‘Disturbing,’ ‘nutty,’ ‘dangerous’: 5 Christian leaders react to Trump’s ‘King of Israel’ retweet

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Robert George

Princeton law professor Robert P. George speaks during a panel discussion on religious freedom at the Cato Institute office in Washington, D.C. on June 14, 2016.
Princeton law professor Robert P. George speaks during a panel discussion on religious freedom at the Cato Institute office in Washington, D.C. on June 14, 2016. | (Photo: The Christian Post / Samuel Smith)

Robert George, professor and former chairman of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, took to Twitter to express his criticism of the president’s comparison.

“For heaven's sake (I'm speaking literally here), Mr. President you are not ‘like the King of Israel.’ You are certainly not ‘like the second coming of God,’” George tweeted.

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“Support for you is not a test of Jewish loyalty. Why retweet nutty, and to religious ears deeply offensive, talk like this?”

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