# Trump administration ‘destroying’ US democracy with ‘autocratic, terrorist version of Christian nationalism’

https://mins.news/en/item/110301

- France 24, 2026-10-21 22:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20261021-trump-admin-destroying-us-democracy-with-autocratic-terrorist-version-of-christian-nationalism

> François Picard hosts former US Assistant Secretary of Defense Jim Townsend and former Air Force officer Michael (Mikey) Weinstein, founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. They offer a stark assessment of US foreign and defence policy, discussing reported restrictions on Ukraine’s Starlink access, the Trump administration’s overtures to Vladimir Putin and controversy over religious ideology in the Pentagon.

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