Pete Hegseth just took his personal crusade to a new level | Arwa Mahdawi
The government is currently spending billions of taxpayer dollars to fulfill the president’s fantasy of lining the US-Mexico border with 30ft steel bollard walls and high-tech surveillance.What the Trump administration is apparently not so keen on is the wall of separation between church and state. While the president may hawk bibles as a side hustle, he is not exactly devout; he serves only mammon. The top levels of his government, however, are stuffed full of religious fanatics who appear hellbent on remaking the country as a Christian theocracy.Chief among these is the defense secretary and former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth.
- ▪The government is currently spending billions of taxpayer dollars to fulfill the president’s fantasy of lining the US-Mexico border with 30ft steel bollard walls and high-tech surveillance.What the Trump administration is apparently not so
- ▪While the president may hawk bibles as a side hustle, he is not exactly devout; he serves only mammon.
- ▪The top levels of his government, however, are stuffed full of religious fanatics who appear hellbent on remaking the country as a Christian theocracy.Chief among these is the defense secretary and former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth.
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