The British newspaper Times published a report on the religious belief of US President Donald Trump, wondering whether transformations have occurred in this belief because of his age and his approach to death in his assassination attempt last year.
The report indicated that Trump has been surrounding himself with deep religious figures throughout his political life, but until his assassination attempt last year, his beliefs were closer to the beliefs of the common people.
Now Trump is planning to “eliminate bias against Christians” and create a “religious office” at the White House. The report asked, do these steps indicate the coronation of a modern religious awakening that Trump afflicted?
Trump was baptized in the Arab Church, but he told the “News of Religion Service” in 2020 that he was a non -sectarian Christian, and joined millions of other Americans in the fastest growing Protestant belief system.
Hardships with the church
His relationship with the church has faced some difficulties, including accusations of sexual assault and court cases related to relations with actresses, some conservative Christians were alienated. However, he maintained electoral support from white evangelists who support his anti -abortion rhetoric.
Trump has appeared stronger in recent months. His new religious enthusiasm may return to the failed assassination attempt in an electoral gathering in Pennsylvania last July when he hit a bullet, targeting him, then he said that “God protects him.”
I changed something inside
He said at the breakfast of a patriotic prayer in the Capitol building in Washington on the sixth of this month, Trump said that this incident changed something in me.
One of the special movements that are open to his interpretation of divine intervention is the “new Apostolic Reform Movement”, a rapidly developed evangelical movement that enhances Christianity over other religions.
The report said that this movement seeks to have a Christian government for the United States that wants to enable conservative Christians in what the “seven mountains” of American society calls: business, education, entertainment, family, government, media, and religion.
Leadership of a sacred stage
The report quoted Bradley Unishi, author of the book “Preparing for War … the extremist history of white Christian nationalism and what comes after that”, saying that “many prophecies and many concepts about what will happen in the future are based on Trump as a tool that God has chosen.”
It is noteworthy that White Cain, the spiritual adviser to Trump, is linked to the new Apostolic Reform Movement, as well as Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who appeared in the radio programs of the movement’s priests.
Likewise, US Vice President GD Vans converted to Catholicism, and appeared in an event in the city hall last September, hosted by the prominent figure in the new Apostolic Reform, Lance Valunu, who accused the democratic candidate for the presidency, Kamala Harris of practicing “magic” after her only debate with Trump.
Trump’s Defense Secretary Higseth house was also known to go to a church linked to the bouquet of Wilson, the strong conservative priest in the state of Idahu, who defends Christian nationalism and criticizes the right of women to vote.
Although there are a number of personalities associated with Christian nationalism in the Trump administration, the new Apostolic Reform Movement is not widely supported. While about two -thirds of the Americans know that they are Christians, a modern survey conducted by the Public Religious Research Institute found that less than a third of the Americans support or sympathize with Christian nationalism.
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