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In a recent interview with CBN, President Trump was asked if he believes God appointed him for the presidency, a claim that some evangelicals and political figures have made since the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

CBN News Political analyst David Brody covered several topics with the president, including his support of evangelicals and claims by some that he was chosen by God \u201cfor such a time as this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brody directly mentioned former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders<\/a> and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s previous assertions that God put Trump in the White House. He asked the president if he believed those statements were true.<\/p>\n

While he did not directly respond to the question, he did mention that Dr. Ben Carson had made a similar assertion when he was running against him in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd [Ben] said to me, \u2018you know, you\u2019re gonna win,\u2019\u201d Trump said. \u201cI said, \u2018Ben, I\u2019m running against you. What are you telling me?\u2019 He said, \u2018you\u2019re going to win because God put you here for this occasion.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018what a lovely thing to say.\u2019 That was the first one that I heard from Ben Carson. And it was during the campaign, I was running against him, and he was saying, I\u2019m gonna win. He\u2019s a very high-quality guy. He\u2019s done a great job in the administration.\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

When Brody brought up the claim again about Trump being ordained by God, he responded, \u201cI almost don\u2019t even want to think about it. Because you know what, all I\u2019m gonna do is, I hope it\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I\u2019m going to do is I\u2019m going to do my best. And part of what I\u2019m doing my best one is for the religious community beyond evangelical, evangelicals a very big part is very important to me,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n

The president then mentioned his gratitude for having the support of the late evangelist Billy Graham.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so honored when Franklin Graham said that his father voted for me. And that was something that Billy Graham has never announced, who he was voting for,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Franklin Graham said his father voted for me. He went public with it. As you know, to me, that was a big moment because I have such respect for Franklin and for the family, and Billy Graham is really great,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Do you believe God appointed Trump for the presidency?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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