US Christian right celebrates after prophecy of Trump win comes to pass

At a Republican watch party early Tuesday evening in the Milwaukee suburbs, Dimitra Anderson, a 64-year-old bellydancer, clutched her boa constrictor – a pet that travels with her everywhere – and issued a confident proclamation: “I’m ecstatic because I believe he’s going to win in a tidal wave.”

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The night was young, no swing states had been called yet, but Anderson, who describes herself as a born-again believer, had been following the preachings of the self-styled prophets of the Christian right. They were saying Trump would win.

And they were right.

After a narrow electoral defeat in 2020 and two assassination attempts in 2024, Trump has emerged victorious – an event that Christian nationalists are celebrating as a critical win for their movement.