Donald Trump’s pastor has made a bombshell admission about the President’s faith in the wake of his assassination attempt in 2024.Pastor Mark Burns of the Harvest Praise and Worship Centre in South Carolina spoke to GB News last night amid a Shrove Tuesday debate over Christianity in Britain.Probed on whether the President had become a more spiritual man after he was shot in the ear, Mr Burns offered a major glimpse into his religion.”He knows, without a shadow of doubt, that the hand of God was – is – upon his life,” he said.
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“It was the hand of God that moved that bullet just sheer millimetres” away from his head, he added.The evangelical pastor said Mr Trump had “100 per cent” become more of a man of faith after the attempt on his life.”That was what we were supposed to witness: A JFK part two, live on television,” Mr Burns continued.”Unfortunately, that’s what happened to Charlie Kirk, whom I spoke to the day before [his death].””We would have been doing the very same thing to the great man, Donald J Trump.”Mr Trump had been campaigning at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024 when he was shot.Thomas Crooks, 20, fired eight rounds from a semi-automatic rifle at the then-Republican candidate.One grazed Mr Trump’s ear, while another killed audience member Corey Comperatore.LATEST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE:Goldman Sachs to scrap DEI after Donald Trump’s crackdown on diversity agendaDonald Trump issues fierce warning to UK as Ed Miliband signs deal with President’s bitter rivalDonald Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to Middle East as tensions with Iran surgeImages of the President raising his fist in the air as he shouted “fight, fight, fight” after the attempt soon went viral.Mr Burns is behind a drive to erect a 22-foot-tall statue of the historic moment.The colossus is cast in bronze and finished with a thick layer of gold leaf, and is set to be laid down in Doral, Florida – home to one of the President’s golf resorts.”It symbolises when he was shot in the ear and how he defiantly raised his fist with the blood coming down the side of his face, telling the whole world ‘fight, fight, fight’,” Mr Burns said.A group of cryptocurrency investors have raised $300,000 (£220,000) to have sculptor Alan Cottrill create it.White House schedulers are said to be “actively looking” for a date when the President can attend the statue’s official unveiling.”This group of American patriots has come together, raised the funds themselves, and they’re going to be dedicating this beautiful statue,” the pastor added.”So when you talk about: ‘Is he more spiritual?’ 100 per cent. He knows he cannot continue this job as President of the United States of America without the hand of God over his life.”
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