Loony! Pompeo claims Trump is 'working with God' to save Israel from Iran

Diana Stancy Correll
Washington Examiner
Sat, 23 Mar 2019 11:51 UTC

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday it's possible that God is working with President Trump to save Israel from the "Iranian menace."

Trump was interviewed by Chris Mitchell of the Christian Broadcasting Network, who asked if Trump might be like the Old Testament's Queen Esther, whom God helped to save the Jews thousands of years ago.

"As a Christian I certainly believe that's possible," Pompeo replied.

Pompeo, who was in Jerusalem to visit the Western Wall, said he was able to see during his visit "the work that our administration's done to make sure that this democracy in the Middle East, that this Jewish state, remains."

"I am confident that the Lord is at work here," Pompeo added.

The Old Testament's book of Esther details how the queen, who was Jewish, implored and successfully persuaded her husband the king of Persia to spare the Jewish people from genocide. Pompeo's interview occurred the same day as the Jewish holiday Purim, which remembers how the Jewish people were rescued by Esther.

The Trump administration announced in 2017 that the U.S. would officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and the U.S. embassy in Israel moved in 2018 from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

On Thursday, Trump tweeted that "it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights," a move that was praised by Netanyahu as a "miracle." The disputed territory was captured by Israel from Syria in 1967, and the territory was annexed in 1981.

Comment: RT reports that Pompeo was also busy touring Jerusalem's most controversial sites:

While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's video tour from Jerusalem omits Muslim sites, Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, it does include a model of the Third Temple some Jewish groups want in place of it.

The iconic mosque and shrine are located on Temple Mount, one of the holiest sites in the world for Muslims, Christians and Jews. The video posted by the State Department shows Pompeo visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Western Wall, followed by a model of the Third Temple, which some groups want to erect on Temple Mount triggering concerns that Muslim sites would be affected.

The Third Temple plays an important eschatological role in Judaism and is associated with the era of the Jewish Messiah. While most Jewish-Orthodox scholars believe the Messiah will ultimately rebuild the Temple, some hardline religious organizations call for an immediate construction of it in the present times.

In the video the model is accompanied by the words of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking about the Golan heights, calling it "hard-fought" real estate.