in response.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just \u200can \u201cidea.\u201d The FBI under \u2063President Joe Biden was caught \u200din a \u201cwidespread\u201d effort \u2062to \u2064target traditional Catholics \u2062as domestic extremists. In\u2064 Biden\u2019s America,\u2064\u200d Christians dare not\u2063 pray \u2063at abortion mills either. In January, \u200bPaul Vaughn\u2064 was\u2063 one \u2064of a handful of\u2062 pro-life activists convicted<\/a> for the\u200d\u200c crime of praying at an abortion facility. If his \u200cappeal fails, Vaughn, a father of \u200b11, could\u2063 face \u206211 years \u200cin \u2064prison and \u2062fines up to $260,000.<\/p>\n
According to Politico, however, \u200cTrump\u2019s commitment \u2064to \u2063fighting this religious persecution is simply evidence of an incoming\u2062 theocracy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a\u2063 December \u2062campaign speech\u2062 in Iowa, he said \u2018Marxists and fascists\u2019 are \u2018going \u200chard\u2019 against Catholics,\u201d wrote Politico. \u201c\u2018Upon taking office, I\u2063 will create a new federal task force on fighting anti-Christian bias\u2062 to \u200dbe\u2064 led\u200c by a fully reformed Department of Justice that\u2019s fair and\u2063 equitable\u2019 and that will \u2018investigate all\u2062 forms of \u2063illegal discrimination.’\u201d<\/p>\n
What a horror that Trump\u2062 might\u200b reform the\u200b Department of Justice that\u2019s been corrupted by\u2064 Washington elites cracking down on political dissidents.<\/p>\n
But the\u2064 media can\u2019t get their stories straight. While Politico \u2062stokes\u2063 hysteria over Trump\u200b being a \u201cChristian\u200d nationalist\u201d leader, Christians \u2014 particularly the \u2062much-maligned \u201cwhite \u2062evangelicals\u201d \u2014 have long been mocked for supporting Trump as a strong candidate to preserve religious\u200c liberty. Tim \u200dAlberta, then\u2062 a \u2062national \u2064political reporter \u2064at Politico,\u2062 wrote in 2017\u2064 that the \u2062\u201ccasting of Trump as a great champion of the faithful, \u200dengaging\u2063 the forces of secularism on behalf of a beleaguered religious right, is \u2063essential to understanding \u2064his appeal among evangelicals.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, \u200bthe\u200c core\u2063 premise of their alliance \u2014 that America has turned menacingly\u200b against Christianity\u200b \u2014\u200c is disputable,\u201d Alberta added.<\/p>\n
In 2018, the late Washington\u2063 Post columnist Michael Gerson published an article \u2063in The Atlantic \u200d(Alberta\u2019s current paper) \u200ccalling \u200d\u201cthe loyal adherence of religious \u2062conservatives to Donald Trump\u201d one of the \u201cmost \u200bextraordinary things about our current\u2062 politics.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReally, one of the most\u200c extraordinary developments of political history,\u201d Gerson wrote in\u2064 the piece titled,\u200b \u201cThe\u2062 Last Temptation\u201d:<\/p>\n
Trump supporters tend to dismiss moral scruples about their champion, \u200dbut they do so with an \u200doddly\u2062 blissful \u2064attitude that creates an almost cult-like devotion. It\u2019s evident\u200b in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Faith-based rhetoric and policies could lead to the establishment of a biblical theocracy. However, others argue that Trump’s personal life and behavior contradict Christian values, comparing him to Jeffrey Epstein. The media’s conflicting portrayals of Trump reflect the ongoing debate surrounding his religious beliefs and their impact on American society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2182756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2182755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2182755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2182756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2182755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2182755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2182755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}