{"podcast":{"title":"Max Blumenthal","slug":"max-blumenthal-7221462","podcast_index_feed_id":7221462,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/474765.rss","website_url":"https://thegrayzone.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/474765/67af4a47ab02717f4cdf1a11ad71784d.jpg","author":"The Grayzone","episode_count":486,"summary":"Independent news and investigative journalism on politics and empire","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T08:17:44.715907+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/max-blumenthal-7221462"},"episode":{"title":"'God chose Trump': president reads Scripture at MAGA Bible marathon","slug":"god-chose-trump-president-reads-scripture-at-maga-bible-marathon","published_at":"2026-04-22T19:57:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/max-blumenthal-7221462/god-chose-trump-president-reads-scripture-at-maga-bible-marathon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/max-blumenthal-7221462","url":"https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/god-chose-trump-president-reads-scripture","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195165523/9ed21fc8eb2027015adc8d9ac4f0ea11.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"By Max Blumenthal Max Blumenthal gained entrance to a gathering of evangelical Christian Trump supporters called America Reads The Bible. Hosted at hosted…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":389,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/max-blumenthal-7221462/episodes/god-chose-trump-president-reads-scripture-at-maga-bible-marathon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/max-blumenthal-7221462/god-chose-trump-president-reads-scripture-at-maga-bible-marathon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}