This editorial essay is a work of political commentary based on the Bible’s Gospel. It is not a theological interpretation or religious critique, but a cultural examination of how authoritarian frameworks glorify power, obedience, and sacrifice while rejecting mercy, humility, and grace.

For nearly two thousand years, the Western world has told one story about Judas Iscariot. He was the ultimate betrayer, the man who sold out Jesus Christ for thirty silver coins.

But in the era of Trump and MAGA, where strength is virtue and mercy is weakness, the ancient roles begin to invert. What once read as betrayal now appears, through the warped mirror of authoritarian logic, as necessary obedience.

The villain has become the hero. Not because he changed, but because the values of the culture inv

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