#holywar — Public Fediverse posts

"'Yes, a holy war for the righteous cause of human freedom,' he writes in the book’s introduction. 'One thousand years ago, after years of ceding land to conquering Muslim hordes, the pope ordered military action to save Europe. "Deus vult" ("God wills it") was the rallying cry of Christian knights as they marched to Jerusalem.'”

#Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #tattoos #Crusades #HolyWar #Trump #MAGA
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"'We the people,' which are the opening words of the US Constitution; 'MDCCLXXV,' which is the year of the US army’s founding in Roman numerals (1775), and an image of an assault rifle embedded into the stripes of the American flag.

'This time in our history calls for an AMERICAN CRUSADE.'"

#Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #tattoos #Crusades #HolyWar #Trump #MAGA
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Some of the best evidence that Hegseth’s tattoos reflect a belief that Christian Americans should exert violent dominance over Muslim people is found in the first few pages of his 2020 book American Crusade. The cover pictures him holding an American flag and shows off three more of his tattoos:"

#Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #tattoos #Crusades #HolyWar #Trump #MAGA
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“'We’re at now perhaps the apotheosis of 50 years of them building power

You look at Hegseth’s embrace of Crusader imagery, and then you look at his actions, which are embracing and leading a war against Iran. We are seeing a Crusader mentality play out at the absolute highest levels of government.'”

#Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #tattoos #Crusades #HolyWar #Trump #MAGA
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"That’s another way of describing Christian nationalism, a far-right ideology that has accumulated frightening power during Trump’s second term. ...

'His ideas are – you know, I’d like to say cuckoo bananas, but it’s more like they’re extremely close to the centre of power,' says Tal Lavin, a journalist whose book Wild Faith explores the Christian right’s American takeover."

#Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #tattoos #Crusades #HolyWar #Trump #MAGA
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"Pete Hegseth’s Crusader tattoos are not just symbols - they’re a battleplan. ...

What Hegseth really seems to be speaking to is the belief that the US is a nation by and for Christians, committed to violently purging non-Christians from desired territory around the world."

~ Kat Tenbarge

#Hegseth #WhiteChristianNationalism #tattoos #Crusades #HolyWar #Trump #MAGA
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https://www.thenerve.news/p/pete-hegseth-secretary-state-war-tattoos-crusader-christian-nationalism-muslim

“'But even more worrisome is his infusion of his Christian beliefs as the basis for our war in Iran,' Beirich added. 'Our national security should not be based on fanatical holy war fantasies, but that is what Hegseth, and by extension Trump, have wrought.'”

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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“'But even more worrisome is his infusion of his Christian beliefs as the basis for our war in Iran,' Beirich added. 'Our national security should not be based on fanatical holy war fantasies, but that is what Hegseth, and by extension Trump, have wrought.'”

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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“'But even more worrisome is his infusion of his Christian beliefs as the basis for our war in Iran,' Beirich added. 'Our national security should not be based on fanatical holy war fantasies, but that is what Hegseth, and by extension Trump, have wrought.'”

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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“'But even more worrisome is his infusion of his Christian beliefs as the basis for our war in Iran,' Beirich added. 'Our national security should not be based on fanatical holy war fantasies, but that is what Hegseth, and by extension Trump, have wrought.'”

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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“'But even more worrisome is his infusion of his Christian beliefs as the basis for our war in Iran,' Beirich added. 'Our national security should not be based on fanatical holy war fantasies, but that is what Hegseth, and by extension Trump, have wrought.'”

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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"'Their anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and extremist views about women should give anyone pause, as well as his "biblical" attacks on journalists, especially when Hegseth is sharing them with our soldiers and blasting away at the separation of church and state.'"

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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"'Their anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and extremist views about women should give anyone pause, as well as his "biblical" attacks on journalists, especially when Hegseth is sharing them with our soldiers and blasting away at the separation of church and state.'"

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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"'Their anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and extremist views about women should give anyone pause, as well as his "biblical" attacks on journalists, especially when Hegseth is sharing them with our soldiers and blasting away at the separation of church and state.'"

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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"'Their anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and extremist views about women should give anyone pause, as well as his "biblical" attacks on journalists, especially when Hegseth is sharing them with our soldiers and blasting away at the separation of church and state.'"

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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"'Their anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and extremist views about women should give anyone pause, as well as his "biblical" attacks on journalists, especially when Hegseth is sharing them with our soldiers and blasting away at the separation of church and state.'"

