US Elections: Trump Goes Spiritual as Adviser Calls on Angels from Africa to Intervene

Paula White-Cain, President Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser, says there are spiritual conspiracies working against the US election.Speaking during a prayer session that held at the City of Destiny on Wednesday, White-Cain claimed the election is not political but a spiritual battle between the forces of good and evil.Her prayers come in the midst of claims by Trump that the election has been stolen by his opponents.The evangelist further prayed against “every demonic win” that is not of the will of God.“Anything that has been hijacked by media, by adverts, by political means… we break it right now. I secure righteousness in this election, in the White House,” White-Cain said.“Anyone working in high levels of demonic conspiracies and they think they have things figured out right now, let it be exposed in the superior blood of Jesus Christ.“We release the whirlwind to scatter those who come against the outcome of this election.”White-Cain is a senior pastor at New Destiny Christian Center.The head of the Florida megachurch says Trump spent hours seeking advice from God on a presidential run.Paula White-Cain runs a megachurch in Florida, and is a link between the evangelical community, which she has navigated for decades, and a president whom she describes as not speaking “Christian-ese”.Although she has evaded the constant scrutiny of some in Trump’s circle, she is nevertheless a controversial figure, who claims to have regular calls with the president and ministers to his family.Paula White-Cain frequently testifies to the president’s sincere and deep faith and said her role counseling Trump was “an assignment from God”.She delivered the invocation at the president’s inauguration and has since been a fixture at high-profile events, such as the “state-like dinner” Trump held for 100 evangelicals last summer.While there, she also joined a small, influential group discussion before the meal. She helps plan White House events for the faith community, and provides input on policy decisions.Like many people Trump surrounds himself with, White is a controversial figure. She is alternately described as the woman who “led Trump to Christ” and a “charlatan”.“He genuinely cared about the [evangelical] community,” she said recounting a 2011 meeting when Trump asked her to “bring a group of pastors to pray” about whether he should run for president.“We had about 25, 30 pastors come up, and we prayed for six hours” in Trump Tower, she said.Trump, she said, prayed for about half that time. “He genuinely wanted to hear – what does God have to say? … To really make America great is real to him, that’s not a slogan, [it’s] genuinely so.”White has come a long way from her first church, a storefront ministry in Tampa, Florida.