So why does Trump’s ethos still resonate with so many white Christians? Because there are many deep continuities between Trumpism and white Christian nationalism’s core ideals of freedom, order, and violence. Or, in story form: (white) men exercising (righteous) violence to defend (their) freedom and impose (racial and gender) order. Viewed through this lens, it becomes easier to understand Trump’s hold over many white Christian men. He is a cruder version of their masculine ideal.
