Trump administration officials are increasingly employing religious symbolism to justify the Iran war and other unpopular policies, according to New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman.

President Donald Trump posted an image depicting himself as a Christlike healer, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has framed the conflict in explicitly religious terms and quoted Bible verses during press updates, though one quote was actually dialogue from a Quentin Tarantino film.

Maggie Haberman of the New York Times said on Wednesday that the paper's leadership warned reporters that there may be more investigations conducted by President Donald Trump's FBI.

Haberman's comments came hours after the NYT reported that FBI Director Kash Patel had reviewed information the agency had about reporter Elizabeth Williamson after she published a report about the level of FBI security given to Patel's girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, and Patel's use of FBI jets to travel to see Wilkins.

Trump administration officials are leaning harder into religious symbolism to justify the war in Iran and other unpopular policies, and New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman marveled at the "off-the-rails" audacity of their efforts.

President Donald Trump posted an image of himself as a Christlike healer over the weekend, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has framed the war in explicitly religious terms and quoted Bible verses – although one of those turned out to be dialogue from a Quentin Tarantino film – during his weekly press updates.

Some Republicans are quietly expressing their "frustration" with President Donald Trump over a social media post, according to the New York Times' Maggie Haberman.

Early Thursday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social that he met with Russ Vought, leader of the Office of Management and Budget, who he described as being "of Project 2025 fame." Trump has tried to distance himself from the plan during the campaign trail, despite appointing multiple people who authored chapters to his administration.