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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,970 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 02:34 PM 10 hrs ago

America 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.

Trump’s 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.

Trump’s social media post and Hegseth’s invocation of his religion have also upset Republicans and MAGA voters. Trump’s Jesus social media post, which he later claimed he thought depicted himself as a doctor, was viewed negatively by 80 percent of the president’s 2024 voters and 79 percent of Republicans, according to the poll.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/america-clear-message-trump-hegseth-131938726.html

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America has a clear message for Trump and Hegseth: Scrap the religious rhetoric (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 10 hrs ago OP
It would be uplifting if the sentiments were even close to being real. efhmc 10 hrs ago #1
Even Some of the Numbskulls Who Have Been Unable to Read far Enough into Their Presidential Ballots The Roux Comes First 10 hrs ago #2
Tent caterpillars probably have more religion in them mwmisses4289 9 hrs ago #3

The Roux Comes First

(2,312 posts)
2. Even Some of the Numbskulls Who Have Been Unable to Read far Enough into Their Presidential Ballots
Wed May 6, 2026, 02:39 PM
10 hrs ago

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)
3. Tent caterpillars probably have more religion in them
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:58 PM
9 hrs ago

and are probably more sincere about it that hegsmith and t.

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