Trump's 'God squad' holds increasing sway at White House

Any attempt to insert Christian symbols into public life should allow for the Satanic Temple to have an equal position.

A day earlier Trump had unveiled a task force under new Attorney General Pam Bondi to root out what he called the "persecution" of Christians in the United States

Imagine getting a $250,600 yearly salary to do absolutely nothing! Must be nice.

Then there are the sexual scandals -- and a criminal conviction for in a porn star hush money case -- and the selling of $60 Trump-branded Bibles on the campaign trail.

Yet evangelical Christians continued to back him in the 2024 election, just as they did in 2016.

Because they are, to put it gently, scum.

Here we go, yet another "article" (hit piece) absolutely dripping with anti-Christian, anti-conservative bias - because God forbid (pun intended) that a leader actually acknowledges faith as a core American value, which they rightly should. The media loves to sneer at Christian convictions, yet they throw rainbow confetti to celebrate every so-called "historic" moment when a leftist politician panders to anything.

Could you imagine if Kamala Harris had won? She'd open her own office dedicated to "progressive religious figures" who preach climate change and gender ideology as gospel!

The problem for the Uber "Liberals/Progressives" is Christian faith in government. That's what sends radicals into meltdown mode, because Christianity stands in the way of their authoritarian, globalist agenda. This is simply restoring what the radical Left has spent decades trying to erase: a nation under GOD.

The future is indeed bright! PTL

Nothing but the American Taliban - same except for the religion....

Extremists and radicals who pervert the religion to maintain power and wealth...

They are CINOs - Christians in Name Only....they're Fakes...

Less than 60% of Americans are practicing Christians. They never attend church.

Nothing but the American Taliban - same except for the religion....

Extremists and radicals who pervert the religion to maintain power and wealth

They are CINOs - Christians in Name Only....they're Fakes...

Don't think you get to throw out the "extremist" label while conveniently ignoring the fact that it's your side canceling people, silencing dissent, and forcing radical W-O-K-E ideology down everyone's throats. Very rich indeed coming from someone whose entire worldview changes based on whatever DON LEMON tells them to believe this week.

And right on cue, we get a perfect example of the far-right hate machine so called "Christian" values...

These people are charlatans - no better than Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggert, and Kenneth Copeland...

They ridicule the Pope and demonize fellow Christian Latin Americans fleeing tyranny...

The Bible warned against "False Prophets" - don't fall for the far-right scam...it's all about the "$"....

Less than 60% of Americans are practicing Christians. They never attend church

Christianity is in decline in the US. The numbers from the younger generations show a dramatic fall in those identifying with this religion.

You wonder how much longer this kind of mass scamming in the name of Jesus from televangelists and politicians can go on as the older generations pass on.

The clock is ticking on it.

Trump appeals to all sectors of American society.

The world is a better place now.

Does, or has not the altar of "social media" become the new "religion", the smart phone "evangelist".

A visual force of political or social doctrine, combined with a digital AI god messiah, an Ayatollah to replace humanities belief in "church" Christianity?

Donald Trump said at his inauguration that he had been "saved by God." Now he appears to be returning the favor with an increasingly conservative, religious focus in his second term as U.S. president.

The three-times-married billionaire signed an executive order on Friday to open a "Faith Office" at the White House, led by the televangelist Paula White, Trump's so-called spiritual advisor.

Nutcase pulpit looney tunes Pat Robertson is warning enough to separate religion from politics.

The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

"We have to bring religion back," said Trump. "Let's bring God back into our lives."

Would or could any politician distinguish God from the Devil?

The Devil came a-calling

No brimstone, fire, nor rain

In fact, I found him charming

Articulate, urbane..... Patrick Joseph McAloon

Really? Medieval christianity founded human rights, charity, and freedom? Doesn't seem very likely considering the billions dead as a result. You confuse enlightenment thinkers doing the best they could while under the christian yoke.

LOL seriously? "Christianity is responsible for billions of deaths"?! - what a joke. Hilariously brought to you by the same people who conveniently ignore the mass slaughter under atheistic Communist regimes just in the last century.

Referring to the Crusades? FACT: A necessary response to centuries of Islamic invasions that would have otherwise wiped Christianity off the map and erased from history.

And sorry, that "Enlightenment" you are referring to was built on a foundation laid by medieval Christian scholars who preserved knowledge, developed legal systems, and created the very universities that later produced those thinkers.

Without Christianity, that "progress" wouldn't even exist - you'd be sitting in a dirt hut, wondering why the concept of human rights never magically appeared out of thin air.

Does, or has not the altar of "social media" become the new "religion", the smart phone "evangelist".

A visual force of political or social doctrine, combined with a digital AI god messiah, an Ayatollah to replace humanities belief in "church" Christianity?

Not sure about that

You usually find that the more literate people are in the sciences, the less religious they are.

The optimist in me hopes that younger generations are more literate in STEM and this partly explains the dramatic decline in religion among younger generations.

Hope springs eternal and all that.

“The Republican has also appointed several cabinet members with links to Christian nationalists, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.”

I thought maga wanted people hired on merit. Not because of their beliefs or colour.

Sounds like DEI is alive and well in the whitehouse. I thought you lot didn’t like that.

JayToday 10:39 am JST

LOL seriously? "Christianity is responsible for billions of deaths"?! - what a joke. Hilariously brought to you by the same people who conveniently ignore the mass slaughter under atheistic Communist regimes just in the last century.

It was christians that felt they could enslave and colonize and yes were responsible for billions of deaths. Don't see any of the other religions doing this.

It was christians that felt they could enslave and colonize and yes were responsible for billions of deaths. Don't see any of the other religions doing this.

Ah yes, the history lecture from a fan of the Church of You-Know-Who, who has somehow missed the entirety of world history. Ever heard of the Islamic conquests, the Mongol invasions, or the brutal expansion of countless empires long before Europeans set sail?

Slavery? Yeah, practiced by every major civilization, including the ones CHRISTIANS abolished it in. As for "billions of deaths," do you need a calculator, or are you just throwing out big numbers because maths is hard?

Meanwhile, atheistic regimes in just the 20th century - Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot - managed to rack up over 100 million deaths on their own. But sure, keep pretending Christians are history's greatest villains while enjoying the moral framework it created!

Trump is trying to turn the White House staff into a congregation of God-fearing people, except Trump of course. Each with their Bibles by you know whom.

God is just so analog.

But sure, keep pretending Christians are history's greatest villains while enjoying the moral framework it created!

Tough to say who’s the greatest villain and how you measure it.

Surely Christianity, Communism and Nazism are up there in terms of historical brutality?

In terms of repressing thought and creativity, surely Christianity wins on that count?

Anyway, it’s on a dramatic slide in the US. This could bode well for the future.

I can’t imagine the best and brightest would be studying theology at some crackpot/scam university teaching creationism, but there may be some who choose to study something useful and worthwhile in the future as these courses decline.

Hopefully fewer degrees in Theology, lesbian dance theory and gender studies going forward.

God is just so analog

For the younger generation, maybe he/she/it is like Twitter.

Yesterday’s news.