How America's faithless president became a defender of the Christian faithful

Many religious voters no longer care about finding virtuous Christian leaders. They’re just seeking refuge under a friendly Roman.

President Trump signs a new executive order on religious liberty.
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President Trump rolled out his new religious liberty executive order at the White House on Thursday. And in the process, he revealed some telling tics.

"Come on up here, sister!" Trump called out to a nun from the Little Sisters of the Poor. If that wasn't tonally off enough for the faithful, he later referred to "my cardinals."

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W. James Antle III

W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner, the former editor of The American Conservative, and author of Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?.