Mike Huckabee is an ordained Southern Baptist pastor, a MAGA zealot and a Christian Zionist who believes that God gave the Holy Land (including the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights) to the Jews, and that Palestinians have no rights in Israel. He claims to have visited the country more than 100 times and taken at least 10,000 people there on tours.
President Donald Trump appointed Huckabee ambassador to Israel to solidify his support with his evangelical base. In his role as ambassador Huckabee sent Trump a text urging the America First president to put Israel first and bomb Iran.
He begins by appealing to Trump’s narcissism: “God spared you in Butler, PA to be the most consequential President in a century—maybe ever.” Evangelicals share Huckabee’s belief that God spared the life of a pathological liar, serial adulterer, abuser of women and blatant racist, while ignoring a firefighter who died shielding his family from gunfire.
“You have many voices speaking to you Sir, but there is only ONE voice that matters. HIS voice.” Trump may have many voices speaking to him, but they are all telling him what they think he wants to hear. As for “HIS voice”, anyone who claims to know the mind of God, or who claims that the Almighty spoke to him is delusional, a liar, or simply full of shit.
“I am your appointed servant in this land and am available for you but I do not try to get in your presence often because I trust your instincts.” Such obsequiousness, Huckabee acts like a supplicant who doesn’t think he’s worthy of being in the presence of his orange messiah.
“You sent me to Israel to be your eyes, ears and voice and to make sure our flag flies above our embassy. My job is to be the last one to leave. I will not abandon this post. Our flag will NOT come down! You did not seek this moment. This moment sought YOU!”
Huckabee makes a mockery of Christianity and dishonors the flag of the United States. It’s tragic that Trump is the commander-in-chief in this pivotal moment in the tragic history of the Middle East.