Report links white Christian nationalist figures to new Trump banking order

A Substack analysis by Unholy Ground hosts Andra Watkins and Sam Osterhout traces ties between white Christian nationalist activists and the policy push behind a proposed Donald Trump executive banking order. The piece documents overlaps between that network and Trump’s Freedom 250 effort, noting House Speaker Mike Johnson will speak at the May 17 Rededicate 250 event and that sponsors include Mastercard and United Airlines. The report quotes Rep. Jared Huffman saying, "Christian nationalists, including Johnson, are zeroed in on defeating democracy" and "violence is a feature, not a bug" of the movement. The authors argue those organizational links show the banking order stems from a political religious agenda, raising potential legal and political challenges as the order advances.