Donald Trump: God saved me so I can save the world

Donald Trump said that God spared him from an assassin’s bullet so that he could save the United States, and maybe the world, as he echoed the belief of fervent supporters that his survival was down to divine intervention.

Trump also sought to pin some of the blame for last month’s shooting on President Biden and Kamala Harris, the vice-president who is now his rival for the White House, in an interview with Phil McGraw, the television personality known as Dr Phil.

The former president’s attempt to fuel the idea that his victory in November is not only righteous but preordained appears aimed at galvanising turnout among evangelical voters, who strongly back the Republicans. But it also has detractors worried about the reaction of his