Donald Trump is the Chosen One. That's the Problem.

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Apr 9, 2025 · 4m

This week, I was talking with a Trump supporter who claims to be Christian, and I brought up the inhumanity of indiscriminate I.C.E abductions, baseless mass deportations, and unrepentant abuse of immigrants. He dodged it all by reiterating a recurring MAGA theme guiding his continued support: Providence.

"This is God's doing," he said very matter-of-factly. "Trump has been chosen by God."

Well, he was half right anyway.

He has been chosen by someone—and it's a national tragedy.

As I think about the people I know who have tethered themselves to this President, many professing a faith in…