Why MAGA Evangelicals Support Bombing Iran
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Why MAGA Evangelicals Support Bombing Iran
In the run-up to Saturday’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, certain prominent figures in MAGA-land sought to pressure Trump and his pro-war allies to remember the movement’s supposedly non-interventionist roots. Tucker Carlson made headlines for grilling Sen. Ted Cruz, a longtime ally of the Christian Zionist movement, about what evangelicals claim is a biblical imperative to support Israel. Steve Bannon actually accused Fox News of being an unregistered foreign agent of the Israeli government for its pro-war coverage.
Trump has disingenuously claimed to be anti-war, and MAGA purports to be an isolationist movement opposed to further American military misadventures in the Middle East. But the Republican Party remains dominated by white evangelicals whose views are very much in line with the Cruz position that Carlson took such pains to mock . And despite Bannon’s plaint, Trump remains heavily influenced by Fox and its pro-war and pro-regime change coverage.
MAGA figures like Carlson and Bannon know how to make headlines through viral posts and combative podcasts. But as they likely know just as well as anyone else enmeshed in American right-wing politics, Christian Zionists have spent decades building a movement that runs from church pews to the highest echelons of American power, advocating for the United States to intervene militarily to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Christian Zionists see Iran as a central player in what they say is a biblical prophecy about Jesus’s return. The core tenet of this movement holds that a series of prophesied events, including Jews’ return to Israel and invasion by armies of foreign countries including Iran, will culminate in a bloody, victorious battle at Armageddon. It’s a dangerous mix of warmongering theology and politics, and anyone is right to question it. But the truth is it still undergirds the thinking of many Republicans, including elected officials and other figures in Trump’s orbit.
John Hagee, the founder of Christians United for Israel (CUFI) and a top evangelical proponent of both this end-times scenario and U.S. military intervention in Iran , was close to Trump in his first term. After Saturday’s bombing raids, CUFI promptly praised Trump on social media, thanking him for “standing with Israel.” CUFI is hosting its annual summit starting Sunday in Washington, D.C., and you can expect it to feature high praise for Trump.
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Hegseth talked about Jesus Christ at his press conference after the bombing.
Jesus was a pacifist.
it cracked me up when hypocrite hegseth started into thumping at the end of the presser ...
I guess that is why he used whips on the people in the temple.
too bad there wasn't any maga hats, teargas, and guns back then ...
Republican Jesus would have had a rip roaring good time
I saw a video on X this morning of some evangelical nutcases gathered together and speaking in tongues in the shadow of the capitol building. These are allegedly grown ass adults. I wouldnt be surprised if some members of the Trump administration were in the group.
I can see snake handlers in that group
"Allegedly" grown ass adults. They're the ones who call themselves that. I don't
those were probably just maga thumpers warming up for their house and senate republican limo rides to dinner.
cool. now we just need to figure out a way they're the only boots on the ground there if it comes to that ...
At about the 5:50 mark they start talking about Christian Zionism.