On November 13, 2024, a Georgian Facebook account shared a video from Donald Trump’s speech at Turning Point Action’s Believers’ Summit. The video was accompanied by the caption: “Donald Trump: ‘I’m not a Christian”.
Another Georgian Facebook account shared the video alongside several photos of President Donald Trump.The post includes a variety of images and footage featuring Trump in different contexts, such as official meetings and public appearances, and photos of Trump with Jewish leaders and at religious events.In this case, they assert that Donald Trump is Jewish rather than a conservative politician.
In the upper left corner of the video, a Masonic symbol is visible, which has been used to link the footage to a Jewish, “satanic event”.
How many of you think a servant of Satan and Jew Trump is a conservative???!!! – says the caption of those visuals.
Visuals of Trump shared online are accompanied with incorrect and misleading captions. The first video comes from an authentic speech delivered by Trump on July 26, 2024, during the Believers’ Summit hosted by Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Florida. During the speech, some individuals interpreted his words as “I am not a Christian” instead of “I am a Christian.” However, international media outlets have quoted him as saying, “I am a Christian”.
The second video depicts Donald Trump receiving an honorary degree during a ceremony at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and the masonic symbol is added using editing programs.
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The first video – context of Trump’s Speech
In his speech at Turning Point Action’s Believers’ Summit on July 26, 2024, Trump was addressing his Christian supporters and urging them to vote in the upcoming election. This statement can be found at approximately 1:02:58 in the video of the event.
Here is the relevant portion of his remarks:
Donald Trump: “And again, Christians get out and vote, just this time.
You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed. It’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.
I love you, Christians. I’m/m’not a Christian. I love you. Get out. You gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.”
In the speech Trump’s words could be interpreted as, “I’m not a Christian,” but this does not align with previous words and also consistent self-identification as a Christian. Trump has made numerous public declarations affirming his Christian faith. In the speech, most probably he meant:
“I love you, Christians. I’m a Christian. I love you. Get out, you gotta get out and vote.”
It’s plausible that he either misspoke, slurred his words, or the audio quality led to a misunderstanding.
Reuters, Poynter, Skynews also reviewed Trump’s remarks at Turning Point Action’s Believers’ Summit on July 26, 2024. All international media quotes Trump saying “I am a Christian” instead of “I am not a Christian”.
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Trump as a “Servant of a Satan”
A Georgian Facebook account shared the video alongside several photos of President Donald Trump. In the upper left corner of the video, a Masonic symbol is visible, which has been added using editing programs to falsely link the footage to a Jewish, “satanic event”. However, the video actually depicts Donald Trump receiving an honorary degree during a ceremony at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. This degree was conferred in 2010 to recognize Trump’s contributions to business and enterprise, particularly his development projects in Scotland.
| Fabricated Version – Trump at the Jewish Event | Authentic version – Donald Trump receiving an honorary degree during a ceremony at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen
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The degree was later revoked in 2015, after Trump made controversial remarks about Muslims, which the university stated were “wholly incompatible” with its core values. The inclusion of the Masonic symbol appears to be a deliberate attempt to mislead viewers and distort the context of the event. The actual ceremony has no connection to the alleged claims being circulated.
The photos of his meetings with Jewish leaders and attendance at events are legitimate but unrelated to the claims. Some of the images, however, depict a delegation of rabbis from the Lubavitch-Chabad movement visiting President Trump in the Oval Office on March 27, 2018. Other images show President Trump attending a memorial event with Orthodox Jews in New York on October 7, 2024, commemorating the first anniversary of the October 7 attack in Israel.
Turan Mammadrzayev
Myth Detector Laboratory
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