Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question are evangelicals giving President Trump the votes he needs to win a 2nd term lets get to the bottom line. About a 3rd of americans identify themselves as born again or as evangelical christians and among that group almost all of them voted for donald trump in 2016 and the vast majority say theyre going to do it again in a few weeks in return trump has pushed the religious rights agenda with this culture war and socially conservative policies the appointment of conservative judges and support for israels government but what is this huge group in American Society and how do they become such an enormous influence on americas political scene what do evangelical christians believe it and what do they want my guest today is spent his life researching and writing about American Christian fundamentalism and its Global Network he is jeff sharlet the executive producer of the family a dr drama that was released on netflix last year based on his own book
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Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Accompanied by the Prime Minister of the state of israel, his highness, the minister of Foreign Affairs and International Corporation of the United Arab Emirates and the minister of the Foreign Affairs of the kingdom of bahrain. Thank you very much. Please. Thank you. The first lady and i are honored to welcome to the white house Prime Minister netanyahu of israel, and mrs. Netanyahu. Thank you so much. Thank you, sarah. And foreign minister abdullah bin zayed. United arab emirates, the uae, thank you very much. And foreign minister abdullah al zani of bahrain. Were here this afternoon to change the course of history. After decades of division we mark the dawn of a new middle east thanks to the great courage of these three countries, we take a major stride towards a future in which people of all faiths and backgrounds live together in peace and prosperity. In a few moments, these visionary leaders will sign the first two peace d
Their children and for their families and for their nation itself. No one could make that choice for them. They had to that themselves. Today, the world sees they are choosing cooperation over conflict, friendship over enmity, prosperity over poverty, hope over despair. They are choosing a future in which arabs and israelis, muslims, jews, christians can live together, pray together, and dream together sidebyside in harmony, community in peace. Me congratulate the people of israel, the people of the United Arab Emirates, and the people of the kingdom of bahrain. God bless you all. This is an incredible day for the world. This is a wonderful and beautiful occasion. I want to thank all of the members of congress for being congressmen,s, congresswomen, we appreciate it so much. Everybody wanted to be here. Important day for the world, important day for peace. Before the parties signed the accord, i want to ask Prime Minister netanyahu to say a few words, followed by the foreign minister o
For years. Sometimes and less sunny climes to bring this day and i thank each and every one of you thank you. Ladies and gentlemen mr president this day is a pivot of history it heralds a new dawn of peace for thousands of years the jewish people have prayed for peace for decades the jewish state as prayed for peace and this is why today we are filled with such profound gratitude im grateful to you President Trump for your decisive leadership you have unequivocally stood by israels side. You have boldly confronted the tyrants of tehran youve proposed a realistic vision for peace between israel and the palestinians and you have successfully brokered this storage peace that we are signing today a peace that has broad support in israel in america in the middle east indeed in the entire world im grateful to crown prince muhammad bin side of the United Arab Emirates and to you foreign minister abdullah bin. I thank you both for your wise leadership and for working with the United States and