Trump's plan to colonise Gaza echoes failed 19th-century American missions

If Protestantism - both before and after Max Weber's seminal book on the topic - came to be identified as the poster religion of capitalism, then US President Donald Trump has always been a convert.

A former Presbyterian, he now identifies as a "non-denominational Christian" and rarely attends church services but surrounds himself with evangelical Protestants. Indeed, a majority of white American evangelical Protestants view him as "fighting for their beliefs".

In his restored capacity as the grand missionary of American capitalism and imperialism since his recent return to the White House, Trump has made several missionary declarations and announced a number of policies to advance American capitalism.

These include, but are not limited to, the sought-after imperial territorial expansion of the United States through the power of money or military force.

Trump's capitalist evangelical plan to steal and colonise Gaza, however, is not the first American project to establish colonies in Palestine.

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