Certain Evangelical leaders friendly to Donald Trump recently prayed over the president. Photographs of the event emerged, and the image presented a visceral image of the presidency being cloaked in the mantle of certain sectors of Evangelical Christianity friendly to the President's ideals and image. Dubbed "Court Evangelicals" by Messiah College professor John Fea, these religious leaders argue that Trump is--or is becoming--a Christian man worthy of emulation.
Hanging over the praying ministers was a portrait of the president Trump claims to admire most: Andrew Jackson.
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