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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"At key moments in his cabinet tenure, Hegseth has given CREC pastors a platform in services that have put Christian nationalism at the centre of the US military. ...

Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said: 'Hegseth has aligned himself with some of the most extreme Christian nationalists in the country.'"

~ Jason Wilson

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/pete-hegseth-iran-war-christian-extremism

"At key moments in his cabinet tenure, Hegseth has given CREC pastors a platform in services that have put Christian nationalism at the centre of the US military. ...

Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said: 'Hegseth has aligned himself with some of the most extreme Christian nationalists in the country.'"

~ Jason Wilson

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/pete-hegseth-iran-war-christian-extremism

"At key moments in his cabinet tenure, Hegseth has given CREC pastors a platform in services that have put Christian nationalism at the centre of the US military. ...

Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said: 'Hegseth has aligned himself with some of the most extreme Christian nationalists in the country.'"

~ Jason Wilson

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/pete-hegseth-iran-war-christian-extremism

"At key moments in his cabinet tenure, Hegseth has given CREC pastors a platform in services that have put Christian nationalism at the centre of the US military. ...

Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said: 'Hegseth has aligned himself with some of the most extreme Christian nationalists in the country.'"

~ Jason Wilson

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/pete-hegseth-iran-war-christian-extremism

"At key moments in his cabinet tenure, Hegseth has given CREC pastors a platform in services that have put Christian nationalism at the centre of the US military. ...

Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said: 'Hegseth has aligned himself with some of the most extreme Christian nationalists in the country.'"

~ Jason Wilson

#Hegseth #Trump #DouglasWilson #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #homophobia #HolyWar
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/pete-hegseth-iran-war-christian-extremism

Kristin Du Mez offers a helpful compilation of her recent commentary on Trump, Iran, Jesus, the pope, and truth.

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/trump-vs-iran-jesus-the-pope-and

"Finally, Pope Leo XIV has permission.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday conceded some authority to the pope. 'The pope’s gonna do his thing, that’s fine,' Hegseth said, answering a question about the pontiff’s criticism of the administration’s war on Iran. ...

Of course, Hegseth has spent past several weeks justifying the war in divine terms."

~ Josh Kovensky

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekender/saved-pete-hegseth-gives-the-pope-leeway-to-do-his-thing

George W. #Bush himself spoke of a #crusade when he launched the Iraq War with a lie. It is truly alarming to see that humanity has not progressed since the Middle Ages and that religion is still used to justify wars. The propaganda may have improved today, but the lies are still so cheap and transparent that it hurts.

The war lasted more than seven years, cost $3 trillion, and killed 3,482 U.S. service members and about 200,000 Iraqi civilians.

Today, war even has the potential to trigger a world war. No one can predict what this #madness is capable of. #meme #politics #holywar #war #crusade #history #fail #ethics #problem #middleeast #usa #religion #government #pentagon #military #finance #money #society #law #worldorder #worldtrade #economy #militaryindustrialcomplex #conspiracy #crazy #mad #world #future #peace #diplomacy #superpower #freedom #democracy #humanrights #uno #border #fake #propaganda #humanity #civilization #worldwar #truth #bible #church #doomsday #apocalypse #maga #qanon

Holy War !!!

#cartoon by Bill #Bramhall

George W. #Bush himself spoke of a #crusade when he launched the Iraq War with a lie. It is truly alarming to see that humanity has not progressed since the Middle Ages and that religion is still used to justify wars. The propaganda may have improved today, but the lies are still so cheap and transparent that it hurts.

The war lasted more than seven years, cost $3 trillion, and killed 3,482 U.S. service members and about 200,000 Iraqi civilians.

Today, war even has the potential to trigger a world war. No one can predict what this #madness is capable of. #meme #politics #holywar #war #crusade #history #fail #ethics #problem #middleeast #usa #religion #government #pentagon #military #finance #money #society #law #worldorder #worldtrade #economy #militaryindustrialcomplex #conspiracy #crazy #mad #world #future #peace #diplomacy #superpower #freedom #democracy #humanrights #uno #border #fake #propaganda #humanity #civilization #worldwar #truth #bible #church #doomsday #apocalypse #maga #qanon

Holy War !!!

#cartoon by Bill #Bramhall

George W. #Bush himself spoke of a #crusade when he launched the Iraq War with a lie. It is truly alarming to see that humanity has not progressed since the Middle Ages and that religion is still used to justify wars. The propaganda may have improved today, but the lies are still so cheap and transparent that it hurts.

