Birds of a feather flock together, so when you elect a morally bereft narcissist to the White House, others soon follow.

Nepotism aside, Donald Trump has managed to surround himself with ‘yes men’ and ‘yes women’ (but mostly old, white ‘yes men’), who are forced to sing his praises constantly in fear of being called out for a failure to do so.

One of his newer additions is his ‘personal pastor’ and official ‘spiritual advisor’, Paula White, who now holds a White House position.

Why is that news, other than the fact that Trump would probably spontaneously combust if he was to be doused in so much as a single drop of Holy Water? Well, White has quite a history.

We’ll start with this from Insider:

The Tupelo, Mississippi, native made her claim to fame by launching her immensely popular televised ministry “Paula White Today,” in 2001. The preacher became known as a “prosperity gospel pastor” which generally involves  espousing a belief that God rewards the pious with wealth, health, and happiness…

The pastor, like many televangelists, has drawn criticism in the past for using her position as a religious authority to enrich herself. This point was illustrated clearest early last year when White warned her followers of “consequences” if they did not donate money to her ministry.

Trump uses the presidency to enrich himself, and she uses her position as a religious leader, so that’s a good fit.

Some televangelists ask for private jets from their congregation, and others just want money. White wants both, reports The AV Club:

White, unsurprisingly, flies around in a multimillion dollar private jet, owns a $3.5 million condo in Trump Tower, and, oh, was also investigated back in 2007 by the Senate Finance Committee for misuse of donations. At least we can rest easy knowing that she’s almost certainly just a simple prop employed by Trump to help shore up his desperately needed evangelical voting bloc, and wields no actual power over there.

They compared to her to a character from The Righteous Gemstones, and I think that’s on the money.

Take a moment to appreciate White’s tweet announcing her new role in the White House:

Imagine trying to say Donnie is a religious man with a straight face.

At this point, you can enjoy a video compilation of some of her past public appearances:

Yikes.

One imagines her head would fly off, spinning counter-clockwise, if she saw that Grantleigh School matric pupil’s final artwork project.

Another day, another con pulled on the American people.

[sources:insider&avclub]