{"id":2587601,"date":"2026-04-06T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-praise-allah-jab-at-iranian-regime-draws-parallels-to-elijah-in-1-kings\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:49:45","slug":"trumps-praise-allah-jab-at-iranian-regime-draws-parallels-to-elijah-in-1-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-praise-allah-jab-at-iranian-regime-draws-parallels-to-elijah-in-1-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Praise&#8230; Allah&#8217; Jab at Iranian Regime Draws Parallels to Elijah in 1 Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-praise-allah-jab-at-iranian-regime-draws-parallels-to-elijah-in-1-kings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece covers Donald Trump\u2019s Easter weekend and the intense, sometimes conflicting social-media reactions it sparked, framed through a blend of political commentary, biblical analogy, and contemporary tweets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It starts with unverified rumors about Trump\u2019s health circulating on social media and a follow-up post in which Trump threatens Iran, implying action if the Straits of Hormuz aren\u2019t open, and including a provocative religious line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article describes left-leaning responses on social media as furious and bifurcated: first accusing Trump of being ill or dead, then accusing him of being too active or unhinged, and calling for remedies like the 25th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A large portion is built around a montage of Twitter posts and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-hate-anyone-who-doesnt-love-crime-and-fraud-as-much-as-they-do-even-leftists-13\/\" title=\"Democrats Hate A Bunch Of Democrats, And It&#039;s Hilarious\">social-media snippets<\/a> from both critics and supporters, some containing strong language and vulgarity warnings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The author uses a biblical parallel to 1 Kings 18 (Elijah and the prophets of Baal) to characterize Trump\u2019s rhetoric as unorthodox but potentially effective,arguing that his directness is a deliberate,forceful display rather than a religious endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece contends that the left\u2019s reactions reveal a consistency in missing the Bible\u2019s message,while also noting Easter reference points and official Easter statements from the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It concludes by contrasting Trump\u2019s rhetoric with the real-world harm cited in various global conflicts, asserting that theological language won\u2019t save nations under pressure, and ends with a provocative line about divine intervention.<\/p>\n<p>the article presents a combative, culture-war framing of Trump\u2019s Easter weekend, mixing political analysis, religious allusion, and a spectrum of social-media reactions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, a quick recap for those of you who spent Easter weekend away from social media: President Donald Trump had quite the viral holiday.<\/p>\n<p>First, on Saturday, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EdKrassen\/status\/2040479454430953574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">totally unconfirmed rumors<\/a> that Trump was ill or dying in Walter Reed Medical Center despite no actual evidence of this. Left-bubble social media was in a fury: We need proof that the president is active and vigorous!<\/p>\n<p>Then on Sunday, the president threatened Iran with an &ldquo;f-bomb&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116351998782539414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on <\/a>, by saying that if the Straits of Hormuz weren&rsquo;t open by Tuesday, it was open season on power plants and other infrastructure, including a mocking &ldquo;Praise be to Allah&rdquo; in the message.<\/p>\n<p>Left-bubble social media was in a fury, again: The president was active and vigorous, too much so, and is clearly crazy. It&rsquo;s time for the 25th Amendment!<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, on a holiday celebrating the resurrection of central figure of the Bible, leftists were admitting they&rsquo;ve never read anything more in the Good Book than &ldquo;judge not.&rdquo; But we&rsquo;ll get to that in a second.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s the post and the concomitant freakout from the left:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following posts contain vulgar language that some readers will find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One month after starting the war in Iran, this is the statement of the President of the United States on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>These are the ravings of a dangerous and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-democrats-lay-into-trumps-unhinged-iran-threats\/\" title=\"Congressional Democrats lay into Trump&#039;s &#039;unhinged&#039; ... threats\">mentally unbalanced individual<\/a>. Congress has got to act NOW. End this war. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TTBArqTTyE\">pic.twitter.com\/TTBArqTTyE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/2040808411609088163?\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The emperor has no clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Time for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/25thAmendment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#25thAmendment<\/a>. Congress and the Cabinet must act. