# 'God chose Trump': president reads Scripture at MAGA Bible marathon

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Podcast: [Max Blumenthal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/max-blumenthal-7221462)
Published: 2026-04-22T19:57:12+00:00
Episode link: https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/god-chose-trump-president-reads-scripture
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## Resource

By Max Blumenthal Max Blumenthal gained entrance to a gathering of evangelical Christian Trump supporters called America Reads The Bible. Hosted at hosted at Washington DC's Museum of Bible, the week-long Bible-reading marathon featured members of Congress, cabinet secretaries and pastors reciting carefully curated sections of scripture before what's left of the MAGA faithful. Despite not identifying as a Christian and his notorious past and present as a sinner, Trump was the star of the show, reading from Chronicles 7:11.Blumenthal asked participants about the significance of Trump's reading, and whether they believed he was a divine instrument. He also probed their views about everything from the Iran war to Israel's destruction of Christian communities in southern Lebanon. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.com/subscribe

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