"Trump just posted [a day ago] a letter from Franklin Graham assuring him that says 'you commented to the media that you might not be heaven bound. Maybe you responded in jest, but it is an important issue to know for certain that your soul is secure and will spend eternity in the presence of God.'"

~ Aaron Rupar

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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mi7brxde6c23

"Karoline Leavitt said she and other White House staff members had a 'little loud prayer' together before Monday's (30 March) briefing to mark Holy Week."

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https://www.the-independent.com/tv/news/karoline-leavitt-christian-prayer-easter-b2948669.html

Noting that Secretary of War Hegseth prayed publicly at the Pentagon last week for "overwhelming violence" in Trump's war against Iran, Greg Sargent writes,

"The appointed leader of the world’s most powerful military regularly speaks about his capacity to rain terror and death on the enemy with an undisguised relish that should unsettle us all."

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https://newrepublic.com/article/208322/pete-hegseth-religion-war-iran-sadism-rage

"By now it’s become unmistakable that Hegseth’s tenure has been marked by open and unrestrained sadism and bloodlust. He enthuses about raining 'death and destruction from the sky all day long' and about 'punching' the enemy 'while they’re down.' He speaks of liberating the military from “stupid” rules of engagement."

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"He delights in unleashing its 'maximum lethality.' He rhapsodizes about killing 'without hesitation'—with no moral qualms whatsoever. …

It’s unusual for a defense secretary to directly appeal to God—his God exclusively—to assist in maximal killing, says Ronit Stahl, a historian of the military chaplaincy."

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"What’s notable is Hegseth’s suggestion that God actively approves of as much killing as possible, and his enlistment of God in making it 'overwhelming' —supremely violent and brutal.

'Rarely has an American military leader justified killing by declaring that God has sanctioned violence as an ultimate, higher good,' Stahl told me."

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