Rick Perry says Trump is Chosen One sent by God to Do Great Things

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The U.S President Donald Trump’s secretary of energy, Rick Perry has described him as the Chosen One. He has drawn scrutiny for his role in the Ukraine scandal in an interview shown on Fox News on Sunday night. Perry also compared the U.S president to a number of biblical kings. Perry informed the broadcaster, “God’s used imperfect people all through history. King David wasn’t perfect, Saul wasn’t perfect, and Solomon wasn’t perfect”.

He also said that he gave Trump a little one-pager on those Old Testament kings about a month ago. He said he shared it with Trump and said, “Mr. President, I know there are people that say you said you were the chosen one and I said, ‘You were’”. He added, “I said, If you’re a believing Christian, you understand God’s plan for the people who rule and judge over us on this planet in our government”. Fox News journalist Ed Henry claimed after the interview was teased on Fox & Friends, as Perry said the president was “sent by God to do great things”.

The comments of Trump’s energy secretary came following the ongoing impeachment inquiry into Trump. He has been alleged of improperly finding help from Ukraine officials to boost his chances of re-election during next year. Perry has so far declined to cooperate with a congressional subpoena. He stressed for not providing documents or testifying to impeachment investigators. The Texan politician has been instrumental in supporting what Trump has called a policy of American “energy dominance”, during his time in office. He said that Trump is helping to increase exports of U.S fossil fuels. Perry was appointed as secretary of energy in March 2017, and due to stand down from the role on 1 December.