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ad6AERp9N6\">pic.twitter.com\/Ad6AERp9N6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Melanie Stansbury (@Rep_Stansbury) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rep_Stansbury\/status\/2040945433233530966?\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Polymarket: 99-1 odds against the president praising Allah on Easter.<\/p>\n<p>Trump: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BpMDudmbIc\">pic.twitter.com\/BpMDudmbIc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) &#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127462; (@AdamKinzinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamKinzinger\/status\/2040795843935003060?\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ok first of all Trump didn&rsquo;t write this tweet, an intern did, second, they&rsquo;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jokes-u-s-should-bomb-the-s-out-of-russia-and-blame-china\/\" title=\"Trump Jokes U.S. Should &#039;Bomb the S***&#039; Out of Russia and Blame China\">threatening nuclear weapons<\/a>, third Praise be to Allah?????????????? What in the actual fuck is going on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nDyOVejXf1\">pic.twitter.com\/nDyOVejXf1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liam Nissan&trade; (@theliamnissan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theliamnissan\/status\/2040773187701506525?\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll be the first to admit that &ldquo;Open the F***in&rsquo; Strait, you crazy b******s, or you&rsquo;ll be living in Hell&rdquo; is, y&rsquo;know &hellip; unorthodox.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also pretty darn direct, which is what you need to be when you&rsquo;re dealing with a country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oil-prices-rise-iran-strikes-multiple-tankers-defiance-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching random attacks<\/a> to keep the Middle East and the world hostage so that it can continue to develop both nuclear and conventional weapons that would allow it to keep the Middle East and the world hostage to an even greater extent.<\/p>\n<p>However, that part seemed to get less attention than the words &ldquo;Praise be to Allah&rdquo; &mdash; especially on Easter Sunday. This struck some as irreligious, or even as unironic praise of Allah, which is proof that they&rsquo;ve never actually opened a Bible and spent any serious time with it.<\/p>\n<p>One Old Testament incident in particular stands out. As one <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social media user put<\/a> it: &ldquo;And when President Trump says &lsquo;Praise be to Allah,&rsquo; he&rsquo;s doing something very similar to what the prophet Elijah did on Mount Carmel with the prophets of Baal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Exactly.<\/p>\n<p>And when President Trump says &ldquo;Praise be to Allah,&rdquo; he&rsquo;s doing something very similar to what the prophet Elijah did on Mount Carmel with the prophets of Baal.<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s basically saying, &ldquo;Call on your god all you want. He will not be there to save you from the fire and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PgdqSBW1xM\">https:\/\/t.co\/PgdqSBW1xM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#127482;&#127480; Jake Hilton &#127470;&#127473; (@TheDemSlayer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemSlayer\/status\/2040857936822722720?\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So for those of you Christians not familiar with 1 Kings, specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2018&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Kings 18<\/a>, here&rsquo;s a TL;DR version:<\/p>\n<p>During a famine caused by a drought, God tells the prophet Elijah to appear before Ahab, then the king of Israel, who had been hunting him. When they meet, Ahab calls Elijah &ldquo;you troubler of Israel,&rdquo; which is quite the accusation to answer for. Elijah, untroubled, tells Ahab that <em>he&rsquo;s<\/em> actually the problem, because he&rsquo;s turned toward worship of other gods &mdash; specifically of Baal, a common form of idolatry in the time when 1 Kings was written.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah has a challenge for the priests of Baal: Put your god to the test, and then we&rsquo;ll put our God to the test. From 1 Kings 18:22-29, with verse 27 in particular bolded:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Then Elijah said to the people, &ldquo;I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord, but Baal&rsquo;s prophets are 450 men. Let two bulls be given to us, and let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood, but put no fire to it. And I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood and put no fire to it. And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, he is God.&rdquo; And all the people answered, &ldquo;It is well spoken.&rdquo; Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, &ldquo;Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are many, and call upon the name of your god, but put no fire to it.&rdquo; And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, &ldquo;O Baal, answer us!&rdquo; But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made. <strong>And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, &ldquo;Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.