Evangelical biographers omitted Trump’s draft deferment while celebrating his military schooling

Evidence

The authors neglected to mention Trump’s draft deferment, but they made much of his attendance at the New York Military Academy as a high school student, where he came under the authority of a WWII vet, “a regular George Patton” whose style was reminiscent of the opening scene in the movie Full Metal Jacket. Trump adored General Patton and General MacArthur, they made clear. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 610

Categorization

• SEED: The selective omission of a draft deferment while foregrounding military academy attendance is a clean example of how evangelical biographers performed warrior-masculinity accreditation for Trump — usable in an essay on how the movement retroactively manufactured military credentials.