A national TV program that presents Donald Trump as God's anointed leader has found a loyal following among conservative Christians who see its message as divinely inspired.
"FlashPoint" mimics other right-wing cable programming, but offers up apocalyptic warnings and Christian nationalist messages with its political analysis — which broadcasters assure viewers came directly from God, reported NBC News.
“This is the only news show where you hear what Jesus thinks,” said one viewer, a mother of three school age children who drove four hours from North Carolina to Virginia for a taping at a Regent University ballroom.
Gene Bailey, a pastor who launched the program in 2020 on the Victory Channel, regularly hosts right-wing figures such as Lance Wellnau, who popularized the Seven Mountains Mandate that calls for Christian conservatives to take over all elements of politics and society, and pastor Hank Kunneman, who claims God told him 2024 would be a year of “vengeance against the wicked.”
Trump, who has appeared on the program that reaches about 11,000 households, is presented to viewers as a modern King David, a flawed leader who has been chosen by God to save the nation, and guests hammer away at the message that spiritual warfare is necessary to help them gain dominion over the U.S.
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The episode filmed in Virginia Beach opened with brief remarks from each of the night’s panelists, who included Dutch Sheets, a self-described apostle who led a series of prayer rallies in the months after Trump's 2020 election defeat in a bid to keep him in office.
“We are in a dark place in this nation, maybe as dark as it’s ever been,” said Sheets. “But God is coming with the light of his glory, and he’s going to save this nation through his people.”
