historian said:
Is this real or AI? If real RNC she cannot be taken too seriously. And I cannot think of any context that would make these comments reasonable.
I believe it is real. He could've made a much better and more authentic selection there in my opinion.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/paula-white-faith-office-trumpOn the campaign trail, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to "protect religious liberty", and two weeks after his inauguration he acted: creating a "White House faith office", which will be led by Paula White, a millionaire televangelist known to speak in tongues who called the Black Lives Matter movement the "Antichrist" and once encouraged people to buy "resurrection seeds" for $1,114.
The move brought renewed focus on White, Trump's longtime spiritual guru. And for White, not all of it will be welcome.
In March, she was criticized over an alleged cash-for-blessings scandal, while other rightwing Christians are unhappy with her new government role, with one describing White as "100% a false teacher".
White will be "senior adviser" of Trump's faith office, which Trump announced along with an executive order which created a "Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias".
"While I am in the White House, we will protect Christians in our schools, in our military, in our government, in our workplaces, hospitals, and in our public squares, and we will bring our countries back together as one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all," Trump said in a speech announcing the creation of the faith office.
The appointment of White suggests some of those methods of protection could be unorthodox. In March, as Easter approached, White was criticised for a video in which she appeared to offer "seven supernatural blessings" for the price of $1,000, including the assignation of a personal angel. White, whose preaching has been described as adhering to "prosperity gospel" theology the belief that praying will result in financial gains said the blessings would also include prosperity and "increase in inheritance".
White denied that people had to pay to receive the blessings, a spokesperson for Paula White Ministries telling the Christian Post: "This story is a deceptive smear. Pastor White specifically says in the very same video, 'you're not doing this to get something,' and the solicitation, which was later in the program, makes it clear that any donation to the ministry should only be 'as the Holy Spirit leads.' Moreover, donations to the ministry do not directly benefit Pastor White."
Still, even some rightwing Christians were unimpressed with White's appointment. Jon Root, a Turning Point USA contributor and conservative influencer who supports Trump, told Notus: "Anybody that you know holds true to strong biblical conviction and discernment wouldn't be involved with Paula White. She's 100% a false teacher."
In any case, the "seven supernatural blessings" was not the first time White has introduced finances into faith. In 2016, she offered "resurrection seeds" for sale for $1,144, claiming in a recorded speech that God had told her the price point.
"There's someone that God is speaking to, to click on that donation button by minimizing the screen. And when you do, to sow $1,144," she said. "It's not often I ask very specifically but God has instructed me and I want you to hear. This isn't for everyone but this is for someone. When you sow that $1,144 based on John 11:44, I believe for resurrection life."
White said people could also pay $144 or $44 if they could not afford God's suggested total. The money appeared to grant individuals a metaphorical, rather than physical, seed, and the price included a prayer cloth, which White said could bring "special miracles", and recommended it be placed under a loved one's bed.
It is unclear how many seeds were sold. But it is known that there have been questions over White's financial maneuvers. CNN reported that White's former church, Without Walls International, received $150m between 2004 and 2006, and a three-year investigation by Chuck Grassley, a Republican senator from Iowa, described how the church and White's personal ministry used tax-exempt funds to pay a million dollars in salaries to family members and spent money on a private jet. The investigation closed with no penalties although investigators said they were stifled by lifelong confidentially agreements that had been signed by church employees.
