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Trump keeps releigious people close to him, not so much for advice as for validation. I personally think the ones he aligns with are the most grifty ones, but YMMV. There's a much stronger more visible religiosity (performative or sincere) among his subordinates. A cync might look at this and conclude that since Trump won't be around forever his less charismatic underlings want a tried-and-tested social technology to keep the herd together.