How President Donald Trump’s death brush turned his faith into fire

It’s Holy Weekand President Donald Trump is leaning hard on the belief that he was chosen to do so, not just lead the country.

With new spiritual enthusiasm and talent for providence drama, Trump is like that He weaves his personal faith into the structure of the presidency, particularly after surviving last year’s attempts to assassinate.

“I believe my life was saved that day with Butler for very good reasons,” he declared in his speech last month to a joint session of Congress. “I was saved by God to make America great again. I believe in it.”

That’s the sentiment that is central to Trump’s second season. Trump reflected more personally at the National Prayer Breakfast in February. “It changed something in me, I feel, I feel even stronger.

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According to Trump, it wasn’t just a lucky turn for the head – it was God’s intervention. He looked towards the charts at just the right moment, as he says it.

“God did that. I mean, it had to be,” he said.

Even Trump’s loyal son and hunting enthusiast Don Jr. rang.

“He said the chance of disappearance from that distance was like missing a foot putt. There had to be someone who saved you, and I think I know who it was,” Don Jr. said, and he looked up. ”

Trump often believes in fostering Presbyterians by instilling his early sense of morality. At the 2024 National Faith Summit, he attended Sunday School, saw the Billy Graham Crusade, recalling that he was a venerable Scottish mother and a “very strong” father raised by his “hearted” father.

“I was blessed to be raised in a church home… and that faith lives on in my heart every day,” Trump added.

He argues that the foundation is important not only to the soul of the nation, but also to the soul of the country.

Over the past two years, Trump has repeatedly raised alarms about America’s mental decline.

Sitting with Fox News host in August 2024 Laura Ingrahamhe said frankly: “One of the reasons our country lost, everything, it’s lost so much – we don’t have religion to the same extent.”

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Trump often returns to his government role during the pandemic as a flashpoint.

“People weren’t even allowed to meet outside… they’d arrest everyone. They were fascists. They’re scary,” he said. “It was a very bad time for an organized religion, but religion, you know, it gives you some hope. Hey, if I’m good, I’ll go to heaven.”

He warned at the events of the Faith and Freedom Union in 2023. “Religion is diminishing in terms of importance and popularity. This is not a matter of popularity. We love God and want to protect ourselves. It keeps you honest. It keeps you kind.

From the White House podium to the crammed megachurch rally, Trump uses his presidency to defend religious freedom as the cornerstone of his leadership.

“As long as I am president, no one is going to stop you from practicing your faith or preaching what’s in your heart,” he said in his first term in 2017. And he has since reflected that promise.

“Faith encourages us to give us better, stronger, more compassionate. It’s time to stop our attacks on religion,” he said.

Trump has made international religious freedom a consistent part of his agenda. In an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) host David Brody in 2017, Trump focused on persecuted Christians.

“They have been treated horribly… if you were Syrian Christians At least it was impossible to enter the United States. We’re going to help them,” he said.

Trump continues to directly link America’s founding ideals to faith.

“Our Declaration of Independence declares that our rights are granted to us by our Creator,” he said in 2019 Prayer Dinner on Nation Day. “Every time we pledge our loyalty to the flag, we say that we are one nation under God.”

At the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast, he added: “Liberty is not a gift from the government, but that freedom is a gift from God. As long as we continue to have faith in each other and faith in God, America will flourish.”

Whether he’s reminiscing about his Sunday school memories or a bullet that missed “where it matters,” Trump’s message for 2025 is unmistakable. He believes he is not only leading the nation, but also fulfills God’s mission.

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“I enjoy a very wonderful relationship with God, a very great relationship with him, a very great relationship with evangelical Christian voters,” he told CNN host Jake Tupper in 2016.

Now, almost ten years later, it’s a bigger, more personal, and, in his view, a more positive message.

“It might have been mentioned (my hair),” he said of the assassin bullet. “But that’s not where you count.”

In Trump’s own words: “I believed in God…but now something has happened.”