Following a quote tweet from the president, Matt and John talk messianic impulses and the American presidency.

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• Trump and the politics of the Messiah - Religion News Service
• Trump and the politics of the Messiah | National Catholic Reporter
• 2007: Messianic rhetoric infuses Obama rallies - POLITICO
• 2008: An Antichrist Obama in McCain Ad? - TIME
• Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Rhode Island
• Onward Christian Soldiers?: The Religious Right in American Politics (Dilemmas in American Politics): Clyde Wilcox, Carin Robinson: 9780813344539: Amazon.com: Books
• Book: GOD and George W. Bush: A Spiritual Life: by Paul Kengor — Pages 182-183, subsection, The "J-word" - Bush and Clinton."
• Film: True Believer (1989) - IMDb
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