Prosperity Gospel Apocalypse: Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker

1980s televangelist Jim Bakker is back in the news for his support of Donald Trump. Bakker claims that his backing was key to Trump's election and in August televangelist Paula White, who has appeared next to Trump at the White House, is scheduled to appear on Bakker's new television show. But Bakker's political turn is relatively recent. In the days leading up to the 1980 presidential election, when Bakker was in the process of becoming a television star, he flew on Air Force One with President Carter, visited the White House, and taped an interview with Ronald Reagan, but declined to endorse either candidate. Even now, Bakker's lack of political grounding is abundantly obvious.