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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerica has a clear message for Trump and Hegseth: Scrap the religious rhetoric
Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of the religious rhetoric deployed by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in recent weeks and, in contrast, view Pope Leo XIV positively as the pontiff has hit back at the administration, according to a poll.
Trumps Truth Social post of an AI-generated image depicting him as Jesus, which he was forced to delete after backlash from the religious right, went down incredibly badly with Americans, with 87 percent expressing their disapproval in the Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.
A further 69 percent disliked it when Hegseth prayed that there would be overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy during a religious service at the Pentagon at the end of March.
Trumps social media post and Hegseths invocation of his religion have also upset Republicans and MAGA voters. Trumps Jesus social media post, which he later claimed he thought depicted himself as a doctor, was viewed negatively by 80 percent of the presidents 2024 voters and 79 percent of Republicans, according to the poll.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/america-clear-message-trump-hegseth-131938726.html
efhmc
(16,904 posts)The Roux Comes First
(2,312 posts)to learn they did not HAVE to vote for the pitiful one again may have realized that these two have about as much religion in them as a couple tent caterpillars.
mwmisses4289
(4,589 posts)and are probably more sincere about it that hegsmith and t.