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Posted On: 11/01/2019 12:17:14 PM
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"Some evangelicals, who support Zionism out of the belief that the Jewish migration to Israel would trigger the Second Coming, have eagerly elevated Trump to the status of a biblical ruler," Columbia University professor Hamid Dabashi noted earlier this year. "He, in turn, has happily obliged and made a number of political concessions to Israel, out of the rather worldly consideration that the evangelical vote could win him re-election next year."
But it's not just about scoring political points against Iran. Some right-wing Christian evangelical supporters of the president have embraced the idea of a "Trump prophecy," seeing in Trump's political gifts to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu - including the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital - a glimmer of divine providence.
evangelical hypocrites & lackey clowns
"Some evangelicals, who support Zionism out of the belief that the Jewish migration to Israel would trigger the Second Coming, have eagerly elevated Trump to the status of a biblical ruler," Columbia University professor Hamid Dabashi noted earlier this year. "He, in turn, has happily obliged and made a number of political concessions to Israel, out of the rather worldly consideration that the evangelical vote could win him re-election next year."
But it's not just about scoring political points against Iran. Some right-wing Christian evangelical supporters of the president have embraced the idea of a "Trump prophecy," seeing in Trump's political gifts to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu - including the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital - a glimmer of divine providence.
evangelical hypocrites & lackey clowns
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