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Some Christians call Trump the Antichrist — but does Scripture agree?

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The idea that Donald Trump is the Antichrist warned about in the Bible continues to circulate in some fringe Christian circles. Last month, William Upham — a former Marine and Florida Republican write-in congressional candidate — was arrested and charged for threatening the president after he posted videos calling Trump the Antichrist and saying he “must be killed.” While Upham is the only one to take his Antichrist claim to criminal levels, he’s certainly not the only professing Christian to accuse Trump of being the Antichrist. On a recent episode of “Strange Encounters,” Rick Burgess tested this theory by holding it up to Scripture. “Let me go ahead and just tell you right now: Donald Trump does not meet the criteria, OK?” Rick says bluntly. The first indicator that Trump doesn’t match the description of Revelation’s beast, he says, is that his communication skills do not hold up to the Antichrist standard. “I don't think [Trump] is all that great a communicator, and Antichrist will