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Salon
Salon
Politics
Julia Conley

Christian nationalists work with Trump

Although former President Donald Trump is not personally religious, his close ties to Christian nationalists — whom he has relied on to gather support for his presidential campaigns — could place the United States on a path to embracing numerous far-right policies, according to documents penned by a leading right-wing think tank.

Politico, which obtained the documents, reported that staffers at the Center for Renewing America (CRA) included "Christian nationalism"—the promotion of the belief that the U.S. was founded as a Christian country and should emphasize "Christian values" in its policies—on a list of priorities for a second Trump term.

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