Donald Trump appeared at a pre-trial hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Monday These crumbs of schadenfreude – Pandora’s last gift to the world – invariably involved nonsense from the horse’s mouth.
One Christian writer thinks this exploitation of Christian faith at Easter, of all times, may have crossed a line. Bradley Onishi, a religious scholar, former evangelist and author of: “There are folks who are going to eat this up. Trump is clearly appealing to white evangelicals, as many people know… He needs every one of those votes in 2024 to return to the White House… and some of them will see this as somebody merging their faith with patriotic elements.
“Trump delivered three conservative judges in his first term, who helped to overturn Roe v Wade. That alone is enough to earn their support in 2024.” This bizarre belief manifests itself in the declaration of the seemingly intelligent, right-wing Christian and former CIA director, Mike Pompeo, to declare that Trump could be a, the biblical character who persuaded the king of Persia not to destroy the Jews. He has thanked God for Trump – “an immovable friend of Israel”.
The Pew Centre’s research suggests that most people who view Trump positively don’t think he is particularly religious – but think he stands up for people with religious beliefs like theirs. Just 8 per cent of people who have a positive view of Trump think he is very religious, while 51 per cent think he is somewhat religious and 38 per cent say he is not very religious.Paraphrasing their mindset