Facebook Twitter Pinterest Liberty University students wait for the arrival of Donald Trump during a campaign rally in 2016. Liberty University was another of Falwell Sr’s projects, founded with a mission to train “champions for Christ”. In 2007, when Falwell Jr took over the leadership of the university, it was on the verge of financial disaster. A second question is whether Falwell’s downfall will have an impact on Trump’s white evangelical base. According to Sarah Posner, the author of Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump, Falwell’s influence has been overestimated.

Source: The Guardian August 28, 2020 08:48 UTC