President Donald Trump on Monday shared a video on Truth Social claiming his rise to power was predicted nearly two decades ago by a charismatic Christian preacher, reviving a clip that has circulated among some evangelical groups since before his first presidential campaign.
The video Trump posted features Kim Clement, a South African–born evangelical minister who delivered what followers described as a prophetic message during an April 4, 2007 church event in Redding, California.
During the sermon, Clement spoke about a future American political figure emerging from the worlds of business and media. At one point he said “Trump shall become a trumpet,” a phrase supporters later interpreted as referring to Donald Trump.
At the time the message was delivered, Trump was primarily known as a New York real estate developer and the host of NBC’s The Apprentice. He had not yet launched the presidential campaign that began in 2015 and ultimately led to his election in 2016.
Clement died in 2016, months before Trump won the presidency.
The video resurfaced widely after Trump’s first election victory, when some charismatic Christian leaders promoted the message as evidence that Trump’s presidency had been foretold. In those circles, Trump has sometimes been compared to the biblical figure Cyrus — a ruler used by God for political purposes despite not being traditionally religious.
Religious scholars and critics, however, say the prophecy claim relies on retroactive interpretation. The sermon contains symbolic language and other predictions that analysts say did not materialize.
Still, the clip has continued circulating online for years and periodically reappears during major political moments.
Trump’s decision to share the video Monday comes as global attention is focused on a rapidly escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, which has dominated international headlines in recent days.
The post quickly spread across social media, with supporters presenting it as proof Trump’s political rise had been predicted long before he entered national politics, while critics dismissed it as a vague sermon later reinterpreted after the fact.
The video remains one of the most widely cited examples of what supporters call the “Trump prophecy,” a phenomenon that emerged from parts of the charismatic Christian movement following the 2016 election.
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