Faith, Fear, and Fascism: America’s Dangerous New Religion

The White House isn’t a government anymore, it’s a pulpit, and the sermon is extremist. Trump’s evangelicals don’t want democracy; they want theocracy, and they’re winning.

In the dimly lit corridors of power, where democracy was once enshrined in the principles of secular governance, a new kind of authority has taken root. The White House, an institution that once prided itself on the separation of church and state, has been transformed into a pulpit for religious extremism. With the establishment of the White House Faith Office and the appointment of Paula White, an unabashed prosperity gospel televangelist, American democracy has taken a perilous turn towards theocracy.

Paula White is no ordinary preacher. She is not just another voice in the cacophony of American evangelicalism. She is a zealot who believes that Donald Trump’s presidency is divinely ordained.

“To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God, and I won’t do that,” she once proclaimed.

Her worldview is steeped in the idea that Trump is a messianic figure, a chosen one, ordained to rule by the hand of God¹. This isn’t merely about faith, it’s about power, and it’s about control.

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