One of the most troubling features of Trump-era politics is not simply nationalism, authoritarian style, or contempt for institutions. It is the extent to which large parts of the administration and its surrounding ecosystem have normalised a form of religious absolutism, especially in its Christian Zionist variant, as a legitimate basis for public policy. This is most clearly visible in relation to Israel–Palestine, where biblical claims, apocalyptic imagination, and civilisational rhetoric increasingly bleed into state language, lobbying, and diplomacy.
