President Donald Trump was recently asked in an interview if he believes that he was appointed to the office of the presidency by God “for such a time as this.”
On Monday, CBN News Political Analyst David Brody sat down to discussed a myriad of topics with the President, including his support from evangelicals and claims by some that he was chosen by God for the presidency.
In the interview, Brody noted that former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have both asserted that God put Trump in the White House. He then asked the president if he believed that to be true.
Trump skirted around the question but noted that Dr. Ben Carson had expressed the same sentiment to him while he was running against him in the 2016 Presidential election.
“And he said to me, ‘you know, you’re gonna win,’” Trump said, quoting Carson. “I said, ‘Ben, I’m running against you. What are you telling me?’ He said, ‘you’re going to win because God put you here for this occasion.’”
“I said, ‘what a lovely thing to say.’ 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’m gonna win. He’s a very high-quality guy. He’s done a great job in the administration.” Trump told Brody.
When asked again if he bought into the idea of being…
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