The war lasted more than seven years, cost $3 trillion, and killed 3,482 U.S. service members and about 200,000 Iraqi civilians.

Today, war even has the potential to trigger a world war. No one can predict what this #madness is capable of. #meme #politics #holywar #war #crusade #history #fail #ethics #problem #middleeast #usa #religion #government #pentagon #military #finance #money #society #law #worldorder #worldtrade #economy #militaryindustrialcomplex #conspiracy #crazy #mad #world #future #peace #diplomacy #superpower #freedom #democracy #humanrights #uno #border #fake #propaganda #humanity #civilization #worldwar #truth #bible #church #doomsday #apocalypse #maga #qanon

Holy War !!!

#cartoon by Bill #Bramhall

"Hegseth’s brand of Christian nationalism is a permission structure for domination and violence. The biblical text is a source of handy quotes to the extent it advances those aims. But he’s neither smart enough nor serious enough to mine the text in any serious way."

Josh Marshall

#PopeLeo #Trump #Hegseth #violence #bible #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pete-hegseth-nailed-it-no-really

"Other parts of Wednesday service also invoked Christian Scripture and music to sanctify the work of the U.S. military. …

Hegseth’s violent prayer at last month’s service has particularly sparked criticism. He did not mention the public debates during Wednesday’s service. But just four days after last month’s service, Pope Leo XIV appeared to counter Hegseth’s Crusader theology."

#Trump #Hegseth #war #Iran #Pentagon #death #destruction #violence #HolyWar
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"For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself 'secretary of war,' read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship service at the Pentagon on Wednesday (April 15) to bless the U.S. war against Iran and call for 'great vengeance and furious anger.'”

~ Brian Kaylor

#Trump #Hegseth #war #Iran #Pentagon #death #destruction #violence #HolyWar
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https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-borrows-violent-prayer-from

"And for them, that means to go all about the world and make everything Christian."

Ali:

"At the end, the end goal, for these different groups is control. And it's control for one group of people. And that one group is Christians and specifically white Christian men at the top."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #HolyWar #crusades #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Ingersoll:

"They want all of the nations of the world to be Christian. They want to institute theocratic governments across the globe. They think the whole world should be Christian. This ties into their eschatology. They are what we call post-millennialists. They believe the kingdom of God was established at the resurrection, and it's the job of Christians to build it."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #HolyWar #crusades #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Wajahat Ali and scholar of American right-wing religious movements Julie Ingersoll discuss how Pete Hegseth's intent to mount a "new Crusade" underlies much of the rhetoric about the attack on Iran. Ali asks,

"What is Hegseth's endgame and those who are allied with him in some way, shape, or form who truly believe they're doing God's work but through secular means?"

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #HolyWar #crusades #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-trump-administrations-modern

"Many are now openly questioning Donald Trump’s mental acuity following today’s press conference that struck critics as erratic and deeply unsettling. His shifting answers, contradictions, and at times incoherent responses have fueled concerns about his judgment at a critical moment. The performance did little to inspire confidence in his leadership."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #Easter #WhiteChristianNationalism #HolyWar
/9

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-alarm-bells-go-off-following

"Q - 'Do you believe God supports the US’s actions? Trump: I do because God is good.'

Q - 'Are there certain kinds of civilian targets that are off table? Schools, hospitals? Trump: I don’t want to tell you that.' ...

Pete Hegseth then talked about his Holy War, praising God and Trump the New Messiah."

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #Easter #WhiteChristianNationalism #HolyWar
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Muslim troops breaching the gate of a Christian Crusader-State, ~12th century AD

Muslim troops breaching the gate of a Christian Crusader-State, ~12th century AD

Muslim troops breaching the gate of a Christian Crusader-State, ~12th century AD

"He’s turned the Department of Defense into the Department of Holy War. Here we are at WAR, or at OPERATION, and he’s continuing his spree of firing, demoting, or blocking promotions for anyone who doesn’t fit his White Male Christian Nationalist TheoBro image…."

~ Marcie Jones

#Hegseth #Pentagon #military #women #Black #WhiteChristianNationalism #HolyWar #patriarchy #heterosexism #racism #misogyny
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/pete-hegseth-gonna-fire-fat-chicks

"I think we haven’t as a nation reckoned how corrupting his ideology of Christian nationalism is to the Pentagon. He’s been injecting Christian rhetoric and prayers into public appearances, is reshaping and threatening the chaplain corps (which, again, he says has been 'watered down'!), increasingly talks of the war in Iran as some messianic Crusade, and last week even held a prayer service at the Pentagon."

