Some scholars see Trump years adding to problems abroad for LDS Church

There’s an old saying that in order to be converted to the message, you have to be converted to the messenger.So David Erland Isaksen, an assistant professor in business communication at the University of South-Eastern Norway and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, worries his Utah-based faith is having a harder time attracting converts abroad in an era when the U.S. government is withdrawing from alliances, stifling immigration and failing to control COVID-19.&ldq