Pete Hegseth — Secretary of Defense, self-proclaimed Christian warrior, man who tattooed "Deus Vult" (God wills it, the battle cry of the Crusades) on his body — led a prayer service at the Pentagon and solemnly recited what he called "Ezekiel 25:17."
There's just one problem.
That's not a Bible verse. That's a Quentin Tarantino script.
The "prayer" Hegseth read is Samuel L. Jackson's famous monologue from Pulp Fiction — a speech the character Jules Winnfield delivers right before he executes someone. Jules himself admits in the film that he never actually looked it up. He recited it because, and I quote, "I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherf---er before you popped a cap in his ass."
Hegseth didn't know the difference.
The actual Ezekiel 25:17 is one sentence long. One sentence. The man could have opened any Bible — they're literally free — or Googled it in 4 seconds.
But he didn't, because this was never about the Bible. It was never about faith. It was about performance. It was about vibes. It was about using the aesthetics of Christianity as a prop, the way his boss holds up a Bible he's never read for a photo-op outside a church he teargassed peaceful protesters to reach.
And this is the perfect metaphor for this entire administration.
They don't read. They don't study. They don't believe — not really. They just make things up that sound authoritative, recite them with confidence, and trust that their base won't check. Whether it's economic policy, immigration law, Constitutional precedent, or apparently Scripture — it's all vibes and fabrication all the way down.
Christianity — a faith centered on caring for the poor, welcoming the stranger, and loving your enemy — has been hijacked and weaponized into a shield for white nationalist imperialism. For mass deportations. For bombing campaigns blessed with fake Bible verses.
For a "Religious Liberty Commission" that exists to give powerful people the right to discriminate, not to protect the vulnerable.
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The blog El Runn Runn comes across less as an expression of faith and more as a distortion of it—bending a tradition grounded in compassion for the poor, welcome for strangers, and love of enemies into something unrecognizable. What should serve as moral guidance is instead used to challenge and expose the ways religion is invoked to justify white nationalist agendas, mass deportations, and even violence cloaked in misused scripture.
Many “indoctrinated” readers posted their outrage at the 1.4 billion released by Obama to the Iranians. Iranian frozen assets.
Trump is contemplating releasing 20 billion, lifted oil sanctions and
recognizes the Straight as Iran’s
and Oman’s. Also, the enriched uranium isn’t going anywhere. I’m sure the cult will find a way to
defend him. Let’s hear it.
The man-child Christ King Donald J Trump, Christian Soldier Pete Hegseth and the rest of the TPUSA family want to wish you and your family a prophetic Merry Christmas and the very first New Year of our man-child's holy anointment. All Hail Saint Nick!
Trump's holy anointment of man-child Christ King was prophesized by the prophets of old. We serve a great God, in Donald J Trump's name we pray.
Get to work bitches, wash plates, dig holes and sell some ass. Christ King DJT takes joy in you doing this.
Just substitute El Rrun Rrun for the Republican Party or Christian Nationalism and what you just wrote makes perfect sense because that's what its criticism is about.
Jmon does not write federal policy or at a whim write an executive order in crayons or a Sharpie?
I'm not here to look for divine religious guidance but information on politics.
If you need religious guidance there's TPUSA. All their policies are about cutting social services, promoting religion in government, and fiscal conservative policies that are nation destroying. Just listen to Charlie Kirk.
Why do you think TPUSA and Trump are being mocked as religious authorities? When is TPUSA going to condemn Trump's AI photo he posted as Christ? Talk about distoting faith, huh?
Ditto, kok.
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