Trump says God supports U.S. cause in Iran war as he threatens wider bombing

[James48]

Source: Washington Post

As President Donald Trump renews his threats to bomb “the entire country” of Iran, he is offering a new justification for the costly five-week conflict with no clear end in sight: God himself wants the United States to do it.
Trump said Monday that he believed God supports the United States’ actions in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, a widening conflict that has killed thousands in the Middle East, wounded many more and left 13 U.S. service members dead.
“I do, because God is good,” Trump said in response to a Washington Post reporter’s question during a White House news briefing. “And God wants to see people taken care of.”


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/06/trump-iran-war-christianity/

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He’s nuts.

[Beartracks]

1. FFS Trump doesn't speak for my God.

And the mere mortals who believe they can "trigger" God's end times plan rather than letting God do it whenever He chooses (e.g. Jesus said, "You will know not the day nor the hour&quot -- it is not God's work they are doing.

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[returnee]

30. TSF doesn't speak for any god.

He is the most godless human on the face of the earth. That he claims to be doing so represents delusional thinking or high level grift of the deluded masses.

[dgauss]

2. "Religion is the last refuge of scoundrels"

I think patriotism takes second place.

[RussBLib]

6. it's the first refuge for many scoundrels

it's where you learn your chops

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[cstanleytech]

10. Faux patriotism is second.

[dalton99a]

3. "God is good and God wants to see people taken care of, so I am going to kill them"

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/us/politics/hegseth-religious-tone.html

[GreenWave]

26. When organized crime "takes care of people" it looks like what Trump does.

[PSPS]

4. Hegseth has his weekly all-hands prayer meetings where he spouts all the old testament nonsense

[RainCaster]

13. One of those Old Testament ideas he forgot

Leviticus 19:33-34 (NIV)
“‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

[RussBLib]

5. God wants to see people taken care of?

Well, then, get those food stamps flowing again. Extend unemployment benefits. Welcome the stranger? Ever heard of that one, piggy? Quit persecuting and prosecuting immigrants who are following the rules. Let's hike the federal minimum wage to at least $20/hr. Stop the fucking war so that people can be "taken care of." The list is endless.

Any day now I predict that Trump is going to claim he speaks to God and God talks back and tells Trump who to smite and who to draw-and-quarter.

No way the 25th Amendment is going to be exercised here. I think this is going to be up to Congress, and Congress has not shown much spine over the last 15 months.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[Ol Janx Spirit]

8. Don't worry, "god" will take care of it....

[Rhiannon12866]

11. +100!

[cstanleytech]

7. And God wants to see people taken care of." Yet he wants to take people's Medicare away.

[patphil]

9. God takes his orders directly from Trump? He must, because Trump tells God what to think and say.

[wnylib]

20. Trump has never had religious beliefs, although

he has often used religion to stir up his followers.

But the Trump administration has several people who are associated with extreme religious views that blend with extremist politics.

People like Hegseth really do believe in religious holy wars. He belongs to an Evangelical denomination that preaches hatred and destruction of enemies in God's name and aligns politically with RW extremism. They define enemies as people who do not agree with them.

Others in the administration are associated with the ultra RW Opus Dei movement in Catholicism.

Are they using Trump's dementia to persuade him to their politico-religious beliefs?

[patphil]

22. The God they worship isn't the one that most people follow.

They follow the path of darkness, and see Trump as a personification of Satan.
Theirs is a doctrine of hate. That's why they rail against being "woke", and talk about "toxic empathy".
Their hearts are devoid of love.

[wnylib]

23. Agree. The "god" that they worship is

a combination of ego, greed, and personal power for themselves.

[Intractable]

12. It's gone to his head.

For the rest of us, this is laughable.



Oh my, even the Lincoln bust is bowing its head.

[progree]

14. What if Allah has other ideas and gets in the way?

"Open the F-----' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.

[twodogsbarking]

15. The same God that sent Trump will save us from Trump. Loop.

[thought crime]

24. Or it might be Karma...

[Vinca]

16. Must be good money in God grifting. Suddenly Trump is the most pious person alive.

[Javaman]

17. "we come in peace, shoot to kill shoot to kill". nt

[everyonematters]

18. This is dangerous. When a leader says he knows what God wants, be afraid.

It is one thing to pray for guidance, but to say one knows what God wants is potentially dangerous.

[RussBLib]

19. ...and delusional

It is one thing to pray for guidance, but to say one knows what God wants is potentially dangerous.

And then we have the army of charlatans who KNOW what God wants.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[Blue Dotty]

21. With God on our side :/

What a 🤡

?si=Z9Isi2qdUDXO7sV4

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. In the German: "Gott mit uns"

[Ocelot II]

27. When you talk to God, you're praying. When God talks to you, you're psychotic.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. MaddowBlog-Team Trump leans into religious messaging, claims God supports U.S. war in Iran

An increasingly unstable leader is insisting that he has divine support for his military ambitions. When has that ever gone wrong in world history?

An increasingly unstable, authoritarian-style leader, who’s threatening war crimes, is convinced that he enjoys divine support for his military ambitions.

And when has that ever gone wrong in world history?
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-07T15:30:47.770Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-leans-into-religious-messaging-claims-god-supports-u-s-war-in-iran

To be sure, the assessment of officials in Tehran was more than fair, though given what Americans have heard from those seated near the secretary of state, there was a degree of irony to the criticisms. As CNN summarized:

Far from shying away from the idea that there is a religious aspect to the US-Israeli war on Iran, US government leaders are leaning into it, invoking God and promising fire and brimstone for Iran’s civil society if its leaders do not buckle to US demands.

Even in an administration in which references to Christian nationalism have become routine, Monday offered several examples of the broader phenomenon:

Asked if he believes God supports U.S. actions in Iran, Donald Trump replied, “I do, because God is good, because God is good and God wants to see people taken care of.” He did not elaborate on who is being “taken care of” through U.S. bombing campaigns.

At the same news conference, the president claimed he was in a position to convey God’s wishes to the public. “God doesn’t like what’s happening,” he added.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explicitly likened the rescue of a missing American airman shot down over Iran to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. “God is good,” he concluded.

Trump thanked God for “watching” over U.S. forces as they searched for a downed American fighter pilot.

Trump: "God was watching us. We were in Easter territory, I guess."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-06T17:24:29.831Z

....What the world is confronting, in other words, is an increasingly unstable leader, threatening to commit war crimes, while insisting that he has divine support for his military ambitions.

And when has that ever gone wrong in world history?

[kerouac2]

29. Oh, well, in that case...

I mean, I didn't realize God supported this. Then by all means he should do whatever he thinks God wants

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

31. Like the Tooth Fairy, God could not be reached for comment.