OPINION (Newsweek) – Donald Trump’s longtime personal pastor described his “quiet Christian” faith and revealed the real estate billionaire once wanted to build a megachurch. Florida televangelist Paula White, who officially joined the Trump administration’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative Thursday, said Trump is a good Christian follower even though he may not quote the Bible like former President Bill Clinton.
Speaking with the Washington Examiner Friday, White said Trump initiated plans to build a grandiose “glass cathedral” in 2006, even hiring on an architect to pursue the project. White ultimately said the timing wasn’t right on her end and the project fell through, but she recalled her and Trump’s longtime religious relationship in a series of interviews this week promoting her latest book.
“It was part of a dream,” she told the Washington Examiner. “He said, ‘Let’s build a crystal cathedral for God,” echoing that of the Roman Catholic Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. “He wanted to build a house of God. He said, ‘Let’s do this, let’s build this before we’re too old.'” READ MORE
