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An old clip of President Trump’s spiritual advisor Paula White-Cain making bold claims about the spiritual climate of the White House has resurfaced and gone viral. In the clip, White-Cain was speaking during a sermon in February 2026 at the Unleashed 2026 Conference in Apopka, Florida. White-Cain preached on 1 Timothy 6:12, which states, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.” She cited her own experiences offering spiritual advice to the White House’s top brass and the world-changing decisions that are made from the Oval Office.

“There are decisions that are being made that I literally tremble in fear when I have to go brief the president or do something with Secretary Rubio or chief of staff [Susie Wiles] because I recognize what will be done, what will be said in meetings will not just impact five, 10 people,” she said. “Millions, nations, millions of people; how their outcome will be, how their life will turn here.” She made comparisons of herself fighting in a spiritual arena against spiritual forces comparable to boxing greats Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Muhammad Ali, where “my ear’s about to get bit off and my toes about to be broke.” “Now, you think, in reality, every day is a dream life for me? It’s absolute hell hounding you in every way you could ever imagine and not imagine,” she said. White-Cain cited calling prayer intercessors throughout the world whenever big decisions are being made through the White House.

Comments on the clip speculated on what kinds of decisions White-Cain could be referring to, with some wondering if she was preparing for the release of information on UFOs that indicates they are part of demonic forces. Others, however, were more skeptical, with some calling White-Cain a demon or a modern-day Rasputin. White-Cain remains a controversial figure in the Trump administration, even amongst his supporters. For some of his more conservative Christian supporters, many question having a woman “preacher” as a spiritual advisor when many consider the position to be exclusively for men. Others question White-Cain’s millionaire status and questionable personal life, including multiple marriages and accusations of adultery. “Paula White is the false teacher and scandal-riddled head pastrix of City of Dreams church,” Protestia wrote of White-Cain last year. “She’s been rubbing shoulders with NAR ne’er do wells for decades now and absorbing and parroting back tall tales, vision from God, prophetic utterance, and every wacky theology to come down the pike and from the mumbled mind of charismatic misfits.”

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