Trump is really an atheist he unfortunately needed to pretend to be Christian because Republican party reps would have never allowed him to run...

Much the same as your monarchs , I suspect . England has had wars , over religion . Henry VIII , closed the Monasteries , his daughter Mary was strongly Catholic , and his daughter Elizabeth was Protestant . These three alone tore England apart . When Prince Charles discussed Camilla with your Queen Elizabeth II , even he brought up the fact that it is common for Kings to have mistresses . Basically , a man may be , "powerful, " rich , and famous , but he still needs a bunch of women to confirm that for him . When it comes to religion , the people want the delusion that their leaders will adhere to supposed religious ethics . It's all an allusion .

It appears from here that a lot of European countries are just a lot more grown up than the US. America is like that kid in high school who was too good looking, with too much money, and was usually a complete dick.

I don't think in America a person can be elected that doesn't give at least give lip service to Christianity. It's about getting elected. Trump is obviously lying and his supporters are pretending to believe him. I wouldn't care either way as long as he doesn't try and force America to be a Christian nation in violation of the Constitution. I'm more offended by him being a lying, dishonest sack than anything else.

I suspect there have been some non-believers if not atheists. Politicians say whatever it takes to get votes.

It won't happen in my lifetime. Yes, Christianity has a strangle hold on this country. It is insane for a country founded on religious freedom and a constitution that specifically separates church and state to have this problem

Years down the road we may have an openly atheist or agnostic president, but not anytime soon. Christians still make up a large percentage of the voter base. I don't think a non-christian will get elected any time soon either (except maybe a person of the Jewish faith) but muslim, buddist, etc, is right along side with atheists and agnostics. But someday, it will happen.

Unfortunately the believers do have the power over our government until something changes and more people vote based on humanist beliefs.