Trump promises a revival of Christian power

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The US former President Donald Trump promised he would make a triumphant return to the White House next year and that he would restore Christian preachers to power in American culture.

AP reported in speech to National Religious Broadcasters on Feb. 22 he said: “If I get in, you’re going to be using that power at a level that you’ve never used before,”

Trump described himself as a friend and fellow believer and someone ready to restore God to his rightful place in American culture.

In a speech that lasted more than an hour, Trump portrayed evangelical Christians as a persecuted group under President Joe Biden’s administration, a status he told them he shared in his 2020 election loss, which he said had been “rigged.”

He told the religious broadcasters that one of his first acts of a second Trump term would be to set up a task force to root out “anti-Christian bias.”

He said he would also come to the aid of “political prisoners,” referring to those imprisoned for their actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.