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Trump: Divine Plan?
The White House, Vatican and Ronald Reagan Library know “The Divine Plan.” The American public can see the new film November 6.
Combining politics, God, strength and destiny, “The Divine Plan” docudrama (and a companion book) asks scholars and theologians about a president and pope and God’s Plan, focusing on Reagan’s secret alliance with St. John Paul the Great. The story matters today more than ever:
Presidents and walls. Reagan successfully pushed to tear down a communist wall imprisoning people while Donald Trump builds American walls to protect America from outside forces. America is once again talking about a colorful TV star-turned-president (loathed, feared and mocked by the Establishment) and changing the way we communicate.
Then and now, America is debating issues we thought were settled: communism, socialism, Russia, China, whether to stay engaged in Middle East wars and whether to acknowledge God in our plans and public discourse.