Christianity Today magazine renews criticism of Trump
US evangelical magazine Christianity Today has renewed its criticism of President Donald Trump in a new editorial, days after another controversial article by the publication called Trump “profoundly immoral” and said he should be removed from office.
In the editorial headlined “The Flag in the Whirlwind,” the magazine’s president Timothy Dalrymple criticized Trump over his “rampant immorality, greed, and corruption; his divisiveness and race-baiting; his cruelty and hostility to immigrants and refugees.”
Dalrymple also rebuked evangelical Christians who have strongly embraced Trump, saying “unconditional loyalty” should only be to God.
“It is one thing to praise his accomplishments; it is another to excuse and deny his obvious misuses of power,” he added.
In an editorial published last week, the magazine’s editor-in-chief Mark Galli called Trump “profoundly immoral” and said he should be removed from office.
“The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents,” Galli’s editorial read.
The first article, which drew immediate criticism from Trump and dozens of evangelical leaders, was published on December 19, just one day after the Democratic-controlled US House of Representative voted to impeach the Republican president.
Galli said the magazine has seen a surge in new subscriptions since his scathing editorial of Trump was published.
Christianity Today, which was founded in 1956 by the late Reverend Billy Graham, has a print circulation of approximately 130,000 and 4.3 million monthly website viewers.
The two editorials have raised fresh doubts about the durability of Trump’s support among conservative Christians, who are among his most loyal voter base.
House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry against Trump in September after the unknown whistle-blower alleged the Republican president pressured his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who had served as a director for Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
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