So that might be one example of how they would talk about it. And he's fulfilling America's destiny or restoring it as a Christian nation. So God chose Donald Trump, who, you know, seems very unlikely to be our Christian favorite or an unlikely leader for us, but there's a reason that God chose him. So some people will say, sometimes God just chooses an unlikely leader to lead a country at a very critical moment in its history. It's such a common belief in the Christian right that Trump has somehow been chosen by God. POSNER: It really depends on who's speaking. GROSS: So for the Christian leaders who are saying that Trump has been anointed by God, what are they using to explain that to justify that statement? These are people who appear in the book who very much believe that Donald Trump is anointed by God, or the phraseology that some people would use is that God's hand is on him. There are some other less-well-known figures who helped perpetuate this idea that Donald Trump has been chosen by God - Lance Wallnau, Frank Amedia. So Paula White, Ralph Reed, who leads the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Robert Jeffress, who's a prominent megachurch pastor in Dallas. There are others outside of that particular circle who kind of filter in and out. SARAH POSNER: Well, there are a number of people around Trump and his evangelical advisory board, people like Paul White, who you've mentioned in your intro.
Who are Christian leaders who believe that? Your book is subtitled "Why Evangelicals Worship At The Altar Of Donald Trump." That may sound like hyperbole, but you've actually spoken to people who believe that Trump was chosen by God to lead. She's currently a reporting fellow with Type Investigations, which was formerly known as The Nation Institute. Sarah Posner is a journalist who writes about the intersection of religion and politics and has covered the Christian right for about 15 years. Trump's spiritual adviser, Paula White, is a prosperity preacher. Why has the Christian right embraced Donald Trump, whose values and lifestyle seem at odds with the values espoused by Christian right leaders? That's the question that Sarah Posner tries to answer in her new book "Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship At The Altar Of Donald Trump." Her previous book, "God's Profits" - that's profits as in P-R-O-F-I-T-S - is about prosperity preachers.
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