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International Business Times
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Trump's 'God Squad' Holds Increasing Sway At White House

Trump criticized the bishop who gave the sermon at his post-inaugural prayer service in the Washington National Cathedral (Credit: AFP)

Donald Trump said at his inauguration that he had been "saved by God." Now he appears to be returning the favor with an increasingly conservative, religious focus in his second term as US president.

The three-times-married billionaire signed an executive order on Friday to open a "Faith Office" at the White House, led by the televangelist Paula White, Trump's so-called spiritual advisor.

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