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Trump’s Evangelical alliance alarms defenders of religious freedom | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 1145 words · By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
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20 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Then-US president Ronald Reagan went to Berlin on June 12, 1987, and demanded, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.””
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly confirm that President Ronald Reagan delivered the speech at the Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987, including the specific quote 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international presidential trips made by Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. Reagan made 24 international trips to 26 different countries during his presidency, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presiden…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reagan is a 2024 American biographical drama film directed by Sean McNamara and written by Howard Klausner, based on Paul Kengor's 2006 book The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_(2024_film)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, then-United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the middle part: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Reagan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall!
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“It [the Berlin Wall] stood for less than 30 years and was gone within 30 months of the president’s appearance.”
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The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and fell in November 1989 (standing for 28 years, which is 'less than 30'). It fell approximately 29 months after the June 12, 1987 speech, which fits the 'within 30 months' claim. While the provided snippets are fragmented, historical dates for the wall's existence and fall are widely known and supported by the context of the search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Berlin Customs Wall with its eighteen gates, around 1855. The Brandenburger Thor (Brandenburg Gate) is on the left. The old Brandenburg Gate in a 1764 engraving, 30 years before its neoclassical r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate
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web search NEUTRAL — June 12, 1987.The wall proceeded to be taken down the next day. It was not until 1990, however, that East and West Germany were formally united. Before you can know why the Berlin Wall was torn down
https://prezi.com/hcziz5qovwgg/why-was-the-berlin-wall-torn-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Less than a year after the Berlin Wall fell, Germany became one country again.The entire border zone was between 30 and 500 meters wide. The official border began before the first fence. You needed a …
https://kids.kiddle.co/Berlin_Wall
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“US President Donald Trump on Sunday spoke to thousands of predominantly conservative white Evangelical followers who were gathered on the National Mall”
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The provided search results for Donald Trump are general biographies or news feeds and do not mention a specific event on the National Mall involving Evangelical followers on a Sunday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay informed and read the latest breaking news and updates on Donald Trump from AP News, the definitive source for independent journalism.
https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump
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web search NEUTRAL — After a landslide election victory in 2024, President Donald J. Trump is returning to the White House to build upon his previous successes and use his mandate to reject the extremist policies of ...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/donald-j-trump/
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“the author of the American Declaration of Independence and the Constitution called the “wall of separation” between religion and state.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Thomas Jefferson used the phrase 'wall of separation' to describe the boundary between church and state.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jefferson wanted a strict separation of church and state, but he fully expected a vibrant, public religion on the “other” (non-governmental) side of that wall. CONTROVERSIES: HISTORICAL and MODERN. Pr…
https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/thomas-jefferson-and…
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web search NEUTRAL — No phrase in American letters has had a more profound influence on church-state law, policy, and discourse than Thomas Jefferson's wall of separation betwe...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qgd9h
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web search NEUTRAL — The ‘Rededicate 250’ rally raised questions about separation of church and state. Jefferson and Madison’s many letters to each other shed light on that much-debated principle.
https://theconversation.com/what-jefferson-and-madison-would…
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“The United States had just broken away from a nation that had a state religion, and the head of the church was also the king.”
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Wikipedia confirms the Church of England is the established church with the head of state (the monarch) as its head. The US seceded from Great Britain, which fits the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Church House, Westminster, England. Founder. Augustine of Canterbury (united the early English church under papal jurisdiction).The Church of England was the established church (constitutionally estab…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England
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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
https://www.quora.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — The founding moment of the United States brought a society newly freed from religion.
https://aeon.co/essays/why-did-the-secular-ambitions-of-the-…
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“God and the Bible are not mentioned in the Constitution.”
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The provided search results for the US Constitution are generic and do not provide the full text or a specific analysis confirming the absence of the words 'God' or 'Bible'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The three largest airlines in the world, by total number of passengers carried, are U.S.-based; American Airlines became the global leader after its 2013 merger with US Airways. [405]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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web search NEUTRAL — Get facts about the U.S., its laws, history, and statistics. Buy government property. Learn about the president and how to contact elected officials and federal agencies.
https://www.usa.gov/about-the-us
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Reuters.com is your online source for the latest US news stories and current events, ensuring our readers up to date with any breaking news developments
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/
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“Many of the founding fathers didn’t call themselves Christians but deists”
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Multiple sources discuss the identification of several Founding Fathers as deists rather than traditional Christians.
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web search NEUTRAL — Deist Founding Fathers of the United States.We know from correspondence with Voltaire that Frederick the Great was a Deist. Immanuel Kant's identification with Deism is controversial.[97]. Decline of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism
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web search NEUTRAL — The common understanding of the Founding Fathers as Godly men in our current sense is subtly wrong, according to a author who says many of them were religious revolutionaries, too.
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/book-argues-many-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Although some of America’s Founding Fathers were deists, rather than Christians, the United States owes a debt of gratitude to a Judeo-Christian moral framework that goes beyond mere deism—and the pro…
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/03/4-times-declaration-i…
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“In 1797, the US Senate unanimously ratified the Treaty of Tripoli, which explicitly declared the United States is “not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.””
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Wikipedia and other sources explicitly confirm the Treaty of Tripoli was ratified unanimously by the Senate in 1797 and contained the specific language that the US is 'not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.'
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web search NEUTRAL — 1797 treaty between the US and Tripolitania. This article is about the 1796 treaty.It was ratified by the United States Senate unanimously and without debate on June 7, 1797, taking effect June 10, 17…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli
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web search NEUTRAL — The 1797 Treaty of Tripoli—ratified unanimously by the U.S. Senate and signed by President John Adams—contains Article 11 declaring that “the government of the United States of America is not in any s…
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/treaty-of-tripoli-…
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web search NEUTRAL — In 1797, the Senate unanimously ratified the Treaty of Tripoli, which emphatically declares that “the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-not-christian-nation-repu…
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“Sunday’s [celebration] is believed to be the first one organized by the White House, funded by taxpayers, and featuring top government officials.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to support or refute this claim.
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“Rev. Paula White-Cain, Trump’s faith adviser, assured supporters the celebration would not include leaders “praying to all these different Gods,” The Washington Post reported.”
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“Trump, appearing by video, read a Bible passage”
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“Speaker of the House Mike Johnson “preached” of “sinister ideologies” sowing “confusion and discord” in the nation, The Washington Post reported.”
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“US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who regularly hosts Pentagon prayer services”
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“Sen. Tim Scott (R. South Carolina) told the gathering, “Our rights don’t come from the government. No, our rights come from God.””
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“Trump and his administration actively support prayer in public schools and institutions, teaching the Bible in classrooms... posting the Ten Commandments, and public funding for religious schools.”
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“Trump... has posted on his social media outlet memes of himself as Jesus and as a pope, and has said of himself, “I am the chosen one,””
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“Trump himself is not an Evangelical; he was raised Presbyterian but now calls himself a nondenominational Christian.”
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“The president has been feuding with Pope Leo XIV, who has criticized the administration’s “extremely disrespectful” immigration policies and “unacceptable” threats to destroy Iranian civilization.”
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“Vice President JD Vance, a recent Catholic convert”
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“Trump biographer Timothy O’Brien has said the president “has never been a spiritually or religiously serious person.””
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