&rdquo;<\/strong> And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them. And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of the offering of the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To return to summation form: Elijah then builds an altar of his own, prepares his bull for sacrifice, and puts wood on the altar. Then he makes the challenge even greater by having water poured all over the bull, the wood and even filling a trench around the altar.<\/p>\n<p>Then he calls upon God to do what the priests of Baal couldn&rsquo;t &mdash; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-election-defeat-health-policy-experts-still-push-marxism\/\" title=\"Despite Election Defeat, Health Policy &#039;Experts&#039; Still Push Marxism\">results don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t take long:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elijah then orders the prophets of Baal seized and slaughtered, at which time it begins to rain and the famine ends.<\/p>\n<p>Unorthodox? Yes! Effective? Yes! And much more explicitly sanguinary, by the way, than what Trump is threatening here. (But not as bloody as what the Iranians are doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iran-killed-many-civilians-2-weeks-israel-13-months-leftist-protesters-nowhere-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to their own people<\/a> by the tens of thousands, it&rsquo;s worth noting, for daring to protest the regime.)<\/p>\n<p>In other words: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-national-guard-shooter-shouted-allahu-akbar-dc-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allah<\/a> ain&rsquo;t gonna save you, no matter how hard the theocratic despotism theocratically despotizes its people and the people of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Others noted that those having a cow over this needed to read their Bible (and\/or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/2026\/04\/presidential-message-on-easter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">president&rsquo;s official Easter statement<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump is the BEST President of my lifetime! So lucky! Legendary. &ldquo;And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, &lsquo;Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.&#8217;&rdquo; 1 Kings 18:27 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PZKUnnnnxe\">https:\/\/t.co\/PZKUnnnnxe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Defiant American &#127482;&#127474; (@Defiantly_Free) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Defiantly_Free\/status\/2040898725682307433?\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Everyone choking on Trump&rsquo;s obviously mocking use of &ldquo;praise be to Allah&rdquo; (on Easter!! &#128561;&#128561;&#128561;), here are two short things to read.<\/p>\n<p>1) 1 Kings 18:27<br \/> 2) His actual official Easter statement<\/p>\n<p>For a bonus, maybe read the instructions on a box of Midol. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QnnkComIIy\">pic.twitter.com\/QnnkComIIy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConceptualJames\/status\/2040901480966676845?\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s impressive, though, is the left&rsquo;s social media pivot on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/city-houston-deletes-tweet-referring-easter-spring-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easter weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to post that the president is sick and dying, even though I don&rsquo;t know anything about his condition.&rdquo; Sunday: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to post that the president is alive but a heretic, even though I don&rsquo;t know anything about the Bible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s at least a <em>kind<\/em> of consistency, I suppose. 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On Saturday, unverified claims circulated that he was sick or dying in Walter Reed, prompting accusations from left-leaning networks that proof of his fitness was needed. On Sunday, he posted a hardball message at Iran, implying aggressive action if the Straits of Hormuz stayed open, and including a provocative line that many found offensive. Critics on the left argued he was unstable and should be removed under the 25th Amendment, while the piece\u2019s author mocks those critics for what it sees as Bible-illiteracy and hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article also reproduces and comments on reactions from Bernie Sanders, Representative Melanie Stansbury, and Adam Kinzinger, among others, framing them as a left-wing frenzy and meme culture around Easter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece points to the president\u2019s use of the phrase \u201cPraise be to Allah\u201d in this context and argues that some readers saw this as irreligious or in poor taste for Easter. It contrasts Trump\u2019s language with a biblical example, drawing a parallel to Elijah\u2019s challenge to Baal in 1 Kings 18 and suggesting that, in the author\u2019s view, faith would not save Trump from political or moral accountability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The author uses the Elijah-Baal analogy to argue that invoking religious imagery in this political moment was inappropriate, and notes that some Christians defended Trump by citing biblical verses, while others criticized the president\u2019s rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In sum, the piece contends that the left pivoted on Easter-from claiming Trump was gravely ill to accusing him of blasphemy or insanity-and that their stance on the Bible and religion was inconsistent. 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