The pastor runs the Rod Of Iron Ministries " also known as the MAGA, or Make America Great Again, church " and his sect worships with AR-15 rifles by their sides.

Speaking to The Sun on Sunday as the excitement was building among the large crowd, moments before the 78-year-old took to the stage, he told us: "We believe that God has chosen Donald Trump and he preserved his life during that terrible assassination attempt that the whole world saw.

"He dodged that bullet by God's grace, that 15-degree turn to the right saved his life and was God's hand.