The first thing to note is that Trump’s MAGA narrative can be understood as a semi-secularized version of white Christian nationalism’s deep story. Trump’s narrative is shorn of the sorts of biblical references and allusions that peppered earlier presidents’ speeches. But the MAGA narrative still has many parallels with the deep story. The most obvious one is between the apocalyptic strand of white Christian nationalism and the catastrophizing aspect of MAGA. Premillennialists believe that there will be a final battle between good and evil, a life-and-death struggle between natural and
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