Trump Is Unhinged
August 26, 2025
Emperor Trump just issued an executive order against flag burning. This will appeal to Christian Nationalists and “God and Country” Christians who adore Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” I will not be writing anything about this because I already have—back in 2020: “Donald Trump, Flag Burning, and the First Amendment.”
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
C-SPAN: Fascinating Program on the Writings of H. L. Mencken