Performative Behavior

2026-02-05 During a prayer breakfast Trump joked he would revoke church tax exempt status if leaders “say something bad about” him. Also during the prayer breakfast, President Bukele credited God for his paramilitary actions in El Salvador.

https://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2026/02/trump-says-he-will-revoke-church-tax.html

https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/el-salvador-president-speaks-at-national-prayer-breakfast-about-crackdown-on-gangs/5191994

https://x.com/i/trending/2020539207320781122

2026 March

2026-03-26 Hegseth gave a sermon at the Pentagon about God’s involvement in battle, praying for eternal damnation and overwhelming violence in the name of God and claiming the United States as righteous in this war in Iran. Weaponizing faith for domination and power might be a sin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsqVj3G0cmA&list=WL&index=11&t=215s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrJU2aqGvQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZ6A5Wmy00

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-christian-worship-prayers-pray-for-violence-pentagon-b2945765.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/at-pentagon-christian-service-hegseth-prays-for-violence-against-those-who-deserve-no-mercy

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pete-hegseth-prays-for-overwhelming-violence-at-christian-service/

2026-03-31 JD Vance published his own religious-based book “Communion”.

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jd-vances-upcoming-book-raises-eyebrows-for-all-the-wrong-reasons

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/01/jd-vance-new-memoir-book-catholicism-communion

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/31/politics/vance-jd-book-faith-catholic

2024 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.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/paula-white-cain-trump-jesus-christ-controversy-b2951338.html

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://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-scrambles-to-wipe-trump-easter-meltdown-supreme-court-justices-footage/

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/white-house-deletes-bonkers-trump-easter-event-where-he-got-compared-to-jesus/

https://x.com/metzgov/status/2039462014968316313

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkTSObD6VxU&list=WL&index=1&t=267s

2026-04-12 Trump posted – then deleted – an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ. After backlash, he claimed it was a picture of himself as a doctor healing people.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-truth-social-pope-leo.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/13/trump-draws-backlash-over-posting-image-depicting-him-as-jesus-like-saviour

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-faces-backlash-over-post-144400174.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17v8y0z9z2o

https://abc7.com/post/trump-takes-down-image-social-media-depicted-jesus-like-figure/18880184/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/13/politics/trump-jesus-post-pope-feud

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-posts-ai-image-himself-jesus-like-figure-drawing-outrage-2026-04-13/

SUB WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/trump-jesus-pope-leo-truth-social-post.html

SUB WALL https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-religious-conservatives/

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.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/04/presidential-message-commemorating-250-years-of-the-bible-in-america/

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/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-set-read-scripture-oval-office-america-reads-bible-event-starting-sunday