Glenn Beck Reveals Who’s Really Behind The Religious Attacks On President Trump, Hegseth

For the past decade, President Trump has relied on traditional Christian conservatives as the base on which his populist platform continues to reshape a post-Obama America.

But in recent weeks, the faith of Trump and some of his top administration officials has come under attack. Specifically, a meme shared by the president and a paraphrased Bible verse recited by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have fueled religion-based attacks on both men and the Trump administration in general.

And radio host Glenn Beck says he’s uncovered proof that the backlash is all part of a much larger agenda.

Per TheBlaze:

Glenn brings in his executive producer, Rikki Ratliff-Fellman, who dug into the media controversy. According to her research, it’s “a Turkish psyop account and the Russian state media that are behind amplifying this noise about Pete Hegseth.”

“This whole thing went viral on X, and it appears to have started around a Turkish account and then became mainstream news reported by Variety, Independent, [and] other outlets,” she says.

Glenn immediately sees a pattern.

“We started the week with a viral post about Donald Trump not really being a Christian because, of course, he blasphemed Jesus,” he says, referencing Trump’s now-deleted AI-generated meme depicting him in white and red robes healing a sick person, which many interpreted as him equating himself to Jesus.

In response to this post, the Iranian Embassy in Tajikistan posted an AI-generated video showing a figure resembling Jesus Christ punching Donald Trump (depicted in the same flowing robes from his own recent AI “Jesus” image) and violently throwing him into a pit of lava/hell, complete with blood effects and dramatic narration. It went massively viral on social media, racking up millions of views.

Further, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned Trump’s post as the “desecration of Jesus, the prophet of peace and brotherhood.”

Putting all these things together, Glenn sees the big picture: “We are in a giant psyop right now.”

“You have to understand, the only way that Iran can win this war is if we tear each other apart — and Russia knows it, and China knows it,” he says.

Beck laid out the case in more detail on social media:

If you are celebrating this post, which is now at 20M views, you are doing propaganda work for the Iranian regime.

I explain the online war for our minds in the 2nd hour of radio.

Get the podcast later at https://t.co/POml4AD0dF. https://t.co/aNzkOrz4w7

— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) April 16, 2026

Foreign X accounts may be HEAVILY influencing Americans' perception of the war in Iran, according to new analysis.

Out of 1,000 viral English-language posts about the Iran conflict between Feb 28 and March 13, over HALF originated from OUTSIDE the United States. And 40 the top… pic.twitter.com/eBti4MiyWO

— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) March 27, 2026

Others have pointed out the lack of context surrounding some of the criticism against the Trump administration:

These people hate Trump so much, they will literally believe anything, including this psyop. The clip leaves out Hegseth explaining the quote. https://t.co/6uComp15eA

— SWFBeachBum (@SWFBeachBum) April 16, 2026

Even the far-left “fact-checkers” at Snopes acknowledged that crucial bit of information in its report, even though they couldn’t resist rating the video itself as “true”:

This video of Hegseth is real, as confirmed by the Department of Defense. His prayer during an April 15 service at the Pentagon closely resembled the fictionalized Bible verse that Winnfield recites in a “Pulp Fiction” scene just before he executes a crooked business partner of his mob boss. As such, we have rated the authenticity of this video and what it shows as true.

Hegseth did not introduce the prayer as a real Bible verse. During his speech, he said the lead mission planner for the “Sandy One” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission in Iran “delivered” the prayer to him “a couple of days ago.” The Defense Department has not released the name of the lead mission planner to the media.

“This prayer was recited by Sandy One, which is one of the Sandies, to all Sandies, all those A-10 crews prior to all CSAR missions, but especially this CSAR mission that happened in real time,” Hegseth said. “They call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17.” 

A “Sandy” is a military rescue escort team that puts themselves between a survivor being rescued and the enemy. “A-10” references the aircraft used by the Sandy teams during the Iran rescue mission. 

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Here’s a clip of Beck’s full comments on the topic:

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