Rick Perry claims Donald Trump was 'chosen by God' to lead the US: 'None of us got here by accident'
Energy Secretary Rick Perry told President Donald Trump that he was God's "chosen one" to lead the United States, just as he chose the kings to lead Israel in the Old Testament. The revelation was made by Perry, who is set to leave the Cabinet soon, during an interview on Sunday.
Perry explained that nothing in the universe is accidental and that God "is still very active in the details of the day-to-day lives of government," he said during the interview with Fox News.
"Barack Obama didn't get to be the president of the United States without being ordained by God. Neither did Donald Trump," he said, adding that God has used "individuals who aren't perfect all through history."
"King David wasn't perfect. Saul wasn't perfect. Solomon wasn't perfect. And I actually gave the president a little one-pager on those Old Testament kings about a month ago," the energy secretary continued. "Donald Trump's not perfect," Perry acknowledged but added that he believes the Christians in the president's Cabinet have "been able to make a difference in his life."
"And I hope I've been a bit of a minister, if you will, a person who's been able to share my faith with the president," the former Texas governor said.
Perry also said that he told Trump some people "said you were the chosen one." "And I said,'You were.'"
"'You didn't get here without God's blessing,'" he told the Republican president while telling him to read the pamphlet on the Old Testament kings. "And I said, 'I just need you. I want you to look at this. I want you to read it. I want you to, you know, absorb that you are here at this chosen time because God ordained it.'"
The energy secretary added that he also cautioned the president, saying: "'Don't get confused here, sir. This is not a reflection that you're perfect, but that God's using you. And he uses all of us that way.'"
Perry is one of the longest-serving member of President Trump's cabinet. It was recently revealed during U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland's testimony during House impeachment hearings that Perry was one of the officials working with Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to carry out the president's wishes.