In a recent interview with Dr. Phil McGraw, former President Donald Trump peppered his responses with references to God and faith, urging Christians to vote for him and falsely claiming that operatives for the Democratic Party tamper with American elections.
Donald Trump: ‘It Has To Be God’
When McGraw asked Trump why he thinks he “was spared” from death when a would-be assassin nearly took his life in July, Trump said that “there had to be some great power.”
“The only thing I can think [of] is that God loves our country and thinks we’re going to bring our country back. He wants to bring it back,” Trump said. “It’s so bad right now, what’s happening, when you look at the crime, the horrible things that are happening inside our country. And it can be solved. It can be solved fairly quickly.”
“It has to be God,” Trump added, referring again to his brush with death.
When McGraw asked if Trump believes he was spared because he had more work to do, Trump replied, “Well, God believes that, I guess. We’ll have to see.”
Trump then claimed falsely that he won the 2020 presidential election, a lie he has repeated consistently for the past four years.
If he is elected in November, Trump said it “would really serve to say that there’s some incredible power up there that wanted me to be involved in saving—and maybe it’s more than saving the nation. Maybe it’s saving the world.”
Speaking about the election, Trump said that he doesn’t know Kamala Harris personally but then added, “She’s a Marxist.” He also referred to her as “the worst vice president” in American history.
Donald Trump Alleges Voter Fraud in California
Later in the interview, Trump again alleged that Democrats tamper with elections.
“For instance, I look at California,” he said. “I gave a speech—I had crowds so big. I said, ‘There’s no way I could lose California.’ But automatically they mark it down, if you’re a Republican, as a loss.”
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Trump earned only 34.32% of the vote in California in 2020 and 31.62% in 2016. The last Republican presidential candidate to win California was George H.W. Bush, who garnered 51.13% of the vote in 1988. In the last four presidential elections, the Democratic candidate has won more than 60% of the vote in California.
