A rare evangelical attack on Trump ... a prominent magazine describing it as morally damaging and calls for his isolation

An evangelical Christian magazine sparked a storm of controversy when it deviated from the general evangelical context in support of US President Donald Trump, and said he was morally unworthy of staying in the White House, supporting measures to remove him from office.

A day after the US House of Representatives voted last Wednesday in favor of Trump's trial in the Senate to isolate him, Christianity Today (Christianity Today) published an editorial entitled "Trump should be removed."

The magazine - which distributes 130,000 copies per day - said that sometimes she has to clarify her opinion on political issues, as she did twenty years ago when Democratic President Bill Clinton was tried for his lie in relation to the scandal of his relationship with the trainee in the White House Monica Lewinsky.

"The facts in this case are unambiguous," wrote wrote the magazine's editor-in-chief Mark Ghali, referring to Trump's attempt to pressure Ukraine to open an investigation against his potential rival in the 2020 Democratic election Joe Biden.

"The president of the United States tried to use his political authority to coerce a foreign leader to harass and defame a political opponent of the president," Ghali said, adding that "this is not only a violation of the constitution, but - and most importantly - is largely immoral."

Trump's morals
The magazine dealt with Trump's behavior in general and said that he "recognized unethical acts in the field of business and his relationship with women, and he is still proud of them."

"His tweets on Twitter alone - with his usual chain of misconduct, lies and slander - are an almost typical example of a lost and morally disorganized human."

The magazine described the debate among Trump's critics on whether he should be removed by trial or by upcoming elections as "a matter of good governance" over matters. And I concluded that "the matter of his isolation - in our belief - is not related to partisan loyalties, but rather to loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments."

Trump replies
The article provoked Trump and a number of leaders of the evangelical Christian community who went out to respond to the magazine. In a series of tweets, Trump accused the magazine of being an "extreme leftist".

"The truth is that no president has ever done what it did to evangelists or religion itself," the president wrote on Twitter. He added that the magazine "prefer a president other than Donald Trump who is a leftist, unbelieving leftist who wants to rob you of your religion and your guns."

The magazine was founded by the prominent Christian preacher Billy Graham who died last year, but the Graham family is no longer associated with the magazine.

His son Franklin Graham is also an influential evangelical leader and strong supporter of Trump, and he has also denounced the magazine.

Evangelical response
"Yes, my father, Billy Graham, founded the magazine," Graham said on his Facebook page. "But he wouldn't have agreed to this article, but would have been very disappointed."

"My father knew Donald Trump, he believed in him, and he voted for him ... He believed that Donald Trump was the man of the hour at this time in the history of our nation."

For the magazine, Graham added, "standing beside the Democratic Party in a purely partisan attack on the President of the United States is incomprehensible." He added, "It is clear that the magazine has moved to the left and represents the elite liberal wing of evangelicals."

Another prominent evangelical leader, Jerry Falwell, Jr. has published a series of tweets to support Trump.

Trump's re-election campaign also announced plans to organize a rally under the slogan "Evangelists for Trump" in Miami on January 3.

Trump enjoys strong support from white evangelical Christians, but a poll conducted by "Fox News" last October showed a decline in the percentage of his supporters in those circles from 81% in the 2016 elections to about 70% at the present time.

For his part, the editor-in-chief of "Christianity Today" rejected the president's description of the magazine as "an extreme leftist", and told CNN news that "most people consider us a beautiful central magazine in the evangelical world."

An appeal to Christians
The magazine addressed Trump's loyal supporters of evangelical Christians and said, "To many evangelists who continue to support Mr. Trump despite his black-and-white moral record, we can say this: Remember who you are and who you serve ... Think about your defense of Mr. Trump, how it affects your testimony in front of your master." And your Savior. "

Ghali acknowledged that Trump won the satisfaction of evangelical society with his decisions and policies related to abortion and religious freedom, but in this case he likened evangelists to a woman who lives with a husband who offends her, although he does not fail to support her.