Trump Just Installed a Theocratic War Room in the White House

Donald Trump’s establishment of the White House Faith Office isn’t about safeguarding religious liberty—it’s a deliberate Christian nationalist power play. This move aligns seamlessly with Project 2025, a blueprint designed to reshape the federal government into an authoritarian theocracy.

Russell Vought, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and a chief architect of Project 2025, has been instrumental in this transformation. His brand of “radical constitutionalism” is a euphemism for dismantling the separation of powers and empowering a single-party Christian regime—a move straight from the playbooks of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary and Putin’s Russia. (theguardian.com), (theconversation.com)

The Project 2025 Connection: Christian Nationalism Goes Federal

Project 2025, a 920-page authoritarian manual developed by the Heritage Foundation, lays out a strategy to gut civil rights laws, purge federal agencies, and entrench religious rule. (project2025.org)

Vought, a key contributor to the document, has explicitly argued that America should be governed by “biblical principles” rather than constitutional secularism. During his tenure at the OMB, he worked to strip federal job protections, making it easier to replace career civil servants with loyalists to the Christian nationalist cause. (theguardian.com)

This isn’t governance. It’s a slow-motion coup wrapped in scripture.

The Faith Office: Federalizing Religious Supremacy

On paper, the White House Faith Office claims to “empower faith-based entities” (apnews.com), but in practice, it funnels taxpayer dollars into religious supremacy.

What this means in real terms:

Department of Education: Injecting right-wing Christian ideology into public school curricula, defunding secular education in favor of religious indoctrination.
Department of Health and Human Services: Blocking access to reproductive healthcare and gender-affirming care under the guise of “religious conscience.”
Department of Justice: Rewriting civil rights laws to permit discrimination if it aligns with religious beliefs.
Department of Homeland Security: Targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, Muslims, and immigrants deemed a threat to “Christian values.”
Department of Labor: Rolling back workplace protections, enabling employers to fire workers for being LGBTQ+, Muslim, or non-Christian.
Department of State: Prioritizing white, Christian immigrants while cracking down on asylum for religious minorities.

This isn’t faith—it’s federally sanctioned religious authoritarianism.

From Faith-Based Initiatives to Theocratic Rule

This isn’t a new tactic—it’s a tested strategy.

In 2001, George W. Bush created the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, paving the way for religious groups to siphon taxpayer money.
In 2018, Trump expanded “religious liberty” exemptions, allowing faith-based organizations to openly discriminate against LGBTQ+ people while receiving federal funding.
In 2025, Project 2025 aims to permanently enshrine Christian nationalism into every federal agency.

This is democracy on life support—Project 2025 is pulling the plug.

A Manufactured Crisis to Justify a Theocratic Coup

The White House justifies this expansion of religious influence by claiming that faith-based groups face systemic anti-religious bias.

That’s a blatant lie.

FBI hate crime data shows that anti-Christian incidents are minimal compared to attacks on Jewish, Muslim, and other minority religious groups. But the narrative of Christian persecution has long been a political weapon—a way to justify draconian laws and consolidate religious power. (justice.gov)

Step 7: Using Law to Impose Religious Rule

The executive order directs the White House Faith Office to identify “religious liberty burdens”—code for stripping anti-discrimination protections and granting faith-based groups full control over public policy.

Here’s what that looks like in practice:

Faith-based organizations running public school programs, replacing science with creationism.
Religious hospitals denying emergency care based on “moral objections.”
Courts ruling in favor of religious discrimination, making it legal to refuse service based on someone’s identity.

This is how they weaponize the law—not to protect religious freedom, but to impose theocratic rule.

What Comes Next?

This is just the beginning. Expect:

Massive expansion of faith-based control over public schools, social services, and law enforcement.
Federal laws rewritten to permit discrimination under the guise of ‘religious freedom.’
Government funding flooding into megachurches and right-wing faith groups—while secular public programs wither.
Criminalization of LGBTQ+ identities, abortion access, and dissent.

This is Step 7 of an authoritarian takeover.

Final Thought: Christian Nationalism Isn’t Faith—It’s Fascism Wearing a Cross

The United States was founded on the principle of secular democracy. The White House Faith Office isn’t about protecting religion—it’s about weaponizing Christianity as a political bludgeon to dismantle democracy.

We’ve seen this before.

In Franco’s Spain, religious nationalism was used to justify purges, imprisonments, and the erosion of civil liberties.(europeanacademyofreligionandsociety.com)
In Putin’s Russia, the Orthodox Church was turned into a propaganda arm of the state. (reuters.com)
In Iran, 1979, religious governance started as an “advisory” role—until it controlled every law. (wikipedia.org)

History doesn’t whisper—it screams.

(www.ncronline.org), Orthodox priest near an Italian Army B1 Centauro tank destroyer in Kosovo.

If you are paying attention, you are the resistance

Next Steps…

What You Can Do—Before It’s Too Late.

Vote Like Your Rights Depend On It—Because They Do.

Every election matters.
If you can vote, you are the resistance.
Trump’s allies are already pushing Christian nationalist laws at the state level.
Volunteer for election integrity groups like Fair Fight (https://fairfight.com/).

By recognizing and challenging these developments, citizens can work to preserve the secular foundations of American democracy.

Authoritarianism doesn’t stop itself. It stops when people fight back.

Pressure Congress to Act

Demand hearings on Project 2025. Make every politician go on record about whether they support or oppose Trump’s judicial coup.
Call your representatives. Tell them you expect them to stand up against this attack on democracy.
- Find Your Representatives

Call It What It Is: Christian Nationalist Authoritarianism

This is NOT “religious liberty.” It’s a deliberate strategy to dismantle democracy.

Correct the narrative—this is Authoritarian Christian Nationalism evolving real time.

Support Organizations Fighting Back

Expose Corporate Complicity

Call out companies funding politicians backing this Christian nationalist coup. (propublica.org)
Boycott companies funding far-right movements.(https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/)

The White House Faith Office: Trump’s Theocratic Power Grab Is Straight Out of Project 2025