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Politics tamfitronics (RNS) — As Donald Trump gets closer to the presidential election, the more he appears to be talking about America’s “final battle” against “sinister” and “dangerous” forces working to subvert the nation from within. This kind of language owes much to a certain set of ardent supporters who see the United States engaged in a spiritual battle, led by the well-marketed ideas of a charismatic Christian named Lance Wallnau.The day in July when Donald Trump was shot in the ear by a 20-year-old would-be assassin in Butler, Pennsylvania, Wallnau, who lives in Texas, got a push alert on his phone. He didn’t turn on the news, but dropped what he was doing, he said, and went straight to his prayer closet, where he keeps a cardboard cutout image of Trump.Recalling the moment for...