Declaring Christian Superiority
2025 January
2025-01-20 Project 2025 page 589 mandates additional pay in observance of Sundays but completely bypasses all other religious observances. If you do for one, you must do for everybody.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025 May
2025-05-01 On National Prayer day, Trump said, “They say separation between Church and State – they told me – I said alright let’s forget about that for a – one time”. Another media source quoted him as saying, “We’re bringing back religion in our country and we’re bringing it back quickly and strongly because for America to be a great nation”.
2025 October
2025-10-20 During a press conference about the government shutdown, Republican Representative Chip Roy of Texas made a theocratic and exclusive assertion that Jesus is King in the United States.
https://ffrfaction.org/theocratic-rep-chip-roy-claims-jesus-is-king-in-the-united-states/
2025 December
2025-12-23 Watch Adam Mockler debate moral bigotry and moral clarity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0rikuQA7cg
2026 January
2026-01-24 The Texas Education Freedom Accounts program faced scrutiny over a voucher bill for private schools, with critics saying the comptroller excluded Muslim private schools from the State voucher program, citing discriminatory school choice practices.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/24/texas-school-vouchers-opinion-terrorists-ken-paxton/
2026-01-28 The Christian Nationalist movement doesn’t want room for other religions or other faiths. Case in point when someone painted over a billboard in Los Angeles originally put up by a group called World’s Last Chance, an organization made up of non-denominational volunteers.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/man-paints-over-heretical-billboard-to-read-jesus-is-god.html
https://cbn.com/news/us/man-paints-over-heretical-message-massive-billboard-los-angeles
2026 April
2026-04-01 During the White House Easter luncheon, Trump’s spiritual adviser Paula White likened Trump to Jesus.
https://baptistnews.com/article/at-white-house-trump-lauded-as-suffering-king-like-jesus/
https://www.salon.com/2026/04/05/paula-white-likens-trumps-troubles-to-jesus-christ-at-easter-lunch/
https://www.ms.now/opinion/paula-white-sparks-maga-backlash-after-comparing-trump-to-jesus
https://premierchristian.news/us/news/article/trump-compared-to-jesus-at-white-house-prayers
https://x.com/metzgov/status/2039462014968316313
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkTSObD6VxU&list=WL&index=1&t=267s
2026-04-19 (context because they are trying to establish one religion - this is exclusionary) The Trump administration announced it will be reading the Bible to Americans, from Genesis-to-Revelations over an 84-hour public presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp6bb8SC_Cs&list=WL&index=1&t=56s
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/19/politics/trump-bible-reading-oval-office
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/17/trump-scripture-angering-christians-00879747
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5837716-trump-bible-reading-pope-leo-feud-ai-jesus/
2026 May
2026-05-14 The White House erected a stage at the National Mall to host a religious ceremony for the U.S. 250, featuring Franklin Graham, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Pastor and Samuel Rodriguez. This is another effort to advance Christian Nationalism, exclude other religions or respect non-followers, and dismantle the separation of church and state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ISa1_YQPXc&list=WL&index=7
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/17/politics/national-mall-prayer-event
2026-05-17 During the religious rededication ceremony at the National Mall, podcaster Eric Mataxis said, “It’s hard to believe that it would take two centuries for the Lord to raise up a great man to bring that ballroom finally to stand where it needs to stand”.
https://people.com/maga-prayer-rally-speaker-says-god-chose-trump-to-build-ballroom-11978057
https://www.salon.com/2026/05/20/white-house-ballroom-is-turning-into-a-symbol-of-trumps-failures/