Mike Pompeo, currently Secretary Of State, is a big disappointment to me. He is said to have graduated as valedictorian of his High School class and first in his class at West Point and Harvard Law School; however, that is hard to tell from his actions since he first joined the Trump Administration as Director of the CIA.
Prior to joining the Trump Administration, Pompeo served six undistinguished years in congress. Since joining the Trump administration, Pompeo has become an unbelievable Trump "a@@ kisser" with "over the top" comments about Trump's relation to God.
Pompeo, an evangelical Christian who keeps an open Bible on his desk, now says it’s possible that God raised up Trump as a modern Queen Esther, the Biblical figure who convinced the King of Persia to spare the Jewish people.*
Pompeo is not alone. There is the King of Israel bit:
But perhaps one of Trump’s most disturbing steps came Wednesday, when the president, who claims to be a Christian, tweeted quotes of and therefore validated radio host Wayne Allyn Root’s words that “the Jewish people love [Trump] … like he’s the King of Israel. They love him like he is the second coming of God.”**
And televangelist, Jim Baker, had to get into the act:
During the broadcast, [Jim]Bakker noted that he prayed to God asking Him why the current climate is as hostile as it is.
According to the televangelist, God answered him by pointing to the book of Revelation. Bakker said God told him “you are in Revelation, Chapter 6,” which speaks of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. According to the End Times prepper, God told him that the first horse of the Apocalypse [Donald Trump] is beginning to ride on the earth.**
It even gets into the NYT.
As journalist Katherine Stewart, who covers the religious right, explained in a New York Times article last December, the gist of the white evangelical view of Trump is "that he is a miracle sent straight from heaven to bring the nation back to the Lord" and "that resistance to Mr. Trump is tantamount to resistance to God."***
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"God called King David a man after God’s own heart even though he was an adulterer and a murderer," [Evangetlist Jerry] Falwell [Jr.] said in 2016, defending his choice to endorse Trump. "You have to choose the leader that would make the best king or president and not necessarily someone who would be a good pastor."
After hearing such things, no wonder Trump refers to himself as "The chosen one" though now he says it was a joke.** But others feel he wasn't joking.***
He quite clearly believes himself to be a great man of history. "It is much easier to act presidential than what we are doing here tonight, believe me," Trump told an audience in 2017. "With the exception of the late, great Abraham Lincoln, I can be more presidential than any president that's ever held this office." He's also compared himself favorably to George Washington when it comes to appointing judges.
"We'll have more judges put on than any other president other than one," Trump said in an interview with Hill.TV. "Do you know who the one is? George Washington. Percentage wise." ****
* https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/26/mike-pompeo-the-secretary-of-trump\
** https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/08/22/im-an-evangelist-trump-voter-trump-second-coming-god-is-blasphemous/
https://wava.com/movies/blogs/religion-today-blog/end-time-prepper-jim-bakker-proclaims-god-sent-donald-trump-to-prepare-the-church-for-the-rapture
*** https://www.salon.com/2019/08/22/evangelicals-told-trump-he-was-chosen-by-god-now-he-says-it-himself/
**** https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/21/politics/donald-trump-chosen-one/index.html
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/30/donald-trump-evangelicals-god-1294578
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