#Hegseth #Trump #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
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"Hegseth’s tenure as defense secretary has been one long cosplay of toxic white masculinity — from his performative kettlebell workouts to his closure of an advisory committee that helped draw women into military service. His speeches and public appearances all emphasize the 'Warrior Ethos' and the 'War-Fighter,' and seems to believe that things like 'logistics' are for wimps and sissies."

~ Garrett Graff

#Hegseth #Trump #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
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https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-mythology-of-pete-hegseth

As Aaron Parnas says, in one evening "Pete Hegseth amplified calls to send Iran back to the 'Stone Age,'" and "Trump compared himself to Jesus’ reception on Palm Sunday, noting that crowds once hailed Jesus as king and saying people now call him 'king.'”

#Hegseth #Trump #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-update-white-house-concerned

"If Hegseth genuinely believes in a God of wrath, he is a courageous man, one bold enough to presume not only that he represents the omnipotent God’s interests but that he can safely ignore the direct teachings of Jesus in order to carry out what he deems to be God’s will on earth, supremely confident that God’s will aligns entirely with his own.

That takes a kind of courage I don’t have."

~ Kristin Du Mez

#Hegseth #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
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https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/the-unappreciated-courage-of-pete

"For Hegseth, who writes and speaks of himself as an enemy of Islam, the war is an opportunity to score a blow for Christ."

#Hegseth #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
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"The war on Iran is wish fulfillment for an entire class of warmongers, including Hegseth. Within this world, Iran has become a bête noire, an all-consuming obsession that, for some, has a religious dimension. An Islamic regime like Iran is a spiritual foe, not just a security threat."

Sarah Jones

#Hegseth #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/iran-pete-hegseth-holy-war.html

"The fact that Hegseth cast aside prudence in making his pugnacious prayer is testimony to how much of a true believer he is—not only in his particular brand of born-again Christianity but also in far-right identity politics. ...

The fact that Hegseth sees the world in Manichaean terms means he’ll not be willing to make deals with forces he sees as metaphysically and categorically evil."

~ Jeet Heer

#Hegseth #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
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https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pete-hegseth-iran-holy-war/

'It’s highly unusual for high-ranking officers or civilian military leaders to relish killing and violence in God’s name as a religious duty.'”

This is, of course, barbarism dressed up in pseudo-religious clothes — as Pope Leo said (in other words) in his Palm Sunday homily yesterday.

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #WarCrimes #violence #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #PopeLeo
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/popes-leo-sermon-rebuke-of-pete-hegseth-iran-war/

"What’s notable is Hegseth’s suggestion that God actively approves of as much killing as possible, and his enlistment of God in making it 'overwhelming' —supremely violent and brutal.

'Rarely has an American military leader justified killing by declaring that God has sanctioned violence as an ultimate, higher good,' Stahl told me."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #WarCrimes #violence #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"Trump just posted [a day ago] a letter from Franklin Graham assuring him that says 'you commented to the media that you might not be heaven bound. Maybe you responded in jest, but it is an important issue to know for certain that your soul is secure and will spend eternity in the presence of God.'"

~ Aaron Rupar

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #WarCrimes #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #FranklinGraham #WhiteEvangelicals
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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mi7brxde6c23

#Trump #DonaldTrump #Hegseth #USA #UnitedStates #America #Iran #HolyWar #ChristianNationalist #Politics #Religion #USPol #News #Nazi My answer to the Christian Nationalists, and to everyone who believes “righteous” Trump is justified fighting a “Holy War.” Indoctrinating people into believing God is on your side isn’t a new political strategy. It’s been done many times before. Here’s proof from 1930’s Germany.
Weaponising Christianity to gain support and justify a war is the mark of a madman.

#Trump #DonaldTrump #Hegseth #Iran #USA #PeteHegseth #ChristianNationalist #America #Politics #USpol #Tattoos #Sky #Nationalism #Cult #UnitedStates #News #SkyNews #IranWar #HolyWar #American
I find this absolutely bloody terrifying. America’s “defence secretary,” shown here with his collection of tattoos. A Jerusalem Cross from the Crusades, and “Deus Vult” (God Wills It) frequently used by far right groups.
Trump isn’t a president. He’s the head of a cult, and Hegseth is a deranged henchman…