(USA Today) – In an interview on Wednesday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she believes that God wanted Donald Trump to be president. Talking with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Sanders offered her thoughts on a wide array of topics, including immigration, a border wall, the White House press briefings and how real estate mogul Donald Trump ended up at the White House. “I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and I think that He wanted Donald Trump to become president,” Sanders said, according to CBN News.

“That’s why he’s there and I think he has done a tremendous job in supporting a lot of the things that people of faith really care about.” Much of Sanders’ 20-minute interview with the media organization revolved around the intersection of faith and politics, including how Christians in Syria will be affected by pulling troops out of the country, abortion and whether a wall along the southern border, Trump’s key campaign promise that led to a 35-day government shutdown, is moral. READ MORE


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