Donald Trump’s electoral narrative consistently centers on his never losing, The Washington Post notes.

One of many examples is Trump’s claim that he didn’t lose the popular vote in the 2020 presidential race to Joe Biden. The former president maintains instead that illegal votes or miscounted votes in battleground states were to blame and that he’s a victim of fraud.

And it matters not to Trump that every legal filing made by his supporters challenging the 2020 outcome has been rejected — nearly always because the evidence didn’t support such claims.

Now, after surviving an assassination attempt, he’s claiming that God spared him so that his Make America Great Again efforts could continue.

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In a recent Dr. Phil interview, Trump discussed the assassination attempt and suggested his survival was due to divine intervention. He described the odds of his survival as “millions to one.”

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He attributed his survival to God’s will, saying, “I mean, the only thing I can think is that God loves our country and he thinks we’re going to bring our country back. He wants to bring it back.”

This divine explanation has resonated with many of his supporters, particularly in the White evangelical Christian community. Trump’s assertion that God spared him to “bring our country back” has further entwined his political identity with religious belief.

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The shooting has been framed by his allies as evidence of divine favor, reinforcing the notion that any loss would contradict this perceived divine intention.

If Trump loses the 2024 race to Vice President Kamala Harris despite these claims, the evolution of his theological and political narratives will be intriguing.

Read more at The Washington Post.