Evangelicals view Trump victory as a 'new mandate from God': report

Despite the fact that he has faced four criminal indictments and is awaiting sentencing on 34 felony charges, President-Elect Donald Trump is extremely popular among far-right evangelical Christian nationalists. And some of them even view his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race as the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.

That, according to The Guardian's Alice Herman, includes members of the New Apostolic Reformation movement — which, Herman notes, "rejects secularism and embraces 'Christian dominionism,' the idea that Christians are tasked by God to rule over society and government."

Televangelist and Trump ally Lance Wallnau sees his election victory as a mandate for a Christian nationalist government.

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After the election was called for Trump, Wallnau told supporters, "This is a reformation of America. It's not done, it's not over, it's just starting."

Wallnau added, "We have enemies now that are like a bear robbed of her cubs. And so, Trump and the nation is gonna need the church to bind up those spirits."

On Wallnau's show, Herman Martir of the far-right Asian Action Network declared, "We have a new mandate from God."

Herman reports, "After a narrow electoral defeat in 2020 and two assassination attempts in 2024, Trump has emerged victorious — an event that Christian nationalists are celebrating as a critical win for their movement. Now that Trump has secured his victory, figures on the Christian far right whose prominence grew during Trump's 2016 presidency will enjoy larger followings and most importantly, close proximity to the highest office in the U.S."