by Rod Williams, May 10, 2026- Yesterday, when my Facebook feed first showed the image of the golden statue of Donald Trump and the evangelical leaders blessing or dedicating the statue, I thought it was a fake. I didn't share it. It was simply too outrageous. Well, as we all now know, it was real.
Ever since Donald Trump appeared on the scene, I have been mystified that he could take positions contrary to what Republicans, conservatives, or Christians believed, and yet people would not disavow him. He took the party that was the stronger advocate of America's leadership role in the world, most likely to support the aspirations of freedom-loving people resisting tyranny, the party most committed to collective security, and turned it into a party committed to weakening NATO. The Trump administration even refuses to acknowledge Russian President Putin as a war criminal and seems to be siding with Putin in his unprovoked war against Ukraine and yet his supporters love him.
Prior to Trump, the Republican Party was the party of free enterprise and free trade, and yet Republicans supported Trump's insane tariff wars. Republicans often accused Democrats of being socialist, and yet Trump has the government take ownership interest in businesses and Republicans think that is a grand idea.
When it comes to support for the Constitution, the rule of law, states' rights, and separations of powers, Trump's followers now support positions they would have railed against.
The block of voters most supportive of Trump is evangelical Christians. Why? Trump is no doubt the most immoral president we have ever had. He cheated on all his wives, cheated in business, is extremely corrupt, is profane, and shows no signs of piety or compassion or even humane decency. He appears ignorant of the Bible and does not even pretend to have a strong religious faith.
I grew up in an evangelical household, and my father had a singing ministry. I grew up falling asleep on church pews. As an adult, for a few years, I attended an evangelical church. I thought I knew how the more fundamentalist or evangelical Christians viewed things. I thought I knew their values. I was as wrong about this group of people as I was about pro-Constitution conservatives or pro-market conservatives.
One would think that Christian fundamentalists would disavow Trump. This is not the first thing Trump has done that should have dampened their enthusiasm for the man. One would think his personal morality would concern this block of voters, yet he can get caught paying off a porn star, and they don't have second thoughts. Recently, Trump has done several things that look an awful lot like blasphemy, yet his Christians love him. From the Trump Bible, to his spiritual advisor Paula White comparing him to Christ in an Easter sermon, to the meme Trump posted on Truth Social depicting himself as Christ healing the sick, and now something that looks an awful lot like idolatry. It doesn't matter. They stand by their man. I guess their religious values are no different from their economic and political values. If they have to choose between their values and Trump, they choose Trump.
The above video is one of the best pieces I have read or viewed on the topic. I regularly watch Professor Gerdes ' videos. His usual topic is the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and anything related to that but sometimes he will veer off into other topics. Like me, he is an old school, pre-Trump conservative. I highly recommend his YouTube channel. I am less familiar with Greg Terry, but he is sometimes a guest on Gerde's video channel.
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