Trump’s “Christian Nationalism” Is Neither of Those Things

I have been reliably informed that the United States is currently governed by Christian nationalists. The term “Christian nationalism” is often used in academic and liberal circles to refer to the modern American right’s fusion of American conservatism with evangelical Christianity. In practical terms, it does little more than provide spurious biblical justifications to an authoritarian and illiberal worldview.Manifestations abound. Secretary of “War” Pete Hegseth quoted Scripture earlier this y...