The Columbus Dispatch

Televangel­ist predicts Trump win, end of world

- Josh Peter

Televangel­ist Pat Robertson on Tuesday said God told him who will prevail in the Nov. 3 presidenti­al election: President Donald Trump.

“First of all, I want to say without question, Trump is going to win the election,” Robertson told viewers during a segment on “The 700 Club.’’

The 90-year-old founder of the Christian Broadcasti­ng Network, who has been a supporter and defender of the president, also made dire prediction­s about the end of the world.

“What I think very frankly is the only thing that will fulfill the word of Jesus … is some kind of asteroid strike on the globe,” Robertson he said. “It’s sudden destructio­n. It’s not going to be some nuclear war. We’re not going to be allowed to blow this earth up.”

Robertson has made such prophesies before and was wrong. In 1976, he predicted the world would end in 1982. And in his 1990 book, “The New Millennium,” he said the world would be destroyed on April 29, 2007.

So maybe that’s why on Tuesday, after describing the destructio­n the asteroid will cause, Robertson said, “then, maybe the end.”

Robertson said more than five years will pass between the end of the election and the asteroid’s arrival. He predicted horrible civil disobedien­ce will commence after the election, there will be at least two attempts on Trump’s life and a war against Israel will end only when God intervenes.

“God is going to bring a period of great peace,” Robertson said. That is, until the asteroid hits. At the end of the segment, Robertson said, “I think it’s time to pray.”

“What I think very frankly is the only thing that will fulfill the word of Jesus … is some kind of asteroid strike on the globe.” Televangel­ist Pat Robertson

 ?? STEVE HELBER/AP ?? Televangel­ist Pat Robertson, 90, has predicted the end of the world on several occasions.
STEVE HELBER/AP Televangel­ist Pat Robertson, 90, has predicted the end of the world on several occasions.

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