This article examines twentieth century Hmong messianic movements as a transpacific political theology. The central thesis contends that failed messianisms of twentieth century Hmong in Vietnam and Laos do not signal the death of Hmong messianism but its transmutation into Hmong American contexts. The essay has three movements: (1) descriptive messianisms, (2) failed messianisms, and (3) contemporary messianisms. In descriptive messianisms, I offer anthropological and historical accounts of Hmong messianism. The dialectic of the political state broker and the messianic figure emerge as key tropes. In assessing failed messianisms, I draw from Walter Benjamin’s notion of the Messianic that is tensive with world history. That messianic movements persist despite their failure points negatively to their eschatological horizon. To posit contemporary messianisms, I employ a transpacific method unveiling messianism’s transmutations from Asia to America. This section contends that the logic of messianism remains operative in new forms as "secularized theological concepts."