What does this have to do with America?

I am a big believer in covenants of believers with God at a national level as well: the old pre-apartheid Afrikaners with their Die Geloftetag or the Tongans with their royal proclamation that their homeland belongs to Jesus Christ alone or America with the pilgrims or the Cape Henry declaration in Virginia.
But, as happens in all human societies, the descendants enjoy peace and prosperity and become more attuned to their fleshly desire than the things of God. In the Old Testament, God warned Israel what would happen if they forgot Him and went after idols.

America is no different. Those who are Christian (sincerely and not out of social convenience or community context) are a minority. Our churches are to blame for this because they no longer teach personal holiness. So churches have evolved to becoming "affirming" institutions who are careful not to preach conviction of sin with Holy Spirit unction (as opposed to emotional abuse/manipulation). They are places where people primarily in pursuit of social justice objectives are comfortable because they will seldom if ever be confronted with the need to personally repent of their own sins before God. The early evangelicals such as Wesley and Whitefield did preach such repentance. And periodic revival is necessary to refresh the church. I pray that out of the current turmoil in the US, a new revival across denominations will be born to bring people to Christ.

UTExan said:

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I am a big believer in covenants of believers with God at a national level as well: the old pre-apartheid Afrikaners with their Die Geloftetag or the Tongans with their royal proclamation that their homeland belongs to Jesus Christ alone or America with the pilgrims or the Cape Henry declaration in Virginia.
But, as happens in all human societies, the descendants enjoy peace and prosperity and become more attuned to their fleshly desire than the things of God. In the Old Testament, God warned Israel what would happen if they forgot Him and went after idols.

America is no different. Those who are Christian (sincerely and not out of social convenience or community context) are a minority. Our churches are to blame for this because they no longer teach personal holiness. So churches have evolved to becoming "affirming" institutions who are careful not to preach conviction of sin with Holy Spirit unction (as opposed to emotional abuse/manipulation). They are places where people primarily in pursuit of social justice objectives are comfortable because they will seldom if ever be confronted with the need to personally repent of their own sins before God. The early evangelicals such as Wesley and Whitefield did preach such repentance. And periodic revival is necessary to refresh the church. I pray that out of the current turmoil in the US, a new revival across denominations will be born to bring people to Christ.

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I don't think the word "covenant" is appropriate to use here. Countries can certainly dedicate themselves to God at a national level. There are plenty of officially Christian nations across the world. However, "covenants" are mutual agreements between two active parties were obligations, responsibilities and benefits are set. So we have the Noahide Covenant, the Abrahamic Covenant, the Mosaic Covenant, the New Covenant, and various other smaller covenants like the one God made with the Rechabites. You'll notice that in every instance God is the one initiating the covenant, making the promises, and setting the terms of the agreement. None of these people or nations went to God with covenant terms and then He accepted it. It's always a unilateral act of grace that we can accept or refuse.

None of that applies to the US or any other modern country. God has not come to any modern nation and offered them a covenant. As a Christian I think it's fantastic when countries dedicate themselves to God and Christian principles, but let's not puff ourselves up by claiming we have some sort of unique "covenant" with God