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Trump and the politics of the Messiah

No, according to some of his most loyal evangelical Christian supporters, but one could see how he might get the idea that he is here to save the world.

On Wednesday morning, Trump tweeted a long quote from an admirer who claimed that Israeli Jews love the president like “the King of Israel” and that he is the “second coming of God.”

The comments — from libertarian talk show host Wayne Allyn Root, known for his support of conspiracy theories — were an apparent attempt to defend the president after he said the day before that American Jews who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.