Sky News report
One of Donald Trump’s administration’s biggest challenges has been explaining to Americans why it was “necessary” to move forward with the attack on Iran. Sky News, SIC’s partner television, was in the state of Oklahoma, to try to understand the influence that Christian nationalists have in the defense of war.
Conservative Christians have access to this White House like never before, with a President who regularly receives evangelical leaders and a Secretary of Defense who embraces a combative aspect of Christianity.
Pete Hegseth invokes divine design to justify American military power in the . There are those who consider that a kind of “holy war” is highlighting the increasingly blurred lines between Church and State.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the man who founded the “Pastors for Trump” organization announced his candidacy for public office from the pulpit where he preaches. Jackson LaMeyer supports the war and has spoken of his hope that the gospel will penetrate a free Iran.
Sky News visited the most conservative state in the US, where some conservative Christians believe war is ordained by God.
