During a bonkers press conference Thursday morning at the Pentagon, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth led the crowd in a game of “Bible Verse or Samuel L. Jackson quote” before waxing poetic about his really truly holy boss. Criticizing water-turned-to-haterade coverage of the White House, Hegseth likened what he labeled as the bias held by “the legacy Trump-hating press” to that held against Jesus Christ himself by opponents and the elite of his era.

His call for an increase in “thoughts and prayers” came amid the broader fallout to Trump’s decision to share an AI-generated image depicting himself as a messianic figure, dressed in flowing robes and laying a healing hand on the forehead of a bedbound man. And while the President’s laying of hands on Americans, usually women, is nothing new, the incident has encouraged others to speak out about wondrous events they’ve experienced in his company. Though Trump has subsequently claimed that he........

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