Trump insists he’s ‘not a threat to democracy’ in Dr Phil interview, suggests God wants him to save the world

Donald Trump insisted that he is “not a threat to democracy” in an interview with TV personality Dr Phil on Tuesday night, during which he also suggested that he survived an assassination attempt last month because God wanted him to save the US — and possibly the world.

During the hour-long, sit-down in Las Vegas, the former president attempted to clarify previous remarks about wanting to be a “dictator for one day” and ensuring people would “not have to vote again” if he wins the White House in November.

Trump once again laid into Democratic rival Kamala Harris over her border policy; baselessly claimed that mail-in voter ballots would result in “massive fraud”; and pushed the Big Lie that he had won the 2020 election.

Discussing the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month, he was asked by Dr Phil McGraw why his life was spared.

“I mean, the only thing I can think is that God loves our country, and he thinks we're going to bring our country back. He wants to bring it back. It's so bad right now,” Trump replied.

“It has to be God. I mean, how can you say it's luck when it's, you know, 20 million to one? I mean, it's just not possible that I was in that position. It's the only position where that bullet could have missed.”

Asked by Dr Phil if he believed that “God’s hand” had played a part in his survival, the former president replied: “I do.”

He continued: “If I win that, that would really serve to say that if there's some incredible power up there that wanted me to be involved in saving [the US] – and maybe it's more than saving the nation. Maybe it's saving the world.”

Trump also said that being president was “much more dangerous than a race car driver,” or any other profession.

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