Megachurch Pastor Says Trump Has God's Approval to Start Nuclear War

Comments by president's spiritual advisor sparks condemnation amid "fire and fury" threats against North Korea

byJake Johnson, staff writer



"After President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and fury" on Tuesday, many began to worry about the prospect of nuclear war.

Not Texas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress.

Shortly following the president's remarks, Jeffress—who is also one of Trump's "evangelical advisers"—released a statement declaring that "God has given Trump authority to take out Kim Jong-un," the leader of North Korea.

Jeffress went on to say he is "heartened to see that our president...will not tolerate any threat against the American people."

"When President Trump draws a red line, he will not erase it, move it, or back away from it," Jeffress concluded. "Thank God for a president who is serious about protecting our country."

The Washington Post notes that Jeffress became convinced Trump would become president after "sharing Wendy's cheeseburgers" with him in Iowa. Jeffress has said he believes God chose Trump for the job, and he has repeatedly invoked religious authority to justify Trump's policies, including the proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Jeffress's North Korea comments prompted backlash on social media..."


https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/09/megachurch-pastor-says-trump-has-gods-approval-start-nuclear-war

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God told me last week that tax exemptions for Church real estate should be removed. I asked him why..........he said so jerks like this do not turn churches into political organizations which are tax free, and made a reference to Matthew six. He told me that if people read matthew six there would be no such thing as Mega Churches and loud mouthed hypocrites.

Nuclear war is an important part of Dominionist ideology, so it's not too surprising. This guy's an end-times lunatic.

Pence is a huge Dominionist, which is why we're still in big trouble even after the country wises up and boots Generalissimo Cheeto out of office. Not that he's actually in office in any real way. For the past 7 months or so, America has essentially not had a president.

Pence is far more evil than Trump. He sits in Colombia today and criticizes the press on their anger over him being ambivalent toward the nazis by not calling them out specifically, yet almost all Republican leadership have been very specific about what is evil.....the party of Lincoln having Pence and Trump......there is an earthquake in Springfield Illinois as Lincoln rolls in his grave. I am at the point that I want President Trump to make it to 2020 because the alternative is measurably more sneaky evil and harmful than bozo the clown. Bozo will win more seats in the house for reasonable people, and will further distant the American people from this hatred.

Well the Koreans with Russian backing and technology are going to launch more missiles. Bet on it. President Trump is their mole in our government and another totally unnecessary war which drains our national coffers and renders us a paper tiger is exactly the Russian strategy. This is not that difficult to understand.

There is a simple solution. Sign a peace agreement which removes 90% of Americans from the Korean Peninsula. The Chinese promise nuclear response to a first strike against the North Koreans and the North Koreans open their doors to dismantle their nuclear program. However, the Russians want none of it. They need a weakened America to reclaim the old soviet footprint.