Speaking on Pastor Jim Bakker's television show, the televangelist and pastor Paula Michelle White-Cain, better known as Paula White, said: "Whether people like him or not, [Mr Trump] has been raised up by God, because God says that He raises up and places all people in places of authority."
White has known Donald Trump since the early 2000s and she is thought to be one of the president's closest spiritual advisers. She prayed at his inauguration, appeared with him when he signed his executive order easing restrictions on pastors engaging in politics, and told evangelical TV host Jim Bakker she is in the White House at least weekly.
Happy Birthday President Trump @POTUS I celebrate & honor you! I'm grateful God connected us all those years ago! Praying for you.. always pic.twitter.com/VAtEgy6948
— Paula White-Cain (@Paula_White) June 14, 2017
In her appearance on Baker's television show, she added: "It is God that raises up a king, it is God that sets one down and so when you fight against the plan of God, you're fighting against the hand of God."
She also compared Mr Trump to Esther in the Bible who rose from her childhood as an orphan to become the Queen of Persia. She said, like Esther, Mr Trump rose from an unconventional background to become a great leader.
She said: "They even say that about our President, 'Well he's not presidential'
"Thank goodness! And I mean that with all due respect, because, in other words, he's not a polished politician."
Mr Trump has previously called White a "beautiful person" with "amazing insight".
White, has defended Mr Trump a number of times, telling reporters that he "absolutely" has a relationship with God.
She told Politico: "He is a Christian, he accepts Jesus as his Lord and saviour."
White supremacy is evil & the violence that happened today is intolerable! Praying for those injured & the families of those we lost!
— Paula White-Cain (@Paula_White) August 13, 2017
While White has condemned white supremacy as "evil", she didn't mention the President's controversial response to the recent white nationalist rally which turned deadly.
Mr Trump came in for heavy criticism when he used a heated press conference to say the counter-protesters were just as much at fault as the white nationalists who opposed them.
