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All the president’s clergymen: A close look at Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ ties with evangelicals

Related Topics: Evangelicalism, Donald Trump

Washington • The invitation was unexpected. Would any of the preachers and pastors and other religious leaders, who had come to hear the administration’s views on issues they cared about, like to meet POTUS in person?

A number of them fumbled with their iPhones to get them selfie-ready as they made their way to the Oval Office. And when they filed in, President Donald Trump greeted them warmly.

A little while later, the crowd gathered round the president. Some laid a hand on him for a prayer that led the participant recalling the episode, Tony Suarez, to feel as though “the anointing of the Holy Spirit